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Your basic troubleshooting and discussion forum for all things Final Cut Pro X. If you are having issues with FCP 7 and below, post it in Cafe LA.
Re: Wacked audio - drifting and cut off, any advice? - 11 years ago
This is a known FCP bug. I've had it happen a few times over the past years quite suddenly in the middle of a job with no apparent reason. Does this describe it: You drop the audio you want to use onto your sequence with all the proper settings, but the longer the audio track plays, the more it drifts out of synch to video. If so, try this. 1. Playout your video to a self-containedby ClayC - Café LA
Re: Lacie(s) stopped working - 11 years ago
A power outage and a possible power surge when it came back on is enough to cause major havoc. I'm guessing, you didn't unplug everything before the power came back on? I'm guessing again, you don't have surge protection or voltage regulators? If the drives are dead (do they try to spin up or just do nothing?), the most likely culprits are: 1. damaged power brick. Replace. 2. damageby ClayC - Café LA
PPro XMP File - 11 years ago
Ok, I give up. What is an Adobe xmp files? When exporting from PPro via Media Encoder to mpg and some other formats, Media Encoder writes an XMP. What is it? Should I care? When I just trash it, nothing changes, the exported mpg file plays back fine.by ClayC - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Re: CS6 Move Clips Vertically - 12 years ago
Yeah sure, like the blade it basically works most of the time, but I still hope that they add a few keyboard shortcuts just to make compositing more quick and more precise. When mastering, 98% of the time isn't enough. CS6 is otherwise an excellent compositor, it just needs a few more simple commands and functions to make it perfect. Like, is there a shortcut to resize the current selectionby ClayC - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
CS6 Move Clips Vertically - 12 years ago
I'm missing this one: alt+up arrow or down arrow to move a clip or selection of clips up or down while maintaining their horizontal position in the timeline. Also shift drag clip or clips up or down in the timeline to jump over other clips that might be in the way and still maintain position. The only work-around I've figured out is to park the playhead with snapping on at heads and then dragby ClayC - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Re: How to bring a Premiere file into FCP - 12 years ago
You need to be more specific. What audio i.e. what codec, whether camera audio or external, whether mono or stereo or just music or....?by ClayC - Café LA
Re: COLOR RENDERS ERASED - PROJECT HELP - 12 years ago
Probably too late for this, but before doing anything, get into your Color project if you still can and save all your grades, using a folder structure that makes sense for your project. You should then be able to duplicate the ungraded sequence you originally sent to Color, bring it in, drop on the saved grades and render back out again. Losing the render connections is unfortunately Color'sby ClayC - Café LA
Re: CS6 Batch export - 12 years ago
Batch Export is sorely missing. I sent off a feature request awhile ago saying that there needs to be a way to simply select a group of clips or sequences from the project tab and set up a batch process. In other words, like in FCP7. The more of us that ask for it, the more likely it is that it will happen. In the same vein, I'm missing batch reconnect and have requested that too.by ClayC - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Re: outputting for projection - 12 years ago
Normally a theater with digital projection would want a DCP output. Talk to the theater or best the projectionist to find out exactly what they require and ask if you can just plugin to their projector via HDMI as Nick suggests. For a first roughcut screening that would be sufficient/easiest/cheapest. If the theater needs a DCP file, then you'll need an external facility to help you generate tby ClayC - Café LA
Re: Premiere Pro CS6 tutorials - 12 years ago
And have a look at Video CoPilot's new Element plug-in for AE. A real milestone as far as plugins go. Not free (nor should it be), but takes things to the next level.by ClayC - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Re: Premiere Pro CS6 vs FCP X Benchmarks - 12 years ago
Yes of course, figure a final master playout into the equation. But the point is, in PPro you don't get hung up rendering during work anywhere near as often, if at all. Creatively too, a huge difference. You do maybe take a hit at the end depending on all the usual variables, but still, bottom line, most editors are going to get done a lot faster, especially on a good machine.by ClayC - Café LA - X
Re: Premiere Pro CS6 vs FCP X Benchmarks - 12 years ago
What if he tried it again with maxed out RAM and Mercury Playback ( = 2 Graphics Cards). Most, if any, of the things he did wouldn't need a render at all in Premiere.by ClayC - Café LA - X
Re: Mac Pro or what? - 12 years ago
Currently hybrid here. Partially Mac Pro, partially PC but leaning heavily towards PC now. If nothing significant happens next week with the Mac Pro, looks like we'll go PC entirely and get on with life. Edit/Grade/Key/Mask/Paint/Roto/Keyframe/Animate/Composite on a laptop? Totally agree. You'll go blind. Next week could well be a defining moment. Very curious to see what Apple comes uby ClayC - Café LA
