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Your 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.
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machine is breathing heavily - 16 years ago
Since I got my computer in January, it's been offline, and therefore had no updates. Recently, it started to "breathe heavily" -- the fan would turn on and off very quickly twice. This would happen occassionally. Today, I lugged it into the house for an update (including PowerPC) and now it's huffing all the time. Has anyone else experienced this? FCP Studio 250 G Quad G5 4.5 G Ramby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Media Manager - 16 years ago
>> "Use Existing" - yoiks! you're lucky nothing went wrong.<< Well? a few clips did go off-line and need to be reconnected. They?re still on the hard-drive. These errors are exactly WHY I?m doing this now, to see the problems. The same clips are off-line in both the old and the new file, btw. (It always creates a new file, right?) I think you?re right that I didn?t exploreby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Media Manager - 16 years ago
Nick, I've never seen a call for the original file name -- but none of my files have been offline either. So, first off, I'm done with the project and have learned my lesson about file management and Capture Now. I'm only trying to suck every lesson I can out of my blunder so next time I'm way better off. The way I used Media Manager was... I had 220G of material, but only a 40 minute final dby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Formatting after project - 16 years ago
Thanks, I see the logic to it now. Can't wait to do it! (The project's already 6 weeks past deadline...)by MikeDerk - Café LA
Media Manager - 16 years ago
I have a media manager question. (Clearly, I have just finished up a project.) I used media manager to clear out a bunch of files I don't need, yet it retained a shocking number of files that I don't use in any sequence. Why did it do this? I'll admit this up top as a lesson learned: I used quite a bit of Capture Now to capture my data -- and then renamed it in FCP. Now, I can't even manually dby MikeDerk - Café LA
Formatting after project - 16 years ago
I've heard mention of people reformatting their external drives after they finish a project. Is this just a good way to clean the disk, or does it also prolong the life of the drive? Basically, is it a good idea? Thanks, Mikeby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Warning? - 16 years ago
Thanks Nick, this is the answer I needed. I was tired and worried that I was overlooking white off-line files and that redering had hidden other issues. Good news is that there wasn't a problem, but this will be handy in the future. Mikeby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Warning? - 16 years ago
Yeah, that explains it. I wish the warning would come when the render or export happened -- that's when it REALLY matters.by MikeDerk - Café LA
Warning? - 16 years ago
Say I put together a sequence and include Clip A in the sequence, and then for some reason, Clip A gets deleted or renamed or lost. When I open FCP it will let me know that some media is off-line, but let's say I already know this. (But I don't know Clip A is offline.) Will FCP ever tell me again? When I go to render or export the file, will it say, "ho there buddy, you're asking to use a cby MikeDerk - Café LA
highlight changes - 16 years ago
I'm going through and editing something and wanted to mark the changes I was making. Is there a way to color code this or something -- I want to be able to quickly point them out to another editor. Thanks, Mikeby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Is it possible to glue back the sound track once it's razored to smithereens - 16 years ago
At the bottom of the pages on imdb is a link to register and change pages. It takes about two weeks for changes to show up.by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: letterbox filter? - 16 years ago
You can always apply the built-in screen, and then match the one you make to that to get the size right. I think going from full frame to 16:9 in Photoshop is... 853x480 (full frame) 853x405 (with letterbox) I'm not 100% sure, and you'll have to do the math, but I think that's right.by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Is it possible to glue back the sound track once it's razored to smithereens? - 16 years ago
I've been having a little trouble following your project, so I'm going to throw this out as a possible solution. IF your pieces are not continuous (meaning you had a clip ABC, and now you have AC, because you cut out B) then you can export the sound and reimport it as one clip. Use the green buttons on the left to "turn off" the video if you only want to export the sound. Also, if youby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Sound editing help needed on feature film - simple tricks of the trade. - 16 years ago
You can easily make a loop of ambient sound: just find the 12 frames you want, create a new track for them, and paste them endless times. (A process you can speed up by pasting 4 times, copying the new "4x12", and pasting that several times, recopying it... etc. It'll grow exponentially.) But, just so you know, 12 repeated frames will probably be picked up by the human ear as a rhythm.by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: OT: ...an awesome performance... - 16 years ago
I googled Chris and found another juggler repeating the same exact routine with two more balls (and an obvious grudge). This guy then also juggles 10 balls!! Anyway, they were both incredible. I don't think I've ever seen so much juggling without a drop.by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: The Art of Editing - 16 years ago
