Bruce Colgate
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Obviously this is a wicked old post, but this was one of the top retrievals Google offered (I am new to Motion) when searching for “Apple motion wipes.” When I subsequently forget, and search again…
1) Select the layer
2) Draw a mask
3) Animate mask using keyframes like FCPxYou’re welcome, future me.
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in case someone lands on this thread looking for the answer, open the Keyboard Shortcut panel, and type db into the search box, which should result in 4 items populating the result: nudge volume + and – 1db, and nudge volume + and – 3db
– Bruce Colgate
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Agreed. They are unusually quiet, but perhaps that’s because they are putting all their effort into getting this fix done.
While we still like FCP7, we’ve moved on to FCPX after shunning it for the first 2 years. If you’re still working in FCP7, it might be worth your while to start trying X, or MC7, or Premiere. I’m surprised 7 still works, frankly.
All the Best,
– Bruce Colgate
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Hi Mika,
We’ve had good results with 9.9.2, but not 9.9.3. Good, not great, because we *must* use audio routed to another device. Enabling the audio (selecting it in System Prefs) results in an unusable edit system, in that the system always chokes. As soon as we use either built-in (which actually sounds fine, and stays in sync) or our Presonus 1818VSL, everything is fine. And picture through the Ultrastudio 4K is fine also. Plays like a dream.
I am surprised that BMD has not released a fixed driver, since they seem to have known about it for some time. When I spoke with tech support in early January about this issue, the response was, “well, we’re not getting our new Mac Pro for another month.” Like I said, surprising.
Hopefully we’ll see something soon – could be any day!
All the Best,
– Bruce Colgate
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Tim Donahue’s suggestion was good. I uninstalled all BMD software from the Mac Pro Trashcan, and then installed 9.9.2. I’ve been working with 10.1 all day without any obvious issues. I would still like to do further testing, as I feel like the Mac Pro is sluggish compared to operating without the BMD, but I have no data to support that – just a feeling.
Not tested with PPRO. No capturing done yet. The room that it’s currently in doesn’t (normally) do capture.
BTW, in case anyone from BMD reads this, please, please – can’t you guys find a quieter fan? The US4K is the loudest thing in the room. And you couldn’t supply an AC cable for a $1000 piece of equipment? NBD, but still kinda lame.
– Bruce Colgate
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Thanks Tim, will give that a try on Monday.
– Bruce Colgate
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Further searching on other boards seem to indicate this may be more of a Mavericks related issue, with other posters describing similar issues since late October, and they too say that when FCP (X or 7) routes the audio through “built-in”, picture plays fine, and audio is also fine (though out of sync w BMD’s output. Some have reported that 9.7.7 drivers fix the problem, others say no it doesn’t.
When I called BMD tech support, they said they had not heard of this problem before, and didn’t have any suggestions for a workaround.
I may have to put this $4K trashcan on the shelf until BMD gets this sorted out, which would be a real shame, or swap the I/O for a less capable, but presumably functional AJA box.
– Bruce Colgate
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More info: The issue seems focused on audio. If I disable audio playback thru the US4K, then Picture plays fine.
– Bruce Colgate
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Just got the Ultrastudio 4k TB2 version today. The TB2 badge is printed on the box in red in the upper right corner. Be advised you’ll need your own IEC power cable (none in the box), and like the multibridge before it, has a noisy little fan that will probably make it the loudest thing in your edit suite.
– Bruce Colgate
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Hi Bob,
The fellows at 1SourceVideo were very accommodating. This was the response:
“Yes, these units are shipping. Here is the Blackmagic Design part number: BDLKULSR4K2”
Putting that in B&H’s search box now yields the correct device.
With thanks,
– Bruce Colgate