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|  | XDCAM to ProRes workflowby Bob Cole 6 days agoUntil lately, I've been transferring my XDCAM EX 1080p30 footage into FCP7, editing natively all the way through. That has worked fine for simple edits. But lately I've had to deal with multi-layered  | Re: XDCAM to ProRes workflow by Don Greening 5 days ago There are a whole lot of folks in the same boat as you and I, wondering if there's going to be another Mac Pro on the horizon. Most think not, but others believe that if Apple is going to cease produc
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|  | Video: Timelapse from Norwayby Morten Berg 6 months agoTimelapse from Norway Norway is famous world wide for its scenery with beautiful fjords and mountains. The idea behind this timelapse film was to bring some of Norway s most famous nature attractions +18  | @Anthony Buroka by Morten Berg 1 week ago Thanks Anthony. No doubt that I pushed the boundaries when I captured the sunset from northern europe s highest mountain peak Galdh piggen (5:10-6:08).I ll bring a gps next time, but I guess there wil
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|  | Archiving to sd cardsby Rob Alexander 2 weeks agoHi there, I've done a search but haven't turned up much in the way of an answer. I'm interested to know people's thoughts about using sd cards to archive rushes from SxS rather than hard drives. Now t | Re: Archiving to sd cards by Don Greening 1 week ago Michael Slowe "Presumably the expensive S X S cards for the EX cameras are single level cells, are you able to confirm that " Your presumption is correct. SxS Pro is single level cell whereas SxS-1 i
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|  | Monitoring from EX1by Greg Ball 2 weeks agoI normally use the SDI output from the EX1 to monitor video. We're shooting interviews this week, and the client wants to watch a monitor feed from a separate room. Can I use both the SDI output and t | Re: Monitoring from EX1 by Don Greening 2 weeks ago Greg Ball "Can I use both the SDI output and the AV output out of the EX! simultaneously Is that possible. Or do you have any other suggestions " On the original EX1 the component (RGB) and the SDI c
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|  | AVA Awardsby Don Greening 4 months agoApologies in advance to all if I'm asking this question in the wrong forum. Does anyone know about or had experience with the AVA Awards It's sponsored by the Association of Marketing and Communicatio | Re: AVA Awards by Don Greening 4 months ago Todd Terry "Sometimes seeing one's wife reach one of her goals (and hopefully the domestic bliss that follows) is a good enough goal to have in and of itself." Ah, yes indeed. 'Cause we all know.....
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|  | Problems with fuzzy videoby ben shouler 10 months agoI had a project a year ago for which I was using Final Cut Pro 5, I was unable to finish i and had to shoot some more footage for it recently. In the time between I upgraded my G5 and also installed F | Re: Problems with fuzzy video by Don Greening 10 months ago Does the same thing happen when you've got SAFE RT selected Usually a blurry playback that firms up when stopped is a symptom of FCP lowering the resolution in order to provide a smooth playback (no d
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|  | Blog: PMW-EX1 First Impressions Part 2by Don Greening 4 years agoToday I connected the EX1 to my Mac Pro in preparation to transfer the video clips over to Final Cut Pro. I had already installed the Sony Clip Browser and Sony XDCAM Transfer Tool v.2.1 onto my Mac s | Re: PMW-EX1 First Impressions Part 2 by Don Greening 11 months ago Hi Cris Progressive segmented frame or PsF is just another way of recording, storing and distributing progressive scan video using existing interlaced technology. Each frame is split into even and odd
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|  | FCP keeps beach balling then crashingby Kirk Johnson 1 year agoHey all, I've been editing a feature film with FCP 7.0.3 for the past 4 months or so. I finished about a month ago and sent off an OMF for sound design so I haven't opened the project since then. Well | Re: FCP keeps beach balling then crashing by Don Greening 1 year ago Well that's a first. Never heard of that happening unless, of course, you're lugging your machine around from place to place and it gets smacked once in a while. At least you had the forethought to ch
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|  | More Ram?by Shannon Bedford 1 year agoWe're having problems which seem like a Ram issue. Audio gets stuttery, timelines get progressively more out of sync with audio to the point that it is impossible to work. A restart of FCP will fix it | Re: More Ram? by Don Greening 1 year ago Your version of FCP, like all current versions can only use a fraction of the RAM you already have. The problem might not be FCP related. When's the last time you ran a general OS systems cleanup Have
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|  | for Bryson...by Jason Brown 1 year agoHey Bryson, I'm watching a link that Neil Bundle gave me.... http: catdvexperts.com wp faq catdv-asset-managment-video-demo LOVING IT! Your passion is contagious! :) Thanks for making this available.. | Re: for Bryson... by Don Greening 1 year ago Jason Brown "LOVING IT! Your passion is contagious! :)" I've never seen anyone talk so fast :) Great tutorial, Bryson - Don Don Greening A Vancouver Video Production Company Reeltime Videoworks www.r
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|  | Blog: PMW-EX1 First Impressionsby Don Greening 4 years agoToday my wife and I walked out onto the Port Coquitlam river dykes to do some scenery shooting with our new EX1. We didn't spend a lot of time there because it was cold and I was a real wimp today | Re: PMW-EX1 First Impressions by Don Greening 1 year ago Hi Bill, I knew that the blue channel is always the worst for noise but I didn't know about your little trick about the blue gel on the small light. That's very cool (pun intentional). would you mind
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|  | Blog: Ki Pro Mini - An Unscientific Setupby Don Greening 1 year agoAbout a week ago I finally acquired my Ki Pro Mini but only now have I had the time to write about it. I ordered it back in September when they were first announced, which is why mine showed up before+1  | Re: Ki Pro Mini - An Unscientific Setup by Don Greening 1 year ago Hi Kelly, Here's a link to my just completed article about the parts used to get up and running with my Ki Pro Mini. Hopefully most of your questions will be answered. You can find the article here: h
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|  | Ki Pro Playback From Transfered Videoby Jason Calhoun 1 year agoThis should be fairly simple, I think I'm just missing something. We are capturing an event onto our Ki pro via SDI. I am them taking that pro res video from the Ki pro, into final cut, making a coupl | |
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|  | Blog: Ki Pro Mini - The Resultsby Don Greening 1 year agoWe decided that today (Feb 24) would be a good day to shoot some test footage with our recently required Ki Pro Mini. The weather is clear, cold and windy. Okay, cold for us on the west coast but for  | Ki Pro Mini -The Results by Don Greening 1 year ago John Heagy "We'd be interested in knowing whether you see the same behavior." Thanks so much for posting this. I'll be testing out your theory tomorrow when we do some outside tests to replace the cl
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|  | New FCP to arrive this Spring!by Chuck Purnell 1 year agoHere is a link someone just posted on Twitter saying a revamped Final Cut Pro is due out sometime this Spring!! http: www.tuaw.com 2011 02 23 dramatic-and-ambitious-new-final-cut-pro-to-debut-this-spr | Re: New FCP to arrive this Spring! by Don Greening 1 year ago Ben Holmes "after all, why would Larry Jordan lie about this:" Larry wouldn't. His rep is too valuable to jeopardize by fibbing. - Don Don Greening A Vancouver Video Production Company Reeltime Video
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|  | Service: Reeltime Videoworksby Don Greening 1 year agoPort Coquitlam British Columbia, Canada Production Reeltime Videoworks Full Service Video Production Corporate Video Event Videography Reeltime Videoworks has been in opera | |
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|  | Professional Cleaning of Camera Headsby Lisa Hurley 1 year agoOkay guys, this may seem like an utterly retarded question, but I need to ask. I've read over posts regarding my problem (I'm getting multiple glitches in audio and video) VERY frequently. Occasionall | Re: Professional Cleaning of Camera Heads by Don Greening 1 year ago Check out the 2 threads below that address your tiling issues: http: forums.creativecow.net archivepost 59 592996 http: forums.creativecow.net thread 59 857243#857247 As for your question about sendin
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|  | Compressor Won't Budge!by Alex Rivlin 1 year agoDespite giving it jobs and pressing submit, Compressor (v3.5) continuously fails to work. I've tried deleting the preferences, but that hasn't helped. I'd be much obliged for any help on the matter. | Re: Compressor Won't Budge! by Don Greening 1 year ago Hi Alex, Your Compressor issue could stem from any number of reasons. Before you end up deleting it and re-installing try this program first: http: www.digitalrebellion.com compressor_repair.htm - Don
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|  | disrespectful usersby Wat Is Fictie 2 years agoI just read the email from Creative Cow about moderators being phoned up by Creative Cow visitors. I think it's disrespectful and so rude to phone moderators. What are these people thinking  | Re: disrespectful users by Don Greening 2 years ago Kai Cheong "but I've also gotten a few emails spun off from the Cow asking for specific help, after I posted a related solution on the forums." Me too. Several email requests, in fact. I've always be
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|  | edit audio between framesby Riordan Galluccio 2 years agoHi- I have been trying to edit audio between frames in Final Cut Pro but I cannot get the "shift-drag" to work anywhere but in the viewer. How do I get it to work in the timeline so I can use the razo | |
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