Sean Lander
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Thanks for trying. The project is format is PAL. The capture compression is JPEG 50.
I have done it on long 3 hour sequences(requires force quit) and short 30 second sequences.
I have de and reinstalled several times.
Can’t seem to get rid of the problem. As long as I don’t touch the mouse while scrolling it will be fine. -
OK tried deleting prefs. No difference. Can you see if you can replicate it?
Open a large timeline. Start scrolling at 2 to 2 X speed by hitting the L key a few times.
Then click in the timeline. You will loss control over FCP completely. -
As stated before the only way to get the latency out is to turn off external monitoring.
Try it. If I have no clients with me this is the way I edit with Decklink. It’s a pain but at least
when you are fine cutting the play head stops where and when you want. -
I use Blackmagic cards all over the place and latency just seems to be par for the course. I have never been able to get a system running Decklink to stop on the frame I want, unless I turn off the monitor output. It’s the one thing I would really like to see fixed. Nearly as much as real time FX for Online Jpeg.
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What kind of Font files are they? PC MAC are they TrueType or Bitmapped?
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You have either inadvertently moved the vision a little bit or your footage has been mismatched with your timeline compression settings. ie. editing DV into a sequence set up for Uncompressed. To check for motion double click on the clip that is unrendered loading it into the viewer. Now look at the motion settings to make sure nothing is abnormal. If it is, again click on the unrendered clip and hit APPLE 9 and look at the properties of it. Close that window and now hit APPLE 0 to see if the Timeline settings are the same.
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You will need to first convert the files to .aif format. Set it as the default format in your iTunes preferences.
Then select all the tracks you want in iTunes. Go to the advanced menu and select “Convert Selection to AIFF” but don’t let go yet!!!
Now hold down the option key. Now let go and choose the destination for the files. Once they are somewhere on your hard drive you can now import them into Final Cut Pro using the import function. -
Open a new sequence. Close the offending one. Save all. Now quit and start up FCP again. If it takes forever looking at this drive then there is something seriously wrong. I doubt it has anything to do with FCP. More the drive is gone skewif. Run your disk utilities on it.
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Today there really is no comparison. If you want to stay with your PC software go with Avid. But in terms
of momentum, it’s all with FCP right now.
Also look at what you get if you go for Studio. FCP, Motion, Live Type, Sound Track Pro, DVD Studio Pro and Compressor.
More and more I see expensive Avid suites becoming offline or logging stations for FCP suites.
If you learn FCP then you are ready to take on any kind of project, whether it be DV, HD or Film.(This from a 10 year Avid evangelist)
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To remove multiple FX select all the clips in the timeline. Then hit APPLE OPTION V. Remove attributes will appear. Select filter and hit OK and your done. As far as adding transitions quickly, the default shortcut is APPLE T (for transition, your going to love the logic of Apple over Avid). To add an audio dissolve it’s APPLE OPTION T. Also remember you can map your keyboard as well.
I’ve made square bracket left: ADD VIDEO DISSOLVE, square bracket right: ADD AUDIO DISSOLVE. The default is for a 1 second transition, centred on the cut. This is where FCP trails Avid. The only way to change the default is to drag it to a bin or browser, right click on it and select “set default transition” pretty silly that you still have to do this even in version 5.