
Too many years producing, writing, editing, and delivering videos to remember them all.
FCP since v.1.0 (April '99)
20 years doing voiceover work, plus I wrote the Timeline column for Videomaker Magazine for a decade and still lecture on video production all around the country. | | | | Member Since: December 20th 2001 | | | | |
Friends:  Ty Ford | | | | |  | Hardware makes a huge difference with FCPXby olof ekbergh 21 hours agoI have tried the FCPX and the MX02 with a 4 year old 8 core Mac Pro with 12GB ram and a fast internal raid 300+ MB s with pretty poor results lots of stuttering and beach balls. Now I got a top of the | | | | |
| | | |  | Source connectby Peter Groom 1 week agoHi I was just wondering who or how many users on this forum have experience and use commercially, source connect Cheers Peter Post Production Dubbing Mixer | Re: Source connect by Bill Davis 2 days ago This made me smile. I used to go to studios for ISDN sessions as a voice talent. And considered for years putting ISDN into my home studio - but never felt I could make on-going telco investment pay.
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| | | |  | Apple Releases OS 10.7.4 and Safari 5.1.7by Gary Slickman 7 days agoApple has released OS X 10.7.4 and Safari. Both can be obtained via the Software Updates component of the Mac OS X Systems Preferences app. Here is a link to the MacNews Post http: www.macnews.com 201 | Re: Apple Releases OS 10.7.4 - WARNING!!! by Bill Davis 5 days ago Chris Harlan "Frankly, I don't see it as being panicky or alarmist. I think of it as being kindly and prudent." Well, as someone who was roundly and persistently trashed for SHOUTING and generally be
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| | | |  | Premiere vs. FCPXby Lance Bachelder 6 days agoJust some quick observations. Did a stabilize test on the same clip in FCPX and Premiere - this is on an 8 core Mac with non-CUDA 5770 graphics. Time to analyze took nearly double in Premiere and then+2  | Re: Premiere vs. FCPX by Bill Davis 5 days ago Paul Jay "FCPX and CS6 are both awesome and both will deserve their place." Paul, You understand this is heresy right In this forum, one must swear allegiance to an NLE. Unconditionally! One must be
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| | | |  | FCX and VIDEO PLAYBACK options...by Shane Ross 7 days agoIt started here... http: forums.adobe.com thread 999865 With someone noticing that they could only play back the format their sequence was set to. Unlike in Legacy FCP, where we could choose the VIDEO | Re: FCX and VIDEO PLAYBACK options... by Bill Davis 6 days ago Bret Williams "Interesting thread. The reason we shot 24p Because halfway into the shoot I asked the camera op "You've got it set to 30p, right " and he said no, 24p. So, the next shoot had to be 24p
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| | | |  | 10.0.4 automatically mounts disk imageby Jason Jenkins 6 days agoFCPX 10.0.4 is automatically mounting the last disk image event that I worked with. The whole idea behind using disk images was only showing loading the events I want to work on. I can still open any  | Re: 10.0.4 automatically mounts disk image by Bill Davis 6 days ago See, It's not a bug, it's a feature! Actually, now that I think about it, that's precisely correct. It's a change to the foundational OS that's going to be useful to a zillion folks who want to go "ri
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| | | |  | FCP X is Now Performing Magicby shawn Bockoven 1 week agoIt was decided that one editor would take on the task of using FCP X for a year. He is pounding out projects much faster than any of our other editors. All staff are testing too, but not using X to ed | Re: FCP X is Now Performing Magic by Bill Davis 1 week ago Another vote to upgrade to Lion. I haven't had any major problems in months since I did that and I have to believe that all the new development work in the ProApps division is being vetted on the curr
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| | | |  | Using Proxy Media Issue FCPX 10.0.3by Jay Craig 1 week agoOk..I'm editing a video and I'm trying to use the Proxy Media because my laptop lags using the original. When I imported my filed I check "Create Proxy Media" and "Create Optimized Media" but when I g | Re: Using Proxy Media Issue FCPX 10.0.3 by Bill Davis 1 week ago It actually doesn't so much "read the files." That's what Legacy used to do. When you pointed it to a capture scratch, it hooked up anything with the correct name - whether or not it was the proper cl
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| | | |  | Data Rate Questionby Paul Ray 3 weeks agoHello, I'm in post on a festival quality short film, and my sound guy has gone AWOL. He's given me low-res MP3's to work with, which have a date rate of 15.6 K sec. The plan was once I had a picture l | Re: Data Rate Question by Bill Davis 2 weeks ago Paul Ray "Also, I'm editing in FCP7, and using the audio filters included at the moment. I've set the frequencies, what does "Q" stand for, and what should I set it to " It's the setting that widens
