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Re: CAN'T load from JVC ProHD 2 FCP - 18 years agoThe JVC cameras aren't supported by FCP. The HDV format it records in is not recognized by FCP.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: betaSP to DV w/Timecode?? - 18 years agoOh...looks like I didn't mention that. A black burst generator. Usually a small box that you get and connect to the REF inputs. If you get a capture card, the black burst is part of the card.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Print to video - 18 years agoOK...here's my list... #8 External Monitor Viewing. Shane's Stock Answer #8: A simple path is mac > firewire > camera or deck > rca cables > tv Then start up your camera and tv, then open fcp. Then go View > External video > all frames Video playback should be Apple firewire NTSC (If you are using an NTSC set) Audio playback should be Audio follows Video Techiniallby Shane Ross - Café LA Re: betaSP to DV w/Timecode?? - 18 years agoYou can't transfer TC that way. the DVCAM deck you are using, as you noticed, has no TC in port. You need a converter like I suggest in the linked workflow.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Print to video - 18 years agoWhat happens when you try to print to video? And what do you mean the nattress plugins won't work? What happens? Can you view the timeline on the camera? have you tried VIEW>EXTERNAL>ALL FRAMES?by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: betaSP to DV w/Timecode?? - 18 years agoCapture Offline RT, FCPs offline resolution. That will give you TONS of space.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Painfull organizing - 18 years agoSometimes someone will set the CAPTURE SCRATCH>VW folder as the scratch folder, and when you set a folder as teh scratch drive, instead of just the drive itself, it will create a whole new set of RENDER, CAPTURE SCRATCH, AUDIO RENDER folders. I have done that a few times. There might be more media in those folders. If the projects are working, I'd leave them be. They are in the VW folderby Shane Ross - Café LA Re: using complicated footage with the multi clip function - 18 years agoChoose a format. Say 4:3 DV/NTSC. Now futze with and then export ALL THE OTHER FOOTAGE as self contained movies that you then re-import back into FCP and can then work with in Multiclip. This is just a guess. I haven't done this. Mind you, the exported footage will lose the original TC information. But as I understand it, the Multiclip function doesn't keep track of the timecode in all the cby Shane Ross - Café LA Re: New MAC for Final Cut HD DVCPro100 - 18 years agoI haven't tried yet. I don't think I would tackle uncompressed HD without AT LEAST a SATA Raid. I would much prefer a fibrechannel Raid Array.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Help w/ 29.97 EDL -> 24p Online - 18 years agoYes. FILE>EXPORT>CONVERTED EDLby Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Export for DVD - 18 years agoExport your timeline as a self contained Quicktime Movie...NOT Quicktime compression....use the timeline settings (an option in the export window). Then import that into iDVD and it will compress it for you.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Is FCP the right program? - 18 years agoWhy so small? FCP and iMovie both work with video at 720x480, since that is the resolution of DV. FCP would be better for audio, and since iMovie captures footage without timecode...but you said you are using the iSight? What are you doing?by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: New MAC for Final Cut HD DVCPro100 - 18 years agoI am editing (will be editing) a project shot 720p24 with the Varicam. This is what I have: Dual 2.0 G5 (PCI-X - you are right, you need the PCI-X) +2GB RAM Dell 2405 24" HD display (Look for a coupon for this. They are on sale now for $899 shipped) (2) G-Raid 500GB FW 800 drives. Great for DVCPRO HD and uncompressed formats. You do not need the Kona LH card. DVCPRO HD can be captured,by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Export for DVD - 18 years agoWhat software are you using to burn a DVD. And graphics and titles are notoriously bad in DV/NTSC projects. The 5:1 compression just kills them. What people tend to do to solve this is to take their DV cut, drop it into an 8-bit or 10-bit uncompressed timeline, render, THEN add their titles and graphics. This ensures the best quality. Then you export for DVD...but how you do that depends oby Shane Ross - Café LA Re: DV storage solution..guidance plz - 18 years agoG-Raid drives. FW 400 and FW 800, come in a 500GB config (2x250GB) and cost $550 at B&H Photo. Get two. $1100. Rock solid. Reliable. These drives are rated for use with DVCAM, HDV, Uncompressed 8-bit, Uncompressed 10-bit (both uncompressed ratings are for the FW 800 port usage) and DVCPRO HD (again, best if used with FW 800 port). Mac Mini? iMac? My goodness...by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: One project hangs up the others don't - 18 years agoSounds like it is corrupt. Time to go raid the Autosave Vault for the most recent backup...by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Organizational Tools - 18 years agoI use Filemaker maily for film projects. It keeps track of scenes, takes, film rolls, sound rolls, scene notes (Good, Best, bad for audio, helicopter in BG, etc) and continuity notes. I haven't used it for video projects yet...by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: analog video capture devices - 18 years agoCanopus...canopus...canopus.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: tryiing to get backk to 24p - 18 years agoIf you master on digibete then you need to work in a 29.97 timeline. If you master to HD like D5, then work in a 23.98 sequence. This is all stuff you need to know BEFORE you shoot and capture the footage, as it determines your workflow. If you shot 24p Advanced then you need to work in a 23.98 timeline and output to HD. As for what to do if you captured 29.97 and edited everything in that tiby Shane Ross - Café LA Re: tryiing to get backk to 24p - 18 years agoWhat tape format are you using? What is your final output going to be on? If you shot 24P on DVCAM say with the DVX-100a, then 29.97 is the correct rate. And you'd lay it back to tape at 29.97. If you shot 24P with the Varicam, then 23.98 is the correct rate. Recently I was informed that if you take your 24P footage (captured at 29.97) and drop it into a 23.98 sequence and render, that FCby Shane Ross - Café LA Re: HDV - YES or NO? - ryans sample - 18 years agoI am very glad to hear a good review and a success story. And that is one good image. I know that many people have no problems with this format. I guess I am biased due to a friends horror story, the project that I was approached with, and stuff that I have read.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: HDV - YES or NO? - 18 years agoXL2 or DVX-100a. Both are very nice cameras. That is what I'd do in your situation.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: HDV - YES or NO? - 18 years ago1. Highly compressed. Not the best quality. Other better options. The 4:2:0 color space doesn't impress me...in fact, it makes me believe it is harder to work with when color correcting or adding filters. 2. Working with it in FCP is not the smoothest. Capturing might be fine, although it does break up the footage after each and every single camera start/stop. I might not want that. Someby Shane Ross - Café LA Re: HDV - YES or NO? - 18 years agoAny reason you need to go HD? What is your client base? Corporate video? Weddings? Commercials? Do any of are clients have the needs for HD? If not, then why do it? HDV is workable in FCP 5...because there was a demand for it. But seriously, you couldn't pay me to work with the footage. I was offered a job once, but turned it down. I just don't want to deal with it. The lowest I will gby Shane Ross - Café LA Re: My Monitor is not Monitoring - 18 years agoTry tossing the preference with FCP rescue. This is such an odd thing that I really have no clue. And judging by the lack of response, not many others do as well. If trashing the prefs don't do it, it might call for a uninstall and reinstall of the program.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: CD Ripper - 18 years agoIf you just drag the song from the iTunes window...DIRECTLY from the window into a folder or drive or onto the desktop, it copies that track into that location. I use iTunes for organizing my temp music and sound effects, and drag and drop all the time. No digging thru folder after folder.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: TV QUALITY - 18 years agoThere is no difference in quality if you play from the timeline or Print to Video or Edit to Tape. None whatsoever.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Glow Transition/Effect - 18 years agoJoe's filters. Joe's Color Glow is one that I use often. But the CGM one Michael pointed out is good to. I have that one as well. Sorry, don't watch Oprah or Phil, but I do use these transitions in my work.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: TV QUALITY - 18 years ago"*Reduce the size of my clips in the timeline, making sure there are no audio waveforms showing." Please tell me what this is and why you are doing it? Explain it better. Dubbing always reduces quality...But: "By the way, I also have my settings in safe RT and Dynamic/Full quality all the way down" Those are incorrect settings. Should be Safe RT, that is right, but Fullby Shane Ross - Café LA |
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