I've never heard of cutting without the audio, even though I've watched movies in languages I don't know to see if I can figure out what's going on -- sort-of the same yet opposite thing. I gotta try that too. I don't play an instrument, but I would say that I developed my sense of rhythm by learning to tell jokes. They're little builds and climaxes, just like a scene. Want to see if your rhythmby MikeDerk - Café LA
iPod/iSquint - 16 years ago
I recently downloaded iSquint (1.3.1) and am using it to convert projects for a video iPod. I've noticed that they get slightly more red/amber in the compression. Has anyone else noticed this (in any compression program)? If so, do you have the right fix? It'll save me the trouble of trial-and-error. Thanks, Mike FCP 5.0.4 Quad G5by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Sound is half the story - want to share some editing tricks with WILD LINES? - 17 years ago
If you want to edit just sound, you edit like normal, but you can click the little "v1" doohickie on the far left of the timeline so that it disconnects from the track, and then only the audio will be added. I'm not sure if this is what you are asking...by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Best resolution for Dell 24"? - 17 years ago
Just in case you're not kidding... "Stool" is what you give the doctors when they need a sample. And it ain't a liquid.by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: DVD simple design problem plz help. - 17 years ago
Go to the "Graphics" page. Make sure that the line that connects the Menu icon to the Movie icon has arrows on both ends of it. If it does not, delete it. Then, add it back on by dragging it from the video folder (or whereever you keep it). Hope that helps.by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Importing images with alpha channels - 17 years ago
I have a more detailed description of the issue: In Photoshop, it is easy to use a vector mask to hide (or show) things. In the layers tab, this mask appears as a small thumbnail, and in the Channels tab this appears with the name "mask" and is italicized. (It is not an Alpha Channel, which is a mistake I was making.) When trying to reproduce the same image in FCP, the vector mask neeby MikeDerk - Café LA
Importing images with alpha channels - 17 years ago
I'm having trouble importing images with alpha channels. It works if I import a .psd file, but then it comes in as a sequence. If I import just a single image (on which I've made an alpha channel in Photoshop) it never seems to come in. I'm eventually going to build up to a more complicated effect, but for now all I want to do is import a pre-drawn waft of smoke, and then have it rise. I couldby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Using Flash in FCP - 17 years ago
It's important to remember that flash files are not video files. They are built for the internet and run using vectors, not pixels. That said, I had no problem dragging them into FCP 5.0.4 and opening them. (I did have the original .swf files.) They turned out to be half the size of the screen, though -- which was fine for my project. FCP will not play Flash Audio. You have to capture that indeby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Taming Very Hard Reflections on Leaves - 17 years ago
That's a great adjustment. I left it off so Joe could see the transformations he was making to the clip more easily. But Opt + drag is the way to go, you're right. Thanks for the compliment.by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Taming Very Hard Reflections on Leaves - 17 years ago
Boy, if you'd asked me how long it would take before someone like you was getting advice from me, I'd've said "um...never." I'm glad it worked!by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: OT: TRUTH.com mock ad - 17 years ago
This is a nicely done segment, but I have a question: Are you trying to make it seem like the doctors have to resort to something besides the truth to "win"?by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Workflow question - 17 years ago
I'll try what you recommended, but now I have an ever dumber question... how will I know if I have QTPro? Maybe I do have it, but I didn't realize it came bundled with FCP (I have Studio).by MikeDerk - Café LA
Workflow question - 17 years ago
I have a possibly complex question: I would like to tweak a video clip to give it a certain look, and right now I can only achieve the look in photoshop. The big question is: how can I export frames, tweak them, and then bring them back in? My idea is to export a targa sequence, adjust each image in photoshop (which will be as easy as applying a premade filter), and then... well, what? Is theby MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Taming Very Hard Reflections on Leaves - 17 years ago
You can also adjust the luma to make a travelling matte, and then sandwich a layer inbetween with a suitable substitute color. 1. In other words, make a luma key -- this will put holes into your clip where it's very bright. 2. Beneath that, put another image that you would like to see where those holes are. 3. Pray.by MikeDerk - Café LA
Re: Taming Very Hard Reflections on Leaves - 17 years ago
I have no idea if this will work, but if you're desperate: 1. Move the clip you want to adjust to the second track. (Assuming it would normally be on the first track.) 2. Desaturate it. 3. Use the brightness/contrast controls to turn everything black except the light on the leaves. Assuming this is superwhite, you should be able to turn everything else black. (In my test clip, I was putting contby MikeDerk - Café LA
