[J. Tad newberry]

wow, guys! thanks for the quick answers. it was all news to me. i’ll check into all those options…

thanks again!

mh

[J. Tad newberry]

the nesting thing works, but is kind of cumbersome when there are lots of clips to do this to. i thought of making a drop zone template in Motion to use in FCP, but the template has to be the same length as the video clip. i tried making a single frame Motion template with a drop zone, but that doesn’t work at all.

it seems like with the software i have (FCS 2), my two options are:

– nesting as in the OP, or if i don’t nest, i have 3 layers on my timeline just for one clip (clip, round-cornered matte, white border))

– bring all clips into Motion, drop them in, send them back to Motion…

…or try Combustion like David suggested. how do you guys like Combustion?

thanks again!

mh

[J. Tad newberry]

Ya, it could be true…but i’m just so glad i kept ye olde caarde here so i could do some work. I had no idea it would take this long, though. I’ll keep you posted as to when I finally get it and how it works.

thanks again!

mh

[J. Tad newberry]

Thanks for the Combustion tip, and WOW do you ever have a good memory! Thanks for aksing about my card. No, they have sent it back, and communication with them is not good at all. I did get confirmation that they received it on May 8, and they said it might take 6-8 weeks to get it back to me! That doesn’t seem very “average” for the industry, does it? Is this worth a serious complaint to the company??? In the meantime, I’m limping along with my GeForce FX 5200. What ever became of your situtation? I forgot, had you sent yours in?

thanks again!

mh

[J. Tad newberry]

weird. after about a half an hour, it showed up on my desktop. i have now reformatted it and am successfully circumventing the 2GB limit…

thanks again!

mh

[J. Tad newberry]

Ya, thanks for reminding me about the post. I just realized it when I didn’t see my post on the DVD SP forum…(where i THOUGHT i had posted this). Sorry for that error.

Bummer news what you say, and you’re right again…it wasn’t what I wanted to hear, but if that is what is, then it is shall it be. Maybe the best I can tell my client is that, “it will work on some computers”. And on the ones it does not work, at least they will see a menu that tells them which website they WOULD HAVE been automatically sent to.

thanks again!

mh

[J. Tad newberry]

Thanks! No, I had never checked out Font Book, but it appears to answer most of my questions. Thanks a bunch…

thanks again!

mh

[J. Tad newberry]

Yes, i suppose. I bought it online at PC Connection in December of 2007, so hopefully they gave whatever newest version was available. Either way, it is now enroute to ATI HQ! Hopefully they can fix or replace it quickly.

thanks again!

mh

[J. Tad newberry]

I stand corrected: this card has no connection point for the Y-connector. I have pulled it out and am sending it to ATI to see what magic they can incant upon it.

thanks again!

mh

[J. Tad newberry]

Probably a very good point. I will call my local Apple Store to see if they have one…or maybe I’ll just send in the card and let ATI check it out.

thanks again!

mh