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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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Re: Cutting long form HDV - 16 years ago
Hey Casey- You may want to retry it, as I have found multiclip to be a wonderful timesaving tool ( and I'm fairly new to the multiclip process). In theory you should see a viewer w/ all your cllps visible, and a canvas with whatever cam is selected. Having said that, the setup is not very intuitive. This Larry Jordan tutorial helped me. switched Luck paulby paul kelleher - Café LA
Re: Cutting long form HDV - 16 years ago
Hey Guys- Anyone done much MULTICLIP HDV ? I have a project coming up with 2 or 3 cam, 2 hour sequences and will do tests soon, but with possible HDV timecode hiccups, will HDV cause me problems? My eventual out put is standard def DVDs. Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks Paulby paul kelleher - Café LA
HDV multiclip- Does it work? - 16 years ago
Hey all- I have an upcoming project to be shot w/ multiple cameras ( sony HDV). I intend to capture HDV via firewire and edit on a prores timeline to get to standard def DVD out. 1. Does multiclip and HDV work ( how about on a prores timeline?) 2. Will my Dual 2.66 Macpro choke on it? ( 3GB ram now- how much do I need?) probably 3 cams ( no effects, just cam switching and dissolves, maybby paul kelleher - Café LA
Re: HDV workflow to Standard def DVD, with a side of multiclip - 16 years ago
Jeff- Wow- were you actually waiting at your house for me to finish typing my questions? You are speed incarnate. Merciby paul kelleher - Café LA
HDV workflow to Standard def DVD, with a side of multiclip - 16 years ago
Hey guys- I just read the "Which is better- HDV transcode or re-capture?" thread- A lot of excellent information, thank you. I come away with 4- 5000 questions still unanswered, but I will try to distill them.. 1.I will be cutting a multicam live event shot with sony HDV cams ( frame rate etc to be determined- is there an best choice for ease of edit?) 2. we may be hardware/by paul kelleher - Café LA
Re: Looking for a part time editor with own fcp setup -$20/hr - 16 years ago
Hey Ross- Thanks again for replying to my ad. I have found someone to work with for now, but will keep your info around for future possibilities. Thanks Paulby paul kelleher - Jobs
Looking for a part time editor with own fcp setup -$20/hr - 16 years ago
Hi all- I'm looking for part time help to support my growing editing business. This would be occasional , quick turnaround ( overnight/two days) jobs. They would each require several hours of work. Often this would be 3 minute demo reels. The requirements are: 1. Have your own fcp system. This doesn't have to be high end ( most of the work is standard DV) although having fcp 6 is probabby paul kelleher - Jobs
Re: FCP export "sidebars"? - 16 years ago
Thank you Martin- tried it- works- Are you saying though that even though the qt player says its displaying at 320/240 and the vid is at 320/240, the qt window is actually bigger so I get bars? and when I drag to 348/260 to lose the bars...hmmm something is still addled in my brain on that... help Paulby paul kelleher - Café LA
FCP export "sidebars"? - 16 years ago
Hey All- Exporting from FCP 6( but I had this in 5 too.) When exporting using Broadband medium ( for web upload) I get black "sidebars" on the resulting 320 X240 quicktime file. I can expand the window to lose the bars, but the window size is now 346X259. This is very consistent. Is this happening to anyone else? Suggestions? Thanks paulby paul kelleher - Café LA
Voice Over tool- Monitor? - 16 years ago
Is it possible to both the timeline AND the live mic via any of the mac outputs? ( headphone,line out or firewire?) Ideally, I would like to do this using my behringer mixer, but I always end up w some complex split signal, monitoring the live mic at the mixer and running headphones out of the mac to hear the timeline. so again the first question- is it possible to monitor the live mic comiby paul kelleher - Café LA
Re: clip selection via keyboard - 16 years ago
I am proud to have inspired an overnight international controversy!.. Actually I agree with both of you. My prelim experiments prove that most of the time keyboard- mouse is faster. But- 1. My arm hurts. That is part of the reason I'm messing around with this at all. 2. Sometimes a combo of keyboard shortcuts,mouse, AND voice control can be as fast. (saying "timeline" is as fast asby paul kelleher - Café LA
clip selection via keyboard - 16 years ago
Is there a way to select a clip using keyboard command (s) only? I'm experimenting w/ controlling fcp using speech recognition and one of my problems is having to mouse -click a clip before I can use any voice commands on it. Any thoughts appreciated-- Paul PS- anyone else using voice control out there?by paul kelleher - Café LA
Re: Auto Pause? - 16 years ago
Unless I'm misunderstanding, that would not work for me. I am trying to hold on a graphic, while the presenter talks about it (live). Thanks Paulby paul kelleher - DVD Studio Pro
Auto Pause? - 16 years ago
Is there a way to automatically pause a track until "play" is pressed again? ( this is for a live presentation....video pauses on a Graphic- auto pauses......talk about it...Move on to play next video. My search on this forum was a dead end.. I saw something elsewhere about infinite looping but havent made it work Thanks Paulby paul kelleher - DVD Studio Pro
Multi split screen - 16 years ago
Hey All- I seem to remember- but can't find- an easy way to create a multi split screen ( Video split into 9 equal windows running at the same time) . Was there a filter or method out there somewhere that would help create it more easily? Thanks paulby paul kelleher - Café LA
Using Video track 2 times- double size? - 16 years ago
I have an 85 minute video w/ two alternate sound mixes, a stereo and a 5.1 surround. I want to have two play buttons, stereo and 5.1. I assumed that since I am reusing the same video track for both, that DVD sp would count it once, but it actually doubles the size (too big!) when I create the second timeline. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks Paulby paul kelleher - DVD Studio Pro
Re: ac3 surround and ac3 stereo- need both? - 16 years ago
Thanks John- I've decided to include both tracks so that I don't have to worry about how the DVD player will handle the downmix. (Theatrical showing, unknown hardware, operator). I would like this to be foolproof. So my next question is can I create a button on the menu that allows a switch between 5.1 or stereo sound? My DVD player can change this on the fly but i have to go into the menu.by paul kelleher - DVD Studio Pro
Re: ac3 surround and ac3 stereo- need both? - 16 years ago
Good question, Paul. Im sure someone will answer soon.by paul kelleher - DVD Studio Pro
ac3 surround and ac3 stereo- need both? - 16 years ago
I am building a DVD using an ac3 5.1 surround audio track. The question is: Do I need to include a stereo mix track also for when the disc is played back on a player w/o 5.1 surround capability? With only the 5.1 track included on the timeline, if I tell the DVD sp simulator to play back via system out instead of digital output ( from my mac pro) I do get a stereo output, so it seems like I doby paul kelleher - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Versioning 6.0.1/6.0.2 - 16 years ago
I think I'm having the same/similar issue w/ a file created on 6.0.1. No network involved. The project is on an external drive which was connected to and opened by someone one another computer using 6.0.2. Now, when reconnected to my macpro, I can't open it on 6.0.1. ( same error message as above in this thread) I tried copying the file to my internal drive. no luck. I need to figure outby paul kelleher - Café LA
Re: Internal raid 1 in macpro: good idea? - 16 years ago
Hey John and all- Sorry if I wasnt clear on my 2nd post, but I was just wondering if there REALLY is much slow down w/ an internal 2-disk RAID 1 ( as opposed to single disks). I will probably be doing HDV/DV projects mainly. If the slow down is really minor, then it seems like an internal raid 1 would be an easy, inexpensive "more safe than a single drive" storage space. (I do unby paul kelleher - Café LA
Re: Internal raid 1 in macpro: good idea? - 16 years ago
Thanks John- so I get it for the boot drive, Time machine when I make the Leopard switch. On the data drives though, most of the things i read online did not actually have much slow down in RAID 1. I was searching a lot though and may have been reading about hardware RAID1's at the time. If there is NOT much actual slow down and the only risk to a software raid is that I may have to "rby paul kelleher - Café LA
Internal raid 1 in macpro: good idea? - 16 years ago
Hey wizards- Happy New Year! I want to add storage and redundancy to my mac pro. The plan is to buy 2 seagate 500gb internal drives and "raid 1" them. I have read that a software raid is not as good as a hardware raid, but for about $200 and no dealing with external FW drives/enclosures/ports/esata cables, etc. it seems like a good way to go. Are there issues w/ software raids durby paul kelleher - Café LA
Region coding at burn - 16 years ago
After searching here and other places , I'm led to believe that a home burn DVD ( in this case iDVD on my macpro) will play in any region. Is this absolutely correct? (My client is submitting to international film festivals and is nervous...) Thank you paulby paul kelleher - DVD Studio Pro
Avid CLIPS to fcp? - 17 years ago
Hey all- I have a client with a project coming from Avid. ( specifics unknown) I've read the forum and found answers pertaining to timeline conversion, automatic duck, etc. I want to know if i can import the clips themselves. (perhaps in this case I'll just start the edit over) or I'll come back here, find someone with automatic duck, and pay you to get the sequence converted too. In anyby paul kelleher - DVD Studio Pro
Stuttering panning shots on self contained export - 17 years ago
Ok started to write the questions below- which if anyone can answer it would be great...but I realized that I'm seeing my stuttering issue on the self contained export from fcp BEFORE we go to iDVD. So-to summarize, inherited project, 82 min file, multiple sources. On export from FCP, fast moving clips ( panning a hospital corridor, driving by a barn) stutter a little on the NTSC monitor. Thby paul kelleher - Café LA
Re: 'Project locked by other user" help - 17 years ago
Update- Created a new account on macpro, using the same name as the other computer account. Looged in as this new account and then was able to open the file. Logged out and back in as origianl user- and I can still open the file. So I'm still not quite sure what the answer is- Do I need to keep an account on the mac pro whose nmae matches the old computer or what- guess more testing is in oby paul kelleher - Café LA
'Project locked by other user" help - 17 years ago
Sorry if slightly off topicl this concerns an iDVD file, but I think I have had it w/ fcp file sin the past too. I'm trying to move an iDVD "archived" project from my dual 1.42 to my mac pro. When I open it on mac pro, it says. "File is locked by other user- File can not be opened"" and gives the user name. I have gone into the get info window, changed the file oby paul kelleher - Café LA
Re: Web compression: why 320 by 240??! - 17 years ago
So my original question really should have been why 720X480, since it isn't 4:3. Thank you for the clarification, guys. I will have to go back aqnd check my original file export which started all this hoo haa. It was 720X480 exported to 320X240 (default fcp qt conversion broadband med) and the aspect ratio WAS changed from the original, so something was amiss. But you are absolutely right ,Tom,by paul kelleher - Café LA
Re: Web compression: why 320 by 240??! - 17 years ago
Thanks- so to follow up, when I exported from fcp at 320X240 with "preserve aspect ratio/letterbox" checked, I did get the correct aspect ratio, but with (expected) black bars top and bottom. So I'm creating a letterboxed vid for no good reason, it seems to me, just to keep the 320X240 window Is there any reason not to export for web at 360X240? (no letterbox and aspect ratio stayby paul kelleher - Café LA
