[Winston Cely]

Cool. Thanks for the tips. Cheers!

[Winston Cely]

Speaking of keyboards, I’ve got just the simple Apple FCP keyboard, and it’s close to 3.5 yrs old. It’s working fine, but it’s dirty as h*ll. I thought I remember hearing that with Apple’s usb keyboards you can stick them in the dishwasher (make sure it’s cold water) and clean it that way. I don’t have a dishwasher, does anyone have any tricks to cleaning them?

[Winston Cely]

It’s all in the shooting. Ge it as close as possible when you shoot, and minimize what you have to do in FCP.

That being said, Nattress is good, and so is Magic Bullet from Red Giant.

[Winston Cely]

Thanks for your explanation! I see what you mean.

Cheers,
Winston

[Winston Cely]

Sorry, guys. Everything I’ve tried has come up with just as slow a results. I think it must just be the particles are slowing it down. If tried a random few others with varied results as well.

Next year… a new card!

[Winston Cely]

Wow thanks for all the suggestions.

I did do the one monitor restart, but that didn’t help. I think I know what might be the solution though… I wasn’t connected to a network before, now I am. I’m going to try that and see if that improves my performance.

Originally I had something like 5 layers, with mulitple objects on each one, but then I thought, why not just do the fireworks as their own project. It was still slow. And just by habit, when I work in either Motion or LiveType, I only work on one project at a time. I know that my productivity sufferes a little, but in the long run, it’s better than bogging everything down and having a crash.

I’ll keep you guys posted.

Cheers,
Stone

Winston A. Cely
Editor
Envision Response
Seattle, WA

[Winston Cely]

Thanks for your help!

Well, I’ll be a mokey’s rear…. I wish I had known this card was as much of a dud as it is! I was under the impression this card would be a big step up from the stock card… Oh well. Maybe next year I’ll get a new kickbutt card.

[Winston Cely]

I’d love to make it, but I’m broke as all get out…. I’ve got your book and love it! I’ll see if I can’t talk my boss into flipping the bill to send me…..

Winston A. Cely
Editor
Envision Response
Seattle, WA

[Winston Cely]

I’d run a search here to