David Rowan
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erm…. the link only seems to work if you cut-&-paste it into your browser
DWR
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I was discussing this very topic at work with an Apple afficianado. He indicated to me that since Firewire 800 has a different kind of connector, and has not yet been widely accepted, they opted for a more tradional (and hence more useful to more people) approach.
I then asked him “Well why only one firewire, don’t you need one for your FW drive and another one for your deck?”
His reply was somthing along the line that more people were likely to adopt USB 2 external drives and would still use the old style FW 400 for the camera/deck.
Now if anyone can support or debunk these ideas I would be glad to hear it, either way.
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Ive never had a problem with different renders on the same clip not matching up.
If you want FCP to toss a render file simply adjust the visibility or transparency of the video clip. You’ll get your red line back. Then put the transparency back where it was and re-render. Fast and simple, even if it isn’t the “right” way.
DWR
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Get a used Mini DV camera from a pawn shop and just use it for your firewire deck. When it wears out just get another one. For the useage you described this would be the cheap way to go.
DWR
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Manual Volumn II: Editing. page 247. Chapter 16 “Working with multiclips”.
Here is a tip for using these huge manuals. Use the help file in FCP and search for a few key words. When you find what you are looking for in the help file you can open your manual to the corresponding page. This way you can have the book open in front of you while you work with the program.
DWR
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On the DVC Pro D-650’s and D-750’s that I use the audio meter has a little arrow marking where audio should peak (like for tone) that marker is at -20db. I have been told that digital audio clips and sistorts much worse than analog
DWR
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You might want to backtrack through past posts, but I think you will need a SATA array RAID to do un-compressed Beta SP footage. Other than that your system layout seems pretty good.
I have a similar sytem that I got from Promax in LA. They are very competitive and have great customer support.
DWR
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Way back in FCP 3 I saw a recipe for “Film Look” that used the de-interlaace, but it was a little more complicated. It went like this.
Duplicate your video so its on V1 and V2. Apply De-interlace to both tracks. Make sure the filter on V1 is set to “Odd” and the filter on V2 is set to “Even”. Then bring the transparancy on V2 down to 50%. Render and Voila! 30p Video.
Then for the film effects you export your creation using the quicktime conversion, and use the fake film look stuff there to add dust, scatches and some fat, clumsy film gammas.
Yeah there are a lot of plug-ins that will do a better job, but hey, this is free.
DWR
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When I needed to do this in a hurry without buying stuff this is what I did:
I created a white matte on V1 and put my actual video on V2 and on V3. I used keyframes in the motion tab to make the video “jump around”. By lining up the V2 and V3 tracks I was able to simulate seeing two frames at once. Then I finally reached a point where I froze a frame, and then I immediatly used the transition in the Quicktime folder called “Explode”. At the same time as its “Exploding” I used the motion paramaters to distort the frame.
It all happens so fast that it fools the eye pretty well. Sure, if someone goes through it one frame at a time it looks pretty fake. But if they only get one chance to see, and the whole thing only takes a second (7-10 frames for the meelting) its pretty effective. Good sound effects are a key here, too.
DWR
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Don’t forget the “Three C’s” of editing Creativity, Caffine and Carbohydrates!
DWR