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Re: Media File Corruption Problem and Solution - 19 years ago
> However, something other than generic, unhelpful error messages need to > appear when files do go bad. I completely agree with that one. Features request time. What we have here is obviously not "Out of memory" even though memory overload seems to be one of the side effects of the problem. And enough with the "General error" b.s. -- tell us what's wrong!by derekmok - Café LA
Re: sleeping disorder - 19 years ago
Use screensavers, not Sleep Mode. I've had computers refuse to wake up. (Lots of us can relate!) Set your System Preferences - Energy Saver to "Never". *Especially* don't let the computer put hard disks to sleep.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: error-out of memory - 19 years ago
Firstly, you should really consider getting a SATA RAID array. Though I agree with Jude on the "how'd you daisy-chain so many" issue, the problems you're having could be the price you pay for a gargantuan 15-drive chain. It's asking for trouble. At the very least, replace those 120GB drives with 240GBs and you can whittle the chain down to 7 or 8 drives. Even better, use 1TB arraysby derekmok - Café LA
Re: simple dissolve not working with effects - 19 years ago
One more potential problem: If you set a motion keyframe at the beginning of your clip, then did a transition to the beginning, you would now need to put the start keyframe to the beginning of the transition, not the beginning of the clip as it's cut, or the movement won't start until your transition is over -- which makes for jumpiness.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: Digital Daily - How do I add "Chapter Markers" to a group of clips? - 19 years ago
Yeah, I'd love to have the ability to copy and paste markers. If they behaved like real objects in the Timeline, it'd be nice to create all the markers, then group-select them and control-click to "add chapter marker" or something. Features wishlist! I guess for now, we're stuck with m, m, click, return, SHIFT-down arrow. FCP burning DVDs? I'd be worried about FCP trying to take onby derekmok - Café LA
Re: Mini DV deck recording - 19 years ago
It's also possible for one device to be able to handle super-hot sound spikes, glitches etc. but not another. If all else fails, capture the footage using your camera (whichever device you said you could "play the sound from the original tape" without problems), check to see if the glitches appear, then spit it back out at the deck.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: No sound, no cry? - 19 years ago
Some decks have headphone jacks. Those will work too. Basically, FCP is able to receive and show you the image on the tape via the Log and Capture window, but sound can never be played back from the computer until a clip is captured. The cardinal rule is when you're capturing, using a TV or monitor hooked up to the deck for image, and either the TV's built-in speakers or a mixer-speaker comboby derekmok - Café LA
Re: "firewire drive has stopped responding" - 19 years ago
If it happened during a render, chances are you've lost render files, and also it's possible that the interruption of the on-going render has mucked with the project file. Painful solution: Do NOT save the project file no matter what. You want to prevent further writing to your file and try to preserve what you had before you started the render. First order of business is to BACK UP your projby derekmok - Café LA
Re: File I/O Error when preparing for video display - 19 years ago
> unfortunately it only copied over as a consolidated piece... Not sure what you mean there, but I'm assuming the sequence still refuses to open even from a new project. If not, however, try the copy, save the new project file, then close both new and old project files, relaunch FCP, and open the new project to try it out. > ERROR: Out of Memory...and then the sequence wont open... Someby derekmok - Café LA
Re: File I/O Error when preparing for video display - 19 years ago
Have you tried just copying the problem sequences to a new project? Sometimes that works, as logic-defying as that is. I think you could try copying one part of your bad project file at a time to a brand-new project file -- some parts might still be OK, and salvageable. At the very least, it could help narrow down the diagnosis.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: Mono to Stereo - 19 years ago
> Why pan them to the center? Dialogue tracks should always be in the center. With lower-end productions like the student films I've cut, we also sometimes had projection systems that lost one side, left or right. People who didn't pan dialogue tracks dead center were horrified to find, at their screenings for grant applications, that half their dialogue went missing. Same with music. >by derekmok - Café LA
Re: Healing Cuts - 19 years ago
Remember, though, that this operation overrides anything different about the second cut -- motion, filters etc.. Lots of people (myself included) use the razor to separate out a part of a clip to facilitate keyframing -- gotta make sure there isn't a reason the through edit is there.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: Lafcp Clips & Tricks Of The Month - 19 years ago
