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Re: Intensity Pro has no HDMI sync - 14 years agoJ.Corbett Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Though the footage is much much less sharp on my > 26inch 720p lcd. LOOKs perfect on the cpu monitor > though. Its about a 30% difference in sharpness > and color. I have my lcd set to 50% everything > (contrast, color, sharpness and so on) > > Looks better than dv but it doesn't jump out tby D-Mac - Café LA Re: ProApps update 2010-1 is out - 14 years agoI wonder if this has any connection to the release of pending 10.6.3 OS update? From the installer info: Quote Pro Applications Update 2010-01 improves overall stability and addresses a number of other minor issues. This update is recommended for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Server, and Logic Studio. Issues addressed in this update include the following. Final Cut Pro ?by D-Mac - Café LA Re: OT: Hyper-Threading in Current Mac Pros... - 14 years agoA brief addendum... My question, or pondering, is probably more relevant to a discussion of Compressor, or Qmaster, or both... Or, put another way, do these additional "virtual cores" in the dual, quad-core (current model) Mac Pros double the effective processing power (plus some) compared with a similar clock speed 2008 model 8-core Mac Pros (yes, I know that the processors and oby D-Mac - Café LA OT: Hyper-Threading in Current Mac Pros... - 14 years agoThanks to Jeff for mentioning the "hyper-threading" aspect of the current Xeon 5500 "processors" used in Mac Pros. And, thanks to Joey for asking for more clarification. I, too, wasn't quite aware of this info (I believe I saw it initially, but most news websites and discussion forums missed the important details, so none of us should feel bad). From Apple's current tby D-Mac - Café LA Re: LiveType Textures not appearing in FCP - 14 years agoTVTerry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wow...thanks Dave! Didn't mean to start you two > off! > If I create text in Motion and bring it into FCP > all is fine....but I don't know if it's possible > in Motion to access the Textures that are offered > in LiveType. Of course the textures in the Motion > Library show up fine... as do theby D-Mac - Café LA Re: LiveType Textures not appearing in FCP - 14 years agoTVTerry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yet another issue after upgrading to Snow > Leopard.... > My text created in LiveType with a texture fill > doesn't show up in FCP with the texture fill...the > text is simply white. I've trashed prefs and still > no luck. > Any ideas? Back on topic, hopefully... ;-) Does the LiveType contby D-Mac - Café LA Re: LiveType Textures not appearing in FCP - 14 years agoJeff, I agree with your sentiments. I may not have stated things as clearly as possible. Jeff Harrell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I know this is completely off the topic, but I'm > going to zero in on two things here, because > they've set me off. > > But, we all know that "supported" doesn't mean it > works as welby D-Mac - Café LA Re: LiveType Textures not appearing in FCP - 14 years agoJeff Harrell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wouldn't say "totally wrong," Dave, but in my > opinion you're pretty drastically overstating it. > Final Cut Studio 2 is explicitly supported on Snow > Leopard. Likewise, Final Cut Studio 2009 > Soopa-Genius Special Extended Dance Mix is > explicitly supported on 10.5.6 or later.by D-Mac - Café LA Re: LiveType Textures not appearing in FCP - 14 years agoI noticed a spate of similar issues recently in the posts here. (Sorry if this isn't directly related to this specific issue.) Unless I have lost my mind, I thought it was pretty clear that you shouldn't be upgrading your OS when using an older version of FCP. So, FCP 7 should work with Snow Leopard, but FCP 6 may not be as stable/robust and should be avoided (but is okay with Leopard). Sincby D-Mac - Café LA Re: Full-Screen Playback - 14 years agoDavid wrote... Quote Dave - thanks very much. Unfortunately still no luck. I set up a guest account and still no option for video playback. I also did another software update of all software just in case it was something to do with a component of another program, and still no luck. This would