[Sharilynn]

“You could always remove the word ‘cheap’ and insert the word ‘inexpensive.'”

Point well taken.

I have gone through the whole sequence of major color correction, DVD burning, quitting FCP and starting it again – all is well! It seems that trashing the Preferences did the trick.

And because of your excellent guidance, Don, I know what to look out for and how to deal with it in the future.

Thank you, Shane Ross and Duncan Craig very, very, very much.

May you all have a very Happy Holiday Season!!

[Sharilynn]

“It is not cheap, but what in this business is?” That was a mistake to write. Your advice, and others on Creative Cow, are priceless, yet free! I AM grateful for that! 🙂

[Sharilynn]

Hi Don,

Thank you for so much excellent information and help. I did get FCP Rescue, but also like the information on your link about trashing the Prefs. It is extremely imformative. I think I’ll try locking the Pref folder and see if that works. I wonder if that’s related to locking the sequence, which also seemed to work. Couldn’t get anything done that way, of course . . .

It is discouraging, but also enlightening to know about the possible other corruptions that can happen. I did have FCP tell me at one point that my Render File was full and that I needed to trash some other render files if I wanted to continue. Things were bad at that point, so I trashed what I had been doing instead. I expect I’ll come across that same message today. Maybe soon, as FCP is rendering during this reply. I had no idea that a Render file could become full.

The DV Sportster looks excellent, but I’ll wait until after the Holidays before I even begin to look at it seriously. It is not cheap, but what in this business is? It sounds like I’ll need it, though. Each shoot I do means I spend at least two hours steady behind a camera on a tripod. Then a lunch break, and then two more hours. There are times when I’d like to move around rather than staying in one position, but it’s not worth it if I get muscle fatique.

I’ll let you know how this render session comes out.

[Sharilynn]

I’ve been using https://www.sounddogs.com and https://www.shockwave-sound.com/

[Sharilynn]

Yes, a typo! It should have read, “I just don’t like NOT knowing the why of this”.

Two different jerkiness fixes seem to work – changing tracks (tried first) seemed to be fine. At least it worked for that particular editing session. I burned a DVD with the video just to make sure. All was well. Then I quite FCP and launched it again. Still all right, so I did more color correction. Upon playback, the jerkiness happened again. I changed tracks, worked some more, finished the rough cut and got well into the second color correction session. But it got late and I put the Mac on sleep. Me too.

I trashed the preferences this morning (Sunday), but haven’t had the time to reproduce the same above circumstances as of yet. So while all seems well, I’m not sure at the moment if this really fixed the problem. I’ll know tomorrow. Meanwhile, I’m going to check out FCP Rescue. I’m sure that will head off much frustration on my part. Thanks very much for that.

Steadicam JR is a small (and relatively cheap) stabilizing rig made for cameras 2 – 4 lbs. It uses camera positioning on the unit (nine choices), weight angle of two arms designed to drop the balance down below the camera (3 main choices sans extra weights, then you add 1 – 4 wieghts of varying sizes), and fine positioning using the connection of the grip to the rest of the unit. I’m sure I’ll get it eventually . . .

Shari

[Sharilynn]

Hi Don,
Thanks for the link to G-Raid. It is always good to know about good storage! I think I’ll pick one up next time, along withone of those external ports units. Very sweet.
Shari

[Sharilynn]

Hi Don,

Thanks for following up on this.

Yes, I just now trashed the Preferences for both FCP 4.5 and 5 (just to make sure!) Going back into FCP – all seems fine. I hope that was it. I won’t be able to get intensely back into editing until tomorrow, or maybe late tonight, so I won’t really know until then. It sure would be nice if that was it. I noticed that changing tracks did seem to quiet things down. I don’t know why. I just don’t like knowing the why of this. It can ambush me, and editing is way too labor intensive and important to allow that to happen.

On another note – I notice you have a GL2. So do I. I have bought a Steadicam JR for it, but there are no settings available for the GL2 in this regard. Would you by any chance have them?

Shari

[Sharilynn]

Here is the screenshot of my work on FCP:

https://homepage.mac.com/sharidyer1/PhotoAlbum35.html

Shari

[Sharilynn]

Hi,
i just finished the rough cut of the video, and pasted the whole thing to a new sequence timeline. I don’t have a problem with this timeline. I went back to the old one, and that one seemed to be good too. I have no idea why.

I’ve got to do more color correcting, as some of the clips were with indoor lighting and some were with just window light. The two are much closer now, but I want to match them up better if I can. I will use still another timeline to do that, just in case I blow the whole thing. Then at least I’ll have a back up.

I’m also going to burn the rough cut to see what it looks like on the big TV, and if it jerks at all. Cross your fingers. Meanwhile, I’ll upload a screen shot of my FCP displays on .Mac. I’m synching up now, and will post the URL as soon as I can.

I don’t at all like not knowing what is happening here, but I sure appreaciate the time you are giving to helping me. Thank you.

Shari

[Sharilynn]

Lord, how I would like to make this easy for you. The hard drive is connected via Firewire. It is indeed formatted as Mac OS Extended. All my drives are connected and formatted this way, except, of course, the two ATA drives in my Mac.

Yes, I’m very aware of the organization problems with a lot of hard drives. Two of the external drives are simply back ups. But as to the others . . .as one fills up, I go to another. But that may mean I must move the Capture Scratch file too. So things get a bit complex. I really DO need to delete a few FCP files . . .I just haven’t talked myself into it yet. But getting close . . .

I don’t know what LaCie Big 500 Gig drives are – but I do like them. I’ve never known one to crash. I have a few Maxtor paperweights lying around, however.