Kevin Monahan
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No you cannot customize Timecode settings in the DSR-11. The DSR-40 will do it. So will a PD-150 camcorder. Most every high end DV deck will prestripe TC, but the DSR-11 is the low end on pro video decks and will not. There might be a workaround using Simple Video Out. I’m sure someone will post that here.
Kevin Monahan
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Hey Sally,
Yes, you can capture clips that way in FCP if you shot with standard DV using a different technique. Capture a clip, select it, run Mark>DV Start-Stop Detection and your Clip will then contain markers if you twirl down the disclosure triangle on the clip. These markers act as subclips. Or, if you prefer, you can select them and then run Modify>Make Subclip and turn the markers into media manageable items. Not quite as simple as iMovie, but it was designed much later than FCP, so it may have a few slick things FCP does not. Also, in many cases, it’s harder to do something in FCP over iMovie, but it’s more than likely more customizable. For instance, you cannot manage media in iMovie.Kevin Monahan
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
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Suggest you use Title 3D. The legacy generators are not of the same quality.
Kevin Monahan
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Better yet, convert the original AIFF file to 48 kHz, that is, if you have access to it.
Kevin Monahan
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What will solve your problem is to set up FCP properly with a good video monitor. It appears that you are not using one.
And people that don’t check their work as they work on a proper video monitor will experience this confusion. The Canvas will not show you the true quality of your rendered output. However, if it looks good on the video monitor, it will be fine for output. You see, it doesn’t matter if you’re going straight to DVD or the web, you still need to use your video monitor as you work to check the quality of your graphics for output. That alone is reason enough to work with a properly set up FCP system. FCP is more than an app, it indeed is a system. If it’s not set up properly, you’ll introduce confusion to the mix: not good.
Likewise, an exported QT will often be displayed in low res, even though it exists as a high quality output file. It will look great if you enable high quality playback (CMD +J in QT), if you need to have a look at that quality. Even easier to just look at the video monitor, as I earlier said. Indeed, this confuses the editor that does not know about the different quality that QT can display – again, a low quality appearance by default, while the higher quality is actually used for output and encodes.
Your final gotcha is that you also have to render with the dark green FULL bar checked in the Sequence>Render menu. Also, the RT pop up must be in Safe RT, High Quality and Full Frame rate. These items get by a lot of people.
Hope this helps you understand how FCP works regarding displaying video graphics.
Kevin Monahan
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
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Hi Bob,
Happy PowerBook user with FCP. You’re gonna be lovin’ life really soon. Don’t know how I ever got by without one of these babies.My advice? Go here:
https://www.apple.com/powerbook/index15.htmlBump up the RAM to 2GB and you’re set. And yes, you can connect to a second desktop to expand out.
In fact, I’m doing that now on the DVI out of my older G4 800 mHz Titanium laptop, which incidentally will do anything Studio can dish out except Motion. The video card is just too old, unfortunately. This laptop has served me well for about 3 years now though, so I’ve gotten my money’s worth. It has been upgraded to include 1GB RAM, a SuperDrive and Blue Tooth. It’s been a great road warrior for me: NYC, Tokyo, BKK. Fairly extreme environments.
More expensive options:
You could get the 17″, but that’s a bit too big to be truly portable. I think the 15″ is a nice compromise on price/size.You could also get an iMac G5 and one of those portable crash cases to haul from the office to the trade show or hotel. I prefer the ease of just grabbing the Ti Book and running out the door. The cafe makes better coffee than me and it’s got wireless. Kewl…
Kevin Monahan
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This problem is actually mentioned in the poor reviews.
No doubt about it, if you go cheap with gear from the get go you pay in the long run.Kevin Monahan
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
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First of all, connect a video monitor. Preview is never disabled there. Many do not work with a monitor while capturing. I don’t know why….
Secondly, trash your FCP Prefs files. That will usually get your preview to kick back in.
If you are daisy chaining a cam to a FireWire drive, that can also cause this problem. Most people need to get a PCI card (tower) or PCMCIA card(PowerBook) to put the cam/deck and drives on separate buses.
Kevin Monahan
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PCs cannot compete with a Mac when it comes to video.
Rather a blanket statement, that’s really untrue. A lot of videographics programs run better on the PC. After Effects and 3D apps especially.Kevin Monahan
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
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Also make sure the dark green FULL bar is checked in your Sequence>Render Menus and you have the RT pop up menu to Safe RT and Full Frame. These two things get by a lot of people.