Ben Oliver
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i learned on a steebeck, and i truly think that that taught me the basics, like no other way. i graduated from the vancouver film school about 4 1/2 years ago, and the lessons i learned on that beast will never leave me.
i also at the time learned avid media composer, but since school i have mainly used sony vegas video and fcp (mostly fcp at this point)
the programs are all pretty much the same, its just where goes what. editing is an idea and a mindset, not software.
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full frontal was edited on fcp, and i think, altho am not certain, that lost in translation was too (same editor)
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the porsche ones are scary . i have two but havent had many issues with them at all. the d2’s are fare more rugged.
maxtors scream like car tires burning rubber.
i just bought 2 western digital 250 gig drives, usb2.0 format only for 100 bucks each, for the cost, just buy what you think is going to work, and when it gives, replace it…..just pray it doesnt happen during a project. backup, log correcly, and keep your project files in a few places!
oh, and try not to stack your drives, especially lacie porche drives, they make enough heat to cook eggs.
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i believe you have to crop it…..unless you want it letterboxed.
i always just export the sequence as a 16×9 clip, then re-import it into a 4×3 timeline, it gets the bars, and re-export it like that.
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use garage band, record yourself, then burn the file to cd……quickest and easiest, and then all you have to do is reimport the file if you have a backup issue.
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sry,
apple-shift-4
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ctril-shift-4
works for me sometimes,
-ben
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i have recaptured one project, about 10 hours woth of material, no problems…
about 90% of my work is from minidv tapes, and those tapes just get insane amounts of messed up timecodes, so batch capture is usually a big hassle for me. especially since i mostly work in documentary, batch capture is great for shots that are slated, etc, but for documentary, i find its easier just to get the footage in there, minus headaches
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thats funny, cause ive had more issues with batch capture than capture now in my life…..strange, i always just capture now and then subclip if needed….
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is it formatted as a journaled drive? if so, you dont want that.