Ed Sully
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Actually the problem is quite simple, you bought a mac.
The best solution is to build yourself a PC. 9 out of 10 doctors recommend it for removing the fisher price taint of the mac.
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That didnt do anything. Its even on the first mask, where a few points let me move the handles independently and most other dont. Is there any thing i can do to make it work? Im running out of time!
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Nevermind, i just discovered precompose. MWAhahahahaa
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Ah thats it, thank you!
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You mean like the michael jackson video from the 90’s? Id like to know too.
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And what have any of you to offer in the way of expert advice other than the lazy answer of “NLE’s dont alter original footage”?
Im not looking to start a flame war with anyone, but dont give me flip answers and call yourselves experts. FCP screwed me with its shoddy programming, deliver a viable solution or get off your thrones.
My workflow = 35mm->telecine->in house davinci CC->harddrive transfer->FCP->garbage.
But hey, were all human here, if i had paid for an NLE system for the same price that i could have built five windows equivalents, i would be pretty defensive too. But i’ve learned something today thanks to all you fine gentleman, its not apple your defending, its bad decision making.
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I’m beginning to notice a trend with mac users. People find a problem, fanboys defend apple and inturn blame the user.
Ive never had a problem with premiere or avid in all the years i’ve worked on them. How unfortunate that i was made to work on a G5 for this project. The poor system sputters and lags on 35mm SD footage, i’d hate to see it what it does with real formats.
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I already stated i have 10 years experience on NLE’s, and they are all more or less the same.
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I just wanted to know about legal recourses in such an event should FCP cost me more than the thousand(s) it already has from this one event, but i dont forsee any reason why i should use an apple product in the future. Making the same mistake twice wouldnt hold up in court anyways.
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Thats exactly what an editor in hollywood i talked to said, as well as an editor that works with me. Were all perplexed at how this could have happened but i am 100% certain that the footage did not originally have blackbars because i directed it and was there in the telecine house when they were doing color correction on the davinci system. I can also tell it was the work of FCP because i noticed that there was a certain fuzzyness to the edges of the “widescreen” effect bars, whereas using slugs gave a sharper edge.
Of course hindsight is 20/20 and i should have made a copy, but i have not seen the likes of this on any other NLE for the 10 years i have been working on them, so i never saw a reason to do a backup. I do have the original film, but i highly doubt that telecine kept a digital copy.
I guess FCP is no longer a NLE.