[Hilary Lush]

Thanks Shane… sorry about all the stupid questions! I’ll try those suggestions over the next few days and if not… i suppose it’s on to premiere in a few months time 🙂

Thanks again!!

[Hilary Lush]

Hi David and Shane!

Thank you both for answering!

Just to clarify if i:

compress my mpeg4s to Apple ProRes 422

change my .wavs to .aiffs

work on/store my project on an external hard drive (i have a Seagate FreeAgent Go 500gb) using a firewire 800 cable

…the dropped frames will probably go away?

Also, would i need to change my FCP setup? The only option i can see matching Apple ProRes is “HDV-Apple ProRes 422 1080p24″…or do I leave it on the “DV-PAL” setting?

Ultimately, I always knew the quality was going to be quite poor, but I’m just aiming to eliminate the major problem – whenever my film cuts to a different scene, half the pixels from one scene drag over to the new one (for about 2 or 3 seconds each time)…

I definately need to get a better grip on FCP/computers, this is just pathetic. So if this latest technique doesn’t work out I’ll use adobe premiere though I’ll have to wait another 4 months…(my uncle has it, but i’m overseas at the moment)

Thanks again!!