> If it is possible to include credits at the end roll ok, for me is not obligatory > (depends of the author). I think full disclosure of chain of titles on clips should be obligatory for the file trading. I seriously doubt LAFCPUG would want copyright lobbyists breathing down its neck.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: DVDpro4 is killing me - 19 years ago
We need the specs of the media you were trying to burn on DVD, and also the preference settings you've been using.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: HELP!! DSR-11 miniDV tape won't eject - 19 years ago
Sounds like the tape may have gotten loose on the reels before you used the winder, and then the loose bits started getting worse. Mini-DV tapes (or any tape, for that matter, but Mini-DV tapes in particular, given their small dimensions) weren't meant to be stored in an unrewound position -- when storing them for extended periods, they should be wound to the very front or the very back to preveby derekmok - Café LA
Re: To Linear or Not to linear that is the question - 19 years ago
I think it's possible to discipline oneself in digital editing to make informed choices just like in flatbed or linear tape-to-tape editing. One thing I noticed about pre-digital editing is that although cuts were a little looser, they were no less effective because the editors and directors knew what was important -- which was emotional flow, not perfect matching, not visual "smoothness&quby derekmok - Café LA
Re: Increasing gain without increasing artifacts/grain on DV footage. - 19 years ago
> I also like the idea of the layering technique with the screen blending mode. > That's a powerful technique and blending modes in FCP seem to render at a > higher quality compared to many other things, so tend to look very good. Oh ho! That's a great thing to know. What's the reasoning behind that? Is it because there's more of an element of the original footage (using what's theby derekmok - Café LA
Re: To Linear or Not to linear that is the question - 19 years ago
> I wish i could find a way to make them more physical Oh, come now...you're telling me you've never talked to the computer? I took Walter Murch's work habits literally. He says he raises his Moviola higher up so that he has to edit standing up. I sometimes do that. And to go with the "editing is dance" analogy, I usually gauge my cuts in real time -- I use the Trim window maybeby derekmok - Café LA
Re: To Linear or Not to linear that is the question - 19 years ago
Interesting topic...I was taught to consider non-digital editing to be linear, because in flatbed editing, there is no "random access". and it's not "non-destructive". Basically my first instructor equated "non-linear" with "digital". I see your point, though, Frank -- Mike, Nick and Graeme etc., do you agree with Frank's definition?by derekmok - Café LA
Re: To Linear or Not to linear that is the question - 19 years ago
> I was asked to come into a nonlinear studio to edit something and i was > saying to myself ," i should just get the footage and put it in final cut. J., make sure you have the distinction right: LINEAR is tape-to-tape, Moviolas, etc. NON-LINEAR is digital. If somebody's asking you to edit non-linearly, they're asking you to use Final Cut or Avid.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: To Linear or Not to linear that is the question - 19 years ago
Huh? Are you trying to use a flatbed, Moviola, Steenbeck? Or tape-to-tape? There are still linear editors out there who swear by tape-to-tape. Just not many. > I have Final Cut 5. I have been ask to do some non-linear considerations. Again...huh?by derekmok - Café LA
Re: General Question. - 19 years ago
Part of a good editor's job isn't just to cut out the bad parts, but s/he has a responsibility for seeing what's potentially good about it as well. Can't throw the baby out with the soiled diapers. Make sure you're not letting bad camera work, focus issues, shaky moves etc. get in the way of your content. If the content is worthy, figure out a way to showcase it. Effects do help, but rememberby derekmok - Café LA
Re: tips - External Hard Drive - 19 years ago
Hey, just because they die easier doesn't mean they are doomed. Take good care of your Lacie (eg. don't hot-mount it, don't daisy-chain it with a deck, do a proper, full format before you use it, run DiskWarrior maintenance) and its life expectancy will probably improve considerably.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: Tile or Remove license plate from my footage - 19 years ago
> You don't typically have to keyframe every frame. Maybe every 10 to 15 It's actually often important that you *don't* keyframe every frame when you're adjusting for a moving object. I did a manual online on a documentary once (cleaner transfer, no matching timecodes -- had to online by eye) where I had to redo a "censor" bar over a guy's eyes, and I did too many keyframes, one evby derekmok - Café LA
Re: OT: Quake damage offer - 19 years ago
My first-ever earthquake, guys...I'm now all traumatized. Who can I sue for punitive damages?by derekmok - Café LA
Re: tips - External Hard Drive - 19 years ago
Holy CRAP, I don't know where my head was at when I wrote 26GB (pipe dream?). Sorry about that. 26 GB for 10 hours would be at a super-super-compressed quality setting. Still, I doubt if you'll need 100GB for render files. Depends on the project. If it's a short film with a high shooting ratio, 40GB would probably do you fine for renders. Add to 130GB for media, plus 20-30GB of safety spaby derekmok - Café LA
