Derek Rose
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Ha-ha.
“Serious”, of course, has nothing to do with the genre or quality of one’s work. I’m referring to the ability to market one’s skills. I don’t know about you folks there in sunny California, but out here in the Big Apple, most post-production facilities use either Avid or FCP. Premiere isn’t unheard of, just not nearly as common.
As I mentioned, I hear it’s a fine program. But if he is ever to work outside of his own studio, or finds a client with a preference (and there are many), it would be a wise idea to consider learning FCP/Avid.
Seriously.
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I’ve never used Premiere, so I can’t give you a real objective opinion, but I hear it’s a fine application. One advantage Premiere has is that if you get involved with After Effects, remember that both are Adobe products, so you can export clips directly from Premiere into AE without having to render them first.
But if you choose to become a serious editor, you should consider learning FCP and/or Avid, since Premiere just isn’t used as much in the industry. FCP, of course, would require you to switch to Mac. If you stay on the PC platform, then you should consider Avid (though it is available for both platforms).
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I find that most people prefer what they started with. I started with FCP and found just the opposite of what you are saying. I found the Avid interface horrible. Then I used Avid only for a few projects (since I wanted to be proficient with both programs), and when I went back to FCP, my opinion changed. Then I played around with FCP and, well, you get the point.
What it all comes down to is this… use whatever floats your boat. They’re both great products, and by competiting for our usage, they should continue to improve on a regular basis. Though if you read my earlier posting, I hope Avid comes out with HD for Mac PDQ (Pretty-Darn-Quick).
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Most certainly I’d rather wait for a working version. I love Avid.
But it strikes me as odd that Avid isn’t speeding up the process, since FCP has been palatable to HD for quite some time. Therefore when it comes to HD projects, Avid forces their Mac-based clients to use the competition instead.
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By the way… as far as I am aware, when it comes to 24p, the DVX100 only shoots in Standard mode, not Advanced. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
–Derek
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Go to DV.com and read the column “Shooting and Editing 24p” by Adam Wilt.
Near the end of the article, Mr. Wilt writes that audo is recorded 2 frames ahead of video with the DVX100 in 24p mode. The solution, he writes, is to look in your DVD under Extras>DV Camera Tuner Scripts>DVX-100 Audio Sync Tool, and place this in your FCP plugins folder. It should then appear in the Tools menu.
Hope this helps.
–Derek
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When you say that you applied the same settings, you mean that you didn’t forget to make the PSD a 3D layer and position it so that it is closer to the camera than the layer it is casting shadows onto, right? Just checking.
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Here’s a few dummy checks that have flummoxed me in the past:
1. Make sure you have the correct tape in the deck. Duh.
2. Does your tape have timecode breaks? If so, make sure that you are cued up to the part of the tape that you want to recapture from.
3. Are you sure that you are actually using master clip’s settings, not accidentally performing a crash capture?
If any of these solve it, don’t feel bad… I often spend hours looking for my glasses when I’m actually wearing them. If they don’t, let me know when you figure it out… I’m curious.
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You create your title, save it to a bin and place it into a sequence. When you see it on your timeline, you want to step in to it (press the down arrow that appears on the bottom left of the timeline). You should see three video tracks. V3 should have the label Alpha Matte; V2 should have the label Graphic Fill; V1 should be blank. You want to replace V2 (Graphic Fill) with the media you want to show through the title. Once you do that, simply step back out (press the up arrow on the bottom left of the timeline), and it should give you the effect you want.
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DVDs are cheaper than they used to be, but why waste them? Certainly you should back up project and import files, but as long as you have the original master tapes and correctly labeled them upon capturing, you can always just delete the media files and then recapture them if needed. No point in burning through stashes of DVDs unnecessarily.