Bret Williams
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Ok, I’ve got to admit, I’ve never hear of either “compressed analog format” or “analog artifacts.” I was of the understanding that compression is related only to digital formats, and that artifacts are actually the result of said compression. Wouldn’t anaog by it’s very nature neither uncompressed nor compressed, but simply “analog?”
What would be an uncompressed analog format? 1″? 2″? 3/4″ The latter 2 are definitely worse than BetaSP, but I’ve heard that 1″ is better in some aspects, but not all.
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Ah, that was a problem back when we were making the switch from QT 6 to 7 and FCP 5 at roughly the same time. I remember that. But that was nearly a year ago!
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Actually, as long as you drag a sequence from a bin into another sequence, just like a clip, it retains it’s relationship to the sequence in the bin. In other words, you can open the sequence in the bin, edit it, and it will be updated in the sequence.
If you copy and paste a nested sequence, it will create a new version that doesn’t exist in a bin anywhere. Don’t do that if you require the above functionality.
If you option+drag a nested sequnce it will also create a new version that doesn’t exist in a bin anywhere.
One of the two above used to actually create a duplicate that linked back to the original, but it appears after a quick test that that funciton has vanished.
Also, if you duplicate a sequence that has a nested sequnce within it, the new duplicate sequence will have a version of the nested sequence within it that also exists nowhere in a bin.
FCP really should address this. The default should be that a nested seqeunce always links back to the original imho.
The only way to have a sequence link back to the one in the bin is to edit it from the bin into the sequence.
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There are 2 scenarios for a sequence within a sequence. I forget which works which way. Just do a test. If you copy and paste a nested sequence, it either creates a seq that links back to the original or it doesn’t. And if you option+drag (what I usually do) a nested sequence to copy and paste it it does the other. I’m sure the same is true for other situations, like copying and pasting seqs in a bin, or option dragging, or duplicating.
When it creates a sequence that doesn’t link back to the original, it’s kind of a sequence in limbo. It exists ONLY in the timeline. If you want to have a copy in the bin, drag it from the seq to a bin. Then open it. Then open the one in the timeline and make sure it opens the same sequence.
Once you’ve got all that figured out, beware that “find unused media” will not apply to nested sequences. It will see the media they use as UNUSED, and if you delete it to clear up HD space, you’ll be kicking yourself. Best to select the nested sequence as well when you do a find unused function. Then do some diligent checking and make sure it’s all good. Just for safety’s sake I’d only delete items that have TC and can be recaptured easily if there’s a mistake.
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What codec are you exporting them as? Perhaps the PC you’re using might require such codec.
Or perhaps you’re exporting a reference movie. Your export needs to be “self contained” if it’s leving your computer obviously.
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If you are accidentally adjusting the video opacity all the time, then why aren’t you accidentally adjusting the volume of clips all the time? Hmmmm?
But it seems like it’d be a decent feature to turn one toggle on or off, but I don’t think you can.
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AHEM – cmd+f
We call it “find.” Highlight the seq in bin. Press cmd+f and select to find used or unused. Same drill, different machine.
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I won’t buy anything from this company again ever. Remember the RTMac? After being first to market for a real time solution for FCP, then last to market to update it then completely dump any support for it, they’ve proven they don’t deserve our business.
No matter how great the product for any price. There are plenty of fantastic inexpensive solutions out there. Leave this company alone. They don’t care about the Mac platform and have proven so in the past. They may release a neat groundbreaking product, but the minute another company comes out with something similar for a better price, they’ll leave you in the dust with no upgrades or support. They WILL abandon you.
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Clips don’t go into a trash can, unless you’re talking about deleting media off the hard drive at the finder level. It can also be done in FCP with the “make offline” function. But that’s the media – not the clip. If you delete the clip from a bin, it’s gone. If you delete the sequence from a bin it’s gone. If you delete a bin it’s gone.
Of course you can always launch a backup of your project and copy and paste the bins, but they most likely won’t be the same. Depending on your autosave settings.
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For me, the fastest thing is the z key. Draw a marquee around the area to zoom right into it. The press shift+z to zoom all the way back out.