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[Brian Pitt] ” I only want to send one channel that has both streams of audio”

Although its POSSIBLE… why would you want to do this?

You should not combine two mics on the same person unless you have carefully made SURE there is no PHASE-cancellation between the mics.

Normally, you would keep the two channels processed separatly and only use the BEST channel alone.

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Just drag the Title’s image into the Browser.

Then just edit that title “clip” to the timeline every time you want it, then DOUBLE-CLICK it (from the timeline) back into the Viewer, and type over it with the new info.

If you want to save this title for use in future projects, create a new project called “Tools” or “Basics” or ??? and drag this Base title (and any other things you want to re-use) and open that project when you need these things in the future.

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Very frequently asked question.
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If you’re in a hurry, you can find answers to most questions in seconds
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Sync “slippage” is when, after capturing the clips to a digital NLE, the video and the audio slowly become separated in sync and no longer play “matched together” (lip-sync gets off).

I would consider audio “stuttering” is a “dropout-type” problem (loss of continuous digital stream, so playback gets “dropped” for btief periods of time).
This is most commonly a tape-to-head problem.

When it occurs playing on the same camcorder that recorded it, it is usually a sign of “clogged” (dirty) heads.
When it consistently happens when playing tapes on a different unit than the one it was recoreded on, then it is likely an “alignment” difference between the two units’ head-path.
This often happens when I have shot with a Canon and tried to play its tape in another unit.

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[eyecamiam] “In truth, almost everything in most video shots are in focus enough to potentially be distracting, which to me is the real issue.”

Yes. I drives me crazy that the tiny CCD’s used in lower-cost camcorders look very good… but trying to achieve a DIFFERENCE between foreground and background focus is nealy IMPOSSIBLE.

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The FW “differnce” has to do with the audio and video “slippage” after import.

If that’s your complaint, then that’s problem you have.

If you are having “mosaic blocks” (digital image problems) and other kinds of A/V drop-outs… its the difference in the head alignment that’s the culprit.

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Its an interesting artcle.

But in PRACTICAL terms (especially in video) we are usually discussing more of a MACRO focus, where “everything in the shot” starting a few inches away from the lens… out to the moon on the horizon, at least APPEARS to be in focus in the shot (commonly called “greater depth of field”).

This is the case with using a wide lens, either the lens ITSELF, or a WA adapter.

Using the term “wider” (to mean “greater”) DOF is OK by me, in contrast to “narrower” (or “smaller”) DOF.

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Its not the FW “standard” that’s different, its the HEAD ALIGNMENT.

My experience with Canon has been that many times (I have used a multitude of Canon camcorder models) the Canon-recorded tapes will only play on Canon camcorders, sometimes only on the camcorder that recorded the particular tape.

The worst offender was the Canon XL1.

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THE FOLLOWING COMES FROM THE KEN STONE WEBSITE:
“Over 5,000 years ago Confucius wrote: ‘If you are toiling away, you have changed nothing and FCP heads South on you, [starts behaving in strange ways] then it is time to trash your FCP Preferences.’ ”

Click the following link for instructions.

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html

A great way to do this is to use “FCP Rescue” a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences for you (and restore nearly all of your user settings afterward).
There are versions for FCP (Pro) & FCE (Express) and a new one for FCP 5.

Download these free Apple Scripts at

https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/
or
https://pistolerapost2.com/fcprescue/

This is one FCP tip that has helped in solving hundreds of “odd” problems.

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Great Titles with the DV Codec
By Philip Hodgetts

https://www.creativecow.net/articles/hodgetts_philip/titles/index.html