[Matthew Brunn]

How about your auto backups. If your saving frequently you should only have a few things to do.

Hope this helps-
Matthew
Dual 500 G4
OSX 10.3.5
Ram 1.38
FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3

[Matthew Brunn]

User>Library>Preferences>Final Cut User Data>Window Layouts

Then delete what you don’t need.

Hope this helps-
Matthew
Dual 500 G4
OSX 10.3.5
Ram 1.38
FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3

[Matthew Brunn]

LOL. sober.q! it’s coming for you!

Well, I believe the Macs are slower, processor wise. The shear amount of MIPS per second or is it BIPS now? If you want just a render farm for AE or some 3D apps, PCs mite be the economic answer. But there are other factors that I find make it more useable than PCs. Familiarity, Interface and reliability are my main reasons. But I’m not sure why your asking this question now. You said you already bought a Mac. Is this buyers remorse? Just remember the day you buy a computer is the day it is out of date!

Oh yea! Enjoy that hackers ignore Macs, for now.

Hope this helps-
Matthew
Dual 500 G4
OSX 10.3.5
Ram 1.38
FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3

[Matthew Brunn]

I didn’t realize you had edited the video too. I’m also assuming your time line is DV 720X480. Not sure if this would work but here goes. Export the audio like I said, then, import the audio and original jpeg video into a new FCP project, new time line, put your jpeg video and your new 48 khz audio together, export a reference movie (not self-contained) out of FCP and in the other project (make a copy first) replace the original (reconnect online) file with the updated reference file. I think this might work, never tried it this way. Since the files are the same length, your edit points should all line up. I replace backgrounds for different looks, for different shows all the time. Just make sure the files are exactly the same length.

Hope this helps-
Matthew
Dual 500 G4
OSX 10.3.5
Ram 1.38
FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3

[Matthew Brunn]

What about Media100? I cut on that system for years and I’ll never go back, do you hear me NEVER!!! For months I kept using M100 keystrokes instead of FCP ones. Well, people like what they like. Some people like the work flows in these various systems and it doesn’t pay to change their workflow or equipment, at least for them. FCP has dominated the world I’m in. ALL people except one that I know, have gone to FCP. All have dropped Avid, Vegas (yes, even switching platforms) Premiere and Media100. Avid will remain a dominate player in the NLE but all thing s change with time. My 2 cents.

Hope this helps-
Matthew
Dual 500 G4
OSX 10.3.5
Ram 1.38
FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3

[Matthew Brunn]

I would export from Quicktime Pro, just the audio, and convert it to 16 bit 48kHz aif. Use that new file audio in your FCP timeline. This should fix the sync issue. If it dosen’t, we will need more information about your system, software used and configuation.

Hope this helps-
Matthew
Dual 500 G4
OSX 10.3.5
Ram 1.38
FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3

[Matthew Brunn]

We need more info, OS, hardware makeup, ram, drives, software installed, the more information the better.

Hope this helps-
Matthew
Dual 500 G4
OSX 10.3.5
Ram 1.38
FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3

[Matthew Brunn]

I’ve never edited 24p before or for that matter done a 3/2 pull down, but from tons of Cow reading the workflow for D 24p to DV is to get time-code window burns, edit, create edl in excel or some program for online at HD suite. I’m dealing with this for a friend who shot in HD and transfered to DV with no window time-code burn. It sounds like your going to try to match the time-code base of the original HD footage. I would search post in the HD forum too. If I remember, there are some issues with changing 24fps to 30 and back. Hope someone with more knowledge chimes in with more clear information.

Hope this helps-
Matthew
Dual 500 G4
OSX 10.3.5
Ram 1.38
FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3

[Matthew Brunn]

If you can’t find your originals SN# startup FCP and read the serial of the screen. Where did you by them from. Apple keeps records of purchases of there software from the Apple store. I always keep a copy of SN# off site and in one convenient file. I’ve have my software stolen before. I upgraded from Adobe and they had my SN# and record of purchase. All I paid for was the new Docs and Disks.

Hope this helps-
Matthew
Dual 500 G4
OSX 10.3.5
Ram 1.38
FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3

[Matthew Brunn]

I think you need to import your GFX when FCP is setup for PAL not NTSC. Not sure, I don’t do PAL stuff but once in a blue moon. Or maybe take the graphic out of the sequence it is in and place it on the timeline. Try importing a tiff or JPEG instead of a PSD and it will look at it as a still and not a sequence.