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Your basic troubleshooting and discussion forum for all things about Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
Re: New iMac with 2 Thunderbolt ports = Death of MacPro? - 11 years ago
Well, first they upgraded the MacBookPro, now the iMac. So... in the usual chronology of things, it shouldn't be much longer for a new MacPro to show up plus the fact that without thunderbolt, there's no future in the current model. Standing in line with cash in hand...by ClayC - Café LA
Re: Film Light leak effects - free. - 11 years ago
Hey, very cool, good one. Thanks muchly.by ClayC - Café LA
Re: Spent the Evening with iMovie 11 - 11 years ago
No, you can't do a professional edit in iMovie, for all the reasons being mentioned. However, it is a very good tool for pre-selecting and rough cuts. Especially on set or on the road. Then just export an xml from iMovie, and bring it into FCP for the polishing and finishing. We were looking for a simple pre-selecting tool for DSLR shoots recently and found it in iMovie. With a little biby ClayC - Café LA
Re: Pro Res and Adobe? - 11 years ago
You need to have FCS3 installed for read/write ProRes functionality. Once FCS3 is installed, it drops the ProRes components into your QuickTime folder. QuickTime Player 7 as well as FCP and CS4 can then read and write ProRes files.by ClayC - Café LA
Re: Freelancer Q:- Tape vs Tapeless projects . . . - 11 years ago
100% tapeless here. Haven't touched tape in about 2 years now. We use an external facility when the odd bit of client archive footage shows up for ingest, or a client needs tape playouts for broadcast or whatever. Otherwise, tape is way too expensive to operate and maintain these days for the minimal amount of demand.by ClayC - Café LA
Re: New Final Cut Pro at Supermeet, April 12 - 11 years ago
T-12 or so and counting... Pretty amazing news too about prime vendors moving over to Mac and FCP. Assume they all got a heads up on at least some of the details, too much of a coincidence otherwise. Should be a strong indicator that we're not going to see iMovie Pro as some would lead us believe. Fascinating times these. Can't recall a release of any NLE generating this much buzz.by ClayC - Café LA
Re: New Final Cut Pro at Supermeet, April 12 - 11 years ago
So who could the "very special guest" making the presentation be? I'm willing to wager that it's the same guy who said that the next FCS release would be "awesome". That would certainly reiterate the commitment to the ProApps users. I'm willing to wager too that next week is going to shed a whole different light on the entire subject. Anything else is pure opinion and spby ClayC - Café LA
Re: New Final Cut Pro at Supermeet, April 12 - 11 years ago
Hi Mike, Whhhaaaaa? I could win a DaVinci panel???? I too would gladly go bananas on Skype for that. How do I get a grand worth of raffle tickets? Sigh. Sounds like it's going to be epic, though. Really looking forward to the breaking news and hope we get a repeat show at the IBC in September!!! Just waiting for registration to open on that one... Cheers, Clayby ClayC - Café LA
Re: Red Camera editing issues - picure disappeared - 11 years ago
There's an excellent book here in the Lafcpug store: RED: The Ultimate Guide to Using the Revolutionary Camera by Noah Kadner Not too tech, very clear explanations of the various workflows and the general inner workings of the RED camera system. A must read to get started and great to have on hand in your library as a general reference. For specific issues, gear questions, system reby ClayC - Café LA
Re: Red Camera editing issues - picure disappeared - 11 years ago
You need to read up on the RED workflow. There are several options all depending basically on what you need to get out the door at the end of the day. At the moment it sounds to me like you're confusing the proxy workflow with the Log & Transfer route. The two most basic methods in FCP are: 1. Use Log and Transfer to bring in the RED clips and transcode to ProResHQ or 4x4 for editingby ClayC - Café LA
Re: QuickTime Exports Read Only File - 12 years ago
You're right, seems to be an OS issue. Just clicking around here briefly, everything is written that way; FCP Projectfiles, Color Projectfiles, Motion Projectfiles, Word.docs, Excel.docs, .pdf, .tif, .psd, and so on. Read Only for everyone exept the admin. Working with administrator login, one would never notice untill one hits a glitch. I never did before either. Don't have the time tby ClayC - Café LA
Re: QuickTime Exports Read Only File - 12 years ago
Nope. Folder or desktop, same thing happens. Apply permissions afterward>>... guess I was unclear but yes, that's what we did. But, why? One would think default should be the other way around.by ClayC - Café LA
QuickTime Exports Read Only File - 12 years ago
Why does Export>QT create a .mov that is Read Only except for the administrator? Never noticed this before. We've had two separate issues recently with sound studios who were able to download our playout files from server, but not save them to disc because of insufficient priviledges. The fix was to go back to the machine the files were created on and with the adminstrator password change tby ClayC - Café LA
Re: How do you use your monitors? - 12 years ago
Left monitor, which I sit in front of with trusty ancient OS9 keyboard, pen and wacom tablet, is split approximately down the middle. Browser on the left running the full height of the screen because I don't need all those browser columns all the time but I do want as long a list as possible. Viewer window on the top right, canvas window below it. Tool bar and audio bar on the canvas window.by ClayC - Café LA
Re: iMovie Pro... WHY? - 12 years ago
