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Neil Goodman

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silly doubt
by Fred Gasc 13 hours ago
Hi, I just actually realised that I've never asked myself this question since I've been Switching to MC: The transcode from lowres to highres is taking into consideration the files selected or the sou
Re: silly doubt
by Neil Goodman 3 hours ago
Michael Phillips "by removing or hiding the Avid MediaFiles" no need to remove or hide the proxies anymore.Not exactly sure when this changed but can just open all the AMA bins, highlight all the cli
Premiere Pro says: I'm very sorry Dave, i can't do that.
by Aindreas Gallagher 2 days ago
Figure this goes more to just being able to actually open your edit bar the rights and wrongs of the cloud rental so maybe Ok to post here read this from the PPro forum and be somewhat very, very afra
Re: Premiere Pro says: I'm very sorry Dave, i can't do that.
by Neil Goodman 2 days ago
Charlie Austin " Neil Goodman "between magnetic timelines and creative cloud activation nightmares" Those 2 things are not the same. One you just don't like, the other prevents you from opening your
FCP 6 will not play when i'm copying files
by Sal Sainvil 1 week ago
what up, I have an interesting issue that I can't seem to solve. when i have a project open, IF i start to copy any random file to anywhere FCP will not play the timeline until its done copying. I'll
Re: FCP 6 will not play when i'm copying files
by Neil Goodman 7 days ago
Its not drive related. I have the same issue on only one computer, out of 100's of other ive worked on. Tried with many different drives. It used to work as normal, and then oneday BAM, beachball unti
One Year Later, what do pro/broadcast FCPX users say about jumping from FCS3/ FCP7 to FCPX now?
by Mark Suszko 2 weeks ago
It's been about a year since I last considered migrating our shop's editing platforms. A year ago I could say that X was missing things we enjoyed in 7 and so it wasn't in the running at our shop, whi
Re: One Year Later, what do pro/broadcast FCPX users say about jumping from FCS3/ FCP7 to FCPX now?
by Neil Goodman 2 weeks ago
Balancing things out a bit. Theres things i like, theres things i hate. Theres nothing i love, and nothing i see compelling enough to jump in full time especially with other very capable options on th
Wish List For Final Cut Pro X
by David Mathis 3 weeks ago
A few simple things I would like to see in the next version or update: 1. Being able to save different versions of the same project 2. Send to Motion to make for more efficient workflow 3. The ability
Re: Wish List For Final Cut Pro X
by Neil Goodman 2 weeks ago
i am surprised no one mentioned trimming yet. Until it has Avid or even CS6 Next style trim tools, its never going to be a serious contender for me. Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production - The
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Discuss. :-)
by Charlie Austin 3 weeks ago
Found this kind of interesting. Re-posted from fcp.co... http: www.fcptalent.com an-editor-asks-should-i-be-learning-fcpx ------------------------------------------------------------- "It is a poor cr
Re: Discuss. :-)
by Neil Goodman 2 weeks ago
ive been learning all the in an outs in my free time. Definately up to snuff for most work out there, but what i can say, i still dont like it. At least when theres other options out there. The timeli
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Exporting from FCP for Avid Edit
by Patrick Murphy 4 weeks ago
Hi there, If someone could help with this i would be eternally grateful! I have filmed a job today on Sony EX3, i need to FTP the footage to Russia. My plan was to bring the footage in to FCP 7 to tri
Re: Exporting from FCP for Avid Edit
by Neil Goodman 4 weeks ago
Id skip FCP all together as mentioned above. You could also DL the media composer demo which will give you full featureset for 30 days. Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production - The Esquire Netwo
How to switch between Overwrite and Ripple edits in trim mode w/ the smart tool after lasso-ing an edit...
by Bryan Roberts 4 weeks ago
I am a smart tool user - the one annoying thing I can't figure out is if I have all 5 smart tool options activated and I have say, lassoed an edit point between two clips that both have V1 A1 A2 track
Re: How to switch between Overwrite and Ripple edits in trim mode w/ the smart tool after lasso-ing an edit...
by Neil Goodman 4 weeks ago
forgot to add holding "ALT" during a trim will make it an overwrite vs insert trim as well. Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production - The Esquire Network - NBC Uni
20 minutes of the NAB media composer demo.
by Aindreas Gallagher 1 month ago
for those not there: http: apps.avid.com events 2013 nab2013 mc7demo.html http: vimeo.com user1590967 videos www.ogallchoir.net promo producer editor.grading motion graphics
Re: 20 minutes of the NAB media composer demo.
by Neil Goodman 1 month ago
normal transcode happen in the background too. You can see her do it in the demo. You edit, during, and then relink to the .new clips once they finish. also just saw the flex control work on transcode
Call me crazy if you want... but I know an imminent extinction when I see one. :)
by Greg Andonian 1 month ago
From reading the posts on here about the new Premiere Pro, I'm really starting to get the feeling that if this thing lives up to the hype, the days of FCP 7 are going to be numbered once it ships. Peo
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Re: Call me crazy if you want... but I know an imminent extinction when I see one. :)
by Neil Goodman 1 month ago
i dont use FCP X or PPRO (yet) but this is still the only forum on the cow i go to..this is where the editors are and is the most interesting forum on the net imo. And i like thats you can talk about
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Resolve 10 gets all "edity"
by Steve Connor 1 month ago
What's new in DaVinci Resolve 10 Resolve Live Grade Live incoming SDI video and save grading snapshots with metadata and stills New Editing Enhancements for Project Finishing Multi track video and aud
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Re: solve 10 gets all "edity"
by Neil Goodman 1 month ago
nevermind, looks like its roughly the same accroding to their compare page. Lite users just dont 3d and 2k+ and the motion noise reduction stuff. pretty effin amazing. Neil Goodman: Editor of New Medi
Avid FX: render a title on the timeline but need to re-render when moved ???
by Michael McCune 2 months ago
Avid FX has full and deep title capabilities, especially regarding text. But rendering seems to take considerable time, perhaps 8 minutes for a 10-second animated 10-word title. OK, it is complex and
Re: Avid FX: render a title on the timeline but need to re-render when moved ???
by Neil Goodman 2 months ago
Also when doing titleS in avid fx using the title matte filt er supposed to the regular one greatly reduces render time. Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production - NBC Universal
Grainy Spetramatte key ?
by Neil Goodman 2 months ago
i have some green screen footage from a dlsr. Im able to pull a great key, tweak a few things looks good in the matte view. A little bit of spill suppression and im thinking it looks good. Im noticing
Why is FCPX so fragile?
by Julian Bowman 2 months ago
I do basically feel like I am editing with a stack of playing cards in a typhoon. So today I had started on en edit and had a filter affecting the look on my clips. I then updated FX FActory to 10.3 (
Re: The answer, as the OP noticed after 5 posts, is that it's NOT.
by Julian Bowman 2 months ago
Bill, you really are a dick.
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Avid 6/HD Extreme 2 Card issues
by Peter Rafalow 3 months ago
I just starting using Avid 6 with my Decklink HD Extreme 2 card. Two problems: 1) can't get audio in to Avid from my board thru the card...2)While editing ProRes footage, the timeline doesn't play dow
Re: Avid 6/HD Extreme 2 Card issues
by Neil Goodman 3 months ago
it should work try the latest drivers 9.6.8 or 9.7 and MC 6.0.3 at least, although things got alot snappier in 6.5.2 im using one right now in mac pro 2.1 with 10.7.5. Neil Goodman: Editor of New Medi
Export with handles? Am i doing something wrong?
by Neil Goodman 3 months ago
So i just completed and Avid round trip from davinci. everything worked as expected, even better than i expected (complicated 10 minute long thing with 10 tracks of comps etc.) my only issue is with t
Re: Export with handles? Am i doing something wrong?
by Neil Goodman 3 months ago
Joseph Owens "Are the transitions on the DaVinci timeline it should render through the transition extents. If they are not, then DaVinci won't consider the "outside" selection part of what you need.
all of my media went offline after exporting an online sequence
by mr dirden 3 months ago
hey, all of my projects media went offline and I can't figure out how to fix it. Help will be appreciated: I've edited a sequence. I duplicated it and took my Avid MediaFiles folder offline by renamin
Re: Re:problem solved
by Neil Goodman 3 months ago
just as an FYI, you dont have to bring the transcoded media offline to relink to AMA. Just open all the AMA bins, highlight all the clips, highlight the sequence and relink. I just found about this to
Is this a good multi-cam workflow?
by David Powell 3 months ago
I've been doing my multi-cam event jobs in FCPX lately as its really simple to set up the multi-cam with dslr's that turn on and off, and the proxy original clip design is awesome. But I really hate c
Re: Is this a good multi-cam workflow?
by Neil Goodman 3 months ago
David Powell "Ok so I'm not way of base. When you say "export out" do you mean out of plural eyes or do you mean you export each track at the highest quality and bring re-import them Also, is it poss
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Intenstiy Extreme Output Problems with Avid
by Jonathan Hensley 3 months ago
Hey all, I bought an Intensity Extreme mostly to use as a client monitor (with my iMac), specifically with use with Avid Media Composer 6.5. Problem is, it only manages to send signal to my TV when th
Re: Intenstiy Extreme Output Problems with Avid
by Neil Goodman 3 months ago
I may be wrong but Avid might override AJA's control panel Blackmagic has the some down conversion options too, alas i have never had to use them, but if your saying the Blackmagics downconversions ta
composer window size
by keith mottram 3 months ago
I just got a new monitor (2560 x 1440 res) as a replacement for a much lower res monitor, my composer source record used to be able to span the width of my old monitor, on my new one the timeline can
Re: composer window size
by Neil Goodman 3 months ago
Yea, Media Composer is ideal screen resolution is 1920x1080. bump your monitor down to that, and youll be able to scale the window all the across again. Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production -
Exporting ProRes for TV - too big. Alternative?
by Brad DeCecco 3 months ago
So I have to deliver a 4 minute video that is full HD 1920 24p. I wanted to send the client an uncompressed file but I have to deliver it via FTP and the 5 Gb file is too large. I need it to be half t
Re: Exporting ProRes for TV - too big. Alternative?
by Neil Goodman 3 months ago
Shane Ross "No. Export as a QT movie...self contained...using the sequence settings. Then take that into Compressor and encode to H.264. There are presets, but you might need to futz with them to mak
No Playback w blackmagic decklink studio... no drivers on the site?
by Marcos Horacio 3 months ago
Hi everyone, I just installed decklink studio on my Macp Pro mid 2012 model. I see all the presets on FCP but I get no output signal whatsoever on my external monitor. I may have an old driver for the
Re: No Playback w blackmagic decklink studio... no drivers on the site?
by Neil Goodman 3 months ago
could also be your monitor doesnt support the resolution or frame rate your trying to playback. For example, if your project is 24p, your NEC might not be able to play back at that reso. Neil Goodman:
How do I roll Video Only in FCP X
by David McWhinney 4 months ago
Hi All In FCP 7 if I want to roll only the video I hold down the option key How do I do that in FCP X If it is possible , does it work in both a primary storyline and connected clips Thanks David
Re: How do I roll Video Only in FCP X
by Neil Goodman 4 months ago
No argument there Bill.I was mainly just pointing out that the approach is very much the same while in any NLE. X is great at organizing on the front end. Its on the timeline where it falls apart for
Quick pluraleyes V2 and Media Composer question.
by Neil Goodman 4 months ago
Hey guys, im wondering once i import a .aaf from pluraleyes and all my clips are in sync on one timeline, how do i then get those clips into a bin for organizing and to later edit in FCP 7 i would jus
Just tryed out 10.0.6 - Event Viewer Option grayed out?
by Neil Goodman 6 months ago
I just installed 10.0.6 to see the new stuff. The event viewer will open but all the option for viewing are greyed out. I can see multiclips in that windpw and all the respective angles but when i cli
Re: Just tryed out 10.0.6 - Event Viewer Option grayed out?
by Neil Goodman 6 months ago
Oh duh, i see where your talking about. Open event viewer or use the shortcut. . N M thanks everyone. I was assuming it was an option inside the veiwer display drop down. Neil Goodman: Editor of New M
File: FCPX_MULITICAM_VIEWER
by Neil Goodman 6 months ago
png file multicam window http: f1.creativecow.net 4939 fcpxmuliticamviewer
Re: FCPX_MULITICAM_VIEWER
by Neil Goodman 6 months ago
here is the multicam viewer working Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production - NBC Universal
How Much should i be charging? Details inside.
by Neil Goodman 7 months ago
Im working with a photgrapher who does high end fashion stuff, for a few pretty big fashion companies, think ed hardy,ecko, etc. They are now hiring him todo those cinemagraph gifs that popped up last
Re: How Much should i be charging? Details inside.
by Tom Masters 7 months ago
Since you probably are not sure how much time you will spend on this, due to the execution, your skill level, and the type of client, I would strongly recommend charging an hourly rate, or day rate, r
Automatic adjustments to clips from same take? Can i turn this off?
by Neil Goodman 8 months ago
I imported an AAF from Media Composer. Alot of the clips were subclipped out from the same takes so when I go to color page and start to do a primary on the first clip, the rest of the clips on the ti
Re: Automatic adjustments to clips from same take? Can i turn this off?
by Neil Goodman 8 months ago
great, thanks everyone! so messing with all these versions wont efect my ability to go back to avid Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production - NBC Universal
AVID FX latest version, missing transitions from Library.
by Neil Goodman 9 months ago
upgraded avid fx to the latest version 6.2 and lost a bunch of transitions in the library. went back to 6.06 and there all abck again. bug Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production - NBC Universal
Re: AVID FX latest version, missing transitions from Library.
by Neil Goodman 9 months ago
emailing you know. Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production - NBC Universal
FCP Freezes For Network Activity?
by Dana Strom 2 years ago
At home I run FCP on a macbook pro which I have set to backup via Time Machine to a drive on my network. I noticed that upon each backup, I would get a spinning beach ball in Final Cut - it would alwa
Re: FCP Freezes For Network Activity?
by Neil Goodman 9 months ago
im am seeing this same issue, all of a sudden. Any one know a fix besides being off-line which isnt possible. Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production - NBC Universal
Best online training for Advanced techniques?
by Neil Goodman 9 months ago
looking for some online training, on the more advanced stuff, like keyboard trimming, etc. something that really dives into the shortcuts. Coming from a mostly Avid background i want to be able to do
Re: Best online training for Advanced techniques?
by Luke Hunnaman 9 months ago
I have used Izzy Video's advanced tutorials. I think they are good, but I'm also fairly new to video. http: www.izzyvideo.com
Where the heck are the video tool, the scopes and the color bars?
by Tony Breuer 10 months ago
This may be a brain fart on my part, but I can't find the video tool or the color bars or scopes. I did a search in the manual and it says you can access it via the tools menu or the capture tool. Tha
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Re: Where the heck are the video tool, the scopes and the color bars?
by Tony Breuer 10 months ago
That's exactly what I want it to do. Tony Tony Breuer
How to get Stop motion, 3D/360 views in FCPX?
by Mayalin Fiks 11 months ago
Hi All, I'm working with a 7D and Leica HD , then editing in FCPX, and I'm trying to achieve this look of kind of stop-motion, 360 views It basically looks like everyone is standing still and the came
Re: How to get Stop motion, 3D/360 views in FCPX?
by Neil Goodman 10 months ago
Mayalin Fiks "Thank you Neil! Do you really think they sped it up in post though Also, could you clarify "chop it up" " I do really think the did the speed ups and slow downs in post. Definitely not
My BlackMagic Design Experience - May be useful to someone out there
by Jonathan Dean 10 months ago
This may apply to some of you as well. But my general overall experience with my purchase of a BlackMagic DeckLink HD Extreme has been a negative one. The frame offset via HDMI was about 7 frames in F
Re: My BlackMagic Design Experience - May be useful to someone out there
by Neil Goodman 10 months ago
Have you tried the latest drivers I ask cuz im using a Deckling Extreme HD 2 with no problems whatsoever in FCP 7, and the performance isn ow really really good in Avid too with the latest drivers. No
FCP 7 beachballs when copying files in finder ?
by Neil Goodman 11 months ago
this is new. anytime i do some copying in finder, FCP beachballs until the file transfer is done. This happens even when using drives FCP doesnt have access to. never seen this behavior before but its
Re: FCP 7 beachballs when copying files in finder ?
by Neil Goodman 11 months ago
and if it helps Meida Composer 6, PPr5.5 and After Effects dont show this behavior. Just FCP 7 Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production - NBC Universal
Still no good Media Composer 6 Drivers for BM cards and boxes.
by Neil Goodman 11 months ago
any luck here since 9.5 the only fixes have been for FCP x and PPr6.. when are you guys gonna throw some Media Composer fixes in there TRIM and COLOR CORRECT modes are horribly slow and sluggish. Also
Re: Still no good Media Composer 6 Drivers for BM cards and boxes.
by Neil Goodman 11 months ago
the new drivers are indeed working well with my Decklink Extreme HD 2 and my intensity Extreme. Looks like they got it right. Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production - NBC Universal
News: Blackmagic Design Announces New Intensity Shuttle with Thunderboltâ„¢ Technology
by Cow News Droid 1 year ago
Capture and playback amazing quality HDMI and analog 10-bit video in SD and HD (CES 2012 - Las Vegas, Nevada--January 10, 2012) Blackmagic Design today announced Intensity Shuttle, a revolutionary new
Re: News: Blackmagic Design Announces New Intensity Shuttle with Thunderboltâ„¢ Technology
by Neil Goodman 1 year ago
so is this instead of the intensity extreme that wa supposed to be out by now with thunderbolt for 299$ Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production - NBC Universal
Boris Red in Avid 6
by Stephen Mark 1 year ago
Since I updated to Mac Lion and Avid 6, I no longer have access to Boris Red inside Avid. Or at least I don't think I do. Does anyone know if that is a situation requiring an update from Boris or do I
Re: Boris Red in Avid 6
by Neil Goodman 1 year ago
AFIX FX aka BORIS RED is included in the packaging for AMC 6. I think theres an extra folder i nthe installers for that plus squeeze and if your PC, avid dvd. Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Product
Magic Bullet MC 5.0.3 alternatives
by Ryan Geist 2 years ago
I recently upgraded computers and software from Avid Express Pro to MC 5.0.3 and have found that Red Giant Magic Bullet is not supporting MC 5.0.3. I installed the software, get an error message that
Re: Magic Bullet MC 5.0.3 alternatives
by Neil Goodman 2 years ago
im using an older version Looks 1 in MC 5.5.3 and it works fine, no problems what so ever . Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production - NBC Universal
MB Looks Suite won't render in 1080 timeline
by jason epperson 2 years ago
I can't seem to get FCP to render out files with MB Looks Suite (ver 1.3.4) applied to them in a 1080 timeline The error message I get reads: "Your hardware cannot render at the requested size and dep
Re: MB Looks Suite won't render in 1080 timeline
by Neil Goodman 2 years ago
you need to go into your timeline setting "command 0" and switch the video processing to render in 8 bit yuv. this one used to drive me mad, once you finished and have picturel ock, you can go back in
Article: FCPX: Didn't We Ask for This?
by Jeremy Garchow 2 years ago
Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate FCPX: Didn't We Ask for This "When talking about FCPX, the greater topics of philosophy, ethics, religion, personal well-being, the time space continuum, the conseq
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Re: FCPX: Didn't We Ask for This?
by Neil Goodman 2 years ago
yea those clip connections are so great, when you slip an edit, everything above it goes for a ride too, how is that helpfull Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production - NBC Universal
Multilip creation in FCP
by Trevor Aikman 2 years ago
I am working with documentary footage that was shot on three XD-Cams with matching timecode. Creating a multiclip from each day's shooting should be a piece of cake but, since the shooters were starti
Re: Multilip creation in FCP
by Neil Goodman 2 years ago
if you have one clip that spans the whole time, then you can manually sync everything else to in it layers, using slugs to comensate for the camera stops, then export each track from start to finish a
Music Video Multi-Clip Synching/Editing
by Boris Riabov 2 years ago
Hello, I've been browsing here on creative cow and other sites - and I figured I'd post as well to see if anyone has any faster solutions to my dilemma. I've just shot a music video of over fifty take
Re: Music Video Multi-Clip Synching/Editing
by Neil Goodman 2 years ago
I would sync the the clips to the parts of the song you do have, use a slug to fill the empty space, and export a reference file for each of your imcomplete takes, that way theyll be the same length a
Serious Upgrade Issue
by David Lewis 2 years ago
I've been working on a doc for four years, so when FCP 7 came out I decided to wait before upgrading. I figured any future upgrades would be backwards compatible. Silly me! It simply didn't occur to m
Re: Serious Upgrade Issue
by Neil Goodman 2 years ago
cant you go to the mac store, or did they clear the stock off the shelves on day one too Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production - NBC Universal


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