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Not registered? Click HERE to register now FCP Studio / DV Footage /Progressive..offline possibilities - 18 years agowe are getting huge footage shot in DV PAL with Pana 25P.. we cant offer to capture everything in online quality..so what are the chances and methods to do OFFLine AND THEN DO ONLINE ..is there any hitches in doing this method with DV footage ..TIAby gev - Café LA How goos is DV Matte for this - 18 years agowe have about 2 hr footage shot in Pal with 25P which has to be keyed & then to NTSC ( possible thor compressor or procoder ) for NTSC DVD. we dont have budget for DV MATTE pro so we are planning to buy DV MATTE Blast . How good is that & what about the speed with say 2Ghz MAC SYSTEM G5 . TIAby gev - Café LA dynamic quality setting and FCP5 - 18 years agoapart from low, mid ,high there is a dynamic quality preference in the timeline setting for playback as well as print output . how does it affect playback and OUTPUT . if one has to achive full qulaity playback and output after rendering the project what should be the setting . TIA.by gev - Café LA render setting for progress footage & quality output - 18 years agowe have shot a project with PANA 102 in PAL 25 P. we have a television for checking the output . whenever we apply a small amount of scaling say 102 percent or apply a small black mask on the top or even small a small RGB correction we see " sort of waves " on the TV but could not see the same on the canvas . so is there way to ensure that the output do not have these error & providby gev - Café LA DV PAL ..animation codec output for NTSC DVD ? - 18 years agowe have long project which is edited in DV PAL ( shot with pana DVX in 25 P) We need to make a NTSC Dvd . in case if we render animation codec and output as QT movie then NTSC MPEG2 via Compressor..is that worth . any opinion on this as the project is long ur opinion is highly appreciated ...thanksby gev - Café LA is mulit camera EDIT possible With 2 or 3 camera shoot - 18 years agois multicamera edit possible with 2 or 3 camera shoot . if NOT should we add one blank footage/clip when we have 3 camera edit to make it 4 to make FCP handle 4 camera clip in the viewer as multiclip edit ..TIA Post Edited (11-20-05 16:45)by gev - Café LA NATTRESS vs Media Cleaner Pro For PAL to NTSC conversion - 18 years agois there any comparison available between these two or any personal opinion on converting PAL Dv Footage to NTSC for making NTSC DVD using these two. TIA . Post Edited (11-17-05 16:26)by gev - Café LA Fcp Movie keying..DV Matte ..conversion ...Suggestions pls. - 18 years agowe have shot a project in Pana Dvx in 25P -PAL .The final movie has to be keyed & converted to NTSC for DVD authoring . we prefer to key , then add background then convert to NTSC with nattress. how good DV MATTE over say After fx or combustion. is it better to key ' after 'we convert the PAL movie to NTSC then add the background thro say DV MATTE for Ntsc Encoding . SUGGESTION please .TIAby gev - Café LA Re: DV storage solution..guidance plz - 18 years agothanks for the info. actually many a times my firewire driveS ( THAT too good ones like macally & oxford chipset based ) are not consistent ..one enclsoure will show up in powerbook where as WONT show in IMAC..and for other enclosure the reverse will happened . this happnes even with diff harddrives . what about G DRIVES. i really need to work with FW400based imac to capture & do roughtby gev - Café LA DV storage solution..guidance plz - 18 years agowe are in the process of making docus where we end up with 60-70 tapes at a time . we need STORAGE SOLUTION for capturing DV footage ( 25P from Pana ) thro FW400 . if possible we are planning to capture with MACMINI or powerbook G4 1.33 & then do the rought edit with IMAC . in short , we are looking for cost effective atleast 1 Terrabyte hardrive solution in en enclosure type. THANKS a lotby gev - Café LA 25P....!!? - 18 years agoHow does one know that the footage is shot with 25 P ( our camera is PANA DVX102 PAL ) . what kind of info to be looked in properties & monitor to confirm progressive footage ? how it has to be captured with FCP 5 . can we swap the project in 4.5 & 5 ? Primarily this is for DVDs ( PAL & possible NTSC ) so what kind of setting is ADVISED in FCP while capturing & final output for MPby gev - Café LA How good is SONY MiniDV GV-D1000 - 18 years agoplanning to go for SONY MiniDV Tape Video Walkman The GV-D1000 (PAL ) for capturing footage shot with pana DVX102 and edit with FCP 5 . looking for views/opinion from those who uses sony D1000 .THANKS IN ADVANCE .by gev - Café LA is 10.4.2. SAFE for final cut studio - 18 years agoapple has released new update for TIGER. jas anyone tried this & still make a good life with Final Cut Studio..would like to install after getting some tip. TIAby gev - Café LA Re: iMac G5 1.8 GHz and G5 2 GHz for FCP5/MOTION/LIVETYPE - 18 years agoTHANKS for the replies. is there any MARKED speed in render or performance differece between iMac G5 1.8 GHz and G5 2 GHz as the Frontside bus IS 600 & 667 RESPECTIVEY. How to CHK REVISION NUMBER when iam going for 17' 1.8 or 2 Gig. pl inform . is there any power or Noise issue which i read in forums though i think it is solved in Rev B. correct me if iam wrong .TIA Post Edited (06-24-by gev - Café LA iMac G5 1.8 GHz and G5 2 GHz for FCP5/MOTION/LIVETYPE - 18 years agolooking for comparison & commets on both these IMACs f the work is mainly . focussed for cuttig with FCP5 /ivetype and basic motion stuff. shoud we go for bit more pricey 2gig or stay with 1.8 with 1.5 GB ram. share info for me to take a decision. TIA GEVby gev - Café LA FX1 2 sec delay ..any prob with FCP - 18 years agoaccording to the chart.... FX1 has 2 sec. delay when HD out to iLink.... can this be a problem? any view on this. does this DELAY affects the capture /batch capture or log/capture. timecode adj /regen timecode seems to be missing in SONY FX1..does it affects anyone...would like to know your opinions/ TIA-GEVby gev - Café LA Re: will this PROCESSOR upgrade work with FCP5 - 18 years agohai. thanks john. by the way any other TIP to get motion on those G4s like 733 or 867...let us know . TIA .by gev - Café LA will this PROCESSOR upgrade work with FCP5 - 18 years agofoy my colleague who has G4 533 (Digital Audio )- planning to UPGRADE with OWC Mercury Extreme G4/933MHz-1GHz version for doing docu edits with FCP 5 & bit of live type & Motion ( of course for motion i need to add ATI Radeon 9600 4X 64MB ) . all these comes about 315 $ . so any views comments or guidance . trying to save some money instead of going for G5 or non-upgradable iMAC s. TIby gev - Café LA Apple Powerbook G4 12" with Final cut studio - 18 years agolooking forward for opinion on this system mainly using for Final cut studio application right from FCP 5 , Live Type & some amount of Motion as well as DVD SP....pl share your view/ comment ..TIA.by gev - Café LA Re: looking for a FW enclsoure...bug free FCP editing - 18 years agohai mark. is this enclosure works with TIGER 10.4.1 .Thanks.by gev - Café LA iMAC G5 1.6 ..FCP 5....looking for users feedback - 18 years agoprocess of ordering iMAC G5 1.6 GHZ which apple sells for special price ..mainly for DV based ( FCP 5 )editing. how is the performance with 1.6 GHZ. any possibility of doing livetype & motion with this sytem ofcourse with atleast 1.25 GB RAM....pl share ur insights & opinion. TIA.by gev - Café LA looking for a FW enclsoure...bug free FCP editing - 18 years agolooking for a FW enclsoure - with FW 400/ 800 and possible USB 2 - which is fully safe with MAC SOX for FCP editing purpose . planning to use with current gen POWERBOOK & I MAC. since Apple has certain issue with FW ...pl recommend " enclosure " which is better among the available. what about Oxford chipset based . TIA. GEVby gev - Café LA Re: imac & Final cut studio . pl inform - 18 years agohai. both prev & this GEN " I MAC " has AGP card which is listed in MOTION approved AGP CARD. so dont think there will be problem in running MOTION as long as MOTION CAN " Run " IN I MAC . may be it can WALK with I MAC .by gev - Café LA imac & Final cut studio . pl inform - 18 years agohai. would like to use I MAC 1.6 or Mostly 1.8 GHZ with atleast 768 MB ram . is this OKAY for cutting DV with Final Cut Studio. Or should I stick with IMAC 1.8 FCP 4.5. also planning to edit analogue footage with canopus ADVC converter...suggestion. tips. welcome. TIA. how amout LIVETYPE & MOTION with this 1.8 & say 1 GB RAM.by gev - Café LA Upgrading FCP2 or FCP 3 to FINAL CUT STUDIO - 19 years agohai guys. doing my school. would like to know , how one has to upgrade FCP 2 or FCP 3 ..in case if i buy'g FCP Studio..( though big price for a student ) pl preach me the steps. for both FCP 2 to studio and Fcp 3 to studio .TIA Jev-by gev - Café LA Upgrading to FINAL CUT STUDIO - 19 years agowhat about Upgrading to FINAL CUT STUDIO for guys who have purchased Apple Suite Upgrade for Final Cut Pro . mainly for guys who have bought " after Apple's - Final cut studio - release. apple website is not clear on this recent purchasers option. why should we be taxed when we have already gave 699 for Apple Production Suite Upgrade . guys pl get in and clarify thisby gev - Café LA |
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