Jack Fox
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Grain may be a timeline quality setting; jittery sounds like a camera without a tripod.
jmf
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Yes DVD+R DL to DVD9.
The project requires some compression to fit, but I thought the break point was set during the build and Toast would use this point. Are you saying the break point is not set until format and burn and Toast is putting it in?
jmf
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I am so impressed with patience and expertise of those who contributed to this thread. Your persistence beat the c__p out of an ugly stain in my editing awareness. Some of us are just not satisfied by learning technique by rote; for me, only by understanding a concept thoroughly will I accept such a basic process. Now, by knowing the etymology of a transition, I understand its consequence, place and placement in the precious string of frames. Thank you.
jmf
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I don’t expect imovie to be more sophisticated, only less inhibited. And, I can’t argue with the knowledge that makes cinema what it is today. How about this: What if there was an effect that could be inserted into the middle of a long line of ropes? It would have warnings that existing “used” frames will be affected and the sequence length will change, would this be offensive to pundit sensibility, if only available as an option?
jmf
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The old ways are to be respected, but sometimes it is vestment rather than utility that keeps them around. An example would be the qwerty keyboard.
The preciousness of every frame is a good argument, but I bet there are many who would benefit from new ways to go with new technology. The ability to choose between the established linear method and smart options would challenge the status quo. Now, not that the fields in video editing have anything to fear from teenagers and imovie, but making a car act like a horse is not always the best way to use revolutionary technology.
jmf
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Good point and well said. Actually, this was what I needed to understand this concept. Those of us who begin editing on a nonlinear system have a difficult time accepting linear constraints. Thanks Steven.
jmf
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It appears to me that sometimes new software is degraded by adhereing to old work flow. The feature is in imovie because Apple is not concerned about catering to old habits. I mean would the pundits of editing not buy FCP if it was able to apply edits without head and tail. I mean what would be lost?
jmf
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Easy big guys, I’ve been doing this for quite some time and yet had this embarrassing hole in my know how. No matter how it is, the software should be able to accommodate such a transition. I mean how hard would it be for a software routine to overlap used media and make adjustments to the sequence. I mean, what is so sacred about the last 15 frames of the preceding clip and the first 15 frames of the following clip; and if they are precious then you can always click undo and recap or re-cut the clip.
jmf
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Each of my butted clips are more than 180 seconds long. I’m missing something simple and very basic. Does it matter that the clips are in the middle of many other clips? I thought the effect does not need to move the object clips as it only needs to overlap them to produce the effect.
jmf
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Having media on both sides of a transition doesn’t seem to be relevant to my situation. For me, there are two clips, with the end of one touching the beginning of the other. There are no in and out points, I am coping media from one sequence and pasting (inserting) into another.
jmf