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| | | |  | Audio setupby Rich Rubasch 2 weeks agoHi guys; Want to set up a small VO record area in one of our edit rooms. We currently use a USB mic but want to put in a better mic and run it into our KONA 3 card thru a mixer. What is good VO record | Re: Audio setup by Bill Davis 2 weeks ago Rich Rubasch "What is good VO recording software Where you might do some preprocessing before taking to the edit We aren't loving Soundtrack Pro (all Mac shop). Anything in CS 5.5 worthwhile And as f
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| | | |  | Soon.by Mark Suszko 3 weeks agoI can't say more just yet. But it's not a joke. A gimmick, sure, maybe, but not a joke. | Re: Soon. by Bill Davis 3 weeks ago I choose to believe that you've discovered a way to connect 100,000,000 first generation surplus LEDs to a solar array and are planning to project a massive Final Cut Pro X logo over the entire Midwes
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| | | |  | Cable organizationby Rich Rubasch 3 weeks agoHmmm....where to post Anyone have a clever way of organizing hundreds of audio video cables in a facility We have organized them into boxes by type but it is not ideal. We have wall space but I always | Re: Cable organization by Bill Davis 3 weeks ago If someone has a comprehensive solution that they can describe, I'd be grateful as well. I keep flirting with too many partial solutions. I have Tubs (heavy guage power) Totes (misc long cables) Boxes
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| | | |  | NAB Go Pro HD Hero2 Deal Deadline.by Bill Davis 3 weeks agoSome of you might have gone to the GoPro Booth at NAB and keyed your info into the iPads mounted at the back of the booth for the "show special" of $100 off the HD Hero 2. If so, be aware that the ema | Re: NAB Go Pro HD Hero2 Deal Deadline. by Bob Cole 3 weeks ago David Gagne "I'm hoping to rig it to my 11mo son and get some sweet "first steps" video, and and maybe continue to do that every month and do a "video growth chart" montage." Here's some inspiration
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| | | |  | File: LED fresnelby Bill Davis 3 weeks agojpg file Show floor photo from NAB 2012 of an LED fresnel fixture. http: f1.creativecow.net 4031 led-fresnel | | | | |
| | | |  | Eggcratesby Harry Bromley-Davenport 3 weeks agoHi there - I own three 2k Ianiro Blondes with barn doors and I'm looking for a better way to control them, so I'm looking into Egg Crates Grids. B&H sell a 1" grid and a 2" grid (about $100 each) whic | Re: Eggcrates by Bill Davis 3 weeks ago Mark, I believe it's because they're hand sewn by underage fairies who've been consecrated by the Gnome God. It's got to be something like that. Or maybe that there's no good machine approach to creat
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| | | |  | Lighting Control vs Lighting Fixturesby Jon Frost 1 month agoHaving read some of the recent postings, I thought it might be nice to offer some guidance to those beginning to acquire their fledgling G&E kits. It seems that some folks get stuck on "what lights sh | | | | |
| | | |  | Audio Woesby Mark Welch 1 month agoI've been podcasting for several years doing at times three shows. I have always experienced poor audio recordings from my mic system. Here is the setup: Heil PR 40 mic going thru either a Symetrix 52 | Re: Audio Woes by Bill Davis 1 month ago Mark Welch "Here is the setup: Heil PR 40 mic going thru either a Symetrix 528e voice processor or a Golden Gate Pre 73 pre amp. Signal then goes out to an Allen & Heath 24 channel mixer then via USB
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| | | |  | My class needs footage for practice...by Ian Campbell 2 months agoI'm teaching a little editing at the tail end of our intro film production class and I am finding a hard time locating any footage I can use for my students to work with. I don't really have enough ti | Re: My class needs footage for practice... by Bill Davis 2 months ago Fred Jodry "I've been looking for a simple scene with dialogue that includes a master shot and a couple different angles and perhaps some cutaways. Most of the footage I find packaged for this purpos
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| | | |  | Attaching a Sony ECM-55b under clothingby Michael West 2 months agoGood time-of-day-wherever-you-are: Just got my first lav, a Sony ECM-55b. I plan on using it to produce trailers for live theater, shooting selected scenes from various angles (vs. shooting the whole  | Re: Attaching a Sony ECM-55b under clothing by Bill Davis 2 months ago The classic "sticky triangle" process used to be described step by step with photos on the Location Audio web site years back. It might still be there. "Before speaking out ask yourself whether your w
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| | | |  | What exactly is a field mixer?by jimmy joe roche 2 months agoOk guys so I have a question that hopefully isn't too dumb. what exactly is a field mixer why is this Sound Devices 302 Portable 3 Channel Field Mixer $1200 and this FMX-42 4-Channel Microphone Field  | Re: What exactly is a field mixer? by Bill Davis 2 months ago Noah's got the basics spot on. Also field mixers (not all, but many) tend to be purpose designed for location recording. This means you'll likely get something built to run on battery power. And somet
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