Video producer & cinematographer
I shoot & edit documentary style corporates, TVCs, & occasional short film. Member Since: July 31st 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Friends:  Philip Hinkle | | | | |  | Switching between projects?by Greg Ball 2 weeks agoSo I have a video I'm working on. It involves multiple interviews and b-roll. I created 2 projects(timelines) so I could add timecode and send them to the client. The goal is to have the client select | Re: Switching between projects?
by Jeff Kirkland 2 weeks ago
I do this regularly for a couple of clients. Assuming you added timecode as a generator or plugin to the timeline rather than just burning it in on the render, if you make a compound clip of the timel
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| | | |  | Delete Grey Position Blockby Chris Dutton 1 month agoHi I am pretty new to FCPX so learning as I go along. I watched a tutorial on fulltime filmmaker and he was going through every clip he had taken and ones he liked he moved above to show which to keep | Re: Delete Grey Position Block
by Jeff Kirkland 1 month ago
As others have pointed out, you've sort of backed yourself into a corner with FCPX by approaching things the way you have. The number one bit of advice for anyone new to the app is to be careful about
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| | | |  | FCPX library sizeby Andrew Johnstone 1 month agoHi All, I am about to start work on a feature doc and much of it will be shot in 4k. With that in mind I am looking for advice on max library file sizes for FCPX. I have spent the last 18 months using | Re: FCPX library size
by Jeff Kirkland 1 month ago
If you have background rendering on, FCPX's cache files can get massive if you don't remember to delete unused render files from time to time. ---- Jeff Kirkland Video Producer & Cinematographer Hobar
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| | | | | Manual equivalent of "Auto Sync Audio"?by Jeff Kirkland 3 months agoHi All, Is there a way to manually do what "auto sync audio" does i.e. append or replace the clip's embedded audio track. I have a bin with about 80 clips and 12 of those won't sync even though I can | | | | |
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| | | |  | 4K in a 1080p project?by Larry Watts 2 years agoI have two questions: 1. I have a 1080 P project with most of the footage shot a 1080 x 1920 but have some interviews I need to intersperse which are 4K. (Both have the same frame rate) The 4K will be | Re: 4K in a 1080p project?
by Noah Kadner 2 years ago
If you go to Proxy in a 1080p timeline everything should look solid enough for cutting whether it's 1080p or 4K to begin with. I personally wouldn't go messing around with making my own proxies- more
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| | | |  | Vertical Video: Just say No!by Ned Miller 3 years agoADMIN NOTE: This thread began in Creative COW's Business & Marketing forum, but since this topic also cuts across shooting, editing, and distribution, we thought it'd be fun to open the discussion up | Re: Vertical Video: Just say No!
by Jeff Kirkland 3 years ago
This article may be of interest. The BBC are now supporting vertical video in their phone app because it provides a better user experience for the 60% of viewers who consume it on a mobile phone. http
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| | | |  | Suddenly being moderatedby Jeff Kirkland 4 years agoHi COW Team, I'm completely baffled as to why my posts are suddenly being moderated. I've been an active poster and, as far as I know, I've done nothing but post helpful advice for Final Cut Pro X use | | | | |
| | | |  | Where's your footage coming from?by Tim Wilson 4 years agoA little bit of general conversation to throw in the mix: Are you shooting it yourself Are clients bringing it to you Are you part of an editorial team on the post side of a production, production com | Re: Where's your footage coming from?
by Jeff Kirkland 4 years ago
As a solo creative, i shoot most of my own footage but there are projects where I act more as producer director and will send others to do the shooting. I also have several clients that I just edit fo
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| | | | | can I edit my own posts?by Jeff Kirkland 4 years agoThis is a test post to see if I can edit my own posts.... Jeff Kirkland Video Producer Southern Creative Media Melbourne Australia www.southerncreative.com.au G+: http: gplus.to jeffkirkland Twitter: | | | | |
| | | |  | Roles based mixerby Oliver Peters 4 years agoA lot of us would like to see Apple develop a roles-based mixer as a feature within FCPX. If that doesn't happen, would this be something that could be developed as a plug-in or some sort of applicati | Re: Roles based mixer
by Jeff Kirkland 4 years ago
I'd argue that 90% of FCPX users don't need more than I described and Apple have a tendency to leave that last 10% to other apps. Jeff Kirkland Video Producer Southern Creative Media Melbourne Austral
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| | | |  | GH4 footage darker than LCD screenby Andy Jarvis 5 years agoI am new to the GH4 and have just shot a low light music video. The footage looked great when I was shooting but when I put the card into my computer from then on the footage looks much darker - it lo | Re: GH4 footage darker than LCD screen
by Jeff Kirkland 4 years ago
In terms of grading. the GH4 is a very noisy camera. Set it up wrong or underexpose by more than a stop or two and you've got a real headache. Looking at that particular image I'd probably just use a
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| | | | | Blemish on imageby Doug Swift 5 years agoI have a spot on the lower left corner of my videos which, at first, I thought was dust or dirt on the lens. But I have cleaned the uv protoector thoroughly, then went on to clean the lens as well, re | Re: Blemish on image
by Jeff Kirkland 5 years ago
My best guess would be dirt on the sensor. Maybe something that's not going to budge with just blowing on it. I used to see that all the time with my Sony FS100. It seemed to constantly attract dust a
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| | | | | Intensity Pro Extended Desktop on a Macby Jeff Kirkland 8 years agoJust downloaded the latest drivers on the hopes of using my Intesity Pro to drive the second desktop display for my FCPX workstation but the option isn't available in the Black Magic preferences. Has | | | | |
| | | | | Intensity Pro No HDMI Outby Jeff Kirkland 11 years agoHi All, Just bought an Intensity Pro and for the life of me I can't get HDMI out to work. I have a Mac Pro, OS X 10.5.7, Final Cut 7. I am testing by using the Black Magic playback software into an LC | Re: Intensity Pro No HDMI Out
by Jeff Kirkland 11 years ago
Thanks for the reply, If we're talking OS X control panel, then I only get two output choices and both of those include HDMI. It's currently set to HDMI + Y,YB,YR (or similar - not at the computer rig
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