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Friends:  David Battistella | | | | |  | Henry Ford on FCP Xby Michael Sanders 6 months agoI'd be amazed if someone hadn't used this quote before in relation to FCP X but I heard it today for the first time: "If I'd listened to what my customers wanted, I would have given them faster horses | Re: Henry Ford on FCP X
by Bill Marcellus 6 months ago
My point is simply that companies that try to innovate by creating things that "the customer doesn't even know they want" are not always successful in that endeavor. The Model T was a success- created
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| | | | | Best way to edit this scene with FCP X?by Bill Marcellus 2 years agoSo, here is the situation. I have a three minute long song and dance scene. It was shot with a reference music track running on set. The final edit needs to sync with a master music track of the song. | | | | |
| | | |  | Have you really learned FCPX?by Eli Hollander 2 years agoI have been spending the last two (full) days going through an excellent tutorial (Steve Martin's) for FCPX. So far I'm truly impressed with the power of FCPX. At first glance, FCPX seems simple and s | Re: Have you really learned FCPX?
by Bill Marcellus 2 years ago
Having not purchased nor experimented with FCP X yet, my knowledge comes only from having read numerous comments on this forum. I AM intrigued by the idea of FCP X's metadata capabilities. Now that I
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| | | | | Article: FCPX - First Cut with the new Final Cut Pro Xby David Battistella 2 years ago Apple FCPX - Final Cut Pro X FCPX - First Cut with the new Final Cut Pro X David Battistella, ever willing to engage in new adventures in film and digital capture, has taken the leap toward editing h+2 | Re: @Bill Marcellus
by Bill Marcellus 2 years ago
David, I am sure that you are way more of a pro than I am. I never questioned your credentials. Now that you have listed them, they are very impressive. However, I am still puzzled that the lack of nu
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| | | | | X1900XT for new MacPro?by Bill Marcellus 5 years agoOur new MacPro- 8 core, 8 gigs RAM, 3.2, Kona 3, etc.- was just delivered. When we ordered it the X1900XT was not shown as an option for graphics cards. A little research here and elsewhere seems to i | Re: X1900XT for new MacPro?
by Bill Marcellus 5 years ago
Thanks for all of your help. I will begin installation tomorrow and will start with the 2600 that came with the new box. Hopefully, it will meet our needs. If not, I'll try the 1900 or the 3870 and wi
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| | | | | FCP Express 4 & DVCPro HD codecs?by Bill Marcellus 5 years agoI need a little help for a friend of mine who just purchased FC Express 4. Is FC Express 4 capable of handling DVCPro HD QTs I assumed that the codec would be included in FC Express Am I wrong...yet a | Re: FCP Express 4 & DVCPro HD codecs?
by Bill Marcellus 5 years ago
"Never assume"...how right you are! Oh well, I figured he could start to learn to edit on FCE- and I guess he can- just not with any raw HD footage I can let him play with. Thanks for your quick respo
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| | | | | LFE channel & Stereo downmix monitoringby Bill Marcellus 6 years agoI am monitoring 5.1 via an M-Audio 410 with 5 KRK monitors and a KRK subwoofer. So far, so good. (I also have a Kona just FYI) Two questions (and maybe I am just dense- wouldn't be the first time): 1) | | | | |
| | | | | 5.1 Surround Sound Monitoringby Bill Marcellus 6 years agoI'm curious to know what 5.1 monitoring setups any of you are employing with STP 2 I have a G5 with Kona 2, Mackie 1620, Genelec monitors, etc. I have been considering a Presonus Firebox with six outp | | | | |
| | | | | Color on G5 Dual 2.7 PPCby Bill Marcellus 6 years agoFWIW, Color is running fine on my dual 2.7 G5 Power PC. My graphics card is the X800XT. It is actually running much better and faster than Final Touch did on the same system. External previewing throu | Re: Color on G5 Dual 2.7 PPC
by Bill Marcellus 6 years ago
Stuart Ferreyra "- Did you test the system with SD or HD footage - Are you getting floating point - Any real time playback - format - What kind of drive arrays are you using " I tested with DVCPro HD
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| | | | | Kona Control Panel with FCS 2by Bill Marcellus 6 years agoI have a dual 2.7 G5 with a Kona 2 and have installed FCS2 successfully. I also downloaded and installed the Kona 4.0 update. The only problem I have found so far is that i am no longer able to open t | Re: Kona Control Panel with FCS 2
by Brian McCartney 6 years ago
Same thing happend here. I was launching the AJA control panel from the dock but it wouldn't open. I guess the dock icon was pointing to the wrong control panel after the upgrade to 4.0. Just go into
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| | | | | FCS 2 Installedby Bill Marcellus 6 years agoAfter cloning the hard drive I installed FCS 2 on my laptop (MacBook Pro) and so far all is well. I think I will give it a couple of weeks of testing before I upgrade the main G5s. BTW, Color runs per | | | | |
