Stephan Walfridsson
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This question has been answered many times before. When you have a question try searching the forums….
But to answer your question: YES you need to use Compressor or a conversion plugin such as Nattress Standard Conversion to achieve a good result.
Read this thread: https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1064177
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[Arnie Schlissel] “If you go this route, you may need to use Automator to remove any excess text that Compressor tries to add onto the back end of your file names. “
If you create a custom destination in compressor you can configure it so that no extra text is added to the export filename…
Stephan
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I edit EX footage using external FW800 drives all the time. Unless the drive is very full you shouldn’t have any problems. (But you should never let your media drives become full anyway…) And if you only have one internal drive, with the OS and applications on it, you should absolutely use the external drive. Storing your media on the system drive is definitely not recommended.
Stephan
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You should probably use Folder Actions, rather than automator. You attach a script to your watch folder that checks every three seconds or so if the size has changed. If not, then your file should be complete and ready to be sent to Squeeze.
Here is a thread about doing kind of what you need: https://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=17912
/Stephan
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In additon to what Bogie said, the source of your problem is that the aspect ratio of your original images (not pixel aspect ratio) is 3:2. Video images has either 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio.
So when you add your images to the (16:9) sequence FCP respects the aspect ratio of your original images and compensates by shrinking them down so that you use the full height of your source image. But this results in black on the sides as your source images are more square than the sequence imagesize. So you will have to crop top and/or bottom of your images to make them fit.
Stephan
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[Matthew Charof] “I am trying to work with HDV footage 1080 60i on Final Cut Express HD. Right now I have the old version 3.5 and it is not supporting the mov files.”
Matthew is using Final Cut Express not Final Cut Pro. And version 3.5 of FCE was called Final Cut Express HD.
Probably FCE HD 3.5 can only handle Apple Intermediate Codec and not straight HDV files. But this is just me guessing…
Stephan
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You don’t need to have the old version installed, but you will need to enter your old serialnumber.
Stephan
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Anything (almost) can be done in fcp with enough patience and ingenuity:
So what is lightwrap? Keying a blurred version of the background over the edges of the foreground with falloff into the foreground, using an apropriate composite mode.
So how do we do it? (Assuming you use a filter in fcp to pull the key.)
1. On the video track above your composite add a copy of the keyed foreground. (Just copy the clip you have keyed for your Composite. Set the display mode to matte.
2. Add another copy of the keyed foreground to the next videotrack (above) and set this to display matte as well. Change composite mode of this clip to Subtract. On this clip you can now use the Edge control softening to add suitable falloff into the foreground matte.
3. Nest the two clips. This nest is the matte for your edges.
4. Add a copy of your background above the “matte nest”. Blur using whatever method and settings please you. Set composite mode to Travel Matte – luma. Now you have the blurred background composited over the edges of your composite with a falloff into the foreground.
5. Nest the “matte nest” and the blurred background. Change the composite mode of this nest to your liking. Usually Lighten is good, but you can experiment with Screen or anything else.
Done… (I hope…)
/Stephan
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[Steve Eisen] “The Firewire was used for DV not VHS on that deck “
I’ve never used one, so you may be right. But in the info specs they claim that “An i.LINK connection to a VHS VCR, only enables video and audio transmission. The VHS VCR cannot be controlled from the PC.” So at least it seems like you could use the firewire to output/capture uncontrolled.
Stephan
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Actually, JVC used to make one… the JVC SR-VS30 (ok it’s really S-VHS) 😉
Stephan