[Ben Edwards]

Thanks everybody for your replies.

I come from a Sony Vegas background and am trying to find the best way to migrate my working practices.

In FCP is there a ‘play and return’ as well as a ‘play/pause’. In Vegas the return key allows you to ‘play/pause’ in the same way as FCP does with spacebar. The space bar actually has a ‘play and return’ functionality. This plays from the cursor when spacebar is pressed and when spacebar is pressed again returns to the cursor. This allows a in (or out) point to be found easily. The left/right arrows are used to nudge to the frame and spacebar plays from the cursor. This is done until the place is found.

Ben

[Ben Edwards]

Thanks for everyone’s replies.

In terms of using the timeline are there keyboard short cuts to play a loop round the cursor and are there keyboard shortcuts to move edit point left/right 1 or 5 frames? Te later is also a question concerning Trim Edit, there do not seem to be keyboard shortcuts for the +/-1 and +/- 5 buttons.

Ben

[Ben Edwards]

Yes, is this the best way to do fine trimming?

[Ben Edwards]

John,

Yes, that was my first thought. Maybe I should delete the temp file each nested project creates. Not sure if it is relevant but I have just upgraded from v9 to v10. I opened up all the project files and saved them to convert to v10. The nested project opens in v10 on old install but I do get an error saying some streams may be missing (or words to that effect). Its the new install I am having problems with.

Ben

[Ben Edwards]

John,

I think being able to create EDLs to transfer to other systems like Avid and FCP. I believe it is possible to move between FCP and Avid. I think the collaboration tools may be more of an issue. I am no workflow but it seems FCP/Avid are a lot better at this.

I know there is a lot of politics around using Vegas feature films but is this the only reason. I have noticed that as the amount of footage increased things do slow down a lot. Not sure how long it would take to load a project with 30-100 hours footage.

I am not sure when 3D will hit the indy market. Personally I am interested in documentary so it is a long way off.

Vegas not being ideal for large collaborative projects was something I have herd several times.

Personaly the only thing I find lacking is the title tool. I remember it being a breeze to do rolling credits with fetherd edges in FCP 5 years ago. I found Vegas verry fidely and did not find a strightforward way or fethering credit roll.

Ben

[Ben Edwards]

This is probably a better subject, previous one was a little reactionary;).

[Ben Edwards]

Thanks a lot for this, just ordered the adapter.

Happy Christmas,
Ben

[Ben Edwards]

Thanks everybody,

I ended up using a ‘Calumet Telescopic Zipdisc Holder’ (https://www.calumetphoto.com/eng/product/calumet_telescopic_zipdisc_holder/mf6860) I already had and used a Flag made of corrugated cardboard.

For a disc reflector holder it is a bit fiddly as it uses 2 bulldog clips but this makes it ideal for a flag holder.

It also can be used as a boom for a light stand as it has a light mounting on the end.

Very versatile bit of kit and only $35!

Ben

[Ben Edwards]

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Regards,
Ben

[Ben Edwards]

Thanks john,

So you are saying a iMac is not generaly powerfull enough to run Vegas (I beleve only the very latest/most expensive have 4 cores, i.e. I need a i7, i3 is not up to the job?

Regards,
ben