Member Since: February 23rd 2002 Friends:  Abraham Chaffin  Chris Harlan  Steve Brame  Tim Wilson | | | | |  | 12 TB Hard Driveby David Mathis 3 days agoWhat you see is not a typo. There is not a missing decimal point. https: www.wdc.com about-wd newsroom press-room 2017-09-12-western-digital-ships-12tb-wd-gold-hard-drives-to-meet-growing-capacity-req | Re: 12 TB Hard Drive
by Bret Williams 3 days ago
I d put it in my TiVo! :) _______________________________________________________________________ http: BretFX.com FCPX Plugins & Templates for Editors & Motion Graphics Artists
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| | | |  | FCP 10.3.4 Audio Edits Will Be Lostby Sherril Schlesinger 2 weeks agoHi All, I am helping out on a doc that's gone through too many editors and assistants to count and am trying to figure out some of their sound issues. It seems that one of the previous editors assigne | Re: FCP 10.3.4 Audio Edits Will Be Lost
by Bret Williams 2 weeks ago
I read the error message as edits meaning changes to the roles components, not edits to the temporal clips like trims and such. If you ve added roles to the guts of compounds and now youre breaking ap
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| | | |  | OT: How do you present work-in-progress?by Walter Soyka 4 weeks agoA rather broad question, but how do you present your WIPs to clients or stakeholders What do you hope to get out of a review What level of roughness or polish do you aim to provide early on How much d | | | | |
| | | |  | 1080p to 1080i & maintain framerate?by Up Productions 4 weeks agoHello, I just shot a video at 1080p at 59.94, 422. But I need to convert it to 1080i maintaining the same framerate. I've been fiddling with FCPX but when I try to change the project settings, the fra | Re: 1080p to 1080i & maintain framerate?
by Bret Williams 4 weeks ago
There is no such frame rate. 1080i is 29.97 FPS, and 60 fields per second. 59.94i and 29.97i are the same thing. Some programs are referring to the fields per second and some are referring to the fram
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| | | |  | Sure hope this place stays relevant...by Bill Davis 1 month agoTrying to keep stopping by here, but IBC is Rocking in Amsterdam and I'm in threads with 100s of posts debating and talking about FCP X elsewhere - and it's comparative crickets here. That's kinda sad | | | | |
| | | |  | 'Sky Sports' Split Transitionby Gary Rodger 1 month agoHello everyone, Wondered if anyone could help with this newbie query; is there a built-in transition or plug-in which would allow me to replicate the center divide movement as seen in this clip: https | Re: 'Sky Sports' Split Transition
by Bret Williams 1 month ago
Ditto. Use them all the time. _______________________________________________________________________ http: BretFX.com FCP X Plugins & Templates for Editors & Motion Graphics Artists
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| | | |  | Simple keyframingby Tom Sefton 2 months agoGood god, how frustrating is key framing in FCPX. Just simple audio fade in and outs, leave the playhead at the precise point you want it, click to add a keyframe, and it jumps 3 seconds down the file | Re: Simple keyframing
by Bret Williams 2 months ago
Why aren't you using the fade handles or the hot keys to apply fade handles KEy framing fades seems rather laborious, plus adjusting later isn't as simple. ____________________________________________
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| | | |  | Somewhat OT: Why Adobe Can't be Stoppedby Jason Watson 4 months agoWithout intending to get into the merits demerits of Adobe CC, I noticed a couple of interesting posts on Seeking Alpha right around when Adobe released its Q2 2017 financials: Why Adobe Can't be Stop | | | | |
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| | | |  | Dangerous forest or enchanted meadow?by Simon Ubsdell 4 months agoIt's been fascinating to read all your comments on the bricklaying threads, but one thing has very much stood out for me. From what I have seen, there are editors who approach the timeline with extrem+1 | Re: Dangerous forest or enchanted meadow?
by Bret Williams 4 months ago
Agreed. Luckily I started in numerous collaborative environments, and even early freelance years were still collaborative. Still get a taste here and there. ___________________________________________
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| | | | | Sharing Motion Templatesby David Mathis 4 months agoI have a rather basic question. I like to create my own Motion templates and would like to share them with others. I was wondering if their is a way when they download the file the template automatica | Re: Sharing Motion Templates
by Bret Williams 4 months ago
To do what you really want requires a installer package. For commercial purposes you'd need a paid Apple Developer account with access to package maker and some training. Another option is the package
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| | | |  | Still can't export with transparent backgroundby Kay Ghey 6 months agoHi guys, I'm a long time lurker but have finally achieved a level of frustration that's driven me to creating an account. I'm spent hours today scouring the internet for some new solution to exporting | | | | |
| | | | | Final Cut Pro X + AfterEffects or Motion5?by Richi Chillt 6 months agoHi friends, as a newbie in video production and Final Cut Pro X user, I'm wondering if I should learn After Effects or Motion5 as my special effects software. 1. I cannot assess, if Motion5 is as powe | | | | |
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| | | |  | Scrolling Credits using a Drop Zone?by Chad Greene 6 months agoI thought it would be cool to create a Motion Generator with a drop zone that automatically scrolls my show's credit png based on the length of the generator. Just save the PNG out of Illustrator, dro | Re: Scrolling Credits using a Drop Zone?
by Bret Williams 6 months ago
In fact, this sounds like a challenge for Anatoly oner on the FB Motion forum. He loves proving stuff is possible. _______________________________________________________________________ http: BretFX.
