Chris Babbitt
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Julie,
I’m not sure I completely understand what you’re doing, but I can tell you from my own experience, that if i copy and paste an EX-XDCAM sequence (upper field 1st) into a DV timeline (lower field first), FCP will convert all the EX footage to match the field order of the DV sequence EXCEPT the slo-mo clips, so everything will look fine except the slo-mo. The only way I’ve found around the problem so far is to either export a self-contained Quicktime movie of the EX sequence and drop that into the DV sequence OR make separate Quicktime movies of all the slo-mo clips and replace the originals in the DV timeline with the QT movies. I’m not sure this applies in your case, but I believe the slo-mo clips are the culprits.
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Sorry Scot. I was mistaken. I was confusing that with the new Variable Frame-rate button.
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My understanding is that the EX-3 will have an actual mechanical switch for this.
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EX-1 NO
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OK, here’s another one for you, David.
It’s a widget called Character Pal that gives you keyboard shortcuts for all kinds of symbols. You can find it at https://www.tacowidgets.com/widgets/characterpal/ -
Option-r with most fonts
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I think it’s a better idea, when dealing with stage lighting, to set your white balance to a 3200k pre-set.
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Chris,
You should always use Dolby. That way, for a program of that length, you can use CBR instead of 2-pass variable, which will cut your encoding time almost in half. You really don’t need variable bit-rate encoding until you get to about 100 mins. in length, in fact, you’ll probably get better quality with CBR encoding. For a 70 min. program, you can encode with a constant bit-rate of around 6.5 as long as you’re doing Dolby audio.
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Line is for when you are working with a line-level source, such as from a professional sound mixer, usually +4 db.
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Mic