Shane Ross
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Let the dust settle man. These were just announced today. No one really has one in their grubby paws and are playing with it….much less comparing.
Give it a week…at least.
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No card will help FCP in terms of realtime performance or increase render speeds. All that is processor based. WHo knows with the new dual core Powermacs.
And for getting VHS into FCP, look at the ADVC-110 by Canopus. Converts a composite signal to a DV one.
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No capture card necessary with DV and FCP. Just a camera or deck and a firewire connection.
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What type of footage are you going to be dealing with day to day?
Look at http://www.Decklink.com for good choices…
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[Dave Sullivan] “can I view the footage on my FCP timeline through my DV deck? If I can that would be ace”
Yes you can:
#8 External Monitor Viewing.
Shane’s Stock Answer #8:
A simple path is mac > firewire > camera or deck > rca cables > tv
Then start up your camera and tv, then open fcp.
Then go View > External video > all frames
Video playback should be Apple firewire NTSC (If you are using an NTSC set)
Audio playback should be Audio follows VideoTechinially, this should send synched video to your TV
If for some reason you can’t view your timeline on your external monitor, there are a few things to try:
1) Make sure that the camera/deck is connected and powered on BEFORE you open FCP.
2) In the Final Cut Pro menu select AUDIO/VIDEO Preferences and make sure your signal is being sent out thru Firewire DV.
3) Go to the menu and select VIEW>EXTERNAL>ALL FRAMES.
4) Click in the % box above the image and select FIT TO WINDOW.
5) Go to VIEW->refresh A/V devices
6) Make sure the Log & Capture window is closed
If you want it to play in both the canvas and the external monitor you need to go to the FINAL CUT PRO menu and select AUDIO/VIDIO settings and make sure MIRROR ON DESKTOP is selected under the PLAYBACK OUTPUT section
For all the stock answers, click on this link:
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Where is your media stored? What is the format of that drive? No you have Norton or Virex software on your computer?
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Just spoke with an online editor at a post house out here who offlines with DVCPRO HD and he told me that they only work with 720p24 footage running at 23.98 fps…which is what I will be doing.
At that rate, the timecode is only DF. I will have to verify this when I get some test footage from my DP, but if that is the case, that is a BIG plus…
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Offline RT is just that…an offline resolution. it is highly compressed to conserve space, and it not meant to be a very “clear” format. And if you then take that small, highly compresed image and blow it up to full size 729×480, it will look pretty bad, no matter how you treat it or futz with it.
Are you trying to use this footage as your final product?
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I bought that model from the Apple Refirb site for $1650.
No way would I go $2000.
WAIT until the new ones are out. You might want one of them.
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3. There is a nifty little process that you can use to do just this. Highlight the clip with the keyframes you want to transfer. Hit EDIT>COPY (Apple-C). Next highlight the clip you want to add them to, select EDIT>PASTE ATTRIBUTES (Option-V) and in the list that comes up, select Motion or FIlters or whatever things you manupulated in the first clip that you want to transfer to this one.