Everett Bowes
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is there a chance you can actually provide a Data DVD, instead? maybe you compress all of the clips and put it on a DVD that they can review on their computer, instead of “authoring” a DVD?
if they say “yes” to that, then maybe you can talk them into just buying a hard drive and transferring everything to the hard drive….. it’s a shot in the dark, but the time-savings would make it worth asking about.
everett bowes
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your render file is missing. most likely you may have lost it forever. if so, do you have your final export of that movie? you can import your previously “final” version of the movie into your timeline, and just use the final for the one scene that it looks like is missing.
also, can you just re-render it? are you missing the assets you need in order to just re-render the movie?
everett bowes
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decrease the size of the movie? (maybe 1280 x 720 instead of 1920×1080?)
do you have to use ProRes? can you use H.246?
are you creating a final master, or a clip for review?
everett bowes
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I bought the faderND from lightcraft.
They are VERY smooth, however, i felt the footage was all rather soft, no matter how much attention I paid to focus.
Maybe I needed to use a matte box, too?
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what do you mean “remove what’s not really relevant”?
I prefer to do time lapse in After Effects. For some reason I feel it gives a cleaner, softer image. Now, that was something I found years ago, and I haven’t tried doing it in FCS ever since. So, someone else might want to chime in and correct that advice if they say FCS can give a really nice result.
If I were doing it in AE I would put all of the clips in one composition, lined up in the timeline back to back. I would not apple the time remapping to each of the clips, though.
Instead I would bring that composition (containing all of the individual clips) into a new composition, and apply the time remapping to that “nested sequence” (using the Final Cut Pro term).
If I were going to do this exclusively in FCS I would still consider doing it this way. Maybe export your entire movie to a QuickTime file, or a QuickTime reference file. Then, import that clip, and do your time remapping to that clip.
Hope that helps!
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1) resize one clip to accurately reflect the settings you want
2) Copy the clip
3) in your timeline, highlight all of the other clips that you want to have the same settings
4) one they are highlighted, right-click on one of the clips. choose “paste attributes”that should do it.
now, keep in mind, the settings it takes to make all of footage type “A” accurate will not necessarily be the same to make all of footage type “B” what you need. So, group all of your media so that you can do this eight times (if you have eight types of media).
for instance, the settings for MiniDV footage will apply to all of your mini DVD content. Then your settings for your HDV content will apply only to your HDV content. Etc…..
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If I were going to vote on this, I would say get a 7200 RPM hard drive, no matter what the capacity. You’ll want to capture your media to an external drive. Top of the line processor is nice, but not a must-have. And spend your money on RAM. Get as much RAM as you can afford.
And I like buying RAM from Other World Computing https://www.macsales.com/
I find they have the best pricing and service. -
Disk Warrior works magically for me. Any time I see some system-slowdown I run it.
Also, I’ve found that running Onyx (especially after Disk Warrior) tends to help, too. Beware, however, that I’ve actually heard some bad things about running Onyx. For me, I’ve used it for a year and I’ve never had any issues arise from using it. Others, here, may say otherwise.
And, of course, you definitely want to capture your media to a non-system hard drive.
everett
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I tend to do most of my text in After Effects. I feel it comes out more cleanly that way. Something for you to consider?
Also, consider creating your text in Photoshop and import the graphic? I know it’s a still image, but that might work for you.
The issue you’re having sounds like it could be an interlacing issue. You say it looks bad when you play it back after going through Compressor? Are you playing it in QuickTime? If so, play your movie back again, and this time press COMMAND-J on the keyboard. In the window that opens click on “Video Track”. Then, choose the “Visual Settings” tab at the bottom. When you do, put a check mark in the “High Quality” box at the bottom right of the window. Potentially this could be the issue you’re experiencing. Your text might “pop” after doing this.
Let me know…
e~
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check out tutorials from https://www.videocopilot.net
they are some of the best out there! and, you’ll find some tips in there that are similar to the styles you are trying to achieve.as for serious training, definitely can’t go wrong with Lynda.com
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there’s some good stuff in there….e