[Tom Meegan]

1. In the timeline, select the clip whose color and tone you would like to change.

2. Go Effects > Video Filters > Color Correction > Color Corrector 3-Way.

3. Double click the selected clip in the time line – this will “load” it into the viewer.

4. Place your timeline playhead within the clip you are going to change – this is so you can see the changes you make by looking at the Canvas.

5. In the viewer, click the Color Correction 3-Way tab.

6. Play with the sliders and knobs to change the look of your footage. The controls on the left will adjust the darkest areas of you image, the controls in the middle will adjust the grays (or gammas) of you image, and the controls on the right will adjust the whites.

If you are only adjusting the relative brightness/darkness of the image stick to the sliders below the circles.

I highly recommend going Help > Final Cut Pro User Manual then searching for “color corrector 3-way.” Read to learn.

As you make changes to the footage make sure you constantly compare your footage to the footage you are matching.

Unless you have an external monitor, resist the urge to be creative in your color treatment – just match a known good.

This is because the Canvas does not show you what the footage will look like ANYWHERE else. It is a confidence monitor, not a quality control monitor.

If you want to do precise color correction, set you system up with an external monitor.

Best,

Tom M

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Tom Meegan
Woven Pixels, LLC

[Tom Meegan]

Select the audio then hit Command – J.

Tweak the speed of the clip.

Then go to Effects > Audio Filters > Apple > AUPitch.

Your mileage may vary, as this is better handled in other apps, but to meet deadline, it is worth a try.

You don’t have to link the audio to video use this technique.

Best,

Tom Meegan

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Tom Meegan
Woven Pixels, LLC

[Tom Meegan]

Thank for this Jeff. Good information.

Tom Meegan
Woven Pixels

[Tom Meegan]

You need both drives connected if you want to work with all of your footage.

Can you plug both drives into your computer at once?

Best,

Tom Meegan
Woven Pixels, LLC

[Tom Meegan]

Probably not. There is probably no picture information in the areas with glare, so you only solution would be to paint or mask the area. This is tricky and time consuming.

Sorry for the bad news.

Tom Meegan
Woven Pixels, LLC

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Tom Meegan
Woven Pixels, LLC

[Tom Meegan]

I’ve been researching the Drobo as a back-up to the RAID 5 SAN I recently purchased.

Although Drobo isn’t a SAN, with the addition of a Drobo Share it becomes an NAS.

Drobo Share is a compelling choice as dummy proof back up for shops with two or three seats, and Drobo is a nice choice as primary storage for one man bands doing low bandwidth work.

Drobo + four 1.5 TB drives:

https://dealmac.com/Seagate-1-5-TB-Serial-ATA-3-Gb-s-Internal-Hard-Drive-for-150-free-shipping-more/260137.html?redir=1&ref=alert_bottom_1

Equals 6 TB raw (about 4.5 TB usable) on a Drobo. About $1100.00. Direct connect to one edit station doing DV or HDV work and it will perform pretty well.

Here is the performance chart:

https://www.drobo.com/Images/Inside/lightbox/Performance-Charts-lg.gif

For the shop with several seats add DroboShare for about $200 and anther Drobo with four drives –

12 TB raw, 8-9 TB usable, sharable over a network, $2400.00.

This could serve as a common media pool for sound effects, music, and stock footage. Or a near-line archive. Or back up for the SAN.

The Drobo’s ease of use, ease up upgrade, and the ability to turn it into an NAS for $200 are good reasons to consider it for certain users.

Tom Meegan
Woven Pixels, LLC

[Tom Meegan]

Add a cross dissolve to the beginning of the clip in the timeline.

Alternatively, use keyframes to adjust the vary the opacity of the text clip from 0 to 100 percent over the duration of the fade in.

Best,

Tom Meegan
Woven Pixels, LLC

[Tom Meegan]

Just to be clear – are you seeing this problem on original footage from both cameras?

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Tom Meegan
Woven Pixels, LLC

[Tom Meegan]

Does the camera original footage (before the edit) display the same frame doubling in Shake?

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Tom Meegan
Woven Pixels, LLC

[Tom Meegan]

Hi,

I found this page:

https://www.belle-nuit.com/subtitler/index.html

The screen shot of Belle Nuit shows the controls for how the text will appear.

My guesses would be:

1. The text settings weren’t made when you created the subtitles.

or

2. There are settings that were not correct on export.

or

3. There is a problem with the import into your version of FCP.

If you can elimination 1 and 2, I would call the Belle Nuit for support.

Best,

Tom Meegan
Woven Pixels, LLC

Best,

Tom Meegan
Woven Pixels, LLC