[Mike Silverman]

Here’s an article that addresses some possible fixes for lost render files:

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/render_file_problems_taylor.html

-Mike

[Mike Silverman]

If you’re looking for a quick way to create a nice looking “slideshow” then you may want to check out https://animoto.com/ You may also want to try using iMovie if Animoto isn’t what you’re looking for. I haven’t made a slideshow in iMovie in years, but I remember it saving a bit of time and turning out quite well.

[Mike Silverman]

If you don’t want to work in multicam, you can always highlight all the clips in the timeline that have been cut using multicam, right click (cntrl click) on the highlighted clips, then click “Collapse Multiclip” You will see that if you double click on one of the clips in the timeline, you will not get the multicam window in the viewer but just that single clip.

Then, you will probably want to give them each their own individual track, so you go to Edit>Find and the type in the name of one of the clips and select “find all”. This will highlight every clip from that camera, and you can shift drag up to give it its own track. Repeat with each camera angle.

Hope that helps,

-Mike

[Mike Silverman]

I read this article by Ken Stone a while ago which might help:

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/render_file_problems_taylor.html

[Mike Silverman]

Have you tried nesting all the clips and the nested sequence into a 59.94 sequence? Also, were you shooting in 1080 60i or 720 60p?

[Mike Silverman]

That’s good to know as I don’t really want to move to either of those places right now. I appreciate the advice you gave about not focusing so much on which NLE to learn because that’s been a big concern of mine after FCPX came out. I am learning Premiere when I have time to do so, and will likely do the same with Avid MC. I got the sense from your previous post that at this stage, being a “well rounded” editor could be a good thing. And I’m sure that once I find my niche, I’ll be able to specialize more.

[Mike Silverman]

I am in a somewhat similar position to Andrew M. and am interested in any additional advice you may be able to give me. I am looking to find work as a professional editor for a medium to large sized production company. I have been out of college several years and spent about 3 years editing with Final Cut Pro for a very tiny production company cutting shows for a cable access station in a small town in Virginia. I then left that company and have spent the past year running a one person production company in a slightly larger town where I’ve been able to figure out that I really do not enjoy the production side as much as I enjoy post-production.

I am now looking to move to a city such as Richmond VA, Washington D.C., or another medium sized city if I can find a job as an editor.

The information that has been provided in this thread already has been very helpful to me.

I have a few questions I am wondering if you would be able to answer:

Do editors that are just starting out often need to find second jobs just to pay the bills?

Do most production companies require editors to work 60 plus hours a week, late into the night?

Is it ideal to move to either LA or NY to have a career as an editor, or is that only if you want to work on TV shows or Hollywood Films?

Thanks!

-Mike

[Mike Silverman]

Thanks so much, that really did the trick. I also used the strobe filter and then added in a little noise. Really crappy video now 🙂 Now I’m looking to degrade the audio, any ideas???