Blub06
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When you black a tape sometimes you forget to rewind it, when you try to edit to that tape because of threading etc the edit system can not find timecode because threading has put the tape past TC. Its a silly thing for sure, but it happens.
Of course now that you have blacked your tape and rewound it there is no reason to assemble, do an insert, there is already control track and TC on the tape.
There are enough variables to setting up your timeline and using other features of FCP that the problem you are mentioning could have many sources.
Generally speaking, put ins and outs on your timeline for where you want the program to start and end. This can mean that an in comes several seconds before the actual program content.
Sorry for sounding so lame, or should I say seeming to infer that you are lame, its just that there are so many reasons things can go wrong I just want to hit a few of the more obvious issues, sorry again.
As a general rule, start you program at one hour straight up, 01:00:00:00. on the timeline, You might want to or be required to put in 2-5 seconds of pad at the top. You might also want bars and tone as well as some kind of slate. When everything is accounted for, put your in point at 00:59:30:00. Stripe your tape at 00:58:00:00 up until past one minute. Use the black tape icon.
In the edit to tape window in the lower left hand little time code box type in where you want things to begin, usually its at 00:58:30:00, hit enter, drag the sequence to the edit to tape window for insert (if you have rewound the tape, and striped it before 00:50:30:00. Should work, as I remember. I have been doing Avid for a while so I might be too confident, but that
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Two weeks is very ambitious, I.m that good…;)
Chris
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I think the tiny icons are Apples answer to what they see as Avids ham handed interface “look”. The tiny stuff looks pretty, its all kind of jewel like, did I mention that its pretty. Its a mistake by Apple but what can you do.
Few things drive you to using the keyboard like those small icons.
With FCP 5 on a 30 inch monitor you do have the option of bigger icons, I think its called the less pretty look.
Chris
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My point is beyond the memory. Firewire is a relatively old system and was designed as a kind of compromise in order to get it accepted by many consumer and a few pro video equipment makers. It was an open system that was also cheap to make and use.
The Panasonic system is new and is made for and used by one company so they could control all the elements that go into it.
As I mentioned I am not an engineer I can only imagine the possibilities. Here is one, can you talk TO the camera through the P2 port? As you know you can go out and get a chip which changes the performance of your cars engine, for me the possibilities of talking to the camera are ephemeral but can you mess with the internal settings the same way the chip talks to a car engine? Firewire can talk to the camera with transportation control and TC etc.
There are lots of people who like to hack into consumer and pro equipment, this is a new product and a new source of mystery which must be explored.
What else might be there? Its a new day and a new port, what might be…
Chris
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And you can just grab the timeline scroll box and drag to where you want while you are plaing that time line, it keeps playing.
Chris
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It took me about two 40 hour weeks to get up to speed after 8 years of Avid . There is no single item that stands out, what I do remember is that every few minutes I would ask myself now how do I do this and this and that, I wanted to do everything with FCP that I did with Avid and banged away it took about two weeks.
I think you have to do with FCP the same thing you do with other software, get on the horse and ride it. As you hit walls cone back here and do a search or serach the pdf of the instructions that come with FCP. Ask a few questions and get a few answers.
Chris
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Nice nature pix, I guess I am some kind of accidental purist, I like to see pix only pre-Photoshop. Some of the pix had a nice touch with that tool. I liked the wheel in the attic and the nature path, I guess I must admit Photoshop works in the right hands.
Chris
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Your a brave man Charle Brown.
Chris
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I think Sony owns to North American rights to the Aurora, so you better watch out you better not cry.
Chris
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Don