[Jeff Carpenter]

I know this isn’t true…
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Sorry, but it is true:

https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93844

That document is talking about Tiger as the reason for the cap since it’s a 32-bit OS. Leopard has improved in that regard, but the situation hasn’t changed because Final Cut Pro is still a 32-bit applictaion. Both the OS and the applicaion must be 64-bit before this can change. It hasn’t happened yet.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Well, remember Kang, different programs can each use RAM. So if you ever run more than 1 program at a time, having more RAM still helps.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Simon and Lu are giving you the ‘worst case’ situation.

If you’re lucky, it’s not the footage but just the sequence. Open a clip in the viewer and tell it to display at 100% size. That will give you your answer real quick!

If it is HD footage in a DV timeline, just make an HD timeline and copy everything in the old timeline and paste it in the new one.

It will likely all be re-sized wrong. You can select everything and right-click it to ‘remove attributes.’ You can reove the motion setttings and everything should re-size correctly.

If you’d previously re-sized a clip during the edit you may have to re-do that again.

Let us know how it goes.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Well, since we’re talking about it, here are 3 other ways to access applications.

Here’s how I found most of my apps back in Tiger:

And here’s how I do it now. Similar, but more colorful.

And of course, there’s our fun friend Spotlight. This was useless for app-launching in Tiger, but in Leopard it now selects the ‘Applications’ items first, thus making 3 or 4 letters all you need to launch some long-lost app.

And while we’re talking about the Dock, I love dragging files onto applications there. I have it so double-clicking JPEGs opens preview, but if I need it in Photoshop I’ll always drag it onto the Dock icon.

Oh, and I don’t really know how to screen-grab this one, but it’s possible to launch apps using your voice. It’s not faster, so I don’t do it. But it’s there!

I’m glad that 3rd party launchers exist, but I don’t think it’s fair to say that Apple’s been ignoring the issue.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Andrea, your idea dose have some merit. That idea DOES work for some media. Converting MP3s to AIF or WAV files is a good idea because Final Cut works with them easier than it does with MP3s.

So I can see where you’d get the idea.

But JPEGs are pretty easy on the system. I wouldn’t worry about converting them as Final Cut has no problem dealing with them.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Well, first off, stick with the external. That’s certainly the way to go.

Was the Lacie formatted as a OSX Extended drive? If all the footage is currently on the internal drive, try reformatting it (WILL erase everything) and then drag all the files back.

Also, put the OSX DVD in the computer, un-plug the Lacie and re-start holding the ‘C’ key. When the installation screen comes up, find the Disk Utilityi in the menu and run a disk repair and permissions repair on the boot drive.

Also make sure you’ve run the system update and that there aren’t any new downloads in there.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Is the video in the same place?

I mean, did it use to be on one type of hard drive and now it’s on another type?

[Jeff Carpenter]

I’d suggest Font Book too, since it comes with your Mac for free and probably does what you need.

If you find you need more control, I think this is what our graphic designers use on their systems:

https://www.extensis.com/en/products/font_management/product_information.jsp?locale=en_US&id=1060

[Jeff Carpenter]

The ‘Apple Intermediate Codec’ works great too. Converts as it captures over firewire.

I don’t know the file size difference between it and Pro-Res. Pro-Res is going to look a little better, but do some tests. If AiC is smaller, it might be worth it. I really don’t know if it is. If it isn’t, Pro-Res is a better option. If it is smaller, you’ll have to decide if it’s worth it.

[Jeff Carpenter]

It really depends on the subject matter.

A multi-camera sporting event? Yeah, your compression will suffer at 2 hours on a single layer disk.

But a tripod shoot of a long church service? You’ll do just fine, quality-wise, even up to 2 hours.

You’ll just have to try it out and test a disk on a TV to really know how it’s going to come out.