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Re: Petition to reinstate FCP 7 found on Apple Discussion Board - 12 years agomy only point is that downgrading FCP to imovie standard is not 'the way forward' - that is all, and many people seem to agree (at least 60 from the last count as for 'the sky falling' it sure has in london although calling this 'update' the end of the world is going a tad too far IMO. Regards Bluey,by bluey - Café LA - X Re: Petition to reinstate FCP 7 found on Apple Discussion Board - 12 years ago59 petition signers so far . . . sure to blow the wind up Apple's boardroom cavern . . . considering they scrapped the FCP development team last year (?) perhaps this travesty is not alas, reversible. As for the LAFCUG forum, surely it's days are now numbered as the program has been obliterated? what a shake-up . Regards Bluey,by bluey - Café LA - X Re: Holy mackerel... - 12 years agoi so, so very wish that was the case. this software has been part of my life every day for 11 years! oh well guess it's time to 'get zen with the change' and other such 'moving on' bright-and-breezy insinuations of those who like to edit videos of their kids at the beach then export them to Facebook or something. i did try to find that petition on the apple discussion boards but it appears toby bluey - Café LA - X Re: "Background Rendering" - 12 years agoso in other words this new 'background rendering' is in fact . . . auto render (?)by bluey - Café LA - X Re: Zen and the Art of FCPX Understanding - 12 years agoStaying civil and polite here, but regards the initial couple of posts i simply cannot agree, and i know a dozen editors, friends, working professionally who also concur that FCP has been 'bombed back to the stone age' if it was april fools i'd understand but . . . It's not about "hey it's only version 1.0" it's about them scraping and dismantling an excellent piece of software and rby bluey - Café LA - X Re: Well, that didn't take long - - 12 years agoi think his response was quite restrained. considering our lovely editing software has been raped beyond recognition and left for dead, quite a reasonable response, reserved even premier/avid all day long from here on out. bar one tower and a laptop i'll be using with v7 for as long as possible. hasta-la-visata, Blueyby bluey - Café LA - X Re: OH . . . MY . . . GOD - 12 years agoQuotewalterbiscardi walterbiscardi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > For those mentioning Premiere. I just posted my > first test today. Funnily enough, Adobe Premiere > Pro can open a Final Cut Pro project. Something > Final Cut Pro 10 cannot. great vid, although i would hesitate to refer to 'it' as FCP10. on the up-side 24 hrs since openinby bluey - Café LA - X OH . . . MY . . . GOD - 12 years agowe've just downloaded a test copy at the studio here . . . . speechless . . . completely speechless . . . this is IMOVIE all day long . . . whatever features have been thrown in it's not going to make up for in effect scrapping FCP - which is what they seem to have done, at first glance. buying it through itunes was bad enough, but again not the point - FCP has been obliterated. i can only imby bluey - Café LA - X Re: OT: An Editor's Lament - 12 years agoyeah at the end of the day as a porn editor people w@nk over your work, that's it. although what i would say is that it's very commendable to have so much passion and investment in your day-job which you (obviously do from the sound if it!) but like i say jobs a job init and if that also encompasses your creative attention and personal passion then all power to you, very brave, especially showby bluey - Café LA Re: OT: An Editor's Lament - 12 years agoarty spanking eh, a cut above the rest job's a job init!by bluey - Café LA Re: .AVI to FCP trimmed & then to the web - 12 years agoadding more codecs to which system? the avi plays in vlc fine, except there doesn't seem to be an export option to any QT format, that i can see. and in streamclip all the export options are there, but the image is just white, with audio - the picture is missing. in your initial reply you suggested to use streamclip to convert the avi file/s to an editable format in FCP such as ProRes tby bluey - Café LA Re: .AVI to FCP trimmed & then to the web - 12 years agoyep i have vlc - except i don't see how to export to a quicktime format? Bluey,by bluey - Café LA Re: .AVI to FCP trimmed & then to the web - 12 years agocheers shane, only when i import it into streamclip i only have audio and the view is white, i get both visual and audio when viewing in vlc play though . . ideas? Bluey,by bluey - Café LA .AVI to FCP trimmed & then to the web - 12 years agoHi champs - does anyone know the best method for converting avi files for trimming in FCP, and to then be uploaded to the web? (both youtube and the largest possible vimeo display) . . Many thanks! Blueyby bluey - Café LA Re: Avid training for an FCP user? - 12 years agoloads of decent replies, much help indeed nice one guys . . Bluey,by bluey - Avid Media Composer Re: Avid training for an FCP user? - 12 years agonice one andy . . . very helpful > also are there any other editors here who have been required to or have chosen to widen their edit-knowledge to the Avid? Bluey,by bluey - Avid Media Composer Avid training for an FCP user? - 12 years agoHi all, i'm looking to train-up in Avid and was wondering if anyone new of a training dvd for those specifically coming from an FCP perspective? how different are the two really? I've never sat in front of an Avid and have been using FCP full time since version three. Regards Bluey,by bluey - Avid Media Composer Re: Rumors from an Avid dealer .. have you hear-it too. - 12 years agoI think what's being inferred here is that 'if you continue to use Apple apps you will no longer be considered professional' . . . what with them basically saying "FCP? oh you mean imovie what you don't use Avid? i thought you said you were a professional editor?" . . . now, it seems. The gates for snobbery have been widened, that is all, if you're a truly decent, talented and capablby bluey - Café LA Re: fcp versus avid (again) - 12 years agoSince this thread is about keying . . . do any of you guys or girls know where one may be able to download some green-screen footage for free, to practice keying with? Regards, Blueyby bluey - Café LA Re: virus software - 12 years agoQuoteCV Christoph Vonrhein Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > bluey Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > . . . just turned mine on - is there any way to > > check for anything that may have got through > while > > it was not turned on? > > The purpose of the firewall is to block portsby bluey - Café LA Re: virus software - 12 years agostrypes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is a firewall on macs. It's in system > preferences under security. Another reason that > Macs are more secure is partly because Steve Jobs > doesn't really care as much about backward > compatibility. Within 3 years, a software sneaks > off the back end and by 4, support is almost > totallby bluey - Café LA Re: virus software - 12 years agoBabaG, right - while macs are safe at the moment, apparently less-so, it'd always make sense to keep your guard up and stay informed. something about the tortoise and the hare . . . Bluey,by bluey - Café LA Re: virus software - 12 years agojust watch out for this . . . Quotebleepingcomputer.com "Mac Protector is a fake rogue anti-spyware program that for the Mac OS operating system. This infection is spread through the use of advertisements on web sites that pretend to be fake online scanners. When these fake scans are finished, it will state that your computer is infected and then automatically download the Mac Protectby bluey - Café LA Re: ripping DVDs, editing, compressing for the web - 12 years agoHey 'amanda' - not being a moderator here i don't have a direct answer, but you may find it useful to do multiple searches and do a bit of digging on google. the process is apparently very simple and straight forward, in fact a friend of mine has just ripped numerous clips of my work from dvds that i worked on, with streamclip, and uploaded them to the web for me, the quality is great and theyby bluey - Café LA London SuperMeet Question - 12 years agoHi guys, does anyone know if info or a presentation of FCP-X will be on the agenda at the meet? what is the itinerary? the details of the event seem rather vague . . . a picture of a guy with his arms in the air as though he's at a football match, couple mentions of mingling and drinking cocktails . . and not much else. does anyone know a list of speakers, seminars? is there something i'veby bluey - Café LA |
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