Mark Raudonis
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You need to know about “Automatic Duck”. https://www.automaticduck.com/
Go to their website and you’ll learn everything you ever wondered about cross platform transfering of projects, media, etc.
Mark
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Just got home from the LAFCPUG meeting where two logging programs were demonstrated.
You may want to check out: https://www.imagineproducts.com/ They have 4 versions available from $99. up to $500 depending on what you need.
Also a company called “Digital Heaven” from the UK has a product called “Movie Logger” https://www.digital-heaven.co.uk/indexflash.htm
Finally, we use something called “Pilotware”:https://www.pilotware.com/ They make very heavy duty, extremely flexible, Filemaker pro based logging programs that can handle HUGE databases. They aren’t cheap, but the software is bulletproof and definitely gets the job done. I believe they also have a more economical single user version available.
That’s it. All of these suggestions have different strengths and weaknesses. Only you can decide which is best for you. Good luck.
Mark
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Michael,
The key is organization. What kind of file naming system are you using? Many people use a combination of date and camera loads as their filename. For example, 124A05 would be today’s date, “A” camera, fifth tape of the day. Then, when digitizing that tape, any clips would increment up: 124A05-1, 124A05-2. etc. With this kind of system in place, you can quite easily find things based on date, camera, and relative position on the tape. We happen to use “time of day” timecode and therefore, we can easily say “find me everything shot after dinner on tuesday”. (I know that time of day code makes digitizing more diffficult, but we happily pay that price for the benefit of being able to easily find stuff.
What are the specifics of your searching needs? What are you trying to find? Clips based on words (soundbites from interviews)? Picture oriented choices (B-roll, stock footage), Scene based material (Slate, take, performance). Each of these examples require fundamentally different approaches to searching.
Mark
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What kind of information are you trying to put onto this log sheet? Reel numbers? Timecode? Music cues? Rights clearances? What? Knowing what your looking for will help us help you.
Mark
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To change your system settings click on the apple in the upper left corner. See the item “system preferences”? Click on that. There are two things that you can do to alter how a computer goes to “sleep”. If you just want the screen saver to kick in but not put the computer to sleep, then look at the top row of icons under “personal”. Find the “Desktop and screensaver” icon. Open it and you’ll find the settings to activate your screen saver. If you really want the whole CPU to go to sleep then go to “Hardware” and look at “energy saver”. There you will find the settings for putting the computer to sleep.
By the way, most screen burn in will “self heal” after you continue to use the screen. Depends on how bad it is of course.
Mark
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The number one “must read” for any editor is “In the blink of an eye” by Walter Murch. This little book (less than 100 pages) is the best, most understandable explanation of what an editor does. I’ve probably given away dozens of copies to junior editors looking for inspiration. Walter’s “top ten reasons” for making a cut is fascinating. You may be surprised to see that “continuity” is WAY down the priority list. Reading this book absolutely changed the way I approach an edit decision. The title references his discovery that when editing actors in a scene, their natural “blinking” correlates to where you want to make an edit. Great stuff.
Mark
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Brand new? Empty?
You have to format it specifically for Mac’s if that hasn’t been done yet.
mark
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not familiar with the “buffalo Terrastation”. Can you do a copy up to 1.9999 gigs? There is a 2 gig limit on some systems.
Why not contact customer support for the product?
mark
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[akmaniak] “How about an older version of FCP? I could install ver. 4 on my powerbook, then use 5 at work. Would that be the best solution?”
This would be a REALLY BAD IDEA! Splurge and spend the few hundred bucks to upgrade. Did you hear about how little Apple is charging to upgrade old versions of FCP to the new, all encompassing “Studio” version? Check out their website.
Moving projects across versions like this is only asking for trouble. Can it be done? Yes. Is it playing with fire? Yes.
mark
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Paul,
If you want a consistent interface from low res all the way to HD, I suggest you look at FCP. This lack of full features across the board is just one of the reasons we switched to FCP.
It’s extremely annoying to have to pony up thousands of dollars just to get a second row of buttons … or a center duration… or any of the other “disabled features” that Avid thinks “off-lin” editors don’t need.
mark