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Russ Spencer

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March 19th 2008
29 Posts
need good dvd burning software -Toast sucks
by Russ Spencer 3 years ago
I am a filmmaker and had been using Toast 6 for years to burn DVDs from Video TS files. Fine. Installed Snow Leopard and Toast 6 stopped working. Fine. Spent $100 on Toast 10 Titanium. Fine Toast Tit
Re: need good dvd burning software -Toast sucks
by wesley kirk 1 year ago
I waste more blank DVDs trying Toast Titanium 10 than I can afford. A waste of over 100$. I do all my DVD work on my Virtual Machine, Parallels. I use DvdFlick, a free program to convert videos to TS
jumpy animated stills
by Russ Spencer 3 years ago
I have posted about this before and never received a response, which is strange because I've talked to other FCP users who have the same issue. Basically, my animated stills, when output to quicktime
Re: jumpy animated stills
by Russ Spencer 3 years ago
But the stills are used in a movie that was shot in HDV.
animated stills go bad in dvd
by Russ Spencer 3 years ago
I have a full length doc made in FCP. Have output a self-contained quicktime movie, and made MPEG-2 with it, and built burned DVDs using DVD Studio Pro. My specs on output MPEG-2 were CBR 6.9. Proble
animated stills go bad in dvd
by Russ Spencer 3 years ago
Just finished a film that includes a sequence of still photos, JPEGs, that have been animated. Look great on the timeline but when they are output as MPEG-2 and made into a DVD, they look terrible, a
Re: animated stills go bad in dvd
by Russ Spencer 3 years ago
I don't have a broadcast monitor. For my MPEGs, I use one past CBR at 6.9 Not all of the stills goes bad.
FCP keeps crashing during compression
by Russ Spencer 4 years ago
I have an 83-minute movie created in FCP, which i have been trying to make into a DVD. I have been exporting straight into compressor from the timeline. I have FCP 6.0.6 and compressor 3.0.3. Using a
Re: FCP keeps crashing during compression
by Russ Spencer 4 years ago
Yes, I know about exporting a quicktime movie and doing it that way. But this is an extremely important project and I've heard that a better result is achieved when Compressor works frame by frame fr
attn: Michael Sacci re: 83 min. encode
by Russ Spencer 4 years ago
I have an 83-min. movie to export from FCP. HDV footage shot on a Sony Z1U. I need the most excellent looking DVD possible. What should my compressor settings be
Re: attn: Michael Sacci re: 83 min. encode
by Russ Spencer 4 years ago
you were right michael, i mistakenly had it on VBR one pass instead. My bad. but now I have a different problem. I am on deadline to get this dvd to a film fest and have tried twice to encode. the pro
undo just quit working
by Russ Spencer 4 years ago
I am a long time FCP user. Suddenly, out of the blue, undo stopped working. As in control z. It still works in other programs, but not in FCP. Ideas
Re: undo just quit working
by Russ Spencer 4 years ago
Where do I go to delete final cut pro preferences
monitor suggestions?
by Russ Spencer 5 years ago
I have begun using HDV footage through my Sony Z1U. Would like to get a Kona card and a monitor to watch this footage as my SD monitor doesn't work. Any suggestions on a good monitor I edit on two 23
Re: monitor suggestions?
by Russ Spencer 5 years ago
Hi Jeff, Thanks for your input. I am on a budget so will probably go the consumer level display route. Can you give me tips on where I could find information about calibrating such a display Many than
which Kona card do I need
by Russ Spencer 5 years ago
I am a FCP editor on a MAC Pro and have just started editing in HD. Would like to hook up an HD monitor to watch my stuff in real time. I'm getting conflicting reports about what card is necessary fo
Re: which Kona card do I need
by Russ Spencer 5 years ago
Great info, thanks. Of the Kona, Blackmagic, Matrox and Motu, which is the least expensive option Thanks again.
HDV to SD?
by Russ Spencer 5 years ago
I have a project on a timeline in FCP, in HDV. Shot on a Sony Z1U. How can I quickly and easily turn that timeline into SD so that I can more easily add in some other quicktime movies that are taking
Re: HDV to SD?
by Russ Spencer 5 years ago
I have tried this and it exports as a HDV file. Is there a certain fomat that I need to chose when I export as Quicktime Thanks for your advice.
wide angle for Z1U
by Russ Spencer 5 years ago
I'm looking for a wide angle converter for my Z1U. 16x9 was recommended but on B&H website, a reviewer reported degredation image at borders. Does anyone have a recommendation for a wide angle conver
Re: wide angle for Z1U
by Christopher Kinsman 5 years ago
Hey Russ, Century Optics makes the best but it's also the most expensive. I've been doing some research so also check out RedRock Micro lens adapter for 35mm lens adaptation. HD adapter and zeiss lens
Sony Z1U footage
by Russ Spencer 5 years ago
I have owned a Sony Z1U camera for a couple of years, used it mostly for videography, down converted everything into SD. Basic straightforward stuff mostly for web usage. Didn't have to look especial
Re: Sony Z1U footage
by Russ Spencer 5 years ago
But looks doesn't actually changed it to 24P, does it Is there a plug in that can change inerlaced to 24P, and does it actually work and look good
"reinsert tape" prompt on sony Z1U
by Russ Spencer 5 years ago
In the middle of a shoot, suddenly get a "reinsert tape" prompt on the lcd screen. Put in new tape, same prompt. Over and over, ad infinitum. Never had this happen in seven years of using Sony camera
Re: "reinsert tape" prompt on sony Z1U
by George Wilkins 5 years ago
I have not had this happen either... now that I have a shoot on Saturday I might. LOL. However, I wonder if the heads need cleaning because it sounds like there is information being sent that might ca


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