President and Creative Director of Magic Feather Inc. | | | | Member Since: February 1st 2005 Location: Valencia, CA 91355 | | | | |
Friends:  Adam McCune  Andrew Richards  Charlie Austin  Chris Harlan  Chris Kenny  Craig Seeman  Jeremy Garchow  Jon Schilling  Wayan Palmieri | | | | |  | SAN - Small Studioby Jason Silzle 2 months agoHi guys, I have been reading through here and I think I know what I need to do but before I go buying gear i wanted to confirm with some of you. MY NEEDS: I'm a small production studio (One man band) | Re: SAN - Small Studio
by John Davidson 13 hours ago
That's probably about as good a speed as you'll get over gigE. Please share whatever you end up with and thanks for giving us the update! John Davidson President Creative Director Magic Feather Inc.
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| | | |  | Bold Statement Warning!by craig slattery 14 hours agoIam cutting a 1 2hour doco for television. 12 day edit, 18 contributors, actuality, over 700 clips EVERYTHING shot 3 cameras, even the PTCs shot 3 cameras. C300, Canon 5D MKIII, DV25 (stylistic choice | | | | |
| | | | | Can't save changes to projects or Events?by Bill Lauer 2 days agoWe are deep into a project and yesterday we got this message: "FCP cannot save changes to projects or Events. The disk where your projects or Events are located maybe full or unavailable, projects or | | | | |
| | | | | Moving transcoded media out of eventby John Davidson 3 days agoWe like to keep media outside of events as referenced clips. We got some Avid DNxHd eps of a show, keyword tagged it, and then overnight we created high quality media via transcoding. I want to essent | | | | |
| | | |  | Exporting Issueby Jay Craig 4 days agoSo I finished editing my project, tried to upload it but I get that damn "still referencing media on camera" pop up. So I used the "Reimporting from Camera Archive" feature but still couldn't export. | | | | |
| | | |  | Slice X with added Mocha released!by Steve Connor 4 days agoIn other, non-Adobe CC news. http: www.coremelt.com products slicex-powered-by-mocha.html This is going to be very useful! Steve Connor There's nothing we can't argue about on the FCPX COW Forum+2 | | | | |
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| | | |  | The GIMPby Greg Andonian 1 week agoA while back I remember hearing about a free open-source image editing app for the PC called GIMP, which is supposedly comparable to Photoshop in functionality. I never gave it much thought since I ha+1 | Re: The GIMP
by John Davidson 1 week ago
Seriously, tell me this isn't cool. http: youtu.be 9u12bvnPFGc John Davidson President Creative Director Magic Feather Inc.
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| | | |  | Export problemby Mark Morache 2 weeks agoAre we all agreed this is a problem with the latest build of FCPX I can't export anything that has rendered files in it. This is annoying the crap out of me. Either I wait forever for the export, or I | The current workaround
by John Davidson 1 week ago
This is how you can get around it till it gets fixed. 1. When you're ready to export, go to preferences and turn off background rendering. 2. Quick FCXP 3. Go into your event AND project that you're w
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| | | | | Thoughts from an Apple Fanboiby John Davidson 1 week agoThere are so many competing philosophies going on regarding the cloud issue popping up. As a relative early adopter of FCPX, Apple fanboi, etc., maybe some of you will consider these thoughts interest+2 | | | | |
| | | |  | Custom speed change?by Esther Casas 2 weeks agoHello everybody! This might sound very stupid..I am new in FC X and can't find the way to CUSTOM change the speed of a clip..i don't want 2X or 4X...i want like a 15-20% faster...i only find the way t | Re: Custom speed change?
