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Using a Pan 100A with FCP5 with built in Spectracope
I am shooting with a 100A and am running it into a G4 with firewire using FCP5. I wan’t to monitor what I am taping with the scopes to see luminosity and color saturation. I know there is a Win XP program out there, but YIPEE!!!! Apple has one already in the FCP. Bad News…. I can’t get it to respond to what the 100A is seeing. Ialso want to use the G4 as my monitor in my video village.
Any tips, tricks, has anyone tried this before.
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You need to set your FCP “Capture” to NON-CONTROLLABLE DEVICE.
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Thank you sir, I will let you know how it turns out.
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Looking good so far. I am usingn another camera a Pan GS-120 with firewire. I disabled devices in the preferences menu, I can see what the lense sees in the capture window, but I can’t get anything to show up on the scopes. Am I missing something?
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You need to tear off the Waveform Vector scopes in the Log & Capture window so you can see it along side of your video input.
The other Waveform/Vector scopes are for your timeline.
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Cool,
I am in the capture window, but I am only an intermediate user and am 9 months new to FCP. Is there a pre-set to show the scopes within the capture window or is there a menu on the capture window?
Thanks in advance.
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Sorry, I am really stuoooooooopid today. I found it.
Thanks for all the help.
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Sorry, I am really stuoooooooopid today. I found it.
Thanks for all the help.
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You are using the wrong tool for the wrong application. Using FCP is an awkward method for your shooting applications.
What you need is a portable composite field waveform/vectorscope.
Use the composite outputs of the camera and hook it up to the waveform monitor.
You will see luminance and chroma levels in real time.
Tony Salgado
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