Member Since: September 19th 2005 | | | | |  | FCPX or R15?by Oliver Peters 5 days agoI find the Resolve threads here fascinating. 2.5 million FCPX users notwithstanding, is Apple playing catch-up now to Blackmagic Design and Resolve It amazes me that a community where a trackless UI w | Re: FCPX or R15?
by greg janza 10 hours ago
Robin S. Kurz "Yeah, Soderbergh has a "good enough" addendum on his production company logo now, too, btw. Since that was clearly HIS whole point as well." I think that's a big part of this discussio
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| | | |  | restricted file types at openingby Jim Williams 1 day agoHow do I get Premier Pro to allow me to see video footage that is NOT their type, such as HD footage from my D-SLR I can't get this version of PP to even see the files types I have. Thanks! | Re: restricted file types at opening
by greg janza 1 day ago
How about providing real information What file type What codec What error message do you receive in Premiere Windows 10 Pro i7-5820k CPU Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Blackmagic Decklink 4k Mini Monitor Adob
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| | | |  | "Minimize" Windows CC2018 Crashesby Joseph Freeman III 6 days agoAfter weeks of daily crashes (dozens per day) with Premiere Pro cc2018 I found a Windows solution to greatly minimize CRASHES caused by the most mundane of activities....... I turned off "Allow files | Re: "Minimize" Windows CC2018 Crashes
by greg janza 6 days ago
Unfortunately yours is a localized issue. You may want to think about doing a clean install of windows and reloading your Adobe CC programs in order to reset your computer. The level of crashes you're
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| | | |  | advice please on computer speakers?by steve Zavo 6 days agoDear Forum, I need computer speakers. I have been using JBL Invader which is now this ( $200): https: www.harmankardon.com computer-speakers SOUNDSTICKS+III.html They have been good for bassy stuff wh | Re: advice please on computer speakers?
by greg janza 6 days ago
I'm a big fan of Audioengine A2's. No need for an amplifier and they have multiple inputs. Windows 10 Pro i7-5820k CPU Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Adobe CC 2018 Renders cache: Samsung SSD 950 Pro x2 in Rai
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| | | |  | 'Winning' NAB vs winning new usersby Andrew Kimery 2 weeks agoWith the fast and furious updates to Resolve, BM has been 'winning' NAB for a number of years now, but that show floor success doesn't seem to be turning into a boatload of new customers using Resolve | Re: 'Winning' NAB vs winning new users
by greg janza 2 weeks ago
Oliver Peters " If you start the mix or color and then take it to an outside specialist, the first thing they will do is remove all of the grades and mixes that you have done and start from scratch."
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| | | |  | Windows, Quicktime and premiereby Allison Willford 2 weeks agoI was forced to a PC from a Mac by our IT department...I'm trying to open an old premiere project on my PC... which of course the mov files won't work because of the quicktime drama. My IT department | Re: Windows, Quicktime and premiere
by greg janza 2 weeks ago
Aftercodecs works but is not licensed by Apple. The only fully licensed windows pro-res encoding program that I know of is Assimilate Scratch but the cost is prohibitive for most. Windows 10 Pro i7-58
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| | | |  | Pond 5 and FCPXby Scott Witthaus 2 weeks agokinda cool http: www.fcp.co final-cut-pro articles 2062-stock-footage-company-pond5-announce-app-for-final-cut-pro-x Scott Witthaus Senior Editor Visual Storyteller https: vimeo.com channels 1322525 M | Re: Pond 5 and FCPX
by greg janza 2 weeks ago
This feature has been available in Premiere for awhile and it streamlines the entire stock footage selection process so it should be a welcome addition to FCPX as well. Windows 10 Pro i7-5820k CPU Nvi
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| | | |  | MAC Pro release Dateby holden crawford 3 weeks agowe will wait and see https: www.engadget.com 2018 04 05 apple-2019-mac-pro-shaped-by-customers | Re: MAC Pro release Date
by greg janza 2 weeks ago
Bill Davis "Basically, hardware has all become far, far less mission critical for me in this era." I have no idea what you actually create but the idea of hardware being less important today than in
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| | | |  | Apple to ditch Intel?by David Mathis 3 weeks agoJust saw this on Facebook: https: www.reuters.com article us-apple-mac-intel apple-plans-to-replace-intel-chips-in-macs-with-its-own-bloomberg-idUSKCN1H91N5 Questions that come to mind: 1. What does t | Re: Apple to ditch Intel?
