[Ryan Holmes]

Are you using Log & Transfer in FCP? What version of FCP are you running?

What camera was the footage shot on?

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[Ryan Holmes]

I’m not going to touch the “Hackintosh” issue, which is usually a bit buggy. Are you on CC 2014 or 2014.1? There was a large update in early October. However, since you’re running a Hackintosh you’ll want to verify if others are successfully running the latest CC, if your GPU drivers are compatible, etc, etc.

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[Ryan Holmes]

What Abode software version are you running? What computer OS? What version of Adobe RAW converter are you using?

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[Ryan Holmes]

They both use the same encoding engine. The benefit with AME over Premiere is that you can queue up several sequences to run and leave it working. Premiere you have to do them one-by-one.

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[Ryan Holmes]

A screenshot would be helpful. Also, what did you encode the footage in (AME?)? What were your settings? Data rate? Frame size? Keyframe distance? Those options all determine how your footage looks on the way out the door. Even the best footage can be significantly degraded on transcode for delivery.

Also, where are trying to deliver this? Web? Broadcast? DVD? Blu-ray?

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[Ryan Holmes]

Sounds more like a problem with QT. Have you played the file in any other media players – MPEG Streamclip, VLC, Flip player, Cineplay (an iOS media player), etc.

I don’t trust QT7 for too many things. It has quite a few bugs and sometimes displays the beginnings of my videos incorrectly too. Confirm other media players produce the same result before blaming AME.

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[Ryan Holmes]

[Lance Bachelder] “Wondering if the maxed out iMac will be all one needs for editing – meaning do I need a new Mac Pro?”

Good question! I found it interesting that when Apple wanted to sum up it’s product line offerings into a singular graphic slide it left off the Mac Pro, but included the unreleased Apple Watch.

That doesn’t seem like a strong vote from Apple Management for the Mac Pro. But as Lance asks, there’s a good chance that for the vast majority of video, audio, and graphics professionals an iMac may be more than sufficient. The horsepower on the new iMac’s has me looking at them as a solution for some of my edit suites.

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[Ryan Holmes]

[Arvid Utas] “m surprised to hear that as I’ve heard a lot of people talk about the benefits of using IS when shooting with DSLRs. I assumed that was because it reduces the jello effect but maybe its just because it improves their shaky camerawork? Or is there no point to using IS when shooting video at all”

Yes, IS is good for helping with shaky, handheld video. But that’s not going to fundamentally alter how the rolling shutter works in your DSLR works. A rolling shutter works by scanning the sensor very rapidly in either a horizontal or vertical direction. Meaning not all parts of the sensor are recorded at exactly the same moment. So stabilizing the image may help correct some rolling shutter, but if you’re filming a passing train either handheld or on a tripod the train will appear skewed no matter what because of the fundamental nature of how rolling shutters read the sensor.

If you’re concerned with IS then Canon lenses are the way to go, as you note. They have the IS built into the lens to try and compensate for movement. It’s not a magic bullet though as the technology was largely developed for photographers tracking subjects. It wasn’t intended for video work per se (you can certainly use it and benefit from it, but its meant for stills people).

There are plenty of tutorials, plugins, and how-to’s on YouTube in dealing with rolling shutter. Just do a Google search for jello effect or rolling shutter and you’ll have more than enough info to keep you busy! 🙂

Ryan Holmes
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[Ryan Holmes]

Image stabilization won’t impact your rolling shutter. Image stabilization just helps stabilize shaky (or when tracking an object) footage. Your rolling shutter will still roll just as much whether you stabilize the image or not. Depending on what objects you shoot the rolling shutter may be more or less pronounced.

Metabones is simply an adapter to adapt different mount types to a given mount. So if you want to use Canon lenses on a Sony A7s you need an adapter. If you want to use Nikon lenses on a Blackmagic Pocket Camera you need an adapter. The adapter won’t impact your rolling shutter either.

The only way to deal with rolling shutter is to (1) Buy a camera with a global shutter, or (2) avoid video shooting situations which highlight or exaggerate the rolling shutter effect (flash photography like at weddings, fast pans, fast moving objects like cars or trains, etc).

Ryan Holmes
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@CutColorPost

[Ryan Holmes]

Have you uninstalled, cleaned, and reinstalled?

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs5-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html

Most problems I’ve had with the 2014.1 update has been solved by uninstalling, restart, clean, and reinstall.

Ryan Holmes
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