| | | |  | Convergent's HDV to HD Convertorby Brad Weiss 6 years agoSo i read on CC yesterday that Convergent Design has come up with a box that allows for the conversion of a native HDV project to be exported to HD. I am putting together a business plan for a grass r | Re: Convergent's HDV to HD Convertor
by Bill Marcellus 6 years ago
" Personally I do not know why anyone would go through so much effort to transfer their HDV to edit in DVCproHD. It is an acquisition format as well, and will result in a resolution loss over HDV. Not
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| | | |  | Not Threadedby Little knoll 6 years agoI am trying to capture and the window tells me the tape is not threaded. I simply changed tapes and it tells me this. I didn't change settings, I was happily working on the same project, just changed | Re: Not Threaded
by Bill Marcellus 6 years ago
Same thing happened to me last week. Without the log & capture window open, hit play on the deck and let it run for about 5-10 seconds then hit stop. Reopen log and capture and it should work- at leas
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| | | | | Apple Color and G5by nickbartleet 6 years agoDoes anyone know if Apple Color will run of a dual 2GHZ G5 2Gig Ram x800 XT 4TB Raid Kona LH Was just wondering if any of the old Final Touch gang would have any insight, becuase the recomended specs | Re: Apple Color and G5
by Bill Marcellus 6 years ago
Final Touch ran fine on a dual 2.7 G5 with aX800 XT card and 4 gigs of RAM. I would guess that it will run OK on your machine if you upgrade your video card to the ATI X1900. But, that is just a guess
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| | | | | Final Cut NAB Podcast?by Bill Marcellus 6 years agoI have been looking for the FCS podcast about today's Apple announcements. Is it up somewheret and I am just too stupid to find it  | Re: Final Cut NAB Podcast?
by walter biscardi 6 years ago
Bill Marcellus "I have been looking for the FCS podcast about today's Apple announcements. Is it up somewheret and I am just too stupid to find it " I just finished it about an hour ago and it's maki
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| | | |  | Mixing HDV and DVCPro HDby L.Graveline 6 years agoHi everyone, I know this topic have been discussed more than once, but i wasn't able to find an answer to my specific question !! I'm currently working on a project with DVCPro HD and HDV footage. so | Re: Mixing HDV and DVCPro HD
by Bill Marcellus 6 years ago
Lupin, I don't know if there is an appreciable difference in quality between the analog or SDI conversion boxes. I chose the HDConnect LE simply to avoid the extra analog conversion step and remain di
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| | | | | HVX-200 Dropouts on dolly shotsby Bill Marcellus 6 years agoWe have been shooting with the HVX-200 since June- shooting a five days per week schedule. Our DP and 1st AC now have a lot of experience with this camera and are scratching their heads about the reas | Re: HVX-200 Dropouts on dolly shots
by Bill Marcellus 6 years ago
I didn't mention but we are shooting 24pN. This is a puzzling issue and has now occurred with two different P2 cards several months apart. Initially I had thought that this was an isolated issue confi
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| | | | | DVD recorderby Bill Marcellus 7 years agoI know this is a little bit OT but this post was inspired by an earlier thread. Like everyone else we are looking for a more efficient method of providing DVD dailies. What brand model DVD recorder do | Re: DVD recorder
by Joe Murray 7 years ago
The Pioneer PRV-LX1 is $5,000 at B&H. I use the Pioneer DVR-310, which I got on overstock.com for $189. The 310 is no longer available, but the DVR-330SM should work fine and it's around $320. I have
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| | | | | Avid and P2 Media HELP HELP HELPby Christopher Kinsman 7 years agoHi Friends, We're in the 3rd day of shooting on 2 Panny 200s with the p2 cards and we desperately need a solution for our director to fit the following 2 parameters: He cuts on avid xpress pro hd (mac | | | | |
| | | | | Kona2 HDV & P2by Bill Marcellus 7 years agoWe just installed a Kona 2 in our dual 2.7 G5. A client brought in a firewire drive with HDV footage he had captured through FCP on his own G5. When I import the clips into FCP on our G5 and place the | Re: Kona2 HDV & P2
by Tim Baker 7 years ago
Something else to check...I have run into this multiple times. I will check the setup...all presets are as they should be and the footage stills wants rendering. Double click the clip once you drop it
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| | | | | MXF necessary?by Bill Marcellus 7 years agoWe are shooting our first project on the HVX-200 and will be editing in FCP. Our initial workflow is P2 card to P2 Store. From P2 store copying files through a MacBook Pro to an external Firewire driv | Re: MXF necessary?
