John Rofrano
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[Robin S. Kurz] “Which essentially works out to what I suggested… just without the step outside of FCP. ???? “
Oh yea… I missed the part where you said to set the opacity to zero on another clip. I just caught that now when I re-read it. Yes, exactly the same result. (sorry)
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[Jeff Feaz] “Too bad it doesn’t protect the primary storyline from transitions though.”
You have to realize that what every NLE does is composite multiple layers of video. Whatever can be seen in the video buffer will be composited with whatever else is covering it. This is absolutely what you want to happen because it allows multiple “tracks” of video to be composited and interact as one. I would absolutely expect a Push transition to push whatever can be seen (in this case the primary storyline) off of the screen. Thats what a Push transition does (but you already know that).
Another simple solution to your problem would be to open your favorite photo editor (that would be Affinity Photo for me) and create a transparent PNG that is the same dimension as your project (e.g., 1920×1080). Then drop the transparent PNG in front of your connected clip and drop the Push transition between them. This will create a secondary storyline where the transparent image is pushing the connected clip but all you will see is the video from the main storyline sitting still just like you want because the outgoing clip is transparent and reveals what’s under it.
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[Nigel O'Neill] “Just wondering… in case John Rofrano is still checking this forum.”
Yes, it’s on my todo list. ????
[Nigel O'Neill] “FYI the VP Edit 15 installer REMOVED Ultimate S Pro 4.1 from Vegas Pro 13 and I had to reinstall Ultimate S. Saw Vasst had version 4.2 and installed that.”
That’s very odd. Ultimate S Pro 4 was updated for Vegas Pro 14. If you have Vegas Pro 14 installed and you install Vegas Pro 15, Ultimate S Pro 4 will continue to work with Vegas Pro 15. It looks like you never upgraded to Vegas Pro 14 which is why the Vegas Pro 13 installation won’t show up. You will have to wait until we update the installer to be compatible with Vegas Pro 15 (sorry).
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[Jeff Feaz] “In my case, I used John’s suggestion above and changed it to a slide transition, which met my needs.”
Glad that worked for you.
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At the OS level, obviously the OS needs to support the machine hardware. So, for example, I can’t boot my macOS Sierra drive from my 2010 Mac Pro on my 2008 Mac Pro because the 2008 doesn’t support OS X after El Capitan. At the GPU level drivers for graphics cards, I’m pretty sure if you booted a drive from an AMD GPU Mac on an NVIDIA GPU Mac that it would still work with generic display drivers that don’t take advantage of your graphics card but at least would give you a display. It’s an emergency measure for sure but at least its an option.
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[Robert Withers] “The system broke down for us. I won’t use 2-factor until there is an option not tied to a mobile or landline. Mobiles can disappear. Landlines don’t travel.”
There already is. You don’t need a land-line. My apology if I didn’t explain it clearly.
What about a spouses phone? The Trusted Number just needs a number that is trusted. It could be your kids or your cousin, or a neighbor you trust. It’s just a phone number that Apple can call to give you your authorization code. This number has absolutely no authority other than to receive an automated phone call from Apple. Surely there is someone you trust to receive this phone call?
BTW, I want to personally thank you. While researching an answer I checked my Apple ID and realized that the only number I had on my account was my cell phone. I added my home phone and Apple called me on my home phone to verify so now if I loose my phone, I can get someone at home to verify for me. Had you not asked this question, I may have found myself in a similar situation although I have my iPhone, iPad Pro, Mac Pro and MacBook Pro registered as devices on my account so the chance of loosing access to all of them it quite slim but it always helps to have one more method. THANKS! 😀
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[Chris Brunner] “However Architect 7 doesn’t support burning HEVC discs. I’m wondering if either Vegas 15 or the version of Architect that they are selling (is it 7 or 8?) supports HEVC discs. “
It is my understanding that no consumer software does now, nor ever will support burning Ultra HD (HEVC/H.265) Blu-ray Discs (if this is what you are asking about) because Hollywood Studios won’t allow it! The software is extreme expensive on the order of thousands of dollars (see https://www.scenarist.com or https://www.dvd-logic.com/kite/) and you must be a member of the Blu-ray Disc Association just to buy it!
In short, Hollywood doesn’t want consumers to be able to make these discs so don’t hold your breath for support from anyone. They won’t even allow most PC’s to play them back due to their copy protection scheme. It looks like consumer HEVC is going to be a file based media server delivery format only.
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[Robert Withers] “I’m hoping I’ll be able to use a new MBP or iMac with these drives by using some kind of adapter or hub. What do you think?”
I think you are correct! We are all in the same boat. I got a new MBP last year and the it doesn’t have a firewire port so I bought a Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter and I’m back in business.
What I have started doing is buying 1TB or 2TB Western Digital MyPassport USB 3.0 drives when they go on sale (1TB for $49 on sale). My 2010 Mac Pro up to my 2015 MacBook Pro all support USB 3.0 so everything is compatible with these drives. I rarely use my old firewire drives anymore.
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Yes, thats the idea. I use Carbon Copy Cloner to make bootable copies. You can use the free version but I bought it because I use it a lot. I fact, I do this once a month and then boot from them to make sure that they work so if my Mac gets wiped out somehow, I can go to any of my other Mac’s and boot with this external hard drive and keep working. Literally zero-downtime.
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[Robert Withers] “But the 2-factor phone text message system depends on you having your own phone always available.”
Actually most 2-factor schemes allow multiple second factors and you should make sure to enable those options. While the iPhone uses codes as the primary means of identification, usually they have text message option which means simply getting your phone replaced will allow you to receive text messages on your new phone (it doesn’t even have to be an iPhone at that point). Some also have a “phone call” option where you can give a land-line (or again your cell phone which will work once you get it replaced) and it will read the code to you which you then type into your browser. Apple ID allows you to add a trusted phone number in addition your iPhone. Had your friend use that option, she wouldn’t have been locked out (assuming she had a home phone number that was not her cell). You can read more about it here.
2-factor authentications is a critical security tool to use and you should always take advantage of it. If set up properly, you should always have options available to you for authentication. This case is a rare instance of an iPhone and computer being lost or failing at the same time. Don’t let that scare you away from securing your accounts.
~jr
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