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Show all posts by userYour basic troubleshooting forum for all things FCP Legacy (FCP 7 and below.) And general discussion on topics that do not fit in the other forums.
Not registered? Click HERE to register now Re: FONTS - 14 years agoFont selection and typography are so important. What does epic mean? That doesn't give us a clue about the film. Think about it. Rent a couple "Epic" films of the same genre and go from there--look to see if the art director liked serif or sans serif fonts. Helvetica being sansserif, something like Caslon as a serif font. I would say, be careful of the thickness of the vertical elby Chet Simmons - Café LA Re: Shooting Green Screen - 14 years agoMy thoughts on your green screen adventure. Shoes should be matte finish. If they can reflect green, they will reflect green. Backlight talent with a rim light with minus green gel. 1/4 to 1/2 magenta. You might also try to cross light the dancer's feet with fixtures placed nearly on the floor and flag so they don't illuminate the floor but only the feet. You might put 1/4 magenta gels oby Chet Simmons - Café LA Re: New Academic Price for FCS Kills it For This Teacher - 14 years agoRemember they're learning concepts. I remember learning to mix audio on a Western Electric board that was built in the 30's. It was replaced by a Sparta board which seemed modern at the time. Surprisingly, I can still walk into any radio studio and have my bearings in short order. Editing tools change, but concepts of the art endure.by Chet Simmons - Café LA Re: New Academic Price for FCS Kills it For This Teacher - 14 years agoSo, have them buy Final Cut Express $199.by Chet Simmons - Café LA Re: TITLES - 14 years agoIf you're using live type, go into the project preferences menu and set it up for the aspect ratio you're doing the titling in. That will do wonders. Also, be aware that the latest system upgrade to FCP has made live type act wonky. Do not use textures to fill the characters. Use only the solid colors in the glyph window of attributes. The textures will show up in live type and not translateby Chet Simmons - Café LA Re: OT - thoughts on youtube - 17 years agoMy son just completed a survey by a consumer goods company. YouTube, on-line gaming chat and other emerging/new media were mentioned in the questionare. GM recently reduced their ad spend by $300 million--most of it in TV. If we hope to remain competitive and ahead of the curve, we too must look to emerging mediums, and at the very least, be aware of them. When a client comes to me andby Chet Simmons - Café LA Re: What's the best way to get started using motion? - 17 years agoI too put off learning motion. Then, one day a client called and we had a meeting. I thought to myself....self you can do this in FCP and spend hours with keyframes. In fact, I did a demo in FCP for the client. Then I decided to try Motion on the second go-round. It took a few tries and changing the way I thought about keyframes and letting go of being way too anal about a few things..by Chet Simmons - Motion Re: HDV & Compressor - 17 years agoA couple thoughts on encoding. It helps to place a compression marker at the beginning of dissolves so that it forces the compressor to start a new frame instead of simply gathering information from previous frames. You can also do this where you find the dvd hanging up. Also, if you're buring a standard def dvd, I try to keep my settings to 5.5MPS/Sec 7.0 mbs/sec 2pass VBR with motion eby Chet Simmons - Café LA Re: Doorway Dolly for Sale - 18 years agoDoorway dolly Mathews Price reduced to $900.00 Mole 2K Fresnel $250.00 Contact me at 702 339-1516 Chet Simmons Las Vegasby Chet Simmons - lafcpug Market Doorway Dolly for Sale - 18 years agoDoorway Dolly with standard and track wheels. Includes side extensions. Located in Las Vegas, NV. $1700.00 O.B.O.by Chet Simmons - lafcpug Market Re: THE NEW Mac Pro Quad Zeon - 17 years agoI drank the Kool-aide from apple long ago. I thought the chips they used were far superior to the stuff put out by Intel. Now I'm thinking I might wait a while. I'm thinking there are lots of smoke and mirrors in the tests. I noticed these new Intel based ibooks can no longer run pro apps. So, if I'm a bit suspicious about claims....sorry. Heck, I might take a second look at Microsofby Chet Simmons - Café LA Re: question about adult content - 17 years agoI did hear a great method for creating your personal pseudonym for porn: Use the name of your first pet as your first name and the street you grew up on as your last. Nifty.by Chet Simmons - Café LA Re: The Harding test - 17 years agoI recall seeing a standards/laws (yes laws) for blinking lights/images on video. You might google it and get the definitive answer. Some cartoons had some problems and well as some video games. I think I'll look it up, myself.by Chet Simmons - Café LA Re: Plugin install - 17 years agoDon't feel bad. I've been with fcp since version 1.0. Recently they changed where the silly things reside. I even forget where. Hmmmm. Where do they go?by Chet Simmons - Café LA Re: How much do you charge? - 17 years agoHeck, I just do everything for free. I made up my own language so the client can't understand me during the session. If they have a question I look at them and say something like, "Ueeeeze Viavo se la boostea" They have no idea what I've just said. (neither do I) They look at one another and nod. Of course, charging absolutely nothing means I have to plug my G-5 and monitorsby Chet Simmons - Café LA Re: Matrox MXO - 17 years agoBrave soul. Just make sure the dimensions will allow you to wedge the unit under a door so that you can find a new use for it when apple decides to change the way things workby Chet Simmons - Café LA Re: What to charge???? Quick Question, help! - 17 years agoI apologize for the typos in the above post. Really, I do need new glasses. Best Chet Simmons Las Vegasby Chet Simmons - Café LA Re: What to charge???? Quick Question, help! - 17 years agoI know, ask them to play at your neices 4th birthday party for the day in exchange. See it their time is worth anything. You'll see a bunch of guys/gals saying well, we're busy, we've got other commitiments. Freee will get you No Where. When and if the band hits it big they will hire someone else and pay them lots because the director/shooter is a pro and they need pro quality stuff. Sby Chet Simmons - Café LA Re: HELP! Capture problem AGAIN never solved - 17 years agoHey all. A couple of thoughts. One: Rebuild your systems disc permissions. Applications/utilities/disk utilities. This should be done regularly Second: In FCP general preferences have you unchecked the box that makes FCP abort capture on dropped frames? Third: This is a camera thing. always use the same brand of tapes in your camera. No switching allowed. Fourth: You can alby Chet Simmons - Café LA |
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