[Ed Dooley]

BitVice is a much better encoder than Compressor. There may be tweaks you can do to your Compressor
workflow, like using CBR unless you need the space, and very careful use of markers (they can actually make things
worse if you misuse them. Do a search of this and the FCP forum for advice on that.)
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Obviously, you should use whatever tool you think will do the job. But Actions in PS was made for this exact thing.
You open the photos as a batch, record the action for the 1st one (including a save), and let ‘er rip. All the other 99
images get the blur applied and are saved. All automatically (read feasible).
Ed

[Espnetboy3] “Thanks for the help guys. I use actions alot but for this many pictures it doesnt seem feasable. Maybe i will scan a few pics at a time and use actions and cut them up in singles with photoshops. Ill probably just use imovie or iphoto being they have such easy tools for this stuff.”

[Ed Dooley]

MPEG-1 needs to be in multiples of 16.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Why would Photoshop be out of the question? Have you ever used Actions? It’s a simple way to do repetive tasks
on many images with the push of a button. Check it out in the Help section or manual for PS.
As for the “actual” directional blur, the previous comments tell you all you need to know. You haven’t said what version
of FCP you have. The latest version does have a directional blur, for older versions you can use the Flicker filter, but as was
mentioned, the rendering can take some time. I find it easier, and quicker to do it in PS first. Learn Actions and you can do all 100 in a few minutes
and import them ready-to-go into FCP. I’ve even pre-processed with blur in PS, and still used the Flicker filter in FCP for real
ornery images.
Ed

[Espnetboy3] “Ok guys so photoshop might be out of the quesiton as I have about 100 pictures. Is there an actual directional blur or should I just use the “Stop motion” and or “Flicker Filter” and add them to my pictures?

Would it be possible to makek the whole sequence then nest it so its one sequence and THEN add the flicker filter to the whole project? OR add a directional blur to the whole sequence?”

[Ed Dooley]

I do a bunch of this stuff, and scanning the image, then processing levels, contrast, color, etc. in Photoshop
first gives the best results. While in Photoshop I add the blur: Filters/Blur/Motion Blur As David said, one to two pixels
at 90 degrees works best and doesn’t affect the horizontal resolution. Do a search of this forum, I know I’ve talked about
this very thing a number of times, as have others.
Ed

[Thax] “In your haste to criticize the first response you neglected to explain HOW to add ‘vertical blur’ to the image.

Would you tell us how you go about it?”

[Ed Dooley]

Just for fun I googled Plunder Hallow. It was all raping and pillaging and pirate stuff,
I can see why someone thought you a he. 🙂
Ed (as in Edward, not Edwina)

[Plunder Hallow] “He?”

[Ed Dooley]

Flip4mac is good and it will work in QT applications. You should also consider
Episode (the former Compression Master). It does great wmvs (and so much more).
Cleaner is so 1990s 🙂
and won’t do WM9 (I don’t think) (WM7 only) unless you add F4M to it..
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

If you’re going to make DVDs, you need to use a compressor to create the MPEG-2 files, which are required by the DVD spec. Export the way you did (or don’t use self-contained), then open Compressor and try the preset that’s closest to what you want. Bring that video and audio file into DVD SP.
Music is copyrighted. It’s illegal to use it without permission (which for well known bands usually requires lots of money). Simply listing the bands and labels is not enough. Google “music copyright”
and you’ll find a wealth of info.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

I don’t get the “spy for AJA” analogy. I guess I don’t get the typo part either. An AJA IO is a long way
from a M100HDe. And you have a M100HDe and you’re not sure it does HD, hmmm. Sorry if I was a little harsh, but when you ask a question and someone takes the time to help and then you say “oh, as it happens, I have an HD card, so I’m all set” it’s a waste of the person’s time.
As for the SATA array, you might refer to Bob Zelin’s review of the CalDigit in the Cow’s review section to see if it will do what you want.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Well which is it? In your original post you said you have an AJA IO (which is a stand-alone box
connected by FW400). Now you have an AJA card and a M100HD. It’s hard to give advice when
the story changes. *If* you have an AJA IO, it won’t ingest or spit out HD. If you’re talking about
HDV when you say HD, you have the horsepower and storage for that. You’ll need an HD monitor,
or a downsampled image to play to an SD monitor. *If* you have a M100HDe, it downsamples HD
to an SD monitor.
Ed