Re: Premiere Pro CS6 - easy transition - 12 years ago
Hey Andy, thanks for the tip. Yes, it's a mixed format timeline with everything from r3D camera masters to .flv placeholder files and with motion fx, keys, composites and titles. 15 Mins for a screener playout is quite good, considering. Btw, anyone had a chance to pop open SpeedGrade yet?by ClayC - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Re: Premiere Pro CS6 - easy transition - 12 years ago
<<The event is in 2 hours. Exporting takes 4 hours.>> In that case, I'd just bring the master into a new sequence, fix the logo, and play out again. Media Encoder would race through that quite quickly. If I had mastered to tiff or dpx, which is very often the case, then something like a logo tweak would be quite easy. Granted PPro, although very similar to FCP7 now, involvesby ClayC - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Re: Premiere Pro CS6 - easy transition - 12 years ago
I'm finding that the best part is avoiding all the render hits during edit. In fact, on a dual quad core machine with two Quadros and currently editing a job in 3K with 3K Scarlet footage and a mix of HD footage plus keys, titles and motion effects I've yet to hit return for a render. A quick export of my 5 minute sequence to h264 at 720p for client review takes about 15 minutes. Not bad at alby ClayC - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Re: ProRes in Premiere - 12 years ago
Yep, filled in the request today. Batch Export is the only thing that I've come across so far that I'm really missing. Still using FCP7 or Streamclip or Episode. The AE route works too, but all Adobe needs to do is include a Batch Export function into the otherwise excellent Media Encoder. If enough editors ask for it, it will happen.by ClayC - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Re: De-noise Filters - 12 years ago
Imo Neat Video is excellent, although, depending on your machine takes quite awhile to render, and if you've applied other filters and/or motion fx can generally slow things down. In spite of those caveats, a great tool with very useful functions (like being able to create and save presets) and the ability to dive into your footage quite deeply if need be. For all of that, pricing is more thanby ClayC - Café LA
Re: iMac anti-reflective glass - 12 years ago
A new iMac at the top of the line to replace the MacPro might be good. Especially together with one of those Sonnet expansion chassis to be released soon. If that doesn't pan out, then either a custom built PC or perhaps something like this:by ClayC - Café LA
Re: Another Other NLE - 12 years ago
Played around with last night it for a few hours. It's very basic as far as editing is concerned, but goes a lot deeper in VFX and Compositing terms than it first appears. The export options are seriously good.by ClayC - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Another Other NLE - 12 years ago
Wondering where this might lead to: See the "Editing videos in the Timeline panel" clip as well as the 3D functions clips below it.by ClayC - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Re: OT: Working in Premiere - this is hilarious... - 12 years ago
Yep. Final Cut Pro 8, plus Motion 6 (better known as AE), DVD Studio Pro 5 (better known as Encore), Soundtrack Pro 4 (better known as Audition, with the added benefit that it actually works), plus On Location, Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Media Encoder, Adobe Bridge, Dynamic Link, and a bunch of other very cool stuff and advanced features all running in 64 Bit = Final Cut Studio 4 (better knby ClayC - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Resolve and Element Panels - 12 years ago
There was a thread on this here last September. Here it is. DaVinci Resolve 8.2. was released from Beta yesterday, now with Tangent Element Panels support. Here's the read me:by ClayC - Café LA
Re: transferring files to ugh Premiere - 12 years ago
Other Tools / Features: The title tool is more than just a simpler titler. It is fast and easy to create lower thirds, animations, shapes, FX etc. Just browsing through the UI quickly, other items large and small that I'm finding are especially useful: Resource Central One button click to create a new folder. One button click to switch between list and icon view One button click to creby ClayC - Café LA
Re: Arabic Text - 12 years ago
Found a very easy solution: It's a simple text template for Photoshop that one can paste text from a word doc into. Arabic characters display properly and can be scaled. The link says it's for CS4 Windows, but works on Mac OS 10.6.8 in Photoshop CS5.1 just fine. Free. Recommended. Saved the day. Cheers, Clayby ClayC - Café LA
Re: Arabic Text - 12 years ago
Many thanks for the tips, much appreciated. Working through the options. Geeza Pro is the name of the Apple Arabic font, but the translator is on a PC and not able to provide it. Worst case, I'll have to go the large type alpha channel illustrator or photoshop route. Going to try that link though too. Cheers, Clayby ClayC - Café LA
