Asher Castillo
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Joel, Thanks! that does help. What did you think of JPEG 2000 conversion? Did the end file look good? Did it hold up in post?
Thanks!
asher
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I think rendering them can only happen once a clip is on the timeline. You can export them out of FCP via Quicktime conversion as Animation Codec .mov’s.
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The A1 is a nice camera. If you have a G5 a Blackmagic intensity card works nice capturing DVCPRO-HD via HDMI. I was actually capturing and editing ProRes on a Powerbook G4 (Aluminum 1.67ghz?) The capture did lag, but the editing wasn’t too bad once it got onto the machine.
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That sounds wierd. Are you loading from the camera? Try trashing your preference files for FCP, then use NTSC DV preset. Also make sure the camera or load deck settings are set properly.
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Randall, do you mean 1080i? If so there aren’t capture settings because 30p (progressive) footage isn’t interlaced. You might consider ProRes presets.
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Sean, I can vouch for the Z1, it’s a solid camera and shoots a great image. I use one at work all the time, it works great with ProRes via Firewire capture as well. The only downside is you have to get used to the LCD, but you can work around that by adjusting zebra levels.
Cheers,
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It has been a while, but I don’t think they would do away with FCP completely, you could speculate that if Apple did not want to focus on FCP for a consistent annual product cycle, they would probably spin it off into it on theme similar to filemaker pro. I don’t see the Mac Pro going away either, being that is has a lot of other uses than Video and multimedia. I am sure that with new processor technology and a new operating system they will eventually have a product update sooner than later.
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Some monitors will be better than others, Pioneer is a good choice, we use them a lot for commercial/corporate use. Have you looked into a cinema display with an MXO? Aside from using a professional monitor$$$. At the very least make sure whatever you are using is calibrated. I think Spider? is a popular calibrating tool.
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Sounds like a render file issue on the green slug. Try trashing the render files, close final cut. Use FCP rescue to trash FC prefs, run disk utility to repair permissions, shut down the mac dot ten seconds, launch project then rerender. You may want to duplicate the file and launch from that. Usually when I do all that the funky stuff is fixed, or I know I’m really screwed and I start saving the file every ten seconds.
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The only time I have experienced an encode just stopping is if I have not authorized Flip4mac and essentially it runs in trial mode. Are you exporting straigt from the timeline? Sometimes I have better success outputing a FCP Mov file then converting it via Quicktime pro.