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Al Bergstein replied to the discussion Laptop battery power caned in FCPX in the forum Apple Final Cut Pro

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 17:11:38 +0000

Reply to Laptop battery power caned in FCPX

I recently bought an M1 MB Air and yes, FCP even drains it’s battery rather quickly (I cannot edit all day on battery,get about 4 hours or so at best). FCP does seem to be a power hog. Also, your MBPro I assume has a good graphic card in it, but even it it does, it’s going to have problems with 4k. I shoot with GH5s in 4k and it’s a lot more CPU…

Al Bergstein started the discussion Retiming from 23.976 to 25 fps. Best way? in the forum Apple Final Cut Pro

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 17:06:57 +0000

Retiming from 23.976 to 25 fps. Best way?

I have just finished a short edit for a European client, and they have just mentioned they want the final cut in 25 fps rather than 23.976. What is the best way to change this? Can I just export out to Compressor in 25 and expect it to work fine for them at their end? Final cut will go both in a live event showing on a laptop & also they will post…

Al Bergstein replied to the discussion Q. Is Vegas more stable than in years past? in the forum VEGAS Pro

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 05:32:36 +0000

Reply to Q. Is Vegas more stable than in years past?

Thanks Rob. I’ll give it atry. currently not using Premier enough to make it worth paying adobe 50 bucks a month forever. would like to just purchase one product and maybe pay an upgrade once in a while. I must say that I’ve had for fewer problems using Premier than I did with Vegas, but we’re talking about the last time I used Vegas was at least…

Al Bergstein started the discussion Q. Is Vegas more stable than in years past? in the forum VEGAS Pro

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 15:23:59 +0000

Q. Is Vegas more stable than in years past?

Q. Looking at recommending Vegas for a friend who is doing 4K work with one camera. Is it more stable these days?

I used Vegas for a couple of years in the late 00s and early 10s. It was very unstable. Has the product improved recently? He’s running W10 on brand new Intel i7 processors with 16 GBs RAM (upgrading soon to 32). Thoughts?

Al Bergstein replied to the discussion 4K to `1080p - how and when? in the forum Adobe Premiere Pro

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 04:48:03 +0000

Reply to 4K to `1080p - how and when?

Frank while I agree that using proxies might get you through this you didn’t really clarify the machine you were on and how much ram you had. My experience with crashes on adobe seems to be very much related to a lack of enough RAM. Even 16 gigs can be overrun if you have a couple of cameras that you’re working in in 4K. If you give us an idea of…

Al Bergstein replied to the discussion Do you charge your returning customers for archiving their data for ever? in the forum Adobe Premiere Pro

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 23:36:15 +0000

Reply to Do you charge your returning customers for archiving their data for ever?

When the project seems “done” (a year or so) I usually send them a nice note saying that given that the project seems over and I don’t charge to archive projects (as it takes up hard disk space I pay for) that I am glad to hand them all their footage on a hard disk if they bring one to me. That way, if I die tomorrow, they don’t need to go to my…