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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: Sync problem - 13 years agoYes, it started out ok then drifts. I noticed my presets were in NTSC, though, which maybe the problem....by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Sync problem - 13 years agoI shot a piano player with Canon 5d Mark II in PAL 25 with a microphone going into the camera. I also miked the piano with a Zoom 4n. Now I am having trouble synching the two. It looks like they were both shot at Audio Rate of 48.0 KHz, but the in camera was at Audio Format of 16-bit Integer and the Zoom was set at 24-bit Integer. A soundman friend said that I need a program to set the Zoom'sby davidblumenfeld - Café LA choppy quicktime - 13 years agoHi, I would like to show a short film I made off of my laptop (Macbook Pro) running version 10.5.8 osx. I exported the film from fcp, and when I run it on my laptop, it's a bit choppy. The final came to about 12.5 GB (its 15 minutes long). Any advice...other players, etc? When I try it on vlc, I get a apcn error...Any other ideas...players to run it smoothly? dbby davidblumenfeld - Café LA Removing dust - 13 years agoAny tips on removing dust spots (from sensor) throughout shots with sky, etc. shot at high f-stops.... Working in FCP. Filters? Plugins, etc??by davidblumenfeld - Café LA audio fix - 13 years agoI recorded some audio in an interview too hot and it's clipped. There isn't too much 2 minutes or so I'd like to try and salvage before I ask the subject to redo it. Any suggestions on fcp audio filters to try, or any great audio guys out there that I could sent the clip to to try and fix for me?by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Titles==Anything new out there? - 13 years agoI will write my settings when I get back to the office. I know I need to run some tests here, too. I'm wondering about boris vs photoshop. I have a job that will have lots of quotes by people (text) running across the screen and need it as clean and sharp as possible. Is there a plugin or other program recommended? Thanks for all the infoby davidblumenfeld - Café LA Titles==Anything new out there? - 13 years agoI've been working with Boris titling tool and the fonts look great, until I output to dvd--then total crap... I'm wondering if there is any plugins or other tools for doing professional, yet easy titles.by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Mac Upgrade time--but to what? - 13 years agoThanks..Yes, I am already working with the canon plugin.by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Mac Upgrade time--but to what? - 13 years agoI've been editing on a 4 yr old macbook pro and its time to upgrade as a few editing jobs just came in. Not sure if I can get away with a loaded up IMac or a basic MacPro...Budget about 3k....Plus or minus...What are people's thoughts on this? I'm now shooting with canon 5dMII and getting HUGE files... Thanks.by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Slideshow plugin - 13 years agoHey, I am looking for slideshow plugins ala Ken Burns (free)...to integrate slides into a film piece easily,by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Canon 5d Mark II Workflow in FCP - 13 years agoOK -- I brought in the files, again, this time using the e-1 rather then mpeg streamclip and it's running smoother now.by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Canon 5d Mark II Workflow in FCP - 13 years agotried that. Still jumpy - 2 monitors...anything else to try?by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Canon 5d Mark II Workflow in FCP - 13 years agoField Dominance is Upper (Odd)by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Canon 5d Mark II Workflow in FCP - 13 years agoThanks guys. I shot at 25P (PAL) at 1920x1080. I converted to Prores422 using MPEG Streamclip. (I had transferred the files to a hard drive and the plugin didn't work, as I understand I needed to transfer ALL the files, and I only transferred the .MOVs and the THMs.) I edited the piece in final cut pro, and then output using a few options: Compressor and selfcontained quicktime Movie...It all lby davidblumenfeld - Café LA Canon 5d Mark II Workflow in FCP - 13 years agoHi, I am looking for a workflow in final cut pro for my new Canon 5D Mark II...I've started by converting the files to prores...edited and output. Looks great until the output, which is quite jittery...Any workflow posted here?by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Wierd things from fcp 6 to 7 - 14 years agoIts happening in a lot of the master clips..but not all of them...its off by a few frames,now..by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Wierd things from fcp 6 to 7 - 14 years agoHi. I recently upgraded from 6 to 7 and just opened a project created on 6. In some of my clips, the audio is now drifting and I'm getting wierd jumps...Any ideas??by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Unable to Open Project File - 14 years agoThanks Ben...on its way.by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Unable to Open Project File - 14 years agoGood idea, Jon. I'm in Israel and not so many fcp people here...If anyone out there willing to try to open the file for me...PLEASE email me to david@blumenfeld.com and I'll send back the file....thanks! dbby davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Unable to Open Project File - 14 years agoQuestion is: If the file is corrupted, is there any fix for that?by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Unable to Open Project File - 14 years agoBeachballed on all projects. Just reinstalled fcp...Last autosaved version DOES launch, but it was pretty old one...Trashed FCP preferences, again..(This was when the problem began, after trashing preferences...)by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Unable to Open Project File - 14 years agothanks. tried it, too--no luck. thanks for everyone's advice, though!by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Unable to Open Project File - 14 years agothanks...fcp7 didn't open either...I'm wondering if there is software or a service that can "repair' the project file...by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Unable to Open Project File - 14 years agoAre there any programs or services that may be able to help me repair this file?by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Unable to Open Project File - 14 years agoI tried this test. Still "Unable to Open Project File"...Any other suggestions as how to try and repair this project file?by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: Unable to Open Project File - 14 years agoI'm on a G-Tech-1 terrabyte. 1/2 fullby davidblumenfeld - Café LA Unable to Open Project File - 14 years agoHi...I was having a lot of crashes in fcp 6.06 -- spinning disk. I trashed preferences and now when I try to open the project I get "unable to open project file"... ANY SUGGESTIONS on how to get my project to open now? I had turned off autosave, as I thought this may have been the spinning disk issue...HELP!by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: TRANSFER PROBLEMS WITH AUDIO--HELP!! - 16 years agoI did a quicktime export of the whole movie and ran it with qt player and NO GAPS...I'm thinking it may be in the camera I am capturing with...I'll try capturing another way tomorrow...thanks for all the help..by davidblumenfeld - Café LA Re: TRANSFER PROBLEMS WITH AUDIO--HELP!! - 16 years agotried putting the piece into quicktime...still getting those gaps...Some of the clips were converted from PAL to NTSC via Compresser...wondering if that could be it...or else the problem seems to be occuring when `I have voice running with the music track which is a .wav track at 44.1, while the voiceover is 48...any other ideas?by davidblumenfeld - Café LA |
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