[John Pale]

tell us more about the file.

FCP should not have trouble importing a PICT file…

Is there anything unusual about it that you have neglected to tell us? Is it Grayscale instead of RGB, for instance?

[John Pale]

[Mike Manor] “So, my question: is there a way to send this guy the FCP project file with timeline AND with only the media that is actually used in the project attached to it, and not all of the captured scratch included on the hard drive? “

Yes. You can do this pretty easily using Media Manager.
Carefully read the chapter in FCP help on how to use the Media Manager, beginning Volume IV Page 93

[John Pale]

You should really do this kind of stuff in Motion or Live Type.

They really excel at this and they came with FCP for a reason.

Right tool for the right job.

[John Pale]

You dont import STL files into Final Cut.

You import STL files into DVD Studio Pro for subtitling purposes.

See Page 455 of the DVDSP online help for details

[John Pale]

If its any consolation, it only takes a few seconds, as it does not have to render anything. Its not actually changing anything except metadata.

Try it on one clip to see if it actually fixes your problem first.

[John Pale]

[Blub06] “Have you ever thought to select all the clips in the time line with the Apple A function, copy and paste into a new bin called something like, decompose?”

You can also use the “Create Master Clips” command to do this.

[John Pale]

Try opening the offending clip in Cinema Tools, then conform it to the proper frame rate.

Since the clip actually is the proper frame rate, there will be no change to it, except the metadata that is causing Quicktime to report the wrong framerate will be fixed.

I had this happen a while back, and this fixed it for me.

Try it out and see.

[John Pale]

Firewire hard drives are cheap enough, that there really is no excuse for not cloning your hard drive before upgrading. This way you can always go back, if things don’t work out.

[John Pale]

In many markets, you could rent a DVCPRO HD deck for less than the cost of doing all the SD dubs (not to mention the extra time to deal with the added layers of complexity)

[John Pale]

There is no need to involve SD in the editing equation. Editing in the DVCPRO HD codec (not talking about uncompressed HD) is actually less demanding than SD Uncompressed video, so the storage needs are manageable. You can operate entirely in one timebase and stay in HD…greatly simplifying the editing process.