[Karim Zouak]

you could also match frame to the master clip, which will default with the in + out point you’re currently using, and then apply your speed changes and pull it back to the timeline.

just don’t forget to check for those changes to the master clip next time you use it for something else.

-karim

[Karim Zouak]

Hi, Tony

>Did you upgrade to FCP 5 from FCP 4.5? Did you upgrade to Tiger also?
The G5 came with Tiger installed. We bought and installed FCP 4.5 then the upgrade to FCP 5.0.

>I should have upgraded the OS first then the applications,drivers etc.
>So I intend on doing this on another drive to start over again.

Let me know if you have any luck with your re-install…

-k

[Karim Zouak]

Yes, use the effect in the video set called “timecode reader”. If you’ve got a set of clips and you’d rather have a global reference back to your FCP session, then you could nest that timeline and apply the reader to that.

-karim

[Karim Zouak]

Thanks very much everybody, I guess I’m going analog then!

[Karim Zouak]

Probably nothing

[Karim Zouak]

I would prepare a photoshop file or a precomp that is very wide, and then use the Distort>Offset filter to track it around.

>Either way how many pictures minimum would we need? I guess, using the CC cylinder effect could be a way…any ideas?
It depends on if you’re trying to optically recreate the human eye or going for a look. If you want it to look real, I’d guess about 10 shots or so, but you’d have to look through a standard lens on your camera and line up a common object on the edge of each frame…

best of luck,
-k

Karim Zouak

[Karim Zouak]

I agree — it’s well put together, but the reusing of shots and visual devices gets repetitive… always a challenge with this sort of thing. If you’ve got the option, and you’re not stuck with putting the exact footage where you’ve put it, I’d try swapping out some of the ‘mini tv screen’ images so that you don’t use that same footage quite as much. Maybe you could also change the scale at which you are doing the kaleidoscope thing, sometimes fewer images, sometimes a lot more?

-karim

[Karim Zouak]

Hi, Jameel;

I usually use 720×480 — which is the DV spec, and works just fine. But if you are doing overlay menus, make sure to export a frame at 720×534 and use that are your template, or things will never line up.