Christopher Wright
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The solution is “Flip for Mac” which enables you to use avi files within quictime on a MAC.
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I.m with you, especially about the second pass or nesting needed for a drop shadow!!
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There is no “click here” button at the bottom of the page!! It looke like the winners boxes are also chopped off. I’ve tried loading the page in Windows Explorer, MSN Explorer, Firefox and AOL Explorer. Still no Entry button!
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What Apple got from Discreet was the ex-combustion coders who are now working on Motion. Edit* was way ahead of its time. I wish Aplle would use even some of the features from Edit* in FCP!
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Jeffrey,
I think you are referring to the fact that the timeline cursor always stays in view and updates the Timeline view(like in edit*)instead of disappearing at the end of your current TL window. FCP doesn’t do this, unfortunately.
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How can I get a “pretty face machine” Microsoft’s answer to cutesy Apple?? ;>)
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Kevin,
I do think outside the box. I also teach at a Master’s level, and have taught FCP, Adobe Premiere Pro, Vegas, After Effects, Combustion, Discreet edit*, Shake and many other NLE and compositing apps. I have edited on 12 different brands of NLE’s, on different platforms and OS’s, from the first Video Toaster to the Avid. In other words, I have quite a bit of experience on how to build titles and title sequences in many different programs.To anyone who has worked with a functional Titler within an NLE, having to export ANY frame from the Timeline before you can see the title over it is a complete waste of time and a hassle. Lebrett had a valid complaint. When you are doing hundreds of titles, every extra “work around” and keystroke counts. As I have said many times before, FCP is awesome in so many ways, but it can always be improved upon. This is one area that is sorely lacking/deficient within FCP.
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Lebrett,
This has been beaten to death in here, but no, there is no decent titling plug in FCPHD that allows you to see the text over Timeline video as in many other NLEs. It is a major shortcoming for the exact reason you mention as well as many others. Sure you can go out into any number of programs and do a killer “moving” title or two, but having real titling capabilities within FCP like Premiere Pro, Pinnacle, Avid, Leitch, Video Toaster, Inscriber etc., etc. have are unfortunately currently a lost dream in FCP. I have finally resorted to using a Boris Red Static generator on its own track, above the Timeline area I am working on, so at least I can use the update button to more quickly check text color, placement, and be able to actually add a gradient rectangle or other vector shape in one pass, as well as just being able to add text.
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Yes Cinewave 4.7 works with FCP 5, Quicktime 7.03 and all the latest software updates. I still have it on my Dual G4 1Ghtz machine!
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Excellent suggestion/tip joshua!