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Friends:  Rafael Amador | | | | |  | Final Cut Pro 7 on 10.7/10.8by butch Hirsch 14 hours agoWhat has been the experience with running Final Cut Pro 7 on OS 10.7 and or 10.8. I am currently running on 10.6.8 but need to upgrade to at least 10.7. Can somebody please help me out if you have don | Re: Final Cut Pro 7 on 10.7/10.8
by Neil Patience 8 hours ago
I am running same configuration as Shane 10.7.5 and FCP 7.03 without any issues at all. best wishes Neil www.patience.tv 8 Core MacPro, Kona 3, Tangent Wave, Mackie Universal Symphony 6.5 FCP7 i7 2.7
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| | | |  | FCP 6 will not play when i'm copying filesby Sal Sainvil 1 week agowhat 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 | | | | |
| | | |  | Final Cut Pro Upgradeby Cory Mattos 1 week agoI'm currently running FCP 6.0.6. Also, i have the upgrade serial for final cut pro 7. Though i do not have the install disc. Where do i download it (presumably using the serial code) I'd really like t | Re: Final Cut Pro Upgrade
by Neil Patience 1 week ago
I am not aware of anywhere you can download FCP7 - so despite having a serial number you will need a set of disks. The whole of FCP Studio is about 6 DVDs so a download would be huge if it existed. So
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| | | |  | FCP - 5DmkII - TV 4/3by Giuliano Bausano 1 week agoHi everyone, I am asking some of your kind suggestions please. I did a small 30" spot with 5DmkII and i edited directly the files.mov in FCP because was a very short and fast editing assigment (almost | Re: FCP - 5DmkII - TV 4/3
by Neil Patience 1 week ago
Hi Giulano 4x3 PAL is 720x576 - it sounds like what you created before was anamorphic hence the distortion. As Rafael rightly says you can either provide a letterboxed version (black bar top and botto
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| | | | | Poor audio out from Final Cut Proby Andy Aungthwin 2 weeks agoI'm trying to export a movie from Final Cut Pro which has audio from a song. The video quality is fine but the audio doesn't sound right. I've tried a number of ways, for example just exporting the au | Re: Poor audio out from Final Cut Pro
by Neil Patience 2 weeks ago
Hi Andy You should post your question in the fcpx techniques forum as much more likely to get a reply there. http: forums.creativecow.net fcpxtechnique However I wonder if its the fact that you are us
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| | | |  | FCP 7 not workingby Chris Batte 2 weeks agoI just got a new computer: Mac Mini 2.6 Intel Core i7 running OSX 10.8.3 and I can't get FCP 7 to work. Migrated from my old MBP17 running OSX 10.6. I then uninstalled the FCP using FCS remover (selec | Re: FCP 7 not working
by Neil Patience 2 weeks ago
Hi Chris I see, I think i understand, at least I hope I do. Your post seems clear, perhaps I have the wrong end of the stick. Chris Batte " then I click 'ok' and then the program crashes, not allowing
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| | | |  | Question about HD title I made in FCPby jonathan young 2 weeks agoI have a nice 1920X1080 title I made in FCP (white background with grey and maroon text) it is nice and crisp looking, when I copy that title into my 720X480 16:9 timeline (853X480) the title looks wa | | | | |
| | | |  | Corrupted DSLR video file. Need repairby Grant Strac 2 weeks agoI need to repair a corrupted MOV (h.264 actually) file from a CF card. Two .mov files came over corrupt and one is 1.6gb and the other is 2.4gb. I tried treasured and I'm not sure if I should trust pa | | | | |
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| | | |  | Removing Dead Pixelsby Ben Edwards 3 weeks agoHi, thanks for everybody's help so far. One on the cameras the footage was shot on has dead pixels (which show up as white spots). Its a dance pice in a theatre so the background it black. Was wonderi | Re: Removing Dead Pixels
by Neil Patience 3 weeks ago
Hi Ben Digital Heaven have a pixel fixing plug-in for FCP4-7 and FCPX called Reincarnation. If you use those editing platforms worth a look. Its $59.00US http: www.digital-heaven.co.uk plugins best wi
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| | | |  | Alternative to DVD Studio Pro?by Shane O'Donnell 3 weeks agoHello! Apparently DVD Studio Pro is no longer offered by Apple. If I want to author DVDs with menus after creating a movie on FCPX, what are my alternatives and their Pros & Cons (Note: I am aware tha | Re: Alternative to DVD Studio Pro?
by Neil Patience 3 weeks ago
Hi Shane I switched to Adobe Encore which is part of the production suite bundle. Its kind of on a similar level to DVDSP, easy to learn and pretty much similar in terms of features to DVDSP with the
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| | | |  | Final Cut Pro X and 7 on same partition.by Kirk Pitts 3 weeks agoI've just purchased FCP X and wanted to see if anyone has personal experience running both 7 and X on the same partition account. Searching the forums seems to show over time that installing both toge | | | | |
| | | | | Log and capture problemby John Molloy 3 weeks agoI'm trying to log and capture footage from DV tapes onto FCP7. I'm using a Panasonic HVX200 camera as a tape deck, the same that was used for filming the footage, Firewire400 cable. The shooting forma | Re: Log and capture problem
by Neil Patience 3 weeks ago
Dear John I assume your footage is 16x9 If so I would try an easy set-up using DV NTsC 24P (23.98). If the aspect ratio is incorrect then in the browser just check the anamorphic flag which is a few c
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| | | | | Merging clipsby Mies Heerma 4 weeks agoI am using FCP 7 on a Mac Book Air ( Mac OS X 10.7.5 ) have been trying to merge clips. I can't seem to make it work. I can't select Merge as its not highlighted. Does anyone know how I can make this | Re: Merging clips
by Neil Patience 4 weeks ago
Hi Merge clips is usually pretty straightforward. Obviously you use it to merge separate audio and video files into a single clip. You simply highlight the audio and video clip that you wish to merge.
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| | | |  | Good monitoring Solutions for FCPX?by Michael Hadley 3 months agoLooking for recommendations in terms of monitoring solutions with X. Have used Matrox MXO Mini in the past with a Samsung HDMI monitor. However, wanted to switch to some 3 year old Apple Cinema Displa | Re: Good monitoring Solutions for FCPX?
by Neil Patience 3 months ago
Bret Williams " the BMD ultrastudio mini monitor is great if you have thunderbolt. " I recently got one of these and have to say very impressed. As long as you only need HD monitoring, which I do, th
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| | | |  | ProCutX iPad interfaceby Cameron Clendaniel 3 months agohttp: www.macrumors.com 2013 02 06 procutx-app-to-streamline-final-cut-pro-x-editing-from-your-ipad Cameron Clendaniel Film Editor, NYC o (718)254-8027 f (718)254-8028 m (617)416-6004 cam@camclendanie | Re: ProCutX iPad interface
by Neil Patience 3 months ago
Great thank you. best wishes Neil www.patience.tv 8 Core MacPro, Kona 3, Tangent Wave, Mackie Universal Symphony 6.5 FCP7 i7 2.7 Gig MBP (non retina) 16Gigs Ram Blackmagic Monitor Mini Symphony 6.5 FC
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| | | | | Starting a project in Symphonyby William Edwards 4 months agoHi, I was wondering, if you start a project in Symphony, would you be able to switch back and forth with that and Media Composer 6 without any issues Symphony is on my tower, Media Composer is on my l | Re: Starting a project in Symphony
by Neil Patience 4 months ago
Straight colour correction should translate but certainly if you had used secondary then that would not come across. The only things that don't translate are Symphony only features. Like Shane says th
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| | | | | How do I roll Video Only in FCP Xby David McWhinney 4 months agoHi 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 Patience 4 months ago
Hi David I would be interested to know what you think of Bills suggestions about keywording, tagging and pre organising. He is totally correct about that being the best way to make X work and he knows
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| | | | | Fade To Colorby Robert Ober 4 months agoHello Again, I am trying to fade in a short video. I applied the Quick Transition fade to color. I cannot seem to get it to fade in my video it goes black to color in seemingly one frame. Yes, I have | Re: Fade To Color
by Neil Patience 4 months ago
It sounds like you are trying to add a fade from black at he start of your video If so fade to colour is the wrong way around. You need a fade from colour - however an even easier way is, assuming it
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| | | |  | Noise and the ultimate exportby Matt Walker 4 months agoHey all, I am working with 7d footage recording at a 320 iso. I have done a few projects on the 7d and I would like to work on getting a cleaner final product. I do an AMA link to 8 bit DnxHD QT files | Re: Noise and the ultimate export
by Neil Patience 4 months ago
I know it sort of mad replying to a post with first something that doesn't work but Neat Video is indeed a really excellent de-noise app but as Glenn says no Avid version. They support just about ever
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| | | | | Huge file sizesby Mike Flinn 4 months agoI have been using FCPX for a while now and still have not been able to figure out how to fix my enormous file sizes. I exported a 7 minute video at 1920 x 1080 23.98 fps and it turned out to be 5 GB! | Re: Huge file sizes
by Neil Patience 4 months ago
Mike Flinn "Apparently I lied... It is Version 10.6.8 ha" No worries thought it was a bit odd. Mike Flinn "If I were to need to give this file to another company to add their clips to that is my best
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| | | | | Problems with HD Multicam Editby Enrico Adonis 4 months agoI need to do a 6 cam multi edit in FCPX. What hardware would I need. I tried it but it plays for 2 seconds then stops for 10 seconds etc etc. I'm editing on a Macbook Pro 15 inch, 8gig Ram, i7 process | Re: Problems with HD Multicam Edit
by Neil Patience 4 months ago
Hi Enrico It would be a mistake to use your internal OS drive to store media and 5400 RPM is not quick enough. You need 7200 rpm as a minimum but again a single internal drive won't run 6 HD streams.
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| | | | | macbook pro purchaseby Wendell Davis 4 months agoGood morning experts: I'm looking to get a new macbook pro for editing in CS6. Currently running MacPro with two 30 inch monitors at home and on the road an old slow 17 inch macbook pro. Questions: is | Re: macbook pro purchase
by Neil Patience 4 months ago
Hi Wendell One option you might want to consider :- I went for a non retina 2.7 gig i7 MacBook Pro. The high res anti glare screen model. Although you sacrifice the retina display it retains the optic
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| | | |  | In LA and interested in X's Multi-cam?by Bill Davis 4 months ago...or merely one of those who hang here and who want to tell me in person why I'm deeply and totally off-base about FCP-X - here's your big chance! I m traveling to LA next Tue - (Jan 23) to do a pres | Re: the URL you've all been waiting for
by Neil Patience 4 months ago
In following the thread about the head shots behind Bill I wonder if anyone else thinks that he has slightly more than a passing resemblance to Simon Cowell - no offence Bill :-) best wishes Neil www.
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| | | | | Problem with Preset Browserby Neil Patience 5 months agoHi All I am having a small problem with the preset browser. If I apply any effect and go to the preset browser the thumbnail windows are black. You can see the example effects are being applied howeve | Re: Problem with Preset Browser
by Neil Patience 4 months ago
Hi Alan OK got around to trying that, First loaded Film Effect - preset browser blank Then loaded Warp Fish Eye - All good Then back to Film Effect on the same clip and now all good too. Anyway just p
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| | | |  | Backward compatible sequences?by Eli Brown 5 months agoI have a job coming from an Avid MC 5.5 and am wondering if there is a way to do a color grade in resolve and then reconform it without having MC5.5 on my system. I have MC6, so I was planning on open | Re: Backward compatible sequences?
by Neil Patience 5 months ago
Hi Eli Avid 5.5 can read Avid 6 projects with the limitation that if you use a MC6 feature that is not in 5.5 this will not translate. I found this thread where several people confirm this. http: foru
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| | | | | Audio Issueby Patrick Morrow 5 months agoHello, I recorded with a zoom recorder a wave file at 48 and it sounds tinny and bad in fcpx. When I open it in itunes it sounds crystal clear. What am I missing here Thanks, Patrick Morrow | Re: Audio Issue
by Neil Patience 5 months ago
I would say it sounds like an audio phase issue. Are the two tracks being played back "mono" both panned centrally If so almost certainly a phase error. Either way try deleting muting one of the track
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| | | | | DSLR Image Qualityby Will Suto 5 months agoI am trying to figure out why my image quality is not as good as I think it could be. I am shooting on a 7D with an EF 50mm 1.8. The image above is a still from the video. I compressed the video for u | Re: DSLR Image Quality
by Neil Patience 5 months ago
naushad khan "use animation or uncompressed compression..." Whilst Animation is a high quality uncompressed codec its not the best to use with 7D material in FCP. Although "uncompressed compression"
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| | | | | Dubbing Beta SP - which codec to use?by Niklas Wikman 5 months agoSo, there's a client that wish to make a copy of a Beta SP tape. We have the UVW-1800P deck and the Io HD. We connect our video disks over FW800 (normally shooting DV50 over P2). Will ProRes 422 both | | | | |
| | | | | Media Encoder CS5.5 m2v frame size error?by Neil Patience 6 months agoHi All I usually use media encoder for BluRay encoding and everything there is fine. I recently tried to use it for a standard DVD .m2v encode and have got an odd frame size. I tried using the PAL pro | | | | |
| | | | | OS X and FCP 7by Kristin Jo 6 months agoHi all, I'm having problems installing FCP 7 onto my new Macbook pro which runs OS X - mountain lion (the latest version). I've read people suggesting to do a clean install. Is this a clean install of | Re: OS X and FCP 7
by Neil Patience 6 months ago
Oh I see apologies. I meant were you trying to copy from an old system drive by drag and drop into your new applications folder. Sorry I was not so clear. Ok so you have a full copy of install disks f
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| | | | | U-matic clarificationsby Miguel Franco 6 months agoHi, I'm starting a project which involves digitizing a LOT of U-Matic tapes. I have XBR (SP mode), BRS (Hi-Band mode), Lo-Band tapes and at least one that i can't quite specify (its a Maxell professio | Re: U-matic clarifications
by Neil Patience 6 months ago
If memory serves you could play LoBand tapes in a HiBand machine without problem. If you tried it the other way around then you would just get a black and white image. Been a long while since I had to
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| | | | | Converting Beta to Digital hardware setup?by John Bell 9 months agoI have some beta tapes that I would like to convert to digital format. I have a beta deck and an older mac and would like to know if anyone recommends a hardware setup (ie black magic card, what gener | | | | |
| | | | | Kona LHe Plus compatibility questionby Craig Hirshberg 1 year agoHi, I'm new to the world of third party I O, but since my Avid Adrenaline is a thing of the past, I'm trying to figure out what's best and what works. Three questions: 1. Overall, what are your experi | Re: Kona LHe Plus compatibility question
by Neil Patience 1 year ago
Craig Hirshberg "Overall, what are your experiences with AJA Kona and Avid Media Composer 6" I use a Kona 3 card and have been quite a bit of testing with Avid V6.01 I have found it to work very well
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