[Shannon Bedford]

Thanks Thomas, I’m new to mac so I’ve had a bit of a look on-line but still a couple of questions I hope you can help with.

If I move from OS X 10.5.8 to Snow Leopard, is it a simple upgrade or do I purchase the full price snow leopard software?
If so, is changing the operating system pretty straightforward or would I need to do some backing up of settings etc?

You mentioned the possibility of 64 bit around Feb. If I upgrade to FCP 7 now, will the 64 bit change be a simple free update? Or should I wait until Feb to upgrade to 7?

cheers

[Shannon Bedford]

A follow up on the shoulder pain I mentioned. . .
I had an ergonomic assesment done, and as well as the expected postural & chair adjustment problems, the guy worked out where the aching left shoulder came from.
When I use my right hand for mouse work, I habitually lean on my left elbow, hand on chin. I do it ALL the time and had never noticed. I’ve been pushing my arm bone hard up into my shoulder socket for long periods. No wonder it aches.
Don’t know how I am going to break this habit. Maybe a sharp drawing-pin under the elbow will do it!

Wishing everyone an ache free ergonomically correct Christmas!

S Bedford, Western Australia

[Shannon Bedford]

Michael can you tell me, is there any difference creating the compressor files directly from FCP versus exporting a quicktime first and then converting?
It seems to take a hell of a lot longer doing it direct from FCP and that’s edit time I can’t afford to lose.
If the difference is noticable I’ll do overnight conversions for the “special” projects.
Cheers

S Bedford, Western Australia

[Shannon Bedford]

Hi Thomas, no one has given me any help with my query “Does my system need beefing up?”. Maybe everyone is taking Christmas holidays. Are you able to help me with this?
I have added the info you asked for.
Thanks heaps

S Bedford, Western Australia

[Shannon Bedford]

I’m going to cover all bases; A pro-res version (I think this company would have quite an up to date Avid system), plus the xd-cam version.

“Export SD as SD, HD as HD, and let the Avid editor worry about up/down convert if needed”
One query on this; When exporting the SD, the only xd-cam option is HD.

cheers

S Bedford, Western Australia

[Shannon Bedford]

Final Cut Pro 6.0.6
Mac OSX 10.5.8
Processor: 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-core Intel Xeon
Memory: 6GM 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM

did I miss anything?

S Bedford, Western Australia

[Shannon Bedford]

Thanks Pirate Bret, I didn’t realise you could just delete the background once it was set. I’m pretty sure the old versions didn’t let you do that.

Funny thing is, when I restarted photoshop today and tried again, “transparent” is no longer greyed out. I have no idea what has changed but everything is now as it should be.

Cheers

S Bedford, Western Australia

[Shannon Bedford]

I’ve selected preset 1080p (I’m using 1080i but it’s not an option). But the option to give it a transparent background is greyed out.

S Bedford, Western Australia

[Shannon Bedford]

Ahh I should have recognised your photo.

Still, you are from overseas which makes you exotic.

-Sandgroper

S Bedford, Western Australia

[Shannon Bedford]

“The advantage of MM creating a new project with just the online media is that you don’t get the nag screen telling you there is offline media every time.”

I kinda like the nag screen – it screams “Drive Space!” something we all crave. But, keeping the original project without media is a great solution – don’t know why I didn’t think of that.

Thanks everyone, you guys are fantastic. If you weren’t on the other side of the world I’d give you all something from my chocolate drawer.

Cheers,
Shannon

S Bedford, Western Australia