[Jeff Handy]

If it’s unclear what is happening, this screen recording should help.

https://www.screencast.com/t/3cyKq2i9

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[Jeff Handy]

It was just released this morning. Go check it out – it’s a $300 upgrade. Tons of new features including the marker enhancements.

HandyGeek

[Jeff Handy]

Actually, they do show in the timeline. At least the version of FCP I’m using shows them. (FCP 6.0.6 on Tiger) You are right about the canvas though. I don’t know why they don’t show up there. Strange.

HandyGeek

[Jeff Handy]

Final Cut works only within the limitations of your timeline. After Effects adjusts to your output – different tools for different uses. Size it first (in PS or whatever you work with for images), then bring it into Final Cut.

HandyGeek

[Jeff Handy]

I would make the markers in the viewer before you pull the clips into the timeline. Then the markers are based on the original and not the timeline.

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[Jeff Handy]

The new quad is flying circles around my work Macs – gotta love that. My only minor regret is not getting more memory right away. But it’s doing great for now on only 3GB. I’m waiting to see if the 4GB sticks work anyway. If they do, I’ll wait longer for the prices to come down a bit. I can get by quite nicely on what I have for at least a good year. I am glad that I went with the display card upgrade. This is a home computer and as such I do just a little gaming as well. World of Warcraft looks gorgeous on my new LED monitor being driven by the sweet video card.

Final Cut and Motion fly. With my Macs at work, I have to render quite a bit. Not so much on my home system. I love that. I can now be more productive at home than I am at work – not that I need to be. 🙂 Compressor cranks out stuff pretty quick. At work, we have a lot more Macs to contribute cycles to Compressor; so it’s much faster at work. But for editing and effects stuff I think my home system is going to do quite well for a long time. It has more than enough horsepower, loads of expansion capability (I already installed a spare 750GB drive) and it looks damn sexy on my desk. All in all, I’m pretty happy with this purchase so far.

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[Jeff Handy]

I’m partial to Keylight. I was thrilled when they finally ported it for Final Cut.

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[Jeff Handy]

I bought a quad that’s supposed to come tomorrow or Monday. If you want performance results, watch http://www.barefeats.com
I would not use iMovie as a performance benchmark, though. I’m not surprised about real time rendering at all. I get faster than real time processing using our 4-core systems at work using Compressor network rendering. FWIW, you can use network rendering even if you don’t have other systems on the network. Compressor sees each core as a separate processor. So as far as Compressor will be concerned, you essentially have four computers. It should tear through compression pretty nicely. I’ll find out soon just how fast for myself. GL

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[Jeff Handy]

What you need are folder actions, not actions with Compressor. When a file is not in use and has been added to the folder, instruct the finder to copy the file into the determined location.

[Jeff Handy]

Ok – so that’s not it, then. I’m at a loss as to what could cause this. We even tried wiping all hints of FCP and installing fresh. Same results. Argh!