[Colin Shamrock]

Hi,

thanks, that works. First I thought it wouldn’t, but of course if you promote a title to 3D, you get the tracking category in the effect editor.

Many thanks for your help, that saved me from a lot of keyframing!!!!!

All the best,
Colin

[Colin Shamrock]

Hi,

thanks, that works. However sometimes I work on computers without PS. I did manage to track via the Text Tool, draw a circle, then promote to 3d.

Thanks a lot and have a nice one,
Colin

[Colin Shamrock]

Hi Kristian,

thanks a bunch, that’s all I needed to know.

All the best,
Colin

[Colin Shamrock]

Hi Kristian,

thanks a bunch, that’s all I needed to know.

All the best,
Colin

[Colin Shamrock]

Hi,

and thanks again. I guess I’ll try to avoid nesting if I can. In case I won’t be able to avoid nesting, I’ll let you know if/how it worked out.

Cheers,
Colin

[Colin Shamrock]

Hi John,

and many thanks for pointing out this article to me. And I’ll also have a look at the FCP manual. Thanks for easing my mind about the speed changes.

What would you suggest about nesting? I know that nests won’t be included when up-resing, so would I try to avoid them FULL STOP or simply nest when absolutely necessary and then up-res the nested items in their own sequence?

Maybe you have got a got tip once more?

Thanks anyway for your help, I’m really thankful for it!

Cheers,
Colin

[Colin Shamrock]

Hi Luke,

and many many thanks for your great reply. Now I should be all set. I also realised that I upgraded to FCP5.0.2 and thus had to reinstall the BMD drivers in order to get the easy setup options. Since I didn’t see them, I got a bit confused.

Well, turns out the people I’m working with want to output to DV tape, anyway. In your opinion, does the image quality look worse when going from Beta to DV, or does it look MUCH WORSE? I might be able to convince them that it makes no sense going Beta when filming only to ruin your nice images when playing out again….

Thank also for your “messed up” link, that was very useful. one question, though: If we do go ahead with the Beta in, DV out (via Firewire to a DV deck), will I still need to move the clips up one line if they then decide to transfer the DV tape to Beta? I know that sounds like a really stupid idea, but it’s cheaper for them to do that than to rent a Beta deck, and money is everything, right? For some people at least.

Thanks once more for your reply and I’m looking forward to hearing from you,
Colin

[Colin Shamrock]

Hi Kaspar,

and thanks for your reply. I guess I’ll be running out of space using uncompressed video, plus my HD will probably be too slow. So it’s down to DVCPro or PhotoJPG. I’ll do some testing.

But how can I make FCP convert the incoming data into that codec? Use the easy setup as you suggested?

Another thing. I will be using a Sony J-30 player to play the Beta tapes. I guess it would be better to use the component outputs and not the Firewire one to get the video onto my machine, right? In order to control that deck from within FCP, I need to connect the Decklink RS422 plug with the Sony player, right? And then use Capture in FCP? Or is there something I need to be aware of?

Thanks once more,
Colin