[Jeff Jeffares]

Thanks for the quick response David. I am about to upgrade to the Thunderbolt iMac & a Pegasus drive. Will this solve the problem?

[Jeff Jeffares]

Quick question Jerry. I downloaded X with no problems to my new iMac, but I have an older MacBook Pro that has a 32-bit Intel Core Duo processor. Will FCP X not run on this Mac? Or will it run with limited functionality?

[Jeff Jeffares]

Got the answer from Tom Wolsky…

Assign the Angle numbers in the Angle column in the browser before you make the multiclip.

Thanks Tom!

[Jeff Jeffares]

That took care of it! Thanks Stephen, I am looking forward to the DVD and this will certainly help.

Jeff

[Jeff Jeffares]

Thanks Stephen. That should take care of my F-key problem.

I have now discovered that the command keys you speak of are different on my Motion. It must be the difference between Motion 3 & 4. For example: File Browser is not Command-, it is Command-4.

[Jeff Jeffares]

Thanks for the quick response Stephen.

That did give me my I & O keys, but nothing happens when I use the F-keys (even when I hold down the function key) or for example the command-2 key to bring up the Library or any of the other command keys you mention to navigate around Motion.

Jeff

[Jeff Jeffares]

Thanks Tom,

I only plan to use them for quick approvals from the client and would never use them for any final work.

I appreciate all of your help,

Jeff

[Jeff Jeffares]

Tom,

One final question about Reference Movies. Are they any different in quality than the Self-Contained movie other than the fact that they cannot stand alone?

Thanks,

Jeff

[Jeff Jeffares]

I now see what you are talking about. Seems like they could make that color a little more obvious.

I was under the mistaken conclusion that real time & no render meant the same thing and that bold-lettered filters meant you didn’t have to render. I now understand that it is speaking of timeline playback.

I guess that course wasn’t as good as I thought. <;-) (Dunce hat) I apologize. I was confusing you with the Tom from Colorado. But I still thank you for your response and the training! All the best, Jeff

[Jeff Jeffares]

Good to hear from you Tom. I was lucky enough to take a FCP course from you when you came to the Atlanta Cow College a few years back that Walter organized. Learned a lot!

Lately, I am working with P2 cards and shooting in 720p. It is usually a timeline with a long clip or a bunch of clips onto which I have dropped the timecode reader filter. Shouldn’t need to be rendered. No red or green lines showing and all are the normal gray. I am working with my laptop, so it could be a render issue. Although it seems to not need a render, even when I ask it to do so.

Thanks for the quick response,

Jeff