Brandon Cordy
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I figured a new Mac Pro would be something like a smaller box wit ha bunch of Thunderbolt ports around it.
That being said, however, it at least needs to permit the swapping of RAM or it’s not going to sell well at all.
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I would bring it into Illustrator or Photoshop and convert it to a usable bitmap file. That way, you’ll have more control over handling the logos (ensuring they are being converted at the right resolution and correct color mode) before bringing them in to edit with.
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Hrm. I bought a program called DVDRemaster that rips from DVDs. However, the latest versions only allow ripping to H.264 files rather than to any QuickTime format desirable. For that, Handbrake is free as noted above.
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So ripping to QuickTime should still work if you use MPEG Streamclip to remux the VOB files to .mpg files first?
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Yes, I think it’s key to make sure everything for one project is one a few Events (less than three, even less than one if it can be swung) and properly logged & tagged via metadata before editing begins.
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The Scrolling titles’ speed is determined by the length of the generator on the timeline. The longer the duration of the generator, the shorter the titles scroll. Drag the generator out so that it runs longer (across the entire length of the time you want it onscreen) and see if that works for your edit.
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And background rendering is turned off via the preferences as you stated before…hmm…
What does your Activity Monitor look like? How much CPU power and RAM are FCPX using on average?
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I have an older Mac Pro with the same video card, and I am not having serious issues like that until I have been editing for a long time. Are you running any other applications at the same time as FCPX, And what type of footage are you editing format wise?
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If you want to stick with white balancing in FCPX, Alex4d has a free color balance plugin, plus a few other color correction plugins as well:
https://alex4d.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/11-colour-fcpx-filters/
I find these work better for me when I’m trying to do more intermediate-level color balancing. FCPX’s color table can handle the easy tasks; the more difficult onces are probably best handled in something like Resolve.
That being said, I have used these Alex 4d plugins to try and resurrect some very distressed looking footage shot on DV cam, and the results were more than acceptable.
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I like Photoshop and After Effects, but there’s still plenty more that could be done to improve them.
Photoshop, for example, could benefit from having more filters that are CMYK compatible (or simply CMYK alternatives of each filter). Auto-save is definitely an idea as well.
Moreover (especially as concerns the video products), industry video and film standards always change, and those products will have to keep up with that.