[Andy Shnikes]

Hmm, to be honest it was an accident, and i really dont remember.
maybe there is no way to do this in final cut and i need to just find a work around.
like cutting that motion, sliding it down to where i need it, and extending the video clip to fill in the gap.

[Andy Shnikes]

do you want choppy like this…?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBkuiChImb8cause im pretty sure thats after effects twitch,

or were you thinking about something else?

[Andy Shnikes]

ah, ok, thanks for the clarification….

[Andy Shnikes]

Theres a plug-in from boris i think? in after effects called twitch, i think thats what you are looking for, it does all the work for you for the most part in a neat little manner, its kind of expensive, but if you are going for something you want to distribute, look into it, as for acheiving the same effect in final cut, correct me if im wrong, but your ideas seem pretty legit, but extremly time consuming, and perhaps not even looking as good. youde have to add a whole bunch of effects to your video, its possible, i can visualize the process in my head, but it would take some serious work.

check into the borris after effects plug-in’s and see if anything looks leik you want, my friend bought the glitch plug-in (professional grade, at professional price) and it did some really neat things,

[Andy Shnikes]

thanks for being real,

and i wasnt trying to insult, just tend to feel belittled everytime i come on here asking a question. so i decided to say something about it.

I used to post in the regular forum, but the derogatory remarks were worse over there, everyone would be like, hahaha go post in the basics forum, newbie.

look, this is a great site, with lots of helpful information, and tons more helpful people, for which im eternally grateful, but there is also an elitist attitude on here that gets on my nerves. The whole industry of entertainment has a whiff of it, like somehow because they have this “power” to semi-immortalize people they think they can do say and act any way they want, and the rest of the world has to kiss their feet because of it. “dont you know who I am?” No I dont and you bleed the same blood as me, so dont think you can be a prick because you have your name in the credits that move to fast for anybody to see, not that they pay any attention to them anyway.

[Andy Shnikes]

wow, that would be convenient! A drag and scale within the window, would greatly reduce time spent fumbling with the numbers, i suppose one more reason to upgrade.

[Andy Shnikes]

Wow!

The rendering aspect being quicker is by in itself a reason to upgrade, but I have to ask, are you sure it was the software that allowed this improvement or your upgrade in hardware?

My titanium powerbook g4 might not be able to handle new final cut software. I dont have the money to upgrade at this time.

As most people, not being able to upgrade all around (i.e. new camera, new hardware, new software) with every new outpouring of the industry, I am reluctant to sparsingly upgrade. For example, I dont want to buy an HDV camcorder, if I cant afford even final cut pro 5.1. Then what good is the camera to me? I can shoot in hd, but I cant edit it.

If I upgrade my software without upgrading my hardware, I might not be able to utilize all the new features. As my machine cant physically handle the upgrades.

If I upgrade my hardware, as a poor college student, i have no money left for either a camera, or software upgrades.

It’s this catch -22 which leads me to post the thread question, whats the real difference?

Although I appriciate the thoughtfulness of offering me (a non-paid, yet pro-sumer) a downgrade to I-movie (a fine program im sure, but a kick in the mouth for me by you all “paid professionals”) I am happy with my final cut pro 4 and my titanium power book g4, and living on 6 year old cutting edge technology. It works, and I can crank out decent movies, while still learning terms, settings, skills, and experience professionals use and know from the starving artist paycheck.

Dont get me wrong, you all are wonderful, posting tons of useful information, all day long, with no pay for it, for the love of it, but when you talk down to those of us who are in the position you once used to be, dont expect us to take it lightly. Sometimes its almost like you were either brainwashed into thinking you have to have the top of the line equipment or you just wont be able to edit movies at all. Or some of you work for these companies which push upgrades as soon as they can on those of us without the money to afford them. So it makes me wonder why the industry thinks it has to move so fast. Is it to weed out the competition? Is it to bankrupt the poor? Is it to stay ahead of something more than that? Because personally, even those of us who can make a living off of this line of work, can do so just fine with “ghetto rigging” our software, hardware, and efforts in all other areas, to make movies the average consumer of our products finds more than average. In fact so much so they keep calling us back.

Therefore, upgrades although always nice, are not always mandatory. Maybe to stay ahead on feature multi million dollar budget films, but in that case you have the funds to upgrade, and the need for such nit-picky precision. But on the streets, we are doing our best with what we’ve got.

With that aside…..
Thanks for the breakdowns, and the very useful information.
But I was wondering if the upgrades you mentioned,
such as rendering times cut down, have more to do with hardware than software? or if its more a combination of both?

[Andy Shnikes]

thanks for this, its gonna help a ton,

[Andy Shnikes]

do it when your system acts up,
its not just good for final cut it can fix all sorts of mac issues,

[Andy Shnikes]

thanks guys for responding,
but i figured out what my problem was,
fixed it, and things are running smoothly now,

david you may be right, i may need a faster computer, more ram, and more harddrive space, but this is all i have at the moment,
and ive made it work with much less in the past. I dont think this was my problem at this time. I think something was corrupted. But thanks for the advice anyway. Im sure in 99.9 % of the cases this is the problem. But in my case it was not a solution, and unfortunately can not be a solution as i am already maxing out my powerbook g4 titianuim ed, with 1gb sdram. There is no more room for ram, and technicalities with the powerbooks other hardware prevent upfrading beyond what i already have. So i had to find a workaround, and besides, it was working just fine, i had added no new effects nothing new on my timeline, i just had fcp open when i was installing msn, and what i think happened was fcp was trying to do an auto render or auto save while i was uploading msn, and things got mixed up, something corrupted my render or save file, and fcp just went downhill from there. A complete reinstall fix the issue. among other steps mentioned above.

rafael,
thanks for responding as well,
i was frustrated, you are right, and i took it out on the forum, as spouses take work frustrations out on each other,
except i came to the people i knew have delt with this issue before, hoping to save a little time and headache, thats what this forum is all about non? Anyway, sometimes i tend to get smart ass responses fomr people who claim to be professional, i get talked down to on here, and I dont appriciate that. But is there really anything i can do about it? No. I am not a respected long time editor who knows his shit, (which is why i ask those that do for help all the time) I am doing my best to learn, but somethings do not come naturally. Anyway I am not sorry for blowing up. I think it needed to be said. however I also know this message will self destuct and the ahses will be blown to the hidden burroughs of this forum far beyond anyones reach. Which is unfortunate because it actually has a fix in it. But c’est la vie.

Anyway< I am not upset at anyone perticular member of this forum, and I am also aware that everyone here is human, I am just trying to get help on things i know little about so that I can deal with them, and maybe in the future i can answer some of those same questions so those of you who answer them all day long dont have to. I think this is an excellent reference, the best out there actually, which is why it is so popular. And i recommend it to everyone i meet. I think everyone does a fantastic job, but i just think it helps to answer with an answer if you are going to answer at all.