Tom Matthies
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Drive formatted as FAT32?
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If you have Quicktime Pro, you can import a sequence of stills and export a Quicktime clip that you can then import into FCE, thus eliminating the scaling problems. Should work…
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Well, that’s better than your iPhone running on a compressor. Just think of how long that extension cord would need to be. And the NOISE!
Hsssss……
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I agree that reading is good and I disagree that editors do not know know to read. I seem to be somewhat of a freak in the editing world, a creative technical person. I not only do the editing around here but I’m also the technical/maintenance person as well. I can cut with the best of them, but I also read every manual I can get my hands on. I know my gear inside and out. My wife kids me when I buy some new piece of electronics that the first thing I do is open the box and pull out the manual and read it from cover to cover before I actually unpack the goodies.
I believe that, although not absolutely necessary for editing, a good technical background in this business is invaluable. I started WAY back when we edited machine to machine with 2″ Quad tape. Over the years my love of this business has enabled me to not only keep up with new technology, but to actually push them to the limits. Along the way I’ve also managed to obtain several FCC licenses (old days) and also to earn a number of certifications with the Society of Broadcast Engineers. I am currently working at earning my Senior Broadcast Certification. Why? I just like to learn new things.
Just because a person is not all that technically minded doesn’t matter. A good basic knowledge of the workings of the business can only help in the long run. Yes it’s a lot of work. Yes it can be boring. But the more you know about what is going on under the hood, the better editor you will ultimately be at your job. You can’t be a racing car driver without going under the hood from time to time.
Read everything you can get your hands on. I cruise this (and other) forums every day. I go to websites and take it all in. I subscribe to over a dozen magazines a month. And I still manage to have time to actually get my work done. And have a life outside of it as well.
Ask questions, even if you think they might be dumb. And listen to the answers but remember that there are always several ways to achieve the same results. Develop a work flow that works for you in your situation, but be open to suggestions as well. I’ve been in the biz for a long time but I still am finding new or faster ways to do things. Never stop learning. Never sit still for long. Always try to experiment when you have the time. Push the limits just to see what happens. It’s a fun business to be in. I still can’t believe that I actually get paid to do this stuff for all of these years.
Always remember that if it was that easy to do, everyone would be doing it.
My 2¢ worth…
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DVCPro50 should be lower field first
FWIW
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Got mine from Firmtek. Two channels only for now. Works with their enclosures but I can’t say if it would work with everyone else’s enclosures or not.
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Check out this link.
Ours is the model before this one, but the function is basically the same. Ours is the StreamZ SD version. Works very well.https://www.digital-rapids.com/Products/IndividualProducts/StreamZ.aspx
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It probably doesn’t need to be said, but if their logo started out as a still graphic, make sure that it is RGB and not CMYK.
Just a thought.
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Do your newly imported clips have the same names as the old clips? Are you changing the disk to search when you are trying to reconnect? You change the disk while in the reconnect process. Just select the disk you want to search or select all your disks and let FCP find the clips.
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We have a Digital Rapids dedicated station (not the PC Card-PC version) and it has saved us untold hours of encoding. The quality is very good. As good or better than encoding via software. We needed to convert 100’s of hours of footage for access on the web and to do it through software encoding just wasn’t an option. It will handle encoding from a live source either analog or digital and will also convert files from disk. You can even encode to multiple file formats all in the same pass.
Not cheap but ours paid for itself in a single job.
Tom