by greg janza 3 weeks ago
Tim Wilson "No matter how big music, computers, and devices seems to you for Apple's chip story, I'm tellin' ya, this AI AR automobile stuff is much, much bigger." Thanks for putting all of that on t
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| | | |  | GH4/5 4K playback delay on 5K iMacby Anthony Rizzuto 2 months agoI run Premiere 12.0.1 on a 27" 5K maxed iMac. Have been cutting a bit more 4K stuff from GH4 & GH5 lately and I m finding a bit of a lag delay in playing from timeline and loading current frame at pla | Re: GH4/5 4K playback delay on 5K iMac
by greg janza 1 month ago
Your GH4 and GH5 records in long GOP which is CPU intensive. Transcode all of that material into an edit friendly format (pro-res or DNxHD HR) and you will eliminate lag. Windows 10 Pro i7-5820k CPU N
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| | | | | Editors Job - Relinking Mediaby Vishal Handa 4 months agoHey there, My first post here. This may seem like a very simple question, but whose job is it to relink all the full resolution media when the timeline will be going to a colourist to colour grade. Is | Re: Editors Job - Relinking Media
by greg janza 3 months ago
Most colorists that I work with ask for a collected project managed project which only contains the media from the timeline so the re-link process isn't very time consuming. And unfortunately I can't
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| | | | | Optimizing CC for Macby Kasey Gay 4 months agoHey team, I'm wondering if you guys can help clue me in. I'm sure this is a novice issue, but everything related to CC account is borderline unusable on my Mac. I work in Lightroom and Bridge for work | Re: Optimizing CC for Mac
by greg janza 4 months ago
You've probably already searched out these solutions but your problems sound like they may be either GPU or hard drive related since you obviously have a fast computer. Where are you accessing your me
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| | | | | Best Practicesby Nick Mars 4 months agoHello! I am updating my editing computer from an old MacBook Pro to an iMac. (Please spare me any argument on the exact computer, I need MacOS programs for other work that I do, and recently lost a mo | Re: Best Practices
by greg janza 4 months ago
Nick, Bob is giving you quite a special gift - free consultation advice from a veteran expert in the field. Please keep in mind that the veterans on this forum and most other professional video forums
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| | | | | CalDigit VR2 Not Booting Upby JJ Foote 4 months agoHELP! My drive went down... Said powering up at first (Only one blue light turned on... then off and the other turned on... and then said "Halted. Bad disk count". This is a MAJOR PROBLEM SINCE I HAVE | Re: CalDigit VR2 Not Booting Up
by greg janza 4 months ago
Sounds like you need to contact Caldigit for some troubleshooting help. Do you have any backup in place I Hate Television. I Hate It As Much As Peanuts. But I Can t Stop Eating Peanuts. - Orson Welles
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| | | |  | the "sad" state of our industryby Bob Zelin 2 years agoI guess this is for old timers. Today, with free editing software, quality cameras built into our CEL phones and iPads, free streaming software, free color grading software, free data transmission sof | Re: the "sad" state of our industry
by greg janza 5 months ago
This is a fantastic thread. thanks Bob for being the genesis of it. Many valid points have been raised and on some levels it's quite troubling that the democratization of the business has the potentia
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| | | |  | How Long To Edit a Reality Show?by Emily Geraghty 5 months agoHi! I'm working on a project that's taking me longer than I'd like it to, and probably longer than my company would like it to. So I thought I'd ask ya'll what your opinion is. I'm a producer, shooter | Re: How Long To Edit a Reality Show?
by greg janza 5 months ago
If you're doing it all by yourself there's no reason to feel as though you're taking forever to make it. A 30 min show is a ton of work for a single editor. I'm just wrapping up a 24:30 non-fiction tv
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| | | |  | NAS Hard-Drivesby Eric Santiago 5 months agoSo many drives to choose from, getting dizzy here Need to create a simple RAID 0 using a Pegasus2 R4 so I'm shopping for drives. It seems some drives are labeled NAS. For my needs is this okay to use | Re: NAS Hard-Drives
by greg janza 5 months ago
Eric Santiago "What are people using to move from PC to Mac with RAID sets " I use Resilio to mirror my media from a PC raid to a Mac raid. Resilio is a simple program that syncs everything and moves
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| | | | | Windows RAID Issuesby Eric Santiago 5 months agoI rarely use RAID on the Windows side of things. On set, the DMT was asked to swap RAID sets using an OWC (Thunderbolt chassis) and internal (HP Z840). Of course, I get to be the sucker to inherit thi | Re: Windows RAID Issues
by greg janza 5 months ago
by raid sets are you referring solely to the drives I have an OWC Thunderbay with four Toshiba drives and it works flawlessly in Windows...now. On the windows side of things there were a pile of varia
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| | | |  | FCP7 Projects as Archives - what now?by Bob Cole 6 months agoI get it: FCP7 is going away at last. But very often I have to open up an old FCP7 project simply as a means of tapping my archive of old graphics and clips. When a client asks about an old show and w | Re: FCP7 Projects as Archives - what now?
