[Andy Mees]

RE:Vision’s new DE:Noise plugin was mentioned somewhere (probably here) recently
I haven’y had occasion to buy and use it yet but if the examples are to be beleived then its just what you need:
https://www.revisionfx.com/products/denoise/

a steal for the price if it lives up to the hype, and available for just $99 till end of Sept.

[Andy Mees]

not entirely true, zrb123

whilst that would be the obvious way to use such a device, bus-power can also be provided via USB

whilst FW bus power is typically provided over a single 6 pin FW cable connection between the drive and the host, USB bus power is typically provided via a splitter cable, with the normal USB connection on the host side splitting to a mini-USB connector and seperate power connector for the dirive side.

[David DuBois] “I’m looking for a USB powered FW 400/800 drive to edit with””

not sure why you would be specifically looking to complicate your life like this, rather than using the straightforward FW bus power option, but if this is indeed your aim, then you can try Sarotech’s Cutie EX drive which can be connected as outlined above.
https://www.sarotech.com/english/cgi/pd.cgi?cmd=view&rno=8

the only reason I can think for doing this is if you only have a 6 pin to 4 pin firewire cable. so the bus power is lost at the 4-pin end , or if you have multiple firewire devices and not enough 6 pin ports and so have to fall back on a 4 pin port to connect your drive

a better option worth considering tho, is to get yourself a ExpressCard34 eSATA adapter … then get the newer Cutie DX SATA based portable drive, or similar. with that setup you will get much faster data transfer speeds whilst still retaining bus power via USB as above.
https://www.sarotech.com/english/cgi/pd.cgi?cmd=view&rno=23

I’ve had excellent results using Sarotechs various bus powered Cutie drives over the years, as well as their HardBox line of desktop enclosures. Affordable and very reliable.

cheers
Andy

[Andy Mees]

[JeremyG]
“[Bob Flood] “would you buy a product from a comapny that delayed releasing a 64 bit operating system so they could make a phone?”

Just curious, but why did you? “

Does it matter? Don’t raise to the bait Jeremy!

Bob, for whatever reason obviously you did change and from the tone of your post I’m guessing it was either not your choice to do so, or certainly not a happy one anyway! You sound as bad as me mate 🙂 I’m required to edit on an Edius system, and I like a good grumble about it too!

and on that note…
[Bob Flood] “and why are there so many FCP training resources? it seems there are a lot more than for Avid?”

try finding one for Edius. a plethora of training resources is far from a bad thing.

[Andy Mees]

here you go Mark, theres always a way:

one popular way to have access all your apps is to drag and drop your Applications folder onto the right hand side of the Dock, after the divider line which separates apps and documents.
then you can have your cake and eat it, with specific favorite apps directly in the left hand side of the Dock for one click eezee launching ( to add an app, just drag and drop the apps icon directly into the left hand side of the dock ) and access to the entire Applications directory by clicking the Applications folder icon on the right hand side of the Dock.

thats mouse driven tho, not keyboard… if you’re looking to speed up your workflow with full keyboard control then I can’t recommend Quicksliver enough, insanely fast.
https://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilver/quicksilver
the same people make an app called Visor, which provides instant hotkey access to a terminal window (just in case) https://docs.blacktree.com/visor/visor

can’t help with the full path thing, but if you are seriously looking for a Finder alternative, I’d recommend looking at PathFinder from cocoatech
https://www.cocoatech.com/pf4/

word of warning though, on the whole its not at all recommended to mess with the workings of your primary edit station, most prefer to run them lean and clean.

hope thats useful, if increasingly off topic!
cheers
Andy

[Andy Mees]

[Shane Ross] “Applications are stored in the APPLICATIONS folder, and are for the most part single files that you double click on to open. You can also add them to the dock by dragging them there. I have only a FEW applications inside folders (Both MICROSOFT, BTW…Windows Media Player and Office) but they usually contain a couple components the main application needs. And again, drag the applications to the DOCK if you was fast access.”

Hey buddy, ya know Mark is correct. Applications are actually special bundles of files that just act as a single executable when double clicked … as Jeremy pointed out, you can see the contents of the “.app” bundle by right-clicking and choosing “Show Contents”…

…but in most cases there is absolutely no need to.
Mark, they are “hidden” only because there is no usual need for you to see and/or have access to those unix executables and bundled frameworks etc. I don’t know about you, but when I want to launch an app I want to just double click it, not drill down through a folder heiracchy of these otherwise useless to me libraries and frameworks etc. As an analogy, I just want to climb into my car through the car door, turn the ignition and drive off into the sunset, I don’t want to have to get to the steering wheel by climbing through the engine.

All the inner workings are available to anyone who wants to look, but Apple took the initiative to clean up this stuff from the majority who just aren’t interested. The intention is not to hide it in any sneaky sense of the word. Its all right there if you choose to look.

As for more text based path navigation et al, I’ve seen folks (mostly developers) working on their macs, and the screen is a blur they operate it so darn fast, using just the keyboard. Do investigate Terminal if thats your thing.

As for being able to cut, copy and paste files at the finder level, i’m with you. Copy and Paste work as you’d expect, darned if I can come up with a good explanation for why Cut doesn’t. Wish it did.

17 days in now … how’s it going

Cheers
Andy

[Andy Mees]

theres a commercial solution for listing and printing markers available, called FinalPrint, from Digital Heaven … especially nice as it also shows thumbnails

an alternative is to use the free readxml from Spherico which will get you there and much more besides, albeit without thumbnails

[Andy Mees]

another option is Realviz’s ReTimer SD/HD/Pro
https://sfx.realviz.com/products/rtpro/index.php

… but I’m with the other’s, speed ramps stopped being cool or clever about 5 years ago.

When the promos departmnet in my last company went FCP some years back it was the single most often used monstrosity that was regurgitated over and over again … and every single “editor” that did it thought they were the bees knees. yuk. That said, creative people with a bit of panache and vision can often find new and interesting ways to weave an “old” effect into something special … so if thats you, then have at it!

[Andy Mees]

same here. 1080i50 XDCAM HD and HDV in a 1080i50 ProRes422 sequence works great with FCP6 on my “not so fast these days” 1st generation stock MBP ( 2.16GHz Core Duo w/ 1GB RAM ) … I get full quality playback without render.

[Andy Mees]

Hi Juan

Your clarification on that, plus targeted release date, is very much appreciated.
Thanks very much for taking a moment to look in on us 🙂

Very Best Regards
Andy

[Andy Mees]

try Andreas Kiels “readxml” … an oldy but a goody
https://www.spherico.com/filmtools/readXML/index.html

plenty of resources available if you want to roll your own:
https://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/04/05/feature/index.html
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/XMLParsing/index.html
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/NSXML_Concepts/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001269