Michael Bugera
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I’ve been going to NAB for many years now, and my main reason is purely for the spectacle (kind of like Vegas itself). Being in that atmosphere gives me a creative charge. I never really spent any money there, mostly because what little money I had with me I prefer to put on a blackjack table. And also because, as much as Apple got me excited to buy their products, they didn’t take orders at the show. You couldn’t even log onto THEIR computers and place an order. Maybe if they had thought about taking web orders at the show they could justify the monumental price for the booth real estate.
As far as hotels go, Vegas is becoming a resort town, and prices are starting to reflect it. I used to stay at the swanky Imperial Palace for $70/night. But now the newly renovated Imperial Palace goes for about $170/night. Vegas used to be sin city. Now the only sin is having bad credit! You can find deals though. I found a smaller place on the strip for about $50/night.
But then, I live in San Diego, so transportation costs aren’t as big for me.
I agree that NAB will see significant contraction in the next few years. And I anticipate this year will see a big reduction in attendance, but I’ll continue to go until it ceases to be.Mike
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A Final Cut Pro Reference Movie is still going to need to refer to Final Cut and, therefore, tie up the program. If you’re concerned about tying up Final Cut, make a self-contained Final Cut Pro Movie and put that into Compressor. That way Compressor is ONLY looking at the self-contained Final Cut Pro movie.
But since your concern is 4:3 being turned into 16:9 in Compressor, the simple answer is to: 1. Make sure the codec you choose is one that ends in 4:3 (i.e., DVD: Best Quality 90 Minutes – 4:3) and; 2. Make sure that the Aspect Ratio in the Video Format tab (in Inspector) is set to 4:3.
And again, as I do on every project without conflict, I recommend coming straight out of Final Cut into Compressor.
That’s my good advice.Good luck,
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I would say that, instead of exporting as a Quicktime and then going into Compressor, come straight out of your timeline as ‘Export…Using Compressor’. Avoid the Quicktime step.
In Compressor, choose ‘DVD:Best Quality 90 Minutes – 4:3’ (or 120 or 150 Minutes, depending on the length of you program). Then make sure in the Inspector that Aspect Ratio is set to 4:3.
This should take care of it.Mike Bugera
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The client wants to capture all the footage (either DVCAM or HDV, not determined yet) and divide the editing time between them and us, to save money. Maybe the term ‘offline’ was a misnomer. But they would be shuttling the hard drive between their place and ours and we would hook up their drive to our FCS and continue editing, then they take it with them and continue editing on their own.
Thanks,
Mike
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Thanks for the feedback.
99% of the time this isn’t a problem, as I’ve developed very tight work habits with FCP. But there’s always that 1% of the time where your brain lapses and you wish the programmers at Apple would program a particular feature for added convenience.
I’ve discovered the FCP feedback forum so I’ll be lodging my suggestion.
Thanks again!Mike (Bugsy) Bugera
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Back in September someone posted a link to an article on render issues with FCS2. Maybe this applies to you.
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306068
Mike (Bugsy) Bugera
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Is there red or any color at all in the video render bar up top?
Bugsy
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I concur! I still miss the codec and the media management. Real nice for broadcast work. But that interface (only 2 video channels when we switched) led me to a lot of frustration. I should actually be younger than I am!
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See, I’m so angry about this problem that I’m repeating myself!
Bugsy
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Right. I have the version numbers wrong, but this information is what I need. Thanks!
Bugsy