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Friends:  David Lawrence  David Roth Weiss  Scott Sheriff | | | | |  | Editing scenarioby Oliver Peters 3 days agoI'm curious about how to best cut something like this in X. I'm currently editing it in 7 and honestly, it seems like anything trackless would make it a struggle, but I'll toss this out for comment. T+1 | Re: Editing scenario
by Herb Sevush 2 days ago
Steve Connor "In down and dirty editing what can't you do in FCPX that is vital for "Professional" editing that you can do in other NLE's" Unless I'm misinformed you can't readily deal with productio
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| | | |  | CS6 is released - so what now?by Steve Connor 1 week agoSo that's it, if you're moving on from FCS3 then all our options are now before us (apart from the small matter of the Mac Pro) Has the release of CS6 enabled you to make a decision about your future | Re: CS6 is released - so what now?
by Herb Sevush 7 days ago
Bill Davis "Just Saturday, I produced a 12-camera four song music video shoot with a 5 piece jazz combo. I was already skimming the content, applying keywords, viewing scenes, and organizing assets w
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| | | |  | A little nudge from my friends?by Steve Martin 4 weeks agoGood morning COW friends! Can I ask a small favor We produced a little YouTube video for Media Clone (our sister company that does disc duplication) and embedded it into their website. We're trying to | Re: A little nudge from my friends?
by Herb Sevush 3 weeks ago
Steve - At the start of the second talking head you can hear someone off-camera cuing the interviewee by calling out "no muss, no fuss" which is then repeated by the talking head. That moment doesn't
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| | | |  | Blog: "Smoke is Changing" is NOT a Marketing Sloganby walter biscardi 1 month agoJust got a sneak peek at the new Autodesk Smoke. WOW is all I'm allowed to say so let me say it again. WOW! Avid and Adobe might have gotten the party started but the discussion about Post Production | Re: @Neil Hurwitz
by Herb Sevush 1 month ago
Mark Suszko "After getting burned by their orphaning of Edit* and Combustion, why should I trust Autodesk again, no matter how awesome the product " Amen. Herb Sevush Zebra Productions --------------
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| | | |  | Free Prores encoding on windowsby Frank Gothmann 1 month agoSince the lack of Prores encoding on windows has come up as an issue several times I thought I play around with ffmpeg a bit. I know, it's not as good as the ability to output directly from within you+2 | | | | |
| | | |  | WeVideo warning.by Shane Ross 2 months agohttp: www.wevideo.com WeVideo is a new subscription service that provides cloud editing services. Upload your footage, and edit it anywhere. Post to online media sites. Up to 720p (1080p is an option) | Re: WeVideo warning.
by Herb Sevush 2 months ago
Mark Suszko ", that's a very. bad. deal. for anything better than home movie junk" Even for home movies, your allowing them to sell your family shots as stock footage. Does not sound like a wise move
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| | | | | Can I add an LTO5 drive to my ATTO R680by Herb Sevush 2 months agoI bought a 16 TB Expando Raid last year that uses the ATTO R680 controller. I'm interested in adding an LTO 5 drive for archiving and I was wondering if I can use the empty port on the ATTO card to in | Re: Can I add an LTO5 drive to my ATTO R680
by Herb Sevush 2 months ago
I got my LTO 5 yesterday and I'm already up and running. It works flawlessly with the other port on the ATTO card that runs my EVO raid with no loss of speed. Just wanted to thank everyone at Maxx Dig
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| | | | | cross platform archivingby Herb Sevush 2 months agoI'm about to buy an LTO-5 drive for backing up video media. Currently I'm using a Mac Pro and would probably use the BRU software to manage the backups. What would happen if I switched to the Windows | Re: cross platform archiving
by Herb Sevush 2 months ago
Got my LTO 5 yesterday, backed up my first 1.2 Tera and I'm just waiting for more tapes to arrive so I can back-up my whole raid. Ended up getting the Tolis BRU server software and while I won't say i
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| | | | | New upgrade to Premiere Pro when?by Frank Cervarich 2 months agoSome months back someone who seemed to know what he was talking about mentioned that Adobe was coming out with an upgrade to Premiere Pro in the not too distant future. Any rumbles about when that mig | Re: New upgrade to Premiere Pro when?
by Herb Sevush 2 months ago
Todd Kopriva "We have publicly announced that there will be a new version of Creative Suite software in the first half of 2012." Now there's a bold statement. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to kn
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| | | |  | New PC for Adobe Production Suite CS5.5by Aaron Cadieux 3 months agoHello, I am going to making a jump from Production Suite CS3 to CS5.5. In order to do that, I will be building a new dual Xeon Quad-Core 64 bit PC this spring. Some of this "Dream Machine" is based of | | | | |
| | | |  | 16:9 ratioby Russ Carlin 3 months agoHi all, I'm editing some footage at the moment in 16:9 ratio and was just having a look at my settings and saw that anamorphic isn't ticket. I ticked it (just to see what happened really!) and obvious | Re: 16:9 ratio
by Herb Sevush 3 months ago
Joseph Owens "You could argue that 1440x1080 was a kind of anamorphosis." And you would be right. You can also argue that since DVCPRO Hd is 960x720 and stretches out to 1280x720 it's anamorphic as w
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| | | |  | AJA Kona LHe...What does it do exactly?by Chris Tarroza 3 months agoI have been working with an agency for almost a year. I have a Kona LHe and a KL Box, it was installed before I started for the previous editor but, embarrassingly enough, I really have no idea as to | Re: AJA Kona LHe...What does it do exactly?
