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Re: WOW! Now CONAN O'BRIEN piles on FCPX! - 13 years ago

Flabasha Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > gy/personaltech/100000000878633/final-cut-pro-gets > -easier.htm not valid url

almost Insulting - 13 years ago

Like every body I am shocked... I went through the phases of excitement in January, then intense anxiety in April, followed by intense joy mid April. Finally came impatience until the release.... until now... Surprise then anger then.... "wait, really?...." then "maybe I don't get it".... Finally: Yes I got it.... and I am ANGRY!!! Who do Apple think they are to totally

Re: The Real Question... - 13 years ago

Flabasha Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So it's all fine with me, because I already know > Avid. It hurts, because I loved FCP, and LOVE how > it democratized editing from the Bad Old Days of > $100,000 Avid seats. >But the bottom line is no > company in Hollywood, with crazy deadlines and > creative expectations is ever going to

Re: Green blocks appears after rendering Motion file in FCP timeline - 13 years ago

It could be a possibility actually since I already had issues with error messages pointing in the direction of a faulted card.....

Re: OT: An Editor's Lament - 13 years ago

Re: "error code of 135" while trying to Media Manage / Recompress - 13 years ago

I haven't found anything on the message 135. I was able to fix my issue by working around it.

Re: Reasons why NOT using a LCD TV as monitor? - 13 years ago

grafixjoe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I see TVs cheaper than monitors... > > You lost me right there. Money is obviously more > important than visual quality to you so might as > well get a TV. Monitors are more expensive for a > reason. TVs are end user displays. This is why i posted since tvs are cheaper i wanted to know if i w

Re: Reasons why NOT using a LCD TV as monitor? - 13 years ago

Looking for over 27"... Thx thoigh

Re: Reasons why NOT using a LCD TV as monitor? - 13 years ago

Monitors over 27"'are more expensive and hard to find in my experience. I dont care about color because i cut movie trailers that are already color corrected and if correction is needed it happens after my cut by someone else

Reasons why NOT using a LCD TV as monitor? - 13 years ago

I see TVs cheaper than monitors and since I want something in the 27" range and over I am considering getting a TV instead... I do NOT care about the true colors and color correction. So I am a little confused why I shouldn't get an LCD display? ANy reasons I am missing? Thanks.

Re: Avid training for an FCP user? - 13 years ago

I started editing on Avid for a year or so and then moved on to FCP for the last 5 years. I've contemplated re-learning AVID but everytime I do try I can't get over the fact that AVID doesn't let you customize the keyboard like FCP do. You can customize, but it's pretty limited. And my editing speed relies on so many shortcuts.... So my advice is to study the Avid keyboard shortcuts and transf

"error code of 135" while trying to Media Manage / Recompress - 13 years ago

I am cutting a music video with 5 to 6 sources, all ingested in ProRes 422 HQ. I need to make an offline version so my MBP is able to handle multiclip playback. I wanted to use the Media Manager tool to Recompress to Prores Proxy but it fails and I get this message: "The attempt to recompress clip_name failed with ant error code of 135." Anyone went thru this... and found a solut

Re: Log and Transfer _SOLVED - 13 years ago

after trying and trying I decided to post my question.... then tried again and figured it out!! Thanks Derek! X_

Log and Transfer _SOLVED - 13 years ago

I am having an issue. My main footage is Apple Pro Res 422 HQ and when I Log and transfer my Broll it comes in Apple Pro Res 422 (no HQ) So of course when I try to create a multiclip I have an error message. However I don't see how to change the log/capture settings... Thx

Re: Best quality file for delivery - 13 years ago

It's a 30 minute export so I was trying not to have to do trail and error. I used the Compressor setting. I'm sure it'll be fine THanks

Re: Best quality file for delivery - 13 years ago

It's a 3 min sizzle. What H264 settings would you suggest so they can play on a TV via a laptop

Re: Best quality file for delivery - 13 years ago

derekmok Wrote: ---------------------------------------------------- > . Are you using ProRes or DVCPro > HD? Those are two codecs that "normal" > non-production computers don't have. I batch export without chging the settings. My media is prores. > ", but DVCPro HD is very light, even though DVCPro HD would yield much > larger files. Just to com

Best quality file for delivery - 13 years ago

My project is 1280 x 720, 29.97. I need to export my final cut for my client to be able to play it from his computer connected to a projector or a TV. I am a little confused since when choosing Export / Quicktime file it gives me a file with the FCP logo which can not be played by all computers. Any suggestion welcome. Also, does the file has to be the best possible if played from a client'

Re: Multiple formats - 13 years ago

Cool thanks! Changed Frame rate and size and now all is good!! Thanks all!

Re: You knew this was coming - Final Cut X Parody - 13 years ago

who did this?!?!? Pure GENIUS!!!!!

Multiple formats - 13 years ago

I am putting together a spot with clips with differents specs: I have close to 10 various frame rates and sizes. I did a batch conversion to Apple ProRes 422 via compressor but now that I bring the clips in the timeline I still have the red render line for some clips.... Wasn't compressor supposed to take care of this? Did I miss something? Thanks

Re: OT: G-Drive Raid doesn't show up any more - 13 years ago

This is nice. Also came across this Caldigit VR mini, 1TB plus free 500Gb drive and free case for $279....

Re: OT: G-Drive Raid doesn't show up any more - 13 years ago

Alright I need to check out the price on these CalDigit VR. Can't live with that pressure of "is it going to mount or is it not?" Thx

Re: UPDATE: OT: G-Drive Raid doesn't show up any more - 13 years ago

actually this is a known problem

UPDATE: OT: G-Drive Raid doesn't show up any more - 13 years ago

So I took my drive to work today. At first it behaved like it did on my MBP last night: not showing on the desktop. Visible in Disk Utility but the Verify and Repair buttons were greyed out. Then I clicked Eject from the same Disk Uitlity window and nothing seemed to happen until a minute or so later the drive showed up on the desktop. Needless to say that it was like seeing a new born popping

Re: OT: G-Drive Raid doesn't show up any more - 13 years ago

grafixjoe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I personally > use a CalDigit VR (RAID 1) for a work drive and > back everything up to a NewerTech Guardian > Maximus. Looking at buying an LTO 5 Tape Backup > system for that final layer of protection. Doing > more research. Thx!

Re: OT: G-Drive Raid doesn't show up any more - 13 years ago

derekmok Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > [...] so I > can use RAID0s and JBODs with impunity. > JBODs?.... > you need a RAID5 setup with redundancy, > is this really cheap? > Storage space is so cheap these days >

Re: OT: G-Drive Raid doesn't show up any more - 13 years ago

That's what I suspect too.... Two drives that last 4 days each!!!! I've had issues I believe with the port on my MBP... The drives sometimes don't show as if the port was bad... But could this "kill" 2 drives?! So Derek how do you save your work? Meaning I am now very paranoid. Do you back up everything on a 2nd and 3rd drive?

OT: G-Drive Raid doesn't show up any more - 13 years ago

I had a G Drive a while back that suddenly stopped showing up on the desktop. I returned it and got a G Raid. It worked fine for 4 days and tonight it decided to not show up as well. It shows in Disk Utility but i can't Verify or Repair. I get this message: Filesystem verify or repair failed. Am I doing something wrong when I unmount my drives? I usually Quit FCP and click the eject button.

Green blocks appears after rendering Motion file in FCP timeline - 13 years ago

Once I render my motion file in FCP timeline, I have a green window showing up: two solid green blocks, one on the left darker green filling 1/4 of the canvas, the remaining is lighter green. I know I am not the only one. When I google results came up but no one found a solution.... Maybe here.. Thanks