suggest a hardware issue, OS X issue, or a Final Cut Pro issue (or something else)... ;-)by D-Mac - Café LA Re: Full-Screen Playback - 14 years agoQuoteDavid wrote:And finally Dave - do you mean logging into the mac OSX on a different user account? I just have one currently and no guest account, do you think it's worth setting up a new one - if that's what you mean? Yes, under Mac OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) you can "turn on" a Guest user account. The nice thing about using the Guest account in Leopard is that whenever someone logsby D-Mac - Café LA Re: Full-Screen Playback - 14 years agoGood call Derek! Duh, I should have mentioned that as an alternative... resize the Canvas window... And, Jeff is correct about MBPs all having PCI Express (PCIe) graphics cards. "Plain old" PCI graphics preceded AGP... Now, some MacBooks had integrated graphics that don't work as well with FCP, but that's another thing... Along with trashing your preferences, David, you may try toby D-Mac - Café LA Re: Full-Screen Playback - 14 years agoYour answer may have been mentioned above. A good thing to do would be to read pages 226 to 229 in the FCP 6 User Manual. The required A/V settings are mentioned for "Cinema Desktop Preview --- Main" (which is what you want with only one monitor). A good troubleshooting guide is presented on page 229. Make sure that your keyboard is mapping keys properly (this can be changed in thby D-Mac - Café LA Re: Upgrading to FCS3/FCP7 - 14 years agoShane Ross Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you use Pacifist to hack the install, you can > get it installed onto a PPC machine. And > apparently someone has it working. But the fact > is that it wasn't TESTED on PPC machines, nor is > it SUPPORTED. That is why the preventative > measures to stop the install. > > > Tby D-Mac - Café LA Re: Upgrading to FCS3/FCP7 - 14 years agoPlaying devil's advocate for a few minutes... ;-) (Yeah, I probably wouldn't try to run things in an unsupported "mode." However, the apps are all Universal, meaning they contain both Intel and PowerPC code. If this is supposed to be an Intel-only release, why include Universal versions of the apps? DVD Studio Pro is the only unchanged app, so leaving it as Universal is not sucby D-Mac - Café LA Final Cut Studio (2009): Frakking Documentation... - 14 years agoIt's okay that Apple decided not to include printed manuals with the new version of FCS, but they don't even include PDF versions with the installation (or on Apple's website, as least not yet). The documentation comes in HTML only. The problem with the HTML only version is that there are no page numbers, or an index, with which one can refer to, especially when trying to tell someone elseby D-Mac - Café LA Re: Upgrading to FCS3/FCP7 - 14 years agoYes, it is a major upgrade. I just did an install this afternoon on my test machine. The main install with all content took about 50 GB of disk space (if I remember correctly), with an additional 5 to 7 GB for the Documentation and Extras folders from the main install disc. The entire process took about 1 hour and 40 minutes (installing from the 7 DVDs). I suspect that installing from disc imagesby D-Mac - Café LA Re: removing digital noise - 14 years agoDE:Noise works really well. My new favorite is Video Purifier by Innobits. It can do more than just remove noise (deinterlacing, scaling). -Daveby D-Mac - Café LA Re: FCS Upgrade Headache... - 14 years agoAndy, Glad to hear you sorted things out and all is well. Thanks for reporting back and mentioning that you installed and updated things before using Migration Assistant the last time. This is very important, in my experience. By installing the OS, all updates, all applications and their updates, then running Migration Assistant, outdated components and other system items won't replace theby D-Mac - Café LA Re: FCS Upgrade Headache... - 14 years agoAndy, Using the FCS Remover tool was a good first step. And, FYI, logging into a new (temporary) user account ("Guest" is the perfect choice for this in OS X 10.5.x) is one of the best ways to start troubleshooting problems, not just for FCP (or other FCS apps). Thanks to Michael for pointing this out. FCS Remover does not remove older render files, nor does it remove many thirby D-Mac - Café LA Re: Optimal size to prep still images for use in FCP - 14 years agoThanks Derek and Jeff! I should have kept my "mouth" shut... I still notice the non-FCP "version" of this error every once in a while (in the latest Leopard versions). It seems to be linked to a few applications only... Luckily, for me, I have never encountered the FCP "version" of the error (the one Paula mentioned)... That's what I get for trying to helby D-Mac - Café LA Re: Optimal size to prep still images for use in FCP - 14 years agoHi, FYI, I get the "This file is in use by another application" error periodically with normal use of Mac OS X (not connected to FCP). This occurs on many different systems I've used. What I've noticed is that Mac OS X applications can take a while to "let go" of previously opened files, or this can happen (as Jeff and others may have stated) when an application "loby D-Mac - Café LA Re: Exporting DVCPro HD 1080i60 Sequence for Colorist... - 15 years agoQuoteJeff As for Flame, I believe 2009 has some limited DVCPRO HD support for P2, but I also believe that this does not extend to importing DVCPRO HD Quicktimes created on a Final Cut system. The short version is that DVCPRO HD footage inside a Quicktime file uses the same compression scheme, but is stored in a very different way from DVCPRO HD footage on a P2 card, so being able to use one doesnby D-Mac - Café LA Re: Exporting DVCPro HD 1080i60 Sequence for Colorist... - 15 years agoQuoteJeff As for your method, I'd leave everything in DVCPRO HD until you're done, then change your sequence compressor to ProRes 422 HQ. Re-render everything, then export. You'll get better results than the other methods, I think. That's a "sneaky" trick... ;-) I had thought about the settings in the render control and video processing tabs (in the sequence settings). I saw theby D-Mac - Café LA Re: Exporting DVCPro HD 1080i60 Sequence for Colorist... - 15 years agoJeff, Thanks for the additional info. Yes, I would have thought that DVCPro HD was more easily imported into other systems than ProRes HQ. And, I didn't know if ProRes was available (or not) on platforms other than Mac and Windows. I would imagine that the colorist should know that ProRes HQ is okay (or has plans about converting it), hopefully. I certainly have no idea about what a Flameby D-Mac - Café LA Re: Exporting DVCPro HD 1080i60 Sequence for Colorist... - 15 years agoShane, Thanks for the info. So, the choice of ProRes HQ makes sense. -Daveby D-Mac - Café LA Exporting DVCPro HD 1080i60 Sequence for Colorist... - 15 years agoThis may be much ado 'bout nothing, but I am a bit unsure of the workflow... Let me explain... I was brought in very quickly to add masks over the faces of various people, etc., in an hour-long show, and to add some lower thirds. The piece was cut in FCP 6 and I received a QT movie (DVCPro HD 1080i60 1280 x 1080). Audio was sent to the sound mixer/masterer separately. So, I wasn't privy to anyby D-Mac - Café LA Re: Sony PMW-EX1 Camera - 16 years agoBrian, The Matrox MXO would be a good choice, and a bit cheaper than other "outboard" solutions from AJA and Blackmagic. The Decklink Multibridge looks like a nice higher-end model (as it can handle all formats via a connection to a PCIe "bridge" card). With a new computer, you'd just need to upgrade that portion of the setup. That said, any of these solutions wouldby D-Mac - Café LA Re: Sony PMW-EX1 Camera - 16 years agoNow, don't hold me to this with 100% certainty, but I believe what you are trying is just not possible, as with the HVR-Z1U... I, myself, don't have an EX-1... The info I provide may help to at least clarify things a bit, if not answer your question... Unless I am grossly mistaken, you are trying to use the camera as a digital to analog converter, which would allow you to use the camera toby D-Mac - Café LA Re: Sony PMW-EX1 Camera - 16 years agoIf you decide to get this camera, or any tapeless camera, you should also get a tape back-up drive for keeping footage "masters" and archives of footage and edited pieces. This adds about $3K to the cost of the camera itself (for a drive unit that connects to a workstation, rather than a network accessible unit, which would cost about double this amount, or more). Hard drives areby D-Mac - Café LA |
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