by Bill Marcellus 7 years ago
Jan and all- thanks for clarifying the need to keep the MXF version of the media. So far our tests are going well. We start shooting Monday on a project that will result in ten hours of finished progr
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| | | | | Sony BVM-1910?by Bill Marcellus 7 years agoI have read many times that the Sony PVM-20L5 1 is the most desirable monitor for HD color correction...and that they are no longer being manufactured. My question is this- would a Sony BVM-1910 serve | Re: Sony BVM-1910?
by Bill Marcellus 7 years ago
Thanks guys- I was hoping that you would be the ones to answer my question. We just happened to have a BVM-1910 sitting around, etc. Thanks again. Bill
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| | | | | Kona 2 with PVM-14L5/1by Bill Marcellus 7 years agoWill the Sony PVM-14L5 1 display HD material properly utilizing the component outputs from the Kona2 KBox In other words, can we use this setup to monitor HD material without the SDI card option on th | | | | |
| | | | | Shake 4 or Combustion 4?by Simon Carlson-Thies 7 years agoWell with shake dropping to 499 I may have to drop Combustion... Can anyone who has used shake 4 and C4 tell what they think Is Shake better or not ... I would be using it for keying HD, adding in 2d | Re: Shake 4 or Combustion 4?
by Bill Marcellus 7 years ago
Yes- it IS that much better...which is why Shake is used on feature films- rather than AE. Optical flow technology is used in constructing composites and speed changes, etc. I would suggest downloadin
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| | | | | SCSI RAID with G5?by Bill Marcellus 7 years agoWe have a dual 2.7 G5. We also have a 2TB Viper RAID with a SCSI interface on a Media 100 844Xe system which is sitting largely unused. My question is- what specific SCSI interface card would we need | Re: SCSI RAID with G5?
by Bill Marcellus 7 years ago
Tony, Thanks for your help. We are planning to use the RAID with FCP on the G5- not with the Media 100. I guess we are putting that on the shelf. Thanks again. Bill
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| | | | | Auto Keyframing masks in 844Xe?by Bill Marcellus 8 years agoHi all, I just acquired an 844Xe and am having a problem with mask keyframing. My question is this: If I draw a mask with 32 points and advance one frame in the timeline and then change the position o | Re: Auto Keyframing masks in 844Xe?
by Bill Marcellus 8 years ago
Thanks to James & Floh! I knew there had to be an easier way than to manually select every point! As a new owner of an 844, it is also nice to know that there are folks still active on this list. So f
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| | | | | training for Shake in NYC?by Christian Remde 8 years agoAre there any schools or private professionals in New York that offer Shake training for someone who knows After Effects really well Christian Remde http: www.christianremde.com | Re: training for Shake in NYC?
by Bill Marcellus 8 years ago
I believe that there is a Shake course scheduled for this weekend- July 23rd & 24th at the School for Visual Arts. I think the price is only $400, too. You can find them on the net- sorry that I don't
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| | | |  | AE 6.5 and MacOS 10.4.1 Tigerby Wayne Carey 8 years agoIs anybody out there able to use this combination I can't seem to use it on a Dual 2.7 G5 with 4 1 2 gig of RAM. It only sees 2 gig of the RAM. I can't save any files anytime. And after I render somet | | | | |
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