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| | | | | Footage becoming interlaced in FCP 7by Gabriel Rougeau 1 year agoHello, this may be the wrong sub-forum, but it's been awhile since I posted here. I have a Sony NEX VG10 camcorder, and I've been told that this camera only films in progressive, so I figured that it | Re: Footage becoming interlaced in FCP 7
by Bret Williams 1 year ago
But what frame rate did you shoot at 24M is a data rate setting, which can be used with 60i, 50i, or 24p. _______________________________________________________________________ http: BretFX.com Plugi
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| | | | | I've lost my headby Bret Williams 1 year agoA year or more ago I clicked on my head and said "remove my head from forum" or something like that. It was reminding me of just how addicted I was. Well, the first step is admitting you have a proble | Re: I've lost my head
by Bret Williams 1 year ago
Sounds good. Guess I'll have to up my postings to get my head back up though. 18th poster of all time just ain't good enough. :P
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| | | | | Compound clip audio weirdnessby Bret Williams 2 years agoSomeone smack me and tell me what I'm missing here. I have a compound clip nested within my sequence, and the 8 audio tracks are being merged. Usually, expanding audio components shows all the tracks | Re: Compound clip audio weirdness
by Bill Davis 2 years ago
Bret, Personally, I'd go back the the original clips - Open in Timeline - and completely delete all those empty tracks. We've seen that when X sees a bunch of empty tracks, (even if you're not activel
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| | | |  | MP4 vs AVCHDby Bryce Douglass 2 years agoI have a Canon XA25 which shoots in AVCHD or MP4. I have been shooting in AVCHD then transcoding to Pro Res as I have had playback issues etc with multi cam etc. if I switched to MP4 would I have to t | Re: MP4 vs AVCHD
by Bret Williams 2 years ago
It's not as intensive with your iMac as with say a Mac Pro. You have h264 acceleration on that iMac processor where the xeons do not. Pro res is still a little smoother to edit with but not noticeably
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| | | |  | iphone4 video in FCP7 for youtube exportby raju bhai 2 years agoHi, I have an iPhone4 video that i just wanted to cut a section out of in FCP7 and then export it for youtube. It is a 36 min video. When i import the iPhone clip into FCP7 and drop it into the fresh +1 | | | | |
| | | | | Why MXF4MAC cannot open my .MXF file??by kim manis 2 years agoHello, Has anyone use MXF4mac for playing back MXF file I have been using it for a while until today it doesn't work anymore I don't know if there is something wrong with the codec in my .MXF file or | | | | |
| | | | | mixing frame ratesby Bret Williams 2 years agoIs there an issue with mixing frame rates in resolve I've got a multicam edit that is 29.97 except one camera that is 23.98. I ported the project over from FCP X so I could do better color correction, | Re: mixing frame rates
by Bret Williams 2 years ago
This also brings up a good question. Why is there a pull-down menu setting for timeline frame rate, and then right underneath it a "playback" frame rate FILL-IN box Isn't that just asking for trouble
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| | | | | Creative Cloud Holiday Discount Accounting?by Bill Davis 2 years agoSo lots of email today and ads with DEEP discounts for a first year of CC. Like pushing near 70% off. IIRC the earlier discussions here the idea advanced was that the subscription rate didn't reflect | | | | |
| | | | | Does anybody know about this new plugin?by Daniel Brown 2 years agoI wish a had bookmarked this article, so I apologize in advance for not having more information. I read an article and watched a video on this new plugin. (I cannot remember if it was just for Mac or | | | | |
| | | | | Fusion and OFX Supportby David Mathis 2 years agoWhile waiting for Studio for Mac OS X, I would like to see expanded OFX support, perhaps something from Red Giant and others. Otherwise, very pleased with Fusion overall, great software! Kudos to the | Re: Fusion and OFX Support
by Bret Williams 2 years ago
Where are you finding the time David In trying to cut the Adobe cord I've had to learn Motion, and still keep up with AE. And before that of course ditch legacy and learn X and some Premiere. Now I'm
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| | | | | Panning Audio in resolve 12by Bret Williams 2 years agoComing from a FCP 7 background, where there weren't any different types of audio tracks, this whole premiere-like audio setup is a bit foreign. In 7, a channel was a channel and a track was always a s | Re: Panning Audio in resolve 12
by Bret Williams 2 years ago
Obviously you can't animate a pan in the media window. My problem is that only s stereo clip will pan in a stereo track. I've read the manual on it and honestly it doesn't seem to correlate. It's defi
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| | | |  | How long to export 5 min of HD footage?by Benjamin Cohen 2 years agoI am using CC 2015, a EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Super Clocked ACX 2.0 Graphics Card, a i7 Core, 16GB of BallStix Memory, Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH LGA 1150 Z97 Dual Thunderbolt 2 ATX Motherboard i'm using a | | | | |
| | | |  | does your NLE match your budget?by Brian Cooney 2 years agoI've come to the conclusion over the last few months with the apple adobe saga and all that is in the mix, that we probably can't blame the manufacturers if we are still trying to keep up with the lat | Re: does your NLE match your budget?
by Bret Williams 2 years ago
You've got the cred so I'm trying to give you the benefit. But you just kind keep saying the same thing without really giving any specifics. What kind of stuff are you doing with these clients that yo
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| | | |  | The FCP X "tell"by Oliver Peters 3 years agoA lot of folks wonder if Apple can be trusted with FCP X and fear that at some point the application will be dumbed down or even dumped. As I look over Photos, I think I see the point at which such a +1  | Re: The FCP X "tell"
by Mark Suszko 3 years ago
Back in the 70's and 80's, there was a group of analysts trying to figure out what the Soviet Russians were thinking. The nickname for these people were "Kremlinologists". Their craft was a mix of sta
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