[Neil Patience]

Apple announced the end of FCP7 when they released FCPX. So there will be no more upgrades.
I guess if you could buy a version 7 Academic version that would be fine but to be honest I am unaware of the limitations of that so I cant really advise you there.

It is true to say that FCPX was not met with universal approval. If you work in the broadcast world or the film industry then it did lack many of the features that are needed. However Apple have released a couple of updates which have addressed some of those issues and there is no doubt it will continue to develop.
Time will tell if that area of the industry embrace it.

There are quite a few people here who have worked with it succesfully and depending on the work you do and the workflow you need you may find it suits you more than you think.

I would download the demo and give it a try, then decide if you feel its for you.

The problem with buying FCP7 is that you are at a dead end. Sooner or later either the OS will not support it or there will be camera formats that you want to use that it does not support.
How long that will take is anyones guess but in terms of the future, sadly FCP7 does not have one.

best wishes
Neil
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[Neil Patience]

Apple did put FCP Studio back on sale in September last year but only though its telesales. However they did say it was for a “limited” time.
So I would ring Apple sales direct and see if you can still buy it.
You can only buy the full version and I believe it was around $900 US.

However in terms of upgrades to FCP 7 – there are none, FCP 7 is OEL and will not be developed any further.

If you buy or have FCP 7.0 the ProApps upgrades to 7.03 are still available on the Apple website. Thats as far as you can go.

In terms of buying from the net then it really is “buyer beware”.

If you can be sure that you are getting a full version with the license then it is legal under the license terms to buy it.
In that event you should be fine.

So basically FCP7 is dead, stuck at V7.03. You will possibly be fine with that for a couple of years depending on what you want to do.
However at some point (possibly Mountain Lion) the OS will no longer support it.

So for a temporary solution FCP7 will be OK but if you want something you can upgrade further look at FCPX, Avid or Adobe or whatever your NLE of choice happens to be.

best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv

[Neil Patience]

Tou cant go direct from Thunderbolt to a broadcast monitor.

It does not sound like you have an existing capture card but if you do there are adapters which allow you to use PCIe crds with Thunderbolt so you could use say a Kona i/o card and adapt it for thunderbolt.
https://www.magma.com/thunderbolt.asp

However you can also get a Thunderbolt I/O https://www.aja.com/products/io/

Its possible that the reason that your pictures look slightly zoomed in because your TV’s underscan slightly.
This is normal for any domestic equipment however modern plasmas and LCD panels show a lot more of the picture than old CRT’s so you dont lose very much usually. If a panel is 1920×1080 then just about every pixel should be visible.
It could be enough to explain your size change.

Broadcast monitors overscan – in otherwords rather than slightly masking the edges of the pictures they show them, plus a little more.
This is important for being able to fix blanking errors for instance.
So you will always see the full picture from edge to edge.

As an alternative to a FSI you could look at a JVC DT-V24L1DU they are around $3,500 and are pretty good monitors.

Otherwise you need a card that has HDMI output like the Kona Lhi
https://www.aja.com/products/kona/konalhi/

Then you could use a decent Plasma or LED panel. However I dont really know the best one to suggest as I am in the UK and our models are different to US but others here will.

Hope that helps

best wishes
Neil
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[Neil Patience]

I have noticed this sometimes happens if I use non standard characters like apostrophes or quotation marks in the file title.

Despite the random numbers the file created always seems to be OK

best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv

[Neil Patience]

Hi Shane

you provided the same link as me but as I understand it the MVP format that is used by that cameara is not compatible with the usual left eye right eye steroscopic files.

Does the Dashwood plug-in work ? I had read this discussion here where Tim Dashwood seems to suggest it does not but may have read it wrongly.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3159992?start=0&tstart=0

best wishes
Neil
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[Neil Patience]

I was looking at this the other day for a client and what I have managed to work out is that the Sony HXR-NX3D1 records in MVC format which is essentially both left and right encoded into a single file.

I think you can only currently use Vegas 10 to edit it (which comes bundled with the camera)

(Unless someone has worked out a way to demux this footage to L+R)

If you can get it to left eye right eye (which is questionable) then you need a 3D plug in like https://www.onsight.co.uk/OS3D which is free.

or

https://www.dashwood3d.com/stereo3dtoolboxle.php which is $99

I have to say I have not used these plug ins – just passing on my pretty limited knowledge from looking at this myself the other day.

Hope it helps

best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv

[Neil Patience]

Thought it might be a PC drive, the files are broken up into 4gig chunks because of the file size limit of Fat32.
It might be trying both RedCine and the FCP plug in too. FCP is the easier route but RedCine gives lots more options.
There are a few tutorials on Youtube
eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8ycz0YSA8Q&list=UUjB2oSqgVZciS_qjn2bHmow&index=4&feature=plcp

Hope it works

best wishes
Neil
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[Neil Patience]

I have delivered to ITV and the DVDs only had BITC. They only use them as reference copies.
I suppose if you encoded the DVD from a tape source and made sure the VITC were not being blanked out the VITC would be encoded too however I am unaware of any way that they can be read from the DVD even if it is there so really perform no useful function on the DVD.
I suspect its not really a requirement – The guy that wrote the ITV tech spec is james.robinson@itv.com you could drop him an email and ask him to clarify that just in case.

best wishes
Neil
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[Neil Patience]

That is called a ‘Morph’ There are plug-in for FCP that do it although not sure if there is a free one.
Example of the kind of thing you need here. https://www.chv-plugins.com/cms/FxPlug/Morphing/Morphing.php?navanchor=1010020

Avid MC has this effect as standard called Fluid Morph

best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv

[Neil Patience]

I have been online editing for many years now. As an online editor the primary task is essentially finishing a programme to broadcast standards or to a finished standard. So it is important to know how to conform to whatever spec is requested.
It often involves creating effects, colour correction, captioning, and understanding tape and file delivery formats.
So an understanding of how to conform from offline to online formats is needed but increasingly edits are completed in HD from the beginning. As systems and storage become increasingly cheaper this will only continue.

Sometimes you will finish audio but usually on broadcast shows this is done in a sound dub so in some cases audio is pretty much bypassed in the online stage although you may need to send audio files to a dub.
I think its important to learn about the television waveform, how to spot issues and problems specific to broadcast, levels, blanking errors etc etc. and how to use measuring equipment, scopes PPMs etc

In most broadcast environments that I work Avid is by far the dominant system. Often used with Unity shared storage and Interplay so it would be good to see if you can get some experience in that direction.

So in terms of career path, check out what NLE’s are used in the kind of places you want to work. Almost certainly Avid but likely to be a combination of others depending on where you are.
Learn about tv waveforms and how to conform to them.
Go to any relevant broadcasters website and download a programme delivery tech spec – this will give you a good idea of the kind of requirements you may be asked for.

Good Luck in your career.

best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv