[Tom Duncan]

Okay thanks. Well, I searched the CC site and cannot find an “edit profile” feature anywhere. I can “view profile” if I click on my own post.

So here is my system specs. G5 2X 2.5Ghz. 2.5Gb RAM, ATI Radeon 9600XT, OSX 10.4.9, FCP 6.0

[Tom Duncan]

Believe me when I say I WANT media manager to work. Perhaps you could respond to my earlier post…

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/948990

What is really strange is when I later opened other projects and duplicated my steps there were absolutely NO RESULTS at all. No output, no cleanup, no calculated disk savings…

What is the magic secret to making MM behave consistently? When I posted these same questions on the Apple forums the only response I got was “MM has ALWAYS been broken, that’s why they dubbed in Media Mangler”. So I gave up on it.

thanks, td

[Tom Duncan]

I was under the impression Shake’s image stabilizer was included with FCS 2, based on the Apple website’s video demos, which they seem to have completely removed.

I am extremely disappointed that they can’t fix something as basic as Media Manager. What is up with that?

[Tom Duncan]

Thanks for your input guys, very much appreciated and useful.

As far as written document, I was thinking along the lines of something to have while I assemble the other components, investors etc.

I suppose that would be like a Letter of Intent or letter of interest at minimum?

thanks,td

[Tom Duncan]

OK, got it working.

[Tom Duncan]

I’d like to know how this works out for you. Especially because this project would probably not use the motion tile effect to duplicate layers, which I assume means more layer rendering time. How big are your layers (walls, floor etc) and is the rendering manageable?

thanks,
td

[Tom Duncan]

My version of “normal” paint doesnt have any parameters to it ???

I think I figured a solution to the parallel strokes, and that is by tweaking the path so the edge reveals only what I want revealed.

sometimes a little sleep will solve a lot of problems eh?

So I could create two versions of the logo for the cross-overs as Roland suggested and that would be a lot less work.

thanks everyone,
td

[Tom Duncan]

That would help the parts that cross each other. But there are sections in the script such as letters a, d, e, t, where the stroke reverses direction, causing thick sections made from parallel strokes.

I suppose it is doable with a LOT of effort but all I really need is a simple, variable width brush.

Just a few days ago I watched Maltaannon’s tutorial on how to do this but now it is MIA. Do you know what plug-in has a brush-tip that can do this? I’m pretty sure that is what his tutorial showed but the memory cells have that darn gaussian blur thing going on.

perplexed,
td

[Tom Duncan]

I get something similar but different. I suspect batch capturing is broken just like Media Manager and Color and other “PRO features” of FCP.

Capturing from a Sony DSR-11, though I doubt that has anything to do with the drive is. I tried setting up a batch capture file with 5 minute intervals to make smaller clips. Nice clean start and stop points right? But then FCP changes things arbitrarily like stop points, stop points, durations… FCP has a mind of it’s own. Don’t try to fight it.

td

[Tom Duncan]

I’m not a guru by any means, but it looks fake because of…

1. Perspective. Try a different camera, larger mm like 35 or 50 or more until the lens matches the one the photo was taken with. The speaker cabinet looks like an extreme fisheye (10-15mm?) was used.

2. Color and lighting. Maybe desaturate, lower brightness and contrast etc until it matches the photo again. I cant tell if the speaker has a different wood on the front or is it shadowed, but the photo has no shadows like it is overcast (?)

Hope that helps some or at least provides a start.
td