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Which FCP version for newbie?
by Bob McCarthy 4 months ago
Looking for some guidance. I've just purchased an iMac for video editing. Which version of Final Cut would recommend for someone new to that software ...7 or X Is one easier to learn that the other Fo
Re: Which FCP version for newbie?
by Steven Gonzales 4 months ago
Thanks for the clarification. Thanks for putting that interview out there.
Bunim/Murray chooses Avid
by John Kaley 4 months ago
http: www.thestreet.com story 11364598 1 reality-tv-leader-bunimmurray-productions-selects-avid8217s-professional-editing-and-storage-solutions.html
Re: Bunim/Murray chooses Avid
by Steven Gonzales 4 months ago
A lot of the emotion on this board is because many folks that post here were the ones that argued FCP into usage. With that in mind, it's not surprising that these folks are at the FCP houses. The cos
Some thoughts on the FCPX Forum
by Steve Connor 9 months ago
Some thought from an e-mail I have recently sent to Ronald Lindeboom "Firstly let me say I love the COW, the FCP forum in particular has been a bedrock of advice for me and thousands of others since t
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Jason Myres liked this 9 months ago
Re: Some thoughts on the FCPX Forum
by Steven Gonzales 9 months ago
So post a hint or discovery. Remember when the FCPX Techniques forum was created
What Do we Do now? How Do you Feel?
by Greg Burke 9 months ago
Okay So, THis program has been out for awhile now and SOME questions have been answered, I was very angry when this was released and I vented on the iMovie X Forums, But what I realize now is that I w
Re: What Do we Do now? How Do you Feel?
by Steven Gonzales 9 months ago
Avid's really not that hard to learn. Remember, you have the experience of knowing one NLE, and they all basically do the same thing. I think the key to understanding Avid is thinking that they have t
Ask yourself this question
by Larry Watts 10 months ago
Since the 80's I've seen a lot of software companies and software products come and go. I've had great software bought by bigger companies and lost a lot of time and money when that happened because t
Re: Ask yourself this question
by Steven Gonzales 10 months ago
Apple doesn't want the graphics card market because it's too risky, they don't want the education market because it can't pay their margins, and they don't want the professional video market because i
CrumplePop Blog on Supporting FCPX - EXCLUSIVELY
by Craig Seeman 10 months ago
http: www.crumplepop.com blog Our conclusion is that FCP X will be the best option for the largest number of professional editors going forward. We have started to port all of our products to FCP X, a
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Jason Myres liked this 10 months ago
Re: CrumplePop Blog on Supporting FCPX - EXCLUSIVELY
by Steven Gonzales 10 months ago
We all must admit that there are many editors alienated from the new FCP. While Crumplepop really had no choice but to embrace the new version, their enthusiastic support (coupled with other companies
All the DRAMA!
by Sean Thomas 10 months ago
It's amazing to read all of the DRAMA about FCP X. There's a lot of irony when people complain for years about a FCP upgrade and then they get it ...... they complain. A lot of the commplaints or rumo
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Re: All the DRAMA!
by Steven Gonzales 10 months ago
Not to nitpic, but OS9 shipped with OSX early releases, and ran in the classic environment. FCP7 is not shipping, and is not available to a new purchases with legacy needs. OSX allowed for OS9 workflo
My LIFE in FCP
by Brian Mulligan 10 months ago
Will NOT my life.. but someones and a nice video. http: vimeo.com 26353727 Brian Mulligan Senior Editor - Autodesk Smoke WTHR-TV Indianapolis,IN, USA Twitter: @bkmeditor
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Re: My LIFE in FCP
by Steven Gonzales 10 months ago
I had some real great editing mentors, and they reminded me of the value of the Steenbeck and editing on film: to find something, you had to push a lot of frames past your eyes to get there. The more
35mm 3perf + FLEx file workflow
by Brett Hannam 11 months ago
Hi, I just shot a 35mm 3perf short film and have it transferred at the lab to Apple ProRes 4444 24fps, straight to hard drive. I've never worked with a FLEx file before, but I got one from the lab, as
Re: 35mm 3perf + FLEx file workflow
by Steven Gonzales 11 months ago
The basic idea of cinema tools: For every record in Cinema tools (each line of your flex file, which is basically timecode to keycode translation), there is a quicktime file. You get the information a
Why oh why? Why me, why today? - A story of a day in life with unexpectedly quitting FCP.
by Jari Kykkänen 1 year ago
Interesting (and catastrofically annoying) problem that causes FCP to quit unexpectedly. Please, feel free to put your 10 cents on the table... Basic problem description: A project is unstable on the
Re: Why oh why? Why me, why today? - A story of a day in life with unexpectedly quitting FCP.
by Steven Gonzales 1 year ago
On a different computer you also have a different user. Try creating a new user and attempt the project logged in as the new user. This would eliminate user corruption.
