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I stand corrected.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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It generally is legal, sometimes it comes from manufacturers that were supp posed to bundle it with hardware, so in that case it would not be. The tricky thing is, it’s very hard to know if it is or not. In addition to lacking manuals, you also generally don’t get a warranty, tech support, or any 3 party products that might come bundled with it.
I buy OEM hard drives frequently, but not typically software.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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I’ve always used Lacie external drives and never had any problems. The Quadras are nice.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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In After Effects all the time. In FCP, it is a bit clunky and apt to crash, at least in my experience.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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Try a the echo effect (under the “video” effects tab) and slow it down a bit.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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I’m guessing money, or lack thereof!
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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If you were using after effects, it’d be easier to mask of the area that needed anti-aliasing, and track it to reduce the total amount of anti-aliasing. Did you use the Formac to capture your VHS footage? I only ask, because you could have artifacting as a result of not using a time base corrector. One trick that has worked for me, is to dub your VHS to mini DV (which will generally have a built in TBC, albeit a cheap one) and then capture the mini DV tape via firewire. That might help you get rid of some of those artifacts.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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My first question is how are you monitoring your video? Are you using an external interlaced monitor? I only ask because the trade off with anti-aliasing is that you could be softening your picture. The old adage, “Garbage in, garbage out” applies, but if you all you have is VHS sources, then there’s nothing you can do about it. The one thing you could do, is rather than fight your sources which may be fairly difficult without being it into a program more designed for this type of work (like After Effects), is you could treat it to make the imperfections look more like a stylistic choice. Add a touch of the Bad TV effect and desaturate the colors a bit. Sometimes, you can salvage damaged footage by making it look intentional.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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You can edit HD with FCP 6. Final Cut Pro HD was version 4.5 (I think, maybe it was 4) but after that they dropped HD from the name. If you are editing DVCPRO HD or HDV, you’re fine. If you plan to be editing tape based formats like HDCAM, you’ll need a capture card. AJA makes nice ones.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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Use MPEG Streamclip or Compressor to transcode your MP4’s into a format that places nicer with FCP. If these are SD, convert them to DV/DVCPRO quicktimes. If they are HD, you do Pro Res or DVCPRO HD.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks