[Toni Carey]

Hi Mike,
I would love to know what you found out about the wavy watery look and how to fix it. Thanks for posting!
Best,
Toni Carey

Toni @ TONICK
http://www.tonickproductions.com
2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo IMAC
w/500GB Internal HD
running MAC OS X 10.4.10
(always updated to current version)
2 LaCie 500 GB HD’s firewired to it
Running FCP Studio 2
Use Canon GL2 to shoot and digitize footage

[Toni Carey]

Thanks Michael and Colin. I was able to export the phase corrected file from soundtrack in an aif form and then import it back into FCP and replace the bad track. (after using Phase>invert in soundtrack pro).

There were still some phasing issues though (so I’m not sure what the phase >invert actually did in Soundtrack) but I am alternately using key frames to pull the sound down when it bleeds into the non-speaking performer’s track and that is working really well!

Can’t thank you guys enough!
Best to you!
Toni @ TONICK

[Toni Carey]

Thanks Colin, I’ll give it a try.

[Toni Carey]

Hi All,

I just wanted to close the circuit on this question in case anyone is searching for the answer through old posts as I often do. Steve was correct; something was going on with my GL2 communicating with FCP6. I redigitized the footage using a much cheaper camera I had and it came out in perfect synch and did not freeze on the picture at all.

Thanks also to Jeremy for the advice. I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t really know the difference between drop frame and non drop frame so I scouted around online and confirmed the minidv footage was drop frame and I did (thankfully) have FCP6 set up correctly, so I was probably getting that error message because the GL2 was miscommunicating with FCP6.

Hope this helps someone else. Thanks very much Steve and Jeremy!
Best,
Toni

Toni @ TONICK
http://www.tonickproductions.com
2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo IMAC
w/500GB Internal HD
running MAC OS X 10.4.10
(always updated to current version)
2 LaCie 500 GB HD’s firewired to it
Running FCP Studio 2
Use Canon GL2 to shoot and digitize footage

[Toni Carey]

Hey Steve – super great to hear from you!

Thanks so much for the info (although I’m bummed because it sounds like I may need to buy a deck — ouch!). Yes, we will totally catch up at the Races. Nick and I had a blast at NAB with you guys. Thanks also for answering so quickly, I’m always so embarrassed to ask stuff like this because it seems so trivial to what you are all doing.

Thanks again!
Best,
Toni

Toni @ TONICK
http://www.tonickproductions.com
2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo IMAC
w/500GB Internal HD
running MAC OS X 10.4.10
(always updated to current version)
2 LaCie 500 GB HD’s firewired to it
Running FCP Studio 2
Use Canon GL2 to shoot and digitize footage