[Mike Weber]

Bruce – A nested sequence is really just a “sequence within a sequence”. For instance, you can take a group of clips on a timeline, and group them together into a single unified clip. That way you can move it around, filter it, etc., as a group. The group is treated as a single clip. You can still go back into the nest and make adjustments to the individual clips.

In your case, you just want to make a nest out of a single clip.

In your sequence, rotate your clip so that it looks level.

Now, right click on the clip and choose Nest, or highlight the clip and to to the Clip menu >> Nest.

Your clip will turn into a Nested Sequence on your main sequence. You will also see the Nested Sequence appear in your Project window. Grab the Nested Sequence from either the main sequence or the Project window, and drag it into the Source Monitor window. You can also right-click on the Nested Sequence in the project window, and select “Open in Source Monitor”. In the Source Monitor, apply the Crop filter.

If you double click your nested sequence, it will open up the nested sequence to reveal its contents. This way, you can go back and adjust the rotation if need be.

Hope this helps.

[Mike Weber]

Hello Bruce-

Here’s one workaround. In your sequence, rotate the clip so that it is level. Then, nest your sequence into a new sequence. Apply the Crop effect onto your nested sequence, and adjust the top/bottom/left/right parameters to crop out the black areas.

Mike

[Mike Weber]

Bill, I agree, this is very frustrating for me as well, and definitely should be considered a bug. I don’t understand why it would be the default to switch back to the original angle when stopping. I will submit a bug report as well. Maybe if they hear from enough people, this will be fixed in future versions.

[Mike Weber]

Well that was easy, thanks! I don’t know how I missed that before.

[Mike Weber]

Just wanted to follow up and say your suggestion worked great – she is now able to send me the AVCHD files directly, by first offloading her camera’s hard drive to her SD card. Thanks again.

[Mike Weber]

Thanks for the tip on the SDHC card transfer option. In fact, not only could she transfer to the SDHC card, she could get the card reader herself and upload the files to our FTP site from her Mac. So no mailing necessary.

[Mike Weber]

Hi Mark

Thanks for your response. I just checked the manual, and it says to use the Pixela Imagemixer 3 SE software, but apparently it’s Windows-only. I found Pixela Mac software online for purchase, but it specifically says not for use with Canon camcorders, so I think we may be out of luck unless my colleague can get access to a Windows computer at work.

The footage is shot HD, but it’s nothing fancy – people giving PowerPoint talks, so I think we can get away with ProRes LT or even Proxy, to keep the file sizes down a bit.

Mike

[Mike Weber]

Hello Shane and Bill

I experienced the exact same problem with Log & Transfer and XDCAM EX footage. In the L&T viewer, audio plays superfast for a few seconds then cuts out. Audio plays fine for the clips in Final Cut, after I import them.

I switched to XDCAM transfer and that problem went away…though I have a new one. I’d like for my clips to end up in the designated Logging Bin, but no matter what they end up in the root directory of my project. This happen to you?

thanks
Mike

[Mike Weber]

We just installed a Kona LHi last week, and were experiencing the exact same problem – random audio crackling and video hits. I followed your lead – uninstalled Kona LHi Driver 8.0, installed 7.5.1, and all is well so far – crackling and hits are gone. Thanks for sharing your solution!

Mike

[Mike Weber]

I’m experiencing the same thing – Weird stuff happens if I have in and/or out marks set in the timeline, and try to change the angle on my multiclip. Cuts and switches happen in the timeline at the in/out marks, not where I wanted. I have to try and remember to erase ins/outs any time I want to do an angle change so that this won’t happen. This came about after we upgraded to FCP 7, and it’s happening on all of our edit systems. And yes, I did a clean install – wiped the computer and installed all software from scratch. I filled out a bug report on the Apple site, so hopefully something will come of this.