Look at what Adobe did with AE when they went from 6.5 to 7.0. The UI got a more "professional" looking skin along the lines of Flame, Shake, DaVinci etc. Premiere followed suit at some point. I would hope it goes along the lines of what the general professional standard is today (apps like RedCineX, Mocha, Nuke, Maya, Cinema4D) and not full of distracting eye candy and silly iconby ClayC - Café LA - X
Re: Somewhat OT File Hosting Fees - 12 years ago
Hey Ben, thanks for your insights. Been thinking along the same lines. Our USP is that we operate our own server and can transfer files to it via our internal network or by simply connecting an external drive. The thing clients like is the instant online function this provides. There's no upload time. Plus, they don't have to set up accounts, manage logins or administrate. We do all thatby ClayC - Café LA
Somewhat OT File Hosting Fees - 12 years ago
In this day and age of tapeless we're being asked more and more to provide file hosting on our server. We're getting up into the 40-60GB range for some clients and for longer periods of time. A month or longer instead of just a few days for approvals. Collaborative work is also taking up time and considerable space. Of course, there are any number of free hosting sites, but clients want uby ClayC - Café LA
Re: THUNDERBOLT DEMO - 12 years ago
So what are the new MacPros going to look like? For sure more than 1 Thunderpolt port. Could be absolutely awesome and raise the bar way up. And a lot of opportunities for 3rd party hardware suppliers; affordable SAN, GPU extensions, Raids, Control Surfaces, Tablets, etc. Should be quite an interesting year, especially if we do see the new FCStudio soon. Once again, feeding the piggy banby ClayC - Café LA
Re: OT: The variable pricing of After Effects CS5 - 12 years ago
What they said, and often vendors don't realize that they are selling you an upgrade and not the full version. Make sure about that before you take the jump. Adobe's pricing policy is awful and has been for years. Love the products, but don't understand why they won't conform pricing worldwide. Production Premium CS5 (English Version) here in Europe costs more than double than in the US. Iby ClayC - Café LA
Re: OT: Essential Mac software we couldn't or shouldn't be without... - 12 years ago
PluralEyes, Levellator, mpeg Streamclip, Mocha, Shake, AfterEffects, Photoshop, Episode, FxFactory, DaVinci Resolve, Wave Agent, TextUpPro, FCS Maintenance Pack, OpenOffice, just to name the ones, great and small, we deal with in our shop regularly. Good question, Ben. Never really sat down and thought about it in total before, much less added up the bill...., and you're only talking softwareby ClayC - Café LA
Re: Logging Software for Canon 5D - 12 years ago
Hi Andreas, very cool and thanks muchly. Taking a test drive with that later this week... Cheers, Clayby ClayC - Café LA
Re: 1.5 with 1.0? - 12 years ago
Nope. Not downwards compatible. Why not just upgrade from FCS2 to the new FCS? It's cheap enough to do.by ClayC - Color
Re: Render Problems from RED - 12 years ago
Yes, of course, render/grading proxy settings are at full. Although I thought that this only effected viewing in Color, no effect on the export codec which is set to ProRes4444. I can get a sharp image if I add a slight touch of post sharpening back in FCP. Not the ideal way to go. They did the edit with 2k proxies. I couldn't get the proxies to relink properly in Color (freeze frames, lby ClayC - Color
Re: Logging Software for Canon 5D - 12 years ago
That does look promising. $699 huh? Ouch. I'll give the Demo a try though in the next couple of days and let you know. Thx, Clayby ClayC - Café LA
Re: Logging Software for Canon 5D - 12 years ago
No? Like in no? Nada? Nothing? <<Surely you just do this in L&T.....>> Of course. But picture this, director goes out on a shoot with client and a crew. The director insists on using a 5D. He shoots an interview or two, some B-Roll and some docu shots. On the way home in the crewbus/airplane/train they go through the footage and log it. I don't want them touching FCP fby ClayC - Café LA
Logging Software for Canon 5D - 12 years ago
Is there a good app for logging Canon 5D footage on a MacBookPro including marking best takes, adding multiple markers to individual clips and have that info show up in Log and Transfer prior to ingest?by ClayC - Café LA
Re: 2 GPU`S - 12 years ago
Hi Ben, after tinkering around and corresponding with Blackmagic Support (who are Grade A top-notch excellent btw), here's where we are: Up and running with the ATI5770 in Slot 1 (which is double wide), the NVIDIA 4000 in Slot 2 and the Blackmagic Extreme HD+ in Slot 3. A Sonnet Tempo e2p is going into Slot 4 tomorrow for a 20TB eSata Raid. Support confirmed the proposed configuration befby ClayC - Café LA
2 GPU`S - 12 years ago
What happens with FCP Studio 3 if I install a second GPU (NVIDIA 4000)? Any andverse affect? Any downside? Reasons for doing so are: 1. Resolve 7.1 2. CS5 The current card is an ATI 5770. MacPro is 2010 8 Core w/16GB Ram. Thx, Clayby ClayC - Café LA
Re: Render Problems from RED - 12 years ago
Yes, of course. I'm also monitoring out via Blackmagic card. In the past, no problems whatsoever. I re-opened a past project today with the identical workflow to see if generally something is screwy with my system. Not the case. My ProRes4444 renders are as pristine sharp as they should be. The issue is not with FinalCut. If I go to the rendererd grades (g_1, g_2, etc.), and open them wiby ClayC - Color
Render Problems from RED - 12 years ago
I have a RED 2k sequence from FCP. Looks fine and grades well in Color. I render out to ProRes4444, and all the footage looks slightly soft and fuzzy after sending it back to FCP. FCP RT playback settings are set at high. What gives?by ClayC - Color
