[Bill Dewald]

Fine for client reference. NG for grading.

[Bill Dewald]

Final Cut Pro is not designed to work with non-standard frame sizes.

What is the final deliverable for your project? Web, HD tape, DVD?

The answer will inform your sequence settings.

[Bill Dewald]

32kHz audio causes nothing but headache.

You instinct was right – transcode to 48kHz on the timeline. That should help.

[Bill Dewald]

Yes it can. FCP refers to this as “Sub Frame Editing”.

here’s a video tutorial.

https://proappstuff.com/proapptipsvideotutorials/879F6B61-CFF9-4FD1-8D43-FDF89605611A/BE5CA6A0-2D41-4F89-955C-16A05AC2A383.html

[Bill Dewald]

In addition to what David said, try repairing your permissions with Disk Utility.

And be sure that you’re using your external RAID as your scratch disk. Writing renders to your system disk can cause big problems.

[Bill Dewald]

The best way to downconvert is through hardware, such as a Kona 3 card. You can specify whether you want anamorphic, letterboxed, or center-punch.

2nd best would be a trip through Compressor.

[Bill Dewald]

Try the business/marketing forum. This forum is for technical FCP stuff.

But, if you want everyone in the world to be able to see your interview, how about YouTube?

[Bill Dewald]

Somewhat – its called the “Media Manager”. The options skew more to the ‘powerful’ side, rather than ‘simple’.

That said, you should read up on the Media Manager in the manual before using it. It can process your footage in a destructive fashion.

Here’s a quick walk-through:

In the Browser, select the sequence that you want to Media Manage.

Right-click and select ‘Media Manager’.

Under ‘Media’ select ‘Copy’

Select ‘Include Render Files’ (if you want)

Select ‘Include Master Clips Outside Selection’

De-select ‘Delete Unused Media From Duplicated Items’

Base Media file names on ‘Existing file names’

De-select ‘Duplicate selected items and place into a new project’

Chose a place on your desired external drive as the ‘media destination’

Then press ‘ok’- Final Cut will copy the all of the media used in the sequence to the specified drive.

[Bill Dewald]

1. Is it possible to test another camera with your Mac?

2. Have you trashed your preferences? Log and Capture is very susceptible to corrupt prefs.

3. Do you have any other devices connected to the same firewire bus while this is going on?

[Bill Dewald]

[David Linstrom] “How do I measure how much storage to bring?”

Here’s a calculator:

https://www.videospaceonline.com/

It’s also available in widget form.