I would suspect this means that Apple does not have plans to kill FCP. I would also caution against thinking they are going to “improve” or add more features than what’s going into the iPad version. I think they are more than happy with FCP being the professional single-user-creator app, as opposed to adding the features that DVR or others have…

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Hi Tum,

I’ve been teaching them for a year now, and using one myself as well. My advice based on this experience is to simply look up some YouTube videos. That sounds silly in a professional sense, but it’s all you need. I love how easy these cameras are to operate, hands down the best user interface of any pro-sumer/professional camera on the…

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Ugh, gotta love an update bug.

Select all the generators you like in your Generator Browser, hit E on your keyboard to Append Edit, then select all your generators in the timeline using CMD-A. Next, CTRL-D to “change duration,” type in the duration you want (depends on the FPS your timeline is set up for, and finally click Enter. This will change all the generator’s duration…

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I thought of a question; is it possible to use Photoshop on an iPad instead of a computer to do the live titling? This would help keep the setup small.

Thank you so much for your in-depth reply! This will at least get me on the right track for testing (as we are winding down for the year) so that we can be ready for the next season.

We were hoping for something more “built-in” for the titles, as the Photoshop system requires a computer setup, but it is what it is at this point. We were a little…

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Thanks for the feedback, Shawn! I appreciate it. I’ll check that video out, and someone else mentioned that Ripple Training has a video as well. I’ve got my homework cut out for me this summer. 👍

Hello everyone,

I’m a high school filmmaking instructor, and we are looking to purchase Pocket Cinema Camera 4K cameras for next year. We have previously been using (and will continue to do so) Sony’s a6300s which has suited us well for quite some time. Suffice it to say, I have plenty of experience with those, but none on the Pocket 4k. I’d like…

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I am a complete newbie to ATEM productions. I have an ATEM TV Studio Pro (not a Mini) and a Hypderdeck Studio HD Pro. We live-stream high school sporting events, therefore we are a mobile setup. I have three questions:

1. How do we connect both devices together in order to utilize instant replays in our sporting events?

2. How do I create custom…

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So I am a complete “noob” – to use the parlance of our time – in using and setting up switchers, and I need help.

Setup: We are a high school that livestream high school sporting events. We used to use a Tricaster Mini (bought many years ago) and it was fantastic for its day. But it eventually stopped working, wasn’t covered under warranty…

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That’s what I figured. Thanks though!

Is it possible to use FCPX as a live switcher with the option of live chromakey? If so, what is the process?

I’m not interested in editing later, but more akin to a live production (think weather anchor on live TV having the greenscreen background keyed out in order to replace it with weather maps).

I agree the initial filming of the scene is the most important aspect. After that, the overall day-for-night is fairly straightforward if it was photographed properly, but the way I read it was that the question was for something beyond that; i.e. adding specific lights for actors, etc. that read as more 3-dimensional. That would require a bit…

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I know this is probably not the type of advice you want, but I would look at examples of actual night photography (still or moving) that approximate the look that is in your mind. Example:

I did a day for night shot that had cars going through it. At first, I was just tracking some lens flares to the car headlight positions, and it was not…

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…. When is Motion 6 coming out …. 😔

I’m having issues making a lower third as well. I can add markers, they initially show up green, but as soon as I edit to make them a poster frame, or an optional build-in or optional build-out, they disappear.

I used the Motion Template for titles. I’m on a brand new iMac M1.

Yeah, my students are recording on Sony a6300’s so either XAVC S for 4K or HD. Thanks for your help on this! You’ve clarified something I should have known already.👍

Gotcha. I’ll make this our policy moving forward.

Is there a reason this has to be done? When importing video from our SD Cards, we don’t have to copy the video to our hard drive first and then import it.

Yeah, I did.

I’m curious if anyone else has had this issue…

For years now, whenever I use the import function of FCP on audio files recorded using various field recorders (both Tascam and Zoom) the initial import does not work. They show up in the browser, but upon further inspection, they are still pointing to the SD Card from the field recorders not the…

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I’m not sure if this is what you’re looking for or not. I kinda think it might not be upon re-reading your posts, but I’m gonna throw it down here just in case:

So I think you need an image sequence that you playback as a single movie.

First, cull together all the images you need. Make sure that they are in a video-friendly format (like png),…

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Question 1: These new features don’t move the needle for me, mostly because I just bought an iPhone 11ProMax. I think they’re great, and in three or so years, when I have killed my phone, I’ll really look forward to the 2nd or third generation of these features as they’ll be more robust by then. If I had an iPhone that was at least a couple of…

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I teach film production/broadcasting in South Carolina to 10th, 11th, and 12th graders. Needless to say, many of our teachers, myself included have felt like we’re being lead to slaughter with no hazard pay, and cancellation of the pay raise that was approved last year.

Teaching has been strange, to say the least. Students are separated by…

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I’m trying to create my own custom transition that “slices” the video and then each slice slides away revealing the next clip.

I would want the option to choose how my video is sliced (vertical, horizontal, and each diagonal).

My idea was to create this Transition from a Motion template and use multiple Transition A placeholder/Transition B…

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