Tom Meegan
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https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/understanding_16_9.html
This is an older article but the principles apply.
Things that might be helpful to know…
When you add a piece of footage to a sequence, FCP may make adjustments to the footage to make it work in that time line. For instance if you have a DV 4:3 sequence and add clip that is DV with the anamorphic box checked, FCP will adjust the scale and aspect ratio of the footage to letterbox the footage within the 4:3 frame of the sequence. Thus you would have black above and below the footage when it is displayed in the Canvas. Reference the above article for how letterbox and anamorphic differ from one another.
When weirdness starts to occur with clips that have been added to a sequence…
Double click the clip in the time line to load it into the Viewer.
Investigate if anything has been changed or added under the motion tab and filters tab. These will be your clues for trouble shooting.
If you want to look at your current sequence settings, highlight the sequence and hit Command-Zero. Changes you make in this dialog will only effect the current sequence.
If you want to look at the properties of a particular clip highlight it in the Browser and hit Command-9.
Sequence and clip setting should match, unless you have no choice, or are shooting for a particular effect.
Good luck.
Tom
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Keyframe the shots individually, but match their motion so you get the effect you are striving for.
So…
Slide the original shot to the right with the center parameter.
Place the second shot on layer 2 and off to the left
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Layer the clips on top of one another.
Double click the clips to load them in the Viewer.
Click the Motion tab in the Viewer.
Animate the crop and center properties in the motion tab to hide, reveal and move the clips around for dramatic effect.
It will make your life easier if you make the Viewer window large for this work.
Also, with the Viewer window active, hit Command + to zoom into your keyframes.
The manual does a good job explaining keyframing of Motion parameters.
Good Luck.
Tom
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Tools > Frame Viewer is good for matching shots.
Another method is the layer the shots and crop the shot on the top layer.
Double click the top layer to load in the Viewer.
Click the Motion tab.
Twirl open the Crop carot.
Adjust to taste.
Best,
tom
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Hi Stephanie,
My suggestion would be to ask your most significant regular clients what they anticipate for future delivery formats. I would also do some research on the clients you would like to have. What are they using? What are your competitors shooting on?
Are you hiring a camera operator/lighting technician? Have you asked them their opinion?
All the camera accessory gear, lighting gear, and microphones that Dave recommends in his post
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A mistake in my previous post:
F7 Targets Audio 1.
F8 Targets Audio 2.
Be well!
Tom
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To move a selection from the time line to the browser:
Command A to select all in the time line.
Command C to copy.
Command 4 to make the Browser active. (For future reference: Command 3 is the time line, Command 1 in the Viewer, and Commnd 2 is the Canvas.)
Command V to paste.
Enter key (or, on a laptop, Fn Return) to rename the clip.
Type the new name.
Return to accept the new name.
To edit from Browser to Timeline:
Use arrow and letter combinations to navigate to your first clip in the browser.
Hit the return key to open it in the Viewer.
Navigate with the J K L keys in the Viewer.
Use I and O to set in and out points if necessary.
Hit F10 to do and overwrite edit to the time line.
SIDE NOTE (if you are on a laptop, you may want to open the application System Preferences, select Keyboard and Mouse, click the Keyboard button, and then place a check next to Use F1-F12 keys to control Software. There after, use the Fn key as a prefix to the F button to access the hardware control functions built into the laptops F keys. If you choose not to do this, add the Fn key to all F key command before invoking them in Final Cut Pro.)
Hold F6 and press zero to disengage the V1 source from the V1 destination. (F7 does this for audio.)
Command 4 to select the Browser.
Use arrow keys, letters and the Return key as above to load the clip you want you audio from into the Viewer.
Set ins and outs with JKL and I and O.
Command 3 to activate the time line.
Home key to take the play head to the begining.
F10 to overwrite the audio only to the time line.
Then, as above…
Command A to select alll.
Command C to copy.
Command 4 to make the browser active.
Command V to paste.
ETC…
Extra credit:
Option H will open the Keyboard layout. Play here and you will learn lots of keyboard shortcuts. You will also be able to customize the keyboard to behave more like an Avid, if you want to.
Good luck.
Tom
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Create the clip you want in a sequence, as per advice above.
Select all.
Modify > Link
Drag all from the time line to the browser.
Name the result appropriately. It will function just like a clip.
Regards,
Tom
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When you say “happy” what exactly do you mean?
I’m not being facetious, although I think it sounds that way. If you are more specific about what it is the causes you to describe the mac as unhappy, you are more likely to receive a helpful answer.
Best,
Tom
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https://www.aja.com/html/products_macintosh.html
https://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/
If you are shooting, editing and mastering on DV, then firewire through the deck to the speakers and the video monitor, is a robust solution.
Best,
Tom