Rob Grauert
Forum Replies Created
-
I don’t think you will run into any problems. Unfortunately DV25 is more compressed than DVCPro50, but I would imagine that capturing it at DVCPro50 is much like when editors transcode to ProRes.
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
http://www.robgrauert.com -
hmm….maybe you can assign a color to the clip in the bin. It should make that clip the same color in the timeline.
-Highlight the clip in the browser
-press Apple + Option + 2 (or 3, 4, 5, etc). Apple + Option + 1 makes the color go away.
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
http://www.robgrauert.com -
I believe FCP only likes having on graphics card. With a new Mac, you’ll have to connect one monitor to the DVI connection and the other to mini DVI with the adapter.
To connect your external monitor, you need something like a Kona card. Connect the monitor to the Kona card via SDI or HD-SDI, depending on whether your editing SD or HD.
I bought my RAM from OWC.
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
http://www.robgrauert.com -
No, upgrading the FCP 7 is not the solution.
Because letterbox is actually 4:3, i think the best solution is to work with a 4:3 timeline. When you drop your anamorphic footage into that timeline, it should blend seamlessly with the letterbox footage. If it doesn’t, in the Motion tab adjust the “Aspect” parameter to -33.33
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
http://www.robgrauert.com -
I’d be curious to know what you are looking at when you decide that the quality is not good enough. I use still quite often without any problem…even when working in the DV codec.
Be sure you are judging the quality of your image from an external monitor and not your computer monitor.
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
http://www.robgrauert.com -
I like M-Audio BX5 speakers. and KRK’s speakers. Genelec makes good ones too.
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
http://www.robgrauert.com -
What do you plan on doing for your project?
ProRes is more suitable for heavy compositing/effects and color grading. If you don’t plan on doing much of that, then DVCPro HD will be fine.
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
http://www.robgrauert.com -
I believe the reason AVCHD requires more processing power is because it uses Long GOP compression, where as DVCPro HD uses I-frame compression. I would transcode the AVCHD to DVCPro HD.
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
http://www.robgrauert.com -
Try setting your sequence settings compressor to ProRes, DVCPro 50, or DV NTSC
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
http://www.robgrauert.com -
I don’t believe there is a limit to how many clips you can have in your capture scratch. The important thing is to be sure you are not capturing to your system drive and make sure the hard drive you are capturing to has enough space. I don’t fill my drives much more than 50% of their capacity.
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
http://www.robgrauert.com