by greg janza 5 months ago
Bob Cole "3. Keeping an old machine running is problematic." sure seems like keeping an old MBP around just for these random and infrequent needs would be the perfect solution. Unless you can create
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| | | | | I own a Fiber Channel SAN systemby Bob Zelin 6 months agobut now that I have finally realized, that between macOS 10.13 High Sierra, and Windows 10, that my investment is completely worthless, and that I can't even sell it on ebay, that I must go to work fo | Re: I own a Fiber Channel SAN system
by greg janza 5 months ago
Through reading about people's set ups on this forum it becomes clear that most folks are terrified to make dramatic changes with their systems. The fact that there's still a FCP7 subset here is kind
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| | | |  | cold callingby grinner hester 6 months agoI posted this in business and marketing but, these days, there are a lot of freelancers out there sitting idle due to everyone and their dog having proper tools at home. So here is my latest article f | Re: cold calling
by greg janza 6 months ago
grinner hester "these days, there are a lot of freelancers out there sitting idle due to everyone and their dog having proper tools at home. " There's a lot of people out there who possess editing ha
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| | | | | Is the passion for the Apple brand waning?by greg janza 6 months agoI stumbled onto this recent survey and it appears that there's been a shift in public attitudes towards the top technology companies. Full Article: http: bit.ly 2lp1dVN I Hate Television. I Hate It As | | | | |
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| | | |  | Where do I find editing analysis videos?by Reid Kimball 7 months agoI am looking for videos of editors who analyze the editing techniques and thought processes used in editing the major TV shows and movies. For example, the video would go through most of the scenes of | Re: Where do I find editing analysis videos?
by greg janza 6 months ago
I've seen a lot of videos over the years that attempt to explain what it takes to be a good editor. However, about a year ago I stumbled onto one piece that is so good that it should be mandatory view
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| | | | | Bars, Tone, and Countdownby Norm Kaiser 8 months agoHello all: I'm working with a station that requires bars, tone, and a countdown leader. The part I'm confused about...So I'm going to add bars and tone at 58:30:00...and then slate and countdown, etc. | Re: Bars, Tone, and Countdown
by greg janza 7 months ago
there's multiple ways to deliver to a broadcast facility but when I was delivering tv shows our timecode started at 59:00:00, bars and tone were put at 59:00:00-59:30:00, slate 59:40:00-59:50:00, coun
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| | | | | Another 4k Red footage workflow question.by Johnny Smith 2 years agoHey fam, Just directed a low budget music video shot in 4K on a Red Epic ( dragon ). What I got today: 285gb of R3D files. I'm working with an older 3,1 MacPro tower ( not book ) that's been recently | | | | |
| | | | | Advice for a request for music changeby Dave Bowman 8 months agoHi everyone, I wonder if someone can offer me some advice on this. I've created a video of a large estate house for a customer and cut it to music - music I chose as it was suitable for the video . So | Re: Advice for a request for music change
by greg janza 8 months ago
Bill Davis "With modern editing software, making an alt cut to try out new music should be pretty trivial." On this point I can agree with Bill. Music selects for video pieces seems to always engende
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| | | | | Server/Storage for Editor..??by Jake Cauty 8 months agoHi guys I'm a freelance Editor and do a lot of my work from home. I've been buying 2TB passport drives to store my work on, but it's getting to the point where there's just too many floating around th | Re: Server/Storage for Editor..??
by greg janza 8 months ago
sounds like you're best option is a raid like a Pegasus or OWC Thunderbay but definitely ask bob z. I Hate Television. I Hate It As Much As Peanuts. But I Can t Stop Eating Peanuts. - Orson Welles
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| | | | | Need some guidance finding videos.by Joe Clark 9 months agoHello, I am actually writing an article on corporate brands . So for my new article I am in need of corporate brand video so that it would make my article more understandable to all . I went through m | Re: Need some guidance finding videos.
by greg janza 9 months ago
youtube is your resource for every conceivable corporate video known to mankind. I Hate Television. I Hate It As Much As Peanuts. But I Can t Stop Eating Peanuts. - Orson Welles
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| | | | | A-Roll Tutorialsby David Busse 9 months agoSo far I've mostly done montage edits in FCP X which I've enjoyed doing, but now I'm trying out an A-Roll B-Roll story edit and am having a hard time adjusting to the new environment. Specifically wit | Re: A-Roll Tutorials
by greg janza 9 months ago
I agree with Oliver that the workflow for creating pieces is exactly the same in FCPX as PP or any other NLE. It's just a matter of getting used to the FCPX layout and unique feature set. I Hate Telev
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