[Herb Sevush]

Oh Mr. Weiss – you are SSSOOOOOOO polite here on this forum I barely recognized you. :>

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Herb Sevush]

As another Inscriber user I would second the recomendation of the CHV text collection.

It’s a series of plug-ins that make use the FCP “Text Tool” interface, but add much needed features. Like inscriber it creates a clip that can easily be moved around the timeline and treated like a graphic with an alpha channel. Not quite up to Inscriber standards, but worth the $49.

On the other hand, motion is fairly easy to learn and has lots of great text animations and lower third templates. It does require rendering but it integrates with FCP very well. I find I use it for any animated text needs.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Herb Sevush]

RULE #1: Never show a “work-in-progress.”
RULE #2: If you ask for an OPINION from someone they will feel obligated to give you one, even if they don’t really know or care.

Matte –

I agree with rule 2 but totally disagree with rule 1.

I find it very valuable to sit through a screening with someone who has never seen the piece before; but then I either don’t ask for their opinions or else just totally ignore them. What I find is that the experiance of watching WITH someone else helps me to see the piece with fresh eyes – sort of an empathic reaction to the other viewer. This is the power of the screening.

Whom you’ve picked changes the weight I give to the opinion of the screener: I’ve pulled in janitors, bookeepers, fellow editors and producers ( a list I just compiled in descending order of the value I give to their imput.)

Also the screener must be cherry – once they’ve seen it they loose their value to me.

The exception to all this is if you are blessed to be working with a simpatico producer. For this pleasure I will even work on a flat.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Herb Sevush]

Kevin –

I’ve been working on a PBS series shot at 720P60. One stream is all you will get, and just barely at that. I’m working on a G5, Dual 2.5, 4 meg of ram and fibre channel drives. And yes, HDPRO 60 is much tougher on the Mac than uncompressed.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions