Alec Gitelman
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really? could that be the cause of my problem?
i have a macbook pro which i use to run both FCP 5.1 and AVID XPress 5.7. While FCP is working quite well AVID is a bit sluggish, not responding to command clicks in real time (i’ve posted this issue on the AVID forums but did not get an answer).
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I would usually use the basic color corrector and keyframe whites, mids, blacks and saturation according to my mood. if you want to get fancy you can control the colors as well. three-way would work the same way, with a little more control. oh yeah, and if you’re on a slower machine rasor blade the area around the transition into separate clips so you have less to render.
frankly, it is a pain in the butt to do and i tend to avoid it lately. but it gives you a lot of control over the image. and it’s totally free :).
eureka’s flash across does a great job. on simpler work i just flash to white. rafalaos, vapor across does a completely different job; very nice, i use it a lot, but different.
alec
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i feel avid lags in responding to keyboard clicks, thus yes, adding those frames.
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I’m not sure that’d help me. I’m not that concerned with image quality at this moment, just cutting. But pressing play/stop, in/out i’m always a few frames late and i have to go in and adjust. Not to say I make perfect edits on the fly, but it doesn’t seem right.
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Other than using Eureka or Nattress transitions you have these options (from my experience)
1. use Digital Juice (or other stock) tail and head burns over the cut fading in and out. Not a universal method, but depending on your footage it may give you a very nice organic transition.
2. color correct the two clips you cut between, keyframe the tail and head of the respective clips to increase brightness and saturation and flash to white or near white with a burn-out effect. takes time but it’s all internal to fcp, no plug-ins or stock footage needed.
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I’m talking about the basic title tools. Title 3D is Boris Plugin, right?
I don’t always have the time or the option not to work with basic title tools, especially if the project migrates from another editor.
I don’t think it’s a problem with not recognizing type, it’s the choice to which FCP defaults to; I understand I cannot make it see all the fonts of the family, but is there a way to force it to default to a chosen one?
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any manufacturer/model suggestions? i’m looking to stay under $200, less is better.
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right on the money.
THANKS!
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well, i posted their specs, which are what you’ve seen. i wish i could send them animation codec, but i don’t have a direct contact with them, only through the advertising agency that subcontracts me.
in any case, i’m sticking with upper first throughout. any ideas? i can take it through my avid xpress pro, but that will only add two recompressions to the footage and doesn’t avid use quicktime compression on export anyway?
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not the case…
AVID Meridien Compressed Codec with settings:
Video Format: PAL (720×576/25fps)
Color Input: RGB
Resolutions: 3:1 Interlaced
Upper field first