Upgrading to Leopard...

Hello to all,

First off, I'm in the middle of a project -- 3 for that matter. :-) I recently upgraded to FCS2. I started a project and then realized a plugin I want to use needs Leopard to run. One of the 3 projects is waiting for final approval before I do the audio mix and is a FCP5 project. I have FCP 5 installed under another user. I've been working between FCP 5 and 6.

Any suggestions before I pop in the Leopard disc?

As always, thanks in advance!

Peace,
Lisha
G5 2.3 Ghz 5Gb ram
Photoshop 7
After Effects 5.5
DVDxDVPro 1.0.6

Yeah, don't. What's the plug-in? You can always find another to work around it or simulate it.

Michael Horton
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Courtesy of a suggestion from the group... ;-)

[idustrialrevolution.com]

"(FxFactory2 & Leopard need to be installed)"

I did just walk on the wild side and upgrade the project in FCP 5 to 6. It seems to be playing fine. I'm going to play through the project to make sure all clips are intact. This means I can get rid of FCP5 and just work with 6.

Lisha

> First off, I'm in the middle of a project -- 3 for that matter.
> I've been working between FCP 5 and 6.

Hmm. I'm with Michael on this. Don't. 3 projects, shifting FCP versions, as well as OS (and possibly QT). That's quite a lot for a project to do (not to mention 3). If you absolutely have to, use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your drive (and everything that you need) before jumping. That being said, I'd avoid it.



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Is it still as bad of an idea if now I'm only dealing with FCP 6? I was able to upgrade the FCP5 project this morning and so far so good. I'm playing through the project now to check for missing clips and sync issues. So, still 3 projects, but all in FCS2 now.

I would really like to use this plugin [idustrialrevolution.com]

Thanks so much!
Lisha

Not if you don't get any issues.

I have consistently updated all my software (mid project(s) sometimes) and never had an issue.

However there are people who have had major headaches.

So in future or if in doubt do the sensible thing and make a backup before you upgrade - I know its a bore but nothing compared to losing your hard work!



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> Not if you don't get any issues.

I now only upgrade to systems when there are benefits in the upgrade and there are no known major issues. Good when you don't get problems, but the FCP 4.5 guys on QT 7.4 with capture problems will likely beg to differ on the statement. You don't want to be stung after a week of edit (eg. having to manually reconnect/resync hundreds of clips).

Regarding plug-ins, I'd upgrade for smooth cam though (i'm just too crazy to follow rationality sometimes)... not for bad tv though (not a bad effect, just that i haven't really had a need for that one). Just remember to get a spare hard disk to clone a bootable disk from, check all your edit points after the upgrade, check for audio sync on all clips, etc...

Btw, you'll never be able to find Boris the Yak on 6!



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I never saw him on 3, 4 or 5! LOL!

O.o He's an absolute necessity! Every once in a while when I have a producer or client in the edit, Boris will pop up say hello... as well as few words.... Good sit-in edits always require fun people, booze for afters and boris the yak. Can't imagine an edit without... until FCP 6 came along.



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Boris?

Bruce! Bruce!



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Once I have Leopard installed can I use Time Machine for back-up or should I stick with Carbon Copy Cloner?

Lisha

Use Carbon Copy Cloner to back up your system BEFORE you upgrade to Leopard.



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Got that part. :-) But once I've upgraded, the question came up in the office, should I do regular back ups with Carbon Copy Cloner or use Leopard's Time Machine?

Boris the yak must be in the european version of FCS ()

When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.

Břüçæ



www.strypesinpost.com

>But once I've upgraded, the question came up in the office, should I do regular back ups with
>Carbon Copy Cloner or use Leopard's Time Machine?

Backing up constantly is good practice. Unfortunately, I don't usually have the resources to back up all the time, especially time machine.



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Lisha

If you haven't upgraded yet you might want to look at this:

[www.finalcutprotemplates.com]

simple templates and I'd guess does not require Leopard. There is bound to be one in this 100 that will suit your needs.

Michael Horton
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Those templates look good, but I just bought them only to discover that there are no PAL versions, no anamorphic versions and it requires FCP 6.0.2. So basically I've blown $100 because now I have to reconfigure them all to match my footage, and that kind of defeats the purpose of buying something premade.

I wouldn't have minded so much if it actually told you any of this in the information somewhere, but AFAIK there isn't any mention of this before purchase. So PAL buyers beware.

> So basically I've blown $100

Darn. That's abt the price of a night out with my girl... okay... around 1.5 times that amount due to recent inflation...



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Yes, but you get a night out with your girl for your money.

I spoke to the manufacturer and he says they will be releaseing PAL and 1080i versions by the end of June, with free upgrades for those that bought it now. He also offered my money back, but I don't want it. The package itself it great - just don't buy it if you need it for a PAL or 1080i program until late June.