[Ben Balser]

You will need an analog video capture device to capture live video in FCP. But FCP isn’t the best tool for that, due it’s unusually overreaching reliance on analog time code.You will need an analog video capture device to capture live video in FCP. But FCP isn’t the best tool for that, due it’s unusually overreaching reliance on analog time code. And Mini-DV tape is notorious for broken time code. Use QuickTime Player to capture the video. It doesn’t care about time code, it’ll just capture it. But yes, you’ll need an analog video capture device first.

[Ben Balser]

Can you share a copy of the Motion project?

[Ben Balser]

None here, works fine. There are reports that the download that happens the first time you do captaining has a bug that freezes it up. Check Apple’s FCP forum, there’s more activity there.

[Ben Balser]

Go with a third party monitor, you’ll get way more bang for much less bucks. I’m using a ViewSonic VA2756 UHD with a MBP M1 Max and it’s a beautiful monitor. I do some film, mostly TV broadcast (retired TV producer). It works fine, and was a fraction of the cost of an Apple monitor.

Any new Mac will blow away what you have now, but bear two things in mind.

1- Get as much as you can afford (32GB RAM is plenty) CPU wise, cause it’ll age out later rather than sooner.

2- Verify all third party software and plugins will be compatible, or you have something to replace them with if not. Don’t get cause updating FCP Libraries and find third party stuff not working.

[Ben Balser]

“Object Remover” is a plugin from CoreMelt. If you paid for it, you should be sure you’re up to date with the latest version.

https://coremelt.com/pages/downloads

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[Ben Balser]

FCP doesn’t bound-in-place. Logic and most DAWs do, but NLEs don’t do that. In FCP you’d gather them into a Compound clip.

[Ben Balser]

Well, can both Macs run macOS 13 (Ventura)? If so, update them both, then update to FCP 10.7.1 (don’t go to 10.8 until the bug fix is release in a week or two).

But if only one machine can be updated to macOS 13, then obviously stay on macOS 12.

If you need the Avid remote that badly, can you restrict your FCP editing to one machine?

[Ben Balser]

Mac model, FCP version, and what “remote edit” system are you talking about specifically?

[Ben Balser]

I don’t do Surround Sound mixes, but a quick search through the surround sound section of the user manual may be a good start.

https://support.apple.com/guide/compressor/audio-channel-layouts-cpsrc49c594f/4.8/mac/13.5

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Audio channel layouts in Compressor

Most audio presets in Compressor provide mono and stereo channel configurations; some (like QuickTime Movie and Dolby Digital) provide more options.

[Ben Balser]

Create a replicator of your object/image, keyframe it over time to spread backwards and grow.