Bill Dewald
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FCP really isn’t the tool for this job, for a number of reasons.
Basically, FCP wants a standard video frame. It absolutely does not like oversized stills.
I’d recommend after effects.
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Audio monitoring can be tricky in FCP because both the program and the OS can control the signal path.
Quickest, dirtiest way to hear sound –
1. Disable external video in FCP under View>External Video.
2. In Apple’s System Preferences, be sure that Audio Output is assigned to Line-Out or Headphones.
If you are using an external video source (like a DV deck or a Kona card or such), you will need to route that audio to your speakers. This usually requires a mixer.
As far as learning the video formats – the way I did it was by lurking in the Cow’s FCP forums. Reading the daily pitfalls of others is the best way to have a working knowledge of tech.
Also, the FCP manual has a surprising amount of good info about video and audio tech, including good explainations of compression, video signal, all kinds of stuff.
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I had a similar issue working from DV tape, which I solved by applying the chroma smoothing 4:1:1 filter.
Not sure if this would work on your dvd source – the pixelation may be ‘baked in’.
How did you transcode? Mpeg streamclip? Perhaps you could go to prores instead of dv…
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1) – Are you certain that your tape format is DV? HDV tape won’t play back in a DV camera.
2) Have you restarted FCP / trashed prefs / power cycled?
3) Are you using the DV Easy Setup?
d) You should learn video. No one will hire you to cut on a Steenbeck anymore (sadly)
ps – nice f-bomb. you never see those on the cow….
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You only need to match the drives that you plan to RAID together.
I’d clone the system drive to an external, and use all three bays as a RAID. But your plan is good, too.
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Uninstall any of the apps that you don’t use. Qmaster is a separate install anyway.
Read the manual first. It’s tricky!
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[Matthew Lovein] “just be glad that you have a “job”
to give your talents to, for free. Because if you don’t do it
someone else will.”And then that someone will ask how to do it – here on the COW!
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What file? FCS2 comes on discs.
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Jim Henson’s memorial could be on a weekly rotation.
KI wonder what kind of deals entertainers cut when performing at memorials… Who ends up with the rights?