How to turn off audio sync feature?
by Parke Gregg 1 year ago
Final Cut seems to have this nifty feature to help you going from 24fps to 23.976 (and other frame rate conversions)... it automatically adjusts (the sample rate, I guess) so that it plays back in syn
Re: How to turn off audio sync feature?
by Steven Gonzales 1 year ago
Don't know if this might help, but Final Cut does some strange things with audio imports. Here's a tutorial about the issue: http: library.creativecow.net lyon_matt fixing-fcp-assets 1 Here's a releva
Story Building
by Michael Evans 1 year ago
When building a story in final cut what is the best approach Should you start with the separate audio file first and build the narration Or do you start working with your video footage first The main
OT -- who makes GET?
by Steven Gonzales 1 year ago
I'm not familiar with GET. Who makes that software It's a tough name to search for... Thanks.
MAC shuts down on preview render
by Sachin Desai 2 years ago
i've a problem with my edit system, it edits ok but when i render previews the whole system shuts off. and after restart it shuts off again until i wait for few mins and turn main power off. what coul
Re: MAC shuts down on preview render
by Steven Gonzales 2 years ago
There are a lot of thermal sensors (motherboard, hard drives) that will shut down the os immediately with too much heat. You could fire up applications:utilities:activity monitor and see what's using
Cinema Tools crash on connect clips
by Steven Gonzales 2 years ago
I'm having a problem with Cinema Tools crashing on a batch "connect clips." I've tried in 10.5 and 10.6, updated Cinema Tools to the latest pro update, and still a problem. I have a database made from
Ripping DVDs Now Legal?
by Rob Grauert 2 years ago
I JUST heard, like 10 minutes ago, on NPR that ripping DVDs is now legal if it's not for commercial use. Or for documentaries. Anyone else hear this Exciting, aye (Apparently you can jailbreak your sm
Re: Ripping DVDs Now Legal?
by Steven Gonzales 2 years ago
All ripping is not legal. Only for educational use, documentary filmmaking and noncommercial videos for the purpose of criticism or comment. The Librarian of Congress, under the Digitial Millenium Cop
Merged audio nightmare
by Amit Ashraf 2 years ago
So I cut a 20 minute short film, without worrying about the live audio (just worked with camera audio). Then my director told be that I need to put the separate audio track in! So I've been for the li
Re: Merged audio nightmare
by Steven Gonzales 2 years ago
I would try this: Start a new project to avoid confusion. Import all your original video master clips that you used for cutting. Bring in all the sound that you want to sync. Get Pluraleyes. http: www
Can't export chapter markers
by Alfred Guzzetti 2 years ago
I can't get Compressor or DVDSP or QT player to see the chapter markers I've put in my FCP timeline. I've read several threads about this and looked through the manual. I've left the word CHAPTER encl
Re: Can't export chapter markers
by Steven Gonzales 2 years ago
To alter line break types you can use the free TextWrangler app from the great folks at Barebones (BBedit). http: www.barebones.com products textwrangler
Color graded the wrong footage? Workaround?
by Steven Gonzales 2 years ago
I'm at a school where we work online offline on student films: Edit in DV, use Media Manager to create Offline Sequence, then recapture at higher resolution. A student color correct (send to Color) wi
Re: Color graded the wrong footage? Workaround?
by Steven Gonzales 2 years ago
Thanks for the clear explanation. I agree with your assessment of our workflow, and have argued with no success with the faculty for a change. This student graded at the wrong time in the process. Aga
Relinking unreferenced clip
by Steven Gonzales 2 years ago
Can an unreferenced master clip be forced to link to a specific Avid media file As an example, if I import a clip, and delete the media files but leave the master clip and unlink it, and I then import
FCP workflow basics; labelling/organising selected shots
by Elin grome 3 years ago
Hi guys, Just a quick (and maybe rather silly) question. I am cutting a 2 minute promo from about 12 hours of footage; I ingested the whole 12 hours cos I have the disk space and because I understand
Re: FCP workflow basics; labelling/organising selected shots
by walter biscardi 3 years ago
Elin grome "I ingested the whole 12 hours cos I have the disk space and because I understand that its easier to work this way." Not really. Why would it be easier to ingest 12 hours of material for 2
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Steven Gonzales liked this 3 years ago
What Documentaries Influenced You Most and Why?
by Brian Findlay 4 years ago
Here's a question for everyone.. aside from possibly finding a great documentary, list the 5 (or whatever) documentaries you feel influenced you most in some way. Again, this isn't necessarily the bes
Re: What Documentaries Influenced You Most and Why?
by Steven Gonzales 4 years ago
When We Were Kings -- for it's capture of the exact feel of a time and place My Flesh and Blood -- creates empathy in the most hardened heart Titticut Follies -- or any other Frederic Wiseman doc you
Article: The Forbidden Kingdom: Jackie Chan. Jet Li. FCP.
by Zed Saeed 4 years ago
Apple Final Cut Pro The Forbidden Kingdom: Jackie Chan. Jet Li. FCP. A Creative Cow Exclusive! DigitalFilm Trees Zed Saeed has helped create pioneering digital workflows built around FCP, custom-desi
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Stefani Rice liked this 1 year ago
The Forbidden Kingdom: Jackie Chan. Jet Li. FCP.
by Steven Gonzales 4 years ago
Does anyone understand what this means:
Scrubbing Audio_Must be Simple!
by Joey Burnham 4 years ago
Hi There, Is there an option somewhere to turn scrubbing (frame by frame) on or off in the timeline Can't find it. Thanks! Joey
Re: Scrubbing Audio_Must be Simple!
by Steven Gonzales 4 years ago
If you pull down the Help Menu, then the Final Cut Pro User Manual, and search on Audio Scrub, you'll find an explanation. If you look under the view menu, you'll see Audio Scrubbing, and shift S as t
search great
by Bob Cole 4 years ago
I like the new forum-specific search tool. Well done! Bob CMacPro 2 x 3GHz dualcore; 10 GB 667MHz Kona LHe Sony HDV Z1 Sony HDV M25U HD-Connect MI Betacam UVW1800 DVCPro AJ-D650
Re: search great
by Steven Gonzales 4 years ago
Since the subject came up, I thank you for all the recent updates to the interface. The changes you've made make the experience easier on the user, and make finding information even faster. A great si
No. of computers I can load software on
by David Greer 5 years ago
I'm a single user working on two macs. Can I load one software package on both computers or is there some sort of licensing limit with FC Studio What's the best way to have FC running on both machines
Re: No. of computers I can load software on
by Steven Gonzales 5 years ago
You don't say what version, but I believe the current license allows installation on one desktop and one portable, as long as they aren't used at the same time. If you have 2 computers that you want t
New MXO HD Calibration File Problem
by Steven Gonzales 5 years ago
Brand new computer with brand new MXO, latest update of drivers loaded version 2.0.0.21, Firmware 20, Microcontroller 2.8. When in Mastering, proc amps, setup I can load Calibration color bars NTSC.mo
Re: New MXO HD Calibration File Problem
by Steven Gonzales 5 years ago
Fixed with install of FCP Studio 2. So the short story is quicktime out of the box doesn't support the HD files for calibration, but either the pro upgrade or an additional codec solved the problem.
Looking for a vendor of a wooden music stand for voice over work.
by Ray Palmer 5 years ago
I am attempting to get rid of all the aluminum in my narration booth. I have been using the typical aluminum music stand with carpet attached. I am looking for a vendor that sells a wooden music stand
Re: Looking for a vendor of a wooden music stand for voice over work.
by Steven Gonzales 5 years ago
http: www.misterstandman.com
Slightly OT -- 2k transfer of super-35
by Steven Gonzales 5 years ago
A friend has asked me some general questions about helping to edit a film. It is a 2k transfer of super-35, but he doesn't know the format the f2k files will be. He thinks the files will be 2048 x 858
Re: Slightly OT -- 2k transfer of super-35
by Steven Gonzales 5 years ago
Many thanks for your clear answer. This is potentially going back to film, but being done at a direct to video budget. Thanks for affirming my feeling that they should edit at a lower resolution. The
News: Action/Thriller 'Adrenaline' Shot in One Take with JVC GY-HD100U
by Cow News Droid 6 years ago
Camera's Size & Performance Proves a Winner Among Filmmakers (Wayne, NJ - October 31, 2006) Director Producer Writer, Robert Lynn successfully pulls off the longest continuous shot in American film hi
Re: News: Action/Thriller 'Adrenaline' Shot in One Take with JVC GY-HD100U
by Steven Gonzales 6 years ago
This has to be the quickest editing job ever: pick the best tape, cut off the slate, send it to sound.
Igniter X and New G5's
by JASON 7 years ago
Hi All I know this questions was asked eons ago when the G5's came out, but will my old Igniter X work in the new G5 dual 2ghz with standard PCI slots Thanks Jason
About that G4....
by Steven Gonzales 7 years ago
I also plan to keep my Igniter "frozen in time" in a G4. I have the non-X version of Igniter. Do you have any tips on driver software versions with the most stability to sit on for its remaining life


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