[Nick Meyers]

yeah, i missed the FCP X bit.

[Nick Meyers]

yes: converting will give you picture artefacts, comforting wont!

for me, conforming is the way to go, but you need to adjust your sync on the audio.
a simple approach to this is if the sound you shoot with the video is not more than 2 tracks.

then you can sync your rushes, link & batch export, creating new media that you conform to 24fps.
you can do a similar thing with multi-track audio, it just gets a bit tricker in FCP.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

Or copy the garbage mate to the other clip,
Invert it and tweak

Nick

[Nick Meyers]

It’s easy to conform your 23.976 assets to true 24fps in CinemaTools

Nick

[Nick Meyers]

I think the answer is to manipulate the clips in the CANVAS

Set the canvas to image & wireframe (drop down menu top of canvas)
Then you simply select a clip in the timeline, and adjust the wireframe
Very simple

It can pay to then go into the viewer motion tab and fine tune the numbers

Nick

[Nick Meyers]

you don’t need a handle as you are TRIMMING the shot.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

adjust a batch list? surely that would have taken LONGER than just doing it manually?

ok, here’s a way that’s pretty quick IMO:

drag all clips to a new timeline
select 1st edit, toggle selection (with U key) so you are set up for a ripple action
(or just use the ripple tool for that matter)

now use > key to ripple 1 frame,
then left arrow to jump to next edit

then >, Left arrow away till all clips are trimmed.
you could probably do a hundred in less than a minute

now you can copy / paste back to a new bin.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

For iris-ing, i prefer to use the Vignette FIlter.
very controllable.
in the past i used the free Marcus Herrick plugin, but FCP has it’s own now.
the Marcus one is simpler.

however, zooming the image as well as adding the iris adds a twist.
you could create the move, nest the clip, and add the vignette filter.

OR you could place some Matte> Color set to white on V2, and add the Vignette filter to that, and set it to the appropriate composite mode: screen or multiply (i forget which)

nick

[Nick Meyers]

Hello, Michael.

could you define “a bit” of Subs?
is there a standard?
this is for a quicktime destined to be viewed on a TV (ACS awards entry in fact)

thanks, as always
nick

[Nick Meyers]

not really.
manual is probably the quickest way.

why do you want to do it anyway?
could be a better way to achieve what you want.

nick