Adam Taylor
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wouldn’t it be easier to do a still image at those dimensions using Photoshop?
Adam Taylor
Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UKhttp://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk
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as well as the Big Knob i also use a Mackie Universal Control Surface. Initially i intended to use it to control the audio within FCP but found it to be really clunky for that.
I do all my audio work using Protools, and the Mackie Universal is fantastic with that software. It is really just a midi interface – it does not do anything to actual audio tracks or volumes. Same goes for pretty much all the midi controller units.
There are various options for monitor controls that cover a wide range of prices…names to look for include Samson, Presonus, Mackie, Apogee, and probably many more….
Personally, i’m really happy with the BK.
Adam Taylor
Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UKhttp://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk
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mixers are overkill these days, unless you have to ingest large amounts of analogue source.
Faders may look cool, but the amount of times they are used over the amount of times the monitor volume knob is used makes them a poor choice for 95% of editors (made up the percentage – not legally binding!)I have used a Big Knob for the past 4 years and its worked flawlessly. True it does have all its cable connections on the back of the unit, but then what kit doesn’t? Ease of use, and features are what make it worth having.
I particularly like the Mono switch, as i can quickly check that any audio effects applied to the stereo audio signal are not causing phasing problems that could make the mix sound dreadful through a mono tv. That and the big knob itself!
Adam Taylor
Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UKhttp://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk
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If your delivery format is the same as your source format (1280×720) then why are editing on a 1440 x 1080 sequence?
In effect – you will be enlarging every clip to fit the timelines size and then compressing it down again at output…thats sure to cause a loss of quality.
You didnt state what format the screen capture was – its not just the size that will have an influence but the codec used to capture it, and also the codec used to export the final show.
Lots of variables here that could all adversely affect the quality.
Adam Taylor
Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UKhttp://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk
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You are forgetting pixel aspect ratio – depending upon how you create your 16:9 will mean you have many options regarding the shape of the individual pixels. Some people work with square shaped pixels, others with rectangular pixels.
Its a bit early in the morning to be sure, and i’ve not had my caffeine yet, but basically i think tvs use rectangular pixels, and computer screens use square ones.
I believe you are looking at a square pixel version of a 16:9 image. If you needed to work for tv, then you’d pick a format that is non-square, and actually has a lower number on the x axis – being rectangular you need less of them to fill the same space.
Also a few months back, i read an article by adobe that highlighted a miscalculation that had been used by the entire industry for years and had lead to everyone working with dimensions that were actually wrong. Only by a few pixels here and there, but wrong nonetheless.
Thats probably why the numbers are not quite what you expected them to be. In fact, they are probably more right than they have ever been. (I may live to regret to regret that last statement if Adobe has got it wrong!!)
Adam Taylor
Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UKhttp://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk
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i had a similar thing happen only in my case it was due to the drivers for my AJA Kona 3 video card.
If you use this card, and also have the drivers for using the AJA with FCP, then do not load up the AJA Adobe drivers, as the two different drivers were incompatible.
(Incidentally, it was AJA themselves that told me not to use both drivers on the same machine)
that was a version or two back in the drivers, but i have not loaded the adobe drivers since and had no further problems.
Adam Taylor
Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UKhttp://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk
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how about Batch Export (in the file menu)
Adam Taylor
Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UKhttp://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk
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you are doing exactly what i did – reformatting an existing drive and believing it to be new because of it…ITS NOT!!
There are more things in a drive that can cause problems than just the format alone.
It took me six months of replacing almost every component, swearing blind it could not be the drive until we ran out of things to try, so in went a BRAND NEW drive and the myriad of problems we had been having simply vanished.
Its now working so well, that the machine in question has been running my file backup system for the past two years flawlessly!
Adam Taylor
Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UKhttp://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk
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i too had many months of problems with what i thought to be a fresh install. Although not similar to your problems, the cure was a brand new internal system drive, not a reformatted one. Complete reinstall of everything and problem was solved.
Follows Peters advice !
Adam Taylor
Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UKhttp://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk
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excellent – thanks for correcting me
Adam Taylor
Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UKhttp://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk