Ken Tannenbaum
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Hey Rafael, appreciate the note. Here’s the thing. First, it’s fixed. What happened and will still happen unless I figure it out is that when “text” is selected from the pull down under the Viewer, the words “Sample Text” don’t show up in the Viewer as they’re supposed to. Dragging the blank Viewer page to the timeline brought it in fine and then I was able to modify the text. But for quite awhile it stumped me.
I’m guessing it’s a Viewer prefs thing and I haven;t had time to check it out.Again, thanks.
Ken Tannenbaum
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Thanks very much. Say, while I have you “on the phone” I was able to nest three clips and slightly enlarge them as one clip for my purposes. Now, about TYPE, when I make the “type” selection at the bottom of the viewer, “SAMPLE TEXT” does not show up in the viewer. I’ve done this before but this time can’t seem to make it happen.
If you can suggest what I may be doing wrong, again thanks in advance.
Ken Tannenbaum
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Herb, that’s enormously helpful. I’ve got other things on my plate and assembling the formatting knowledge I’ll need. Appreciate it. Thanks. Ken
Ken Tannenbaum
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Gents! Thanks for the suggestions. Shooting stills for advertising for 30 years has provided a ton of opportunities to give other some help. Nice to get some for a change.
Much appreciated, Ken
Ken Tannenbaum
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Before any of you kind people jump at the chance to shine, this gem-in-the-rough (me) will attack the problem by reading all about compositing.
So thanks if you want to chime in and thanks if you don’t.
Best, Ken
Ken Tannenbaum
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I’m grateful for the insight and will look into it. Thanks, Ken
Ken Tannenbaum
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Great avatar. Is it any wonder you’re holding your head? All the stuff in there just itching to get out!
Me, I’m just a lowly photographer!
Ken Tannenbaum
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Beautifully said. Now, would you mind stopping by my place to help my wife remove the noose. She doesn’t like heights.
It is interesting to me that although as stated, I don’t use FCP much, when I first got involved a few years ago…when FCP6 was The One, I checked it out very carefully and typical of me, learned what I needed to learn to get the job done. Well, my memory does not include any reference to what you’ve laid out. Of course, what you know and what I NOW know took awhile to be revealed and understood when the shit hit the fan four years ago.
I’m not usually four years behind the times and have zero interest in changing the technologies I work with…so for the time being I’ll do the following UNLESS you or another generous soul chimes in. My plan is to see a file through the process to a final QT movie. If it looks good, fine. If not I’ll extrapolate a “backward” plan to change the color, etc. for the better and check it again as a “final” version. I see no other way around the carousel.
Again, thanks for your insight. Ken
Ken Tannenbaum
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Thanks….in answer to your question, the imported codec is ProRes 422.
About the external device, GEEZ, I’m basically a photographer these many years and use two monitors…one for images, the other for tools, etc. They’re properly calibrated ad nauseum. BUT, I have been shooting video for about two years, clips for stock and usually haven’t had the issue of transferring what I see in FCP and the final QT clip I upload to agencies. This time I’ve got a close-up of hands and a white envelope so the color and contrast are important. More to the point, when you say that the viewer and canvas “aren’t color accurate” that blows me away. I’m positive you know what you’re saying however, I thought the equipment in use…computer+display needed the accuracy and that it was a “given” that FCP’s algorithms are accurate and as good as the user (me) is in interpreting what’s on the screen.
If you’d kindly clarify, I’d appreciate it. Thanks, Ken
Ken Tannenbaum
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Hey there! I believe it’s the quality of it, not the aesthetics, although in many videos, they’re nearly the same. Anyway, I shoot H:264, then an MpegStreamclip conversion to ProRes, import and edit in FCP, output as ProRes422 .mov file, then MpegSTreamclip to PhotoJpeg.
Parenthetically, it seems that all but one of the companies I submit to accept, even prefer PhotoJpeg. One insists on a re-conversion to H:264. But that’s off-subject.
Did anything I mentioned shed light on the clip quality issue…again, rejected by one and only one affiliate.
I just like to get answers when questions come up.Thanks.
Ken Tannenbaum
