[C. Park seward]

“If you have produced your spot to spec using the scopes in FCP …”

No, I use real Tektronix scopes.

“…then the digital file should not be any different no matter where it goes…”

Incorrect. I did a series of tests for the International Teleproduction Society with the help of Tektronix and there was only one post-production system that had the input equal the output. A Quantel Harry. Every other VTR or disk system changed the images. Some changes were not obvious to the naked eye but changes were made by the process.This was because the Quantel kit stored the images uncompressed. If you shoot with a DSLR, edit in ProRes and output to H.264, you have changed the image at every step.

“When I worked with a lot of analog media that included bars and tone it was typical that the spot was not referenced to the bars and tone anyway. ”

Yes, there are untalented amateurs in every business. That doesn’t mean you should not follow industry practice.

“I quickly learned to set levels to the spot itself and bypass the bars and tone. ”

I would not want someone changing my levels, especially someone who had no idea why we set levels a certain way based on the emotion we were trying to show. And what standard would you be using to change my settings? Your opinion? Not valid. Can you imagine changing the levels in a motion picture because the overall levels were not high enough, in someone’s opinion, but that is where the director wants them?

“You also never know what kind of processing your spots will go through once they reach the play-out facility and propagate through the system.”

Actually, that’s the best reason to have bars and tone so you can recover from any accidental changes.

Best,
Park

[C. Park seward]

You really do need to put some form of reference when you send any item out of house. Bars and tone work fine.

Best,
Park

[C. Park seward]

You should give credit for the photos you steal

https://videopark.com/oldbroadcast.htm

I used 141 and 151 GVG editors, Ampex ACE 25 and Accom Axial as linear editors. I have restored a 25.

The dedicated ACE keyboard was great, you could really fly. It does have a Qwerty keyboard that is used for text input. It controlled the Ampex decks great.

Here is a shot of a small linear bay

https://videopark.com/images/VPI1990/Daveedits.jpg

Best,
Park

[C. Park seward]

Yes, some of mine are very tight. I bent the rail slightly and they are smooth now.

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Park

[C. Park seward]

Izzy shows how to use Markers for music beats. Free video.

https://www.izzyvideo.com/final-cut-pro-x-tutorial/6-using-markers-in-final-cut-pro-x/

Best,
Park

[C. Park seward]

If I was a Beta tester for FCPX, I’d never tell anybody!

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Park

[C. Park seward]

[Craig Seeman] “. I’m honestly not sure how something like this would get past beta testers since it is a very common function.”

The Beta testers for this app should be embarrassed. If you only look at audio dissolves and not all the missing features, the Beta testers should never be allowed close to an app again.

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Park

[C. Park seward]

[Paul Huppe] “Any chance we might be able to get / install Rosetta as a separate app so that we could run PPC apps?
“

No. Rosetta is EOL. It will not run under 10.8 Lion.

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Park

[C. Park seward]

There is a theory that business should obsolete their products before the competition can. You want to come out with the improvements first. Don’t wait until you are forced to bring to market something that may not be ready.

Of course if you are going to obsolete a product that is a standard of an industry, you should make the new product better than the old product.

Best,
Park

[C. Park seward]

As you all know, Lion drops support for Rosetta. No PPC apps.

https://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/26/mac_os_x_lion_drops_front_row_java_runtime_rosetta.html

Best,
Park