Steven L. gotz
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That’s useful information. Thanks. It is always nice to hear that what I want to do anyway is a good idea. Now all I have to do is convince Adobe to give me free copies of their MAc products to run on the laptop, I will be in good shape. Getting a free copy of FCP might be a challenge.
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The advantage of FCP is that it runs on a Mac. If you have a Mac, there is no better way to get started. If, however, you have a PC, then you should be using Premiere Pro 2.0
There are other advantages to FCP. Not because it is better, but because it used to be, many people believe it is better and therefore they want to hire editors who use FCP. If you are working for yourself that does not really apply, does it?
If you want to edit HDV, I believe that Premiere Pro with Cineform Aspect HD is a superior method to what I have seen on a Mac.
Seriously, FCP is a fine product that is on a par with Premiere Pro 2.0 and it is virtually impossible to tell you which is better. I like some of the features in FCP, like how you can drop the clip in slightly different areas of the track and it sort of provides a menu showing you what happens if you drop it there. It is hard to describe, but it is nifty. Premiere Pro allows you to edit Audio at the sample level instead of only at the frame level. That makes it easier to reomove pops and clicks.
Both are good. Neither are perfect.
The main advantage to Premiere Pro is the interaction with other Adobe products within the Adobe Production Studio.
Personally, I have been thinking of buying a high powered Mac laptop just to play around with it. I figure if I learn to use it with Adobe products like After Effects and Photoshop, I will be more useful as a technical editor for the publishers that give me work now and then. If I do, then I will be able to decide for myself which tasks are better on which machines.
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OK, so for around $3100 I can get a decked out laptop.
I would be using this for editing only, and with all of the Adobe products, plus FCP, I guess.
The real question is, would I be better off with a G5? Sigh. Tough decision. But if the laptop can do it, it would be easier to justify. If I wanted to spend around $9K I could go hog wild on a two dual processor G5 and a 30 inch monitor. I would really have to find a serious reason for that kind of money.
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It can’t give you DV NTSC because there is no such thing as DV NTSC progressive. Pick a codec, any codec.
I believe you are making an incorrect assumption. I believe you should use a standard DV preset and edit that way. If you want to deinterlace everything, then do so. If it doesn’t need deinterlacing, then so be it. Export as progressive.
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Presets are merely suggestions. Have you tried making a custom project using the Desktop option instead of DV NTSC? As far as I know there is no progressive DV NTSC so there would be no need for a preset.
If you are using a capture from a MiniDV camera, you should edit in an interlaced project and then export as prograssive. Or, deinterlace every clip on the timeline. If you are animating from other applications and not using video, use the Desktop method.
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I suppose many editors (including Tim Kolb) would like the problem that they are too busy. That doesn’t mean you can’t drop by once in a while to check up on us Tim Kurkoski! See you around now and then, I hope.
Steven
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When you place the video it works pretty much that way, assuming that mono goes to mono tracks and stereo to stereo.
But moving does not work that way. You can move it manually. It is two steps instead of one, but that is the current design.
Steven
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