Gunner Jones
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Might want to try trashing prefs.
O&O-Gunner Productions
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I don’t understand, why not just backup your project using your master tapes and the original project file? That’s the way I’ve always worked. Just keep your project files and master tapes in a safe place. I prefer a waterproof/fireproof safe.
O&O-Gunner Productions
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Welcome to the wonderful world of FCP rendering. We see this problem most every day because you have to know quite a lot about between the differences between how FCP uses RT Extreme for RT previewing and how you should prepare renders going out to tape or DVD.
So far, you’ve got good suggestions, allow me to add a few:
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[Dominic] “Try recording to tape and viewing the tape on a TV. “
Dom,
Your workflow is all wrong. You should be viewing your timeline AS YOU CUT, not afterward. See page 55 of the manual. If you have your video monitor connected while you are working, you’ll get no surprises on output. You’ll save on DVD “coasters” as well as a whole lot of time if you simply set up your system to spec.Most self-taught FCP’ers do not have their system setup to spec.
O&O-Gunner Productions
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[Steve DSV] “1. Slow Motion – i hear problems in achieving good smooth slow motion effects.”
In FCP 5, the rendering for all fx including slo-motion is of excellent quality. You can preview the speed fx in RT, but to get good slo-mo, of course, you’ll have to render it out.
[Steve DSV] “basically if i choose a HDV project settings, and dump a single DV file on there is it going to need to render every DV clip or will it cope ok?”
You are talking about two totally different formats, so yes, you’ll have to render one or the other. You’ll get good results in a DV/SD timeline, but if you up-convert DV to HDV, well, that’s gonna look like krapola no matter which system you use. Scaling up DV footage 6x to achieve the same 1080i frame that HDV offers–well, let’s just say, I’d question that workflow in any NLE.
[Steve DSV] “o i have to RENDER any clips that need before outputting to MPEG2 or can this be done during the conversion process?”
The only MPEG2 FCP works with AFAIK is HDV. For that, there is no conversion to get it onto the timeline, but every frame is an I-frame. You finish your show and output to Compressor, and yes, this means encoding back to the GOP based MPEG 2 used for DVD. Fortunately, you can encode to mulitple machines if you’ve got ’em.
[Steve DSV] “will it perform as well with normal DV (4:3 and 16:9) in terms of RT performance as i didn’t get a chance to see this in action?
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Sure, just get the most powerful Mac and speediest drives you can afford.[Steve DSV] “How would people class the new dynamic RT performace in ‘real terms'”
I like it a lot, but since I never have touched a PC NLE–I have no comparison to make. It’s certainly an improvement over FCP HD. Typically Dynamic RT is for previewing complex fx, so most every effect you will have to render before outputting. Some items can be played out in RT at full quality, depending on your system.
[Steve DSV] “can i edit in HDV and then play back the timeline to a client in FULL SCREEN to show them demos?
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Yes, you can use Digital Cinema Desktop to show a full-frame playback. You can also use a capture card to downconvert the HDV signal to play out to a SD monitor in 16:9.My overall suggestion is to try not compare the two editing environments. Some things are going to be more elegant, some things won’t work as well as “Old Paint Edius”. Just like when folks compare Avid and FCP, there are pluses and minuses on both sides. If you are really concerned that FCP won’t be “as good”, I’d say, just stick with what you know.
O&O-Gunner Productions
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Looks like you need the After Effects forum here chum.
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It’s called Range Check. It’s for checking for excess luma and chroma. Control Z turns it off.
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Caution: Those Dells are VERY bright, like they’ll burn a hole into you retinas bright, and there’s not an easy way to control them. Although in MacWorld Mag, I heard of a shareware utility that does this.
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You may want to change the screen resolution so that the Dual Display options will show up in the Window>Arrange menu.
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How does it look in your video monitor? Check that for sure.
O&O-Gunner Productions
FCP-Avid-After Effects