Shane Ross
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Should be fine for music, but I’d think not for the AE comps. AE Comps are media files, and need to be on the media drive for best performance.
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Locate your autosave vault and open the last backup.
and start backing up the project file at the end of each edit session,
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iMovie:
does not use timecode.
does not allow for concise show timing (dissolves push two clips closer together).
edits destructively. Once you use a clip in the timeline, you can’t use it again. -
RAM helps, as does the speed of the hard drive…but not noticably. The big bumps in speed come from the processor.
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The two 23″ Apple displays will get you more landscape. And you can always use the other one as the Digital Cinema Preview of your footage (although not good for color correction).
Plus you don’t need a special Video card to drive them. I have 2 monitors (Dells) and love the amount of landscape I have.
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Get a DV deck. Turn on the display information, this will include timecode. Dub it to VHS with that display info.
Not really low cost unless you already have the deck. But since you don’t have FCP, I doubt that you do.
This is really the wrong forum to ask this question, as we all use FCP, and you’ll be hard pressed to find one person here who uses iMovie.
Try the Apple Discussions. There is an iMovie one…
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USB cannot be use for video. While it may be fast, it does not have a sustained throughput speed that video requires. It sends data out in bursts, while firewire sends data in more of a steady stream.
Stick with firewire.
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You’re welcome. And sorry about that.
Answered the question though, right? The $595 capture card…I pointed you in the right direction?
There is even a $295 capture card. I forgot about that one.
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[Justin Gray] “few different ATI and Radeon cards out there, but do either of these companies make affordable cards that can give FCP truely great performance?”
Those are VIDEO cards, not capture cards. And no…video cards do not increase FCP performance. Only processor speed does that.
A capture card for around $500? You’re kidding, right? There is only one that I know of for that price, but it only has an SDI interface, not component or other analogue interfaces. You need to look more in the $1000-$2500 range. A good place to look for the lower priced yet really good cards are http://www.decklink.com. They have the $500 card, plus other higher end ones as well.
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Close Kelly. MOVs and AVIs are wrappers that are put around VIDEO files, not just DV. AVI and MOV can be uncompressed SD and HD as well.
All it really means is a format to work with. PCs use AVI, Macs use MOVs..(.Avid uses OMFI) Both are high quality.