David Battistella
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This product is worth it’s pricetag. I have never regreted buying FLip4Mac. It also let’s you play any wmv files through Quicktime.
David
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Woah People!!!
FCP does this.
You should capture this footage as follows:
Scenario 1. You are finishing 29.97
Capture all footage using the DV NTSC Preset, then switch to the KONA 2 DV 8 bit easy set up to edit.
Scenario 2. You are finsihing 23.98 (aka 24P) ( this mode is nessesary for a film out)
Capture all of the footage using the DV NTSC Advance puldown removal preset.
Explaination:
When shooting in advanced mode the Camera layed down flag frames to match the Pulldown patern. WHen the advanced mode is selected then FCP removes these redundant frames for you. It all gets recorded at 29.97 ALL THE TIME, only by using the DV NTSC Advnced mode do these redundant frames get removed. This allows you to edit in true 24 frame mode. When your cut is complete you can export a true 24 frame timeline so that each frame onteh video timeline would represent a film frame (24 frames per second) If you are not finishing film then there is no need to use this mode at all. Cut everyting at 29.97 and the “filmlook” of 24 fps with be retained.
David
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Export the movie as is and then tell DVD sp to display the movie as 16×9.
You can also select all of the clips in the project and select teh ananmorphic checkbox in the browser.
FYI technically all DV material that is shot in Squeeze mode is actually 4X3 on the tape. It then needs to be unsqueezed to be displayed int eh correct 16×9 aspect ratio.
David
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There is no reason it should not do this.
Just drag the timeline across them both. OR
Set up you monitors correctly using the monitor control panel in the system pane.
David
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I think this is what tome means. If ou are working in HDV then you canget away with Firewire. If you need to go out to HD Cam, then you will require much faster drives, etc.
Working in any setup, you might need to add a capture card, which will allow you to view your images on an external monitor. This can range from a small HD plasma TV to a igh end monitoroing solution for Color Grading, etc.
Without the specifics of what you are actually doing. It is hard to offer help or advice.
David
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Tom,
If you are coming from avid land you are going to find the FCP-KONA comba a dream. It’s all based on the QT architecture so when you import a folder of stills, they just appear. NO WAITING to create media suitable for the NLE.
You can prepare these scans as 1920×1080 at a maximum rez of about 150 DPI. If you go with higher DPI’s (don’t be fooled by this) then all you are asking FCP to do is crunch more numbers. It will only slow you down with no increase in quality. If you dont believe me then do some simple tests of the same file at 72, 150, 300, 600, etc, and you will see that the quality in the timeline does not improve.
You can double the frame size of teh HD material if you want to do some major moves. Doble it both horizontally and vertically. I think you can go to 4000×4000. I have done this on contact sheets and produced some nice looking stuff.
Hope this helps,
David
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make sure the in and out points in your timeline are cleared.
David
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Yes,
You are correct. This makes sense as OMF was invented mostly to allow audio programs to interface easily with video editing programs. It is an open framework that allows various programs a way in and out.
It makes sense that you would not be able to import an OMF into FCP as FCP is not designed as an Audio editing/mixing interface (although I believe that it has a lot of audio horsepower). For this you would have to turn to Logic PRO as express does not give one the ability to import OMF audio files.
I stand corrected.
David
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File Import OMF.
David
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Make sure you tell DVD SP that the footage is anamorphic. You can do this by selecting the display inthe properties of the track menu.
David
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