by John Davidson 2 weeks ago
Oh, right. I was thinking you were slowing clips down. Think of Optical Flow as a smoothing option to help offset slow motion stuttering (like Twixtor in After Effects). John Davidson President Creati
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| | | | | Can't wait for the OdesseyQby John Davidson 3 weeks agoHey guys! Just want to say that if you'd like to release the OdesseyQ a little early, please feel free :). We're super excited to use it with our FS700. Do you think it will have a prores option Thank | | | | |
| | | | | Blog: #1 Setup - FCPX On Airby John Davidson 4 months agoThis is the first chapter of our video walk through series. In it, I'll show you briefly how we have folders set up, our NAS made from ProAvio parts, Small-Tree parts, and a mac pro. Also, you'll see +3 | @Alan Ordway
by John Davidson 1 month ago
Hi Alan, The server uses standard OSX with no special software involved. This connects via the ethernet port. For internet, we use the Ethernet to Thunderbolt and Ethernet to USB adapter to create a s
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| | | | | Blog: #5 Delivery - FCPX On Airby John Davidson 4 months agoThis is the final chapter of our 5 part series. This walks though importing the final audio mix, delivery options for clients, and getting your media sizes reduced for more compact storage. Stay tuned+1 | @Steve Murray
by John Davidson 1 month ago
Thanks Steve. I actually started here: http: www.izzyvideo.com final-cut-pro-x-tutorial fcp.co also has great ripple training tips. My advice is for you to watch as many tutorials as you can. Once you
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| | | | | Areca 1880x vs ATTO 680by Christopher Delaine 2 years agoOK I am nearly finished installing a central storage array to support several of our Edit systems and I am caught in a small conundrum. The Raid card I choose was the Atto R680. I choose atto for thei | | | | |
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| | | |  | X2Pro pulled from the Mac App Storeby Darren Roark 4 months agoI bought X2ProLE and today needed the full version. So I went to buy the in app purchase upgrade, it says it doesn't exist. Can't find it in my purchases, or in the App Store. So I called the develope | Re: X2Pro pulled from the Mac App Store
by Chris Steele 3 months ago
Hi Everyone, I've only just come across this post, so apologies for not attending to it sooner. I am Product Manager with Marquis and handle our relationship with Apple. This episode where we disappea
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| | | |  | Losing clientsby Tom Sefton 3 months agoWe are getting the impression that a client we have been bending over backwards to please is thinking of leaving us-they aren't very profitable, but have the potential to become a very regular and ste | Re: Losing clients
by David Roth Weiss 3 months ago
You have an excellent opportunity to turn lemons into lemonade. Anytime you have a fundamental disagreement with a longterm customer, or with anyone with whom you have a longterm relationship, if you
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| | | |  | Poor video playback via broadcast outputby Oliver Peters 3 months agoWhen playing long files (1 min or longer) the video stutters on fast horizontal pans. This timeline does not require rendering and media is optimized. Prefs set to "better performance". This is not dr | | | | |
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| | | | | Blog: #7 - Primary School - FCPX On Airby John Davidson 4 months agoHey guys, Everybody wants to know why I avoid the primary storyline when editing promos. There are a myriad of reasons, most of which are related to 'I just do'. It really doesn't bother me much, but | @adamnielson
by John Davidson 3 months ago
Thanks Adam. We're working on a sizzle right now where primary is being used, um, primarily. It can be pretty powerful when you're in the right kind of project. John Davidson President Creative Direct
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| | | | | Article: FCPX On Air. Coming Soonby John Davidson 4 months ago Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate FCPX On Air. Coming Soon Former skeptic John Davidson was right there with everyone else when FCPX was released who deemed it a complete disappointment for broadcast pro | Re: Article: FCPX On Air. Coming Soon
by John Davidson 3 months ago
Thanks Gary. I think it got posted as an article and placed in multiple forums :). The original was in the Techniques one at first. Best, John John Davidson President Creative Director Magic Feather I
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| | | |  | Is FCPX gaining any ground?by Clint Wardlow 4 months agoI have been stalking this forum for awhile and not really posting of late. I did post a similar thread awhile back. What I am seeing in the Cow forum is that here a lot of the pros have adopted FCPX a | Re: Is FCPX gaining any ground?
by Keith Koby 4 months ago
Jeremy Garchow "Just curious, but why Speed Creative "Cost" You are one of us weird one who actually like it ;)" All of the above + growth potential. Also, I find that editors who get actual exposure
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| | | | | Does anyone pay?by Roy Schneider 4 months agoHi All: I just got out of my 3rd meeting this month with a client that wants Production Work without paying. 2 wanted to Barter, and one wants to shoot a pilot on spec, but does not want to give anyth | | | | |
| | | |  | Considering buying a Raid. Good price?by Jaime Aguirre 4 months agoI'm looking at a Proavio Editbox 8ms and a HighPoint RocketRAID 4322 with 2 x Mimi-SAS Cables for $450. No drives included. Would this be a good deal How does it sound It looks like it is but I'm not | | | | |
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