[Dave Martin]

Thanks Guys

Actually Walter, I did have a listen and found the cast extremely informative.

The card will still do Pro Res 422 though right? It’ll just take a little more horsepower since the codec isn’t built into the card…I think?

Tim Martin

Martin

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-FCP Studio 5.1.1 – QT 7.1 – OSX 10.4.6 – Firmtek Sata Raid- G-raid dv drive

[Dave Martin]

Thanks Guys!

I’ll try this out…

Martin

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-FCP Studio 5.1.1 – QT 7.1 – OSX 10.4.6 – Firmtek Sata Raid- G-raid dv drive

[Dave Martin]

I’m editing in DVC Pro 50 but I bumped it up to uncompressed to see if that would make a difference…it didn’t.

Unfortunately, the Video Quality settings didn’t make much difference either.

I’ve also tried switching the alpha interpretation from straight to black and back…

Mmmmm…I’ll try a different font and drop the luminance…any other ideas?

Thanks for the responses!

Tim

Martin

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[Dave Martin]

Thanks for all the responses!

To answer all at once…

I’m bringing the IR straight in, no position change or movement within Final Cut. No additional filters besides changing the Composite Mode to OVERLAY.

I have a fairly high quality Sony 20inch PVM series monitor and have been doing motion graphics/editing for around 15 years, although I’m somewhat new to FCP.

Where do I find the Video Processing Tab again?

Video Processing tab.
“Normal” is default for all Sequences.
If so, change this to “Best.

Thanks so much for the help!

Tim

Martin

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-FCP Studio 5.1.1 – QT 7.1 – OSX 10.4.6 – Firmtek Sata Raid- G-raid dv drive

[Dave Martin]

Nine Years? WOW!

Shane…Walter…can you beat that?

Tim 😎

[Dave Martin]

So how are editors treated in San Francisco vs LA vs San Diego?

Tim

[Dave Martin]

Very interesting…thanks Kevin!

Now…the big question….for the best of the best quality…would you still recommend AE?

Tim Martin

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-FCP Studio 5.1.1 – QT 7.1 – OSX 10.4.6 – Lacie D2 dv external drive – G-raid dv drive

[Dave Martin]

Hi Kevin

Thanks for the reply…now I will admit that I don’t quite understand how the Sequence/render menu’s work so I’m playing with them now. Full was not checked for the Selection only menu so we shall see.

I also had unlimited/dynamic on the RT popup but I thought that was only for realtime playback and had nothing to do after you’ve rendered a clip?

Thanks so much for the reply…

Tim Martin

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-FCP Studio 5.1.1 – QT 7.1 – OSX 10.4.6 – Lacie D2 dv external drive – G-raid dv drive

[Dave Martin]

Hi Special

Definitely have that set…thanks for the reply…

BTW-we have a spirited discussion over on the FCP forum entitled “Re: Stairstepping on Scaled Graphics (Both FCP and Motion)” if you’re interested….

Thanks for the reply

Tim Martin

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-FCP Studio 5.1.1 – QT 7.1 – OSX 10.4.6 – Lacie D2 dv external drive – G-raid dv drive

[Dave Martin]

Hi Donald

Thanks for the reply…I’ve definitely tried the motion file in the FCP timeline and rendered from there. Although I love the workflow, it didn’t improve the quality all that much…thanks again!

Tim Martin

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-FCP Studio 5.1.1 – QT 7.1 – OSX 10.4.6 – Lacie D2 dv external drive – G-raid dv drive