[Pdr]

Thanks Kevin

Always love to learn a new feature every day!
FCP is certainly a deep, deep pool of functionality!

Regards
Peter

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FCP 5, Soundtrack Pro, Motion 2, DVD SP 4

[Pdr]

Bryce! OMG!

I had no idea I could do that! Awesome!

Thankyou — I love this board!

Regards
Peter

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[Pdr]

Hi Kevin

Could you please explain this? Not sure what you mean, but sounds like a cool feature.

Regards
Peter

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[Pdr]

Hey Carl

Wouldn’t recommend anything other than our Lacie Bigger Disk Extreme FW800:
https://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10129

We have a 1TB unit, and it replaced 4×120-250GB FW400 units that were daisy chained (sheez! that was a nightmare!).
Rock solid reliability, and quiet as a mouse. We love it.

Regards
Peter

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PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 GHz, 4GB, Mac OS X 10.4
FCP 5, Soundtrack Pro, Motion 2, DVD SP 4

[Pdr]

Hi Andy

As far as interactive authoring goes, you can’t go past LiveStage Pro, from Totally Hip.
https://www.totallyhip.com/livestage.asp

We’ve used it before to author some of our multimedia work. Steep learning curve, but great results.

And there is a great article on Ken Stone’s website:
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/quicktime_wired.html

Regards
Peter

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Peter Dominic Ryan – Freelance Editor
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PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 GHz, 4GB, Mac OS X 10.4
FCP 5, Soundtrack Pro, Motion 2, DVD SP 4

[Pdr]

Hey Joshua

Check out this excellent article on Rendering 101:
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/rendering_rt_fcp_4_balis.html

It can help you get your head around what’s going on

[Pdr]

Hi folks

Here is a nice little workflow I’ve learnt, and like to use for exporting multiple stills; saves quite some time as it utilises the Batch Export feature of Final Cut Pro. I picked it up from someone somewhere on an FCP forum, so kudos to you — and apologies for not remembering who it was. Remember: imitation is the highest form of flattery.

In the Browser, I select the clips I want stills for, and add markers to them in the Viewer. I even add meaningful labels to the markers, so I know which still is which.

When complete, I flip the disclosure triangles for each of these clips in the Browser, which reveals all the markers, and their names.

I then launch the Export Queue window, via the menu Window > Export Queue

I select all the markers, and drag them onto the Export Queue.

I then click Settings, and set the following:
– Destination for exported stills
– Format: Still Image
– Settings and Options — file format and compression settings as you prefer
— I personally like .png, as they are compressed, but not filled with artifacts

Click OK.
Click Export.

Voila! All your stills are exported.

Hope this helps.

Regards
Peter

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Peter Dominic Ryan – Freelance Editor
raycity* media – pdr@raycity.com

PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 GHz, 4GB, Mac OS X 10.4
FCP 5, Soundtrack Pro, Motion 2, DVD SP 4

[Pdr]

Hi Eric

Does your Mac at home have antivirus software running?
Is the large file called something.av?

Check out this Apple Support document
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93259

Hope this helps

Regards
Peter

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PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 GHz, 4GB, Mac OS X 10.4
FCP 5, Soundtrack Pro, Motion 2, DVD SP 4

[Pdr]

Yes, definitely sounds like render files to me.
Had the same problem before.

Glad to see you back on your wheels!

Regards
Peter

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raycity* media – pdr@raycity.com

PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 GHz, 4GB, Mac OS X 10.4
FCP 5, Soundtrack Pro, Motion 2, DVD SP 4

[Pdr]

Hey DSCA

First rule: Don’t panic. Relax. Take a deep breath. 😉

Some further questions:

1. Does the error occur when you playback on the timeline?

2. Is the error predictable or random