Jeff Carpenter
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As you noted, iTunes video quality is primarily for iPods and I really don’t think it will deliver the quality you want.
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Quality? Video in iTunes looks the same as it does anywhere else on my computer.
The problem, as has been discovered, is that iTunes is slow as a dog and very unresponsive when it comes to video. I don’t know why this is, but I agree that iTunes is unsuitable for this purpse. Which is a shame, because the whole playlist/smart playlist functionality could be great for this kind of thing.
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Well, you can make an iDVD project that auto-plays the video first. It has to return to a menu, but you can make it a black screen with just a “Play Again” link.
If you need it to loop, go with DVD Studio Pro. If your video is longer than 2 hours, go with DVD Studio Pro and Compressor.
But if both of those things aren’t true, iDVD will do just fine. Make chapter markers in FCP, export to a non-self-contatined Quicktime movie (with chapters enabled in the export) and drag that file onto the menu iDVD defaults to.
Then go into the diagram mode and drag the video from 2nd play to 1st play. Then erase everything you don’t want off the menu.
Fast, easy.
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It is in Compressor. You can get to it in Final Cut by going to FILE > EXPORT > USING COMPRESSOR
The trick is that the pre-set isn’t called AC3. You want to find the Audio Formats folder and pick “Dolby 2.0”
That’s the one you want. Even though it’s not called AC3, that’s what it is.
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I know very little about this subject, but I THINK that you use firewire to control the deck. So the HDMI does all the A/V stuff while the FW does the controlling.
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Hold “C” while re-booting.
Though, is this Mac networked to other Macs? I’d think it would be faster to just copy the fonts off another Mac. Spotlight “Font” to find the proper library folder.
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OR…if you have a PCIe G5 or Intel Tower, look at the INTENSITY. Can’t set the monitor up to bars (which is crutial to color correction), but it gets HDMI to the monitor.
===============I’m not exactly sure, but I think the Intensity Pro has component out in addition to HDMI. This might overcome this limitation, maybe? I’m not exactly sure how or if it works, but that’s the impression I’ve gotten about it.
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Save you a headache? Easy…don’t make it into one in the first place!
You say this is “way outside your scope.” What is your scope? Figure out what you normally do and just do that.
I know that sounds flip but I’m being serious. Your mistake here is thinking that you need to create something out of photos and effects. A raw wedding tape isn’t something that needs to be built up. It’s a big hunk of granite that needs to be chisled down to a statue. Your job here is to cut stuff OUT, not add more junk. This is really editing at its purest.
Remember this; unlike any other job you do, the client is probably fine with the raw footage as it is. It’s THEIR wedding…they’ll be happy just seeing it at all, even if it is dull to any other human being. It’s not your job to change it. Rather, you should be focused on improving the viewing experience by making it shorter and cleaner.
My wedding clients hire me specifically because I DON’T do any of that gooey, fuzzy effect stuff. I worked out a very clean style that fits the way I like to work on any project, wedding or not. People hire me because they want to see themselves, not some silly after-effect saturated thing.
Of course, you’re in the unfortunate position of not having chosen these clients. So you don’t know what they want. But I would consider the very real posibility that they don’t want any of that stuff you’re worried about.
You should think about what your strenghts are as an editor and have a short conversation with the bride to make sure that she’ll be happy with that. Sell her on your strengths just like you’d sell any other client. Surely this has to be easier than the last medical-industrial video you did that required a million technical facts?
You seem to have some negative preconceived notions of what a wedding video should be. My main point here is that you don’t have to make THAT video. If you try to make a “wedding video” you’ll drive yourself crazy. Just make a “video” like any other and don’t worry that it doesn’t fit some standard mold.
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Stick with a 250 or 300 GB drive. It’s best to keep the boot drive (somewhat) small. Your media and other large files can be on other drives.
By keeping the boot drive smaller it’s faster for the OS to keep track of and access different parts of the programs its running.
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Will you have both systems at the same time?
The safest route (least chance of losing anything due to a mistake) is to network the 2 computers with ethernet and copy everything from the PC that you want. Then move the drives and reformat them at that point.
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Put your OS CD in the computer and restart holding the “C” key. Run disk utility from the CD. This will let you do whatever you need to to the boot drive.