by Herb Sevush 3 months ago
Michael Gissing "You have a sync reference issue." My guess is that you are going thru a BVU Betacam deck. They require a sync reference. Turn off the deck and go directly from the card to the monito
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| | | |  | Tutorial: FCPX INs and OUTs - Multicam Part ONEby Andy Neil 3 months ago Apple FCPX Techniques FCPX INs and OUTs - Multicam Part ONE Finally it's here! FCP X has included a multi-camera workflow in its 10.0.3 update. Andy Neil will take you through the INs and OUTs of thi+2 | @Andy Neil
by Herb Sevush 3 months ago
Just watched Part 2, thanks again. Herb Sevush Zebra Productions --------------------------- nothin' attached to nothin' "Deciding the spine is the process of editing" F. Bieberkopf
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| | | |  | multicam editing hdvby Alan Stephens 4 months agoI need to edit a 4 camera tv in multicam edit. My Sony z1u shoots in HDV and I discovered FC 7 can't handle the HDV without rendering. If you render it then you can't cut it. I want to edit in HD. I'v | Re: multicam editing hdv
by Herb Sevush 4 months ago
Alan Stephens "the nested sequence has a red line and when I press play it displays unrendered. The seq settings seem to be in order and the same as the hdv footage." The only thing I could suggest i
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| | | |  | FCP user with video quality question.by Nick Ryan 4 months agoHello all, I'm sure you've been getting quite a few fcp-editors-new-to-premiere questions - so I apologize for this, but I can't figure it out. We cut mainly on FCP (old versions), but I've been hande | Re: FCP user with video quality question.
by Herb Sevush 4 months ago
Nick was talking about AVC-Intra 100, not AVCHD. Herb Sevush Zebra Productions --------------------------- nothin' attached to nothin' "Deciding the spine is the process of editing" F. Bieberkopf
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| | | | | HyperDeck Studio File Namesby Herb Sevush 4 months agoDoes anyone know if HyperDeck studio allows you to control the names of the files it creates, like a Ki-Pro, or is it like a P2 card where it gives it some non-repeating pain-in-the-ass multi-characte | Re: HyperDeck Studio File Names
by Aleksander Steffensen 4 months ago
HyperDeck Studio currently does not offer any control over file names. Files are simply named "Capture0001.mov" and so on. If you think this functionality should be included, be sure to send BMD an e-
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| | | | | Mastering DVCPro50 sequence via AJ-HD1400by Brian Boyle 5 months agoFirst, a caveat; it's literally been a decade since I have had to master to tape. I've also never mastered to tape using a Panisonic deck. So, here we go: I have a 720x486 sequence that plays back jus | | | | |
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| | | |  | Blog: Back into the fire.by gary adcock 8 months agoHey, Yeah, me again. There is alot happening in the industry right now, here is an interview with MacVideo's Rick Young that I did at IBC. My thanks to Dean Cleary on Bcam and AJA for allowing us to s+1 | Re: Blog: Back into the fire.
by Herb Sevush 8 months ago
Someone in authority at Apple surely understood that this was going to cause a ruckus - and simply said "fine - put it out there - people are going to squawk regardless - so let them squawk about this
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| | | | | MultiCam on PProby Herb Sevush 9 months agoWhat is the maximum number of angles that can be used with PPro's multicam function Herb Sevush Zebra Productions | Re: MultiCam on PPro
by Herb Sevush 9 months ago
A 4 camera limit tells me that PPro was never serious about the multi-cam market, which is a shame because of all the "lost" features of FCPX, multi-cam is scheduled to be the last to be re-implemente
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| | | |  | Blog: Thoughts on learning FCPXby Jeff Greenberg 9 months agoDay 45 of FCPX. Been teaching it and using it. Warning, I'm not trying to have an opinion on if I think the software is good or bad - I'm trying to understand what's going on. Really thinking through +1 | Re: Blog: Thoughts on learning FCPX
by Herb Sevush 9 months ago
"How a sequence should be setup is a mess for many people. FCPX does that for you too." I get all your other points, but if you want FCP7 to set up a sequence for you, it's automatic as well, just dro
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| | | | | Blog: The realization sets inby gary adcock 10 months agoSo, When I posted the first comments on FCPX 4 weeks ago, I thought I was going to be strung up and burned at the stake by some of the commentary. Now everyone seems resolute to the fact that FCPX is | Re: Blog: The realization sets in
by Herb Sevush 10 months ago
"The MAC platfrom is moving FORWARD to Lion, that means everyone and everything that runs on the MAC without regard will have to conform to the Lion OS. This is Not an FCP decision, this is a Platfrom
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| | | | | Ki Pro Metadata and FCPby Herb Sevush 12 months agoDoes anyone know if Final Cut can take advantage of the Ki-Pro metadata, that is, is it possible to import the scene info for each Ki-Pro clip into FCP For instance can the clip name, clip number, and | Re: Ki Pro Metadata and FCP
by Herb Sevush 12 months ago
Thanks for the quick response. I was hoping the various elements that went into the clip name would also be imported separately, as is the case with Final Cut's log and capture window. Let me offer th
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| | | | | Can you believe this?by David Roth Weiss 1 year agoEvery year, a fellow I know, who's originally from India, hires me to cut one of his music videos. He creates the songs with one of his best friends, and they show the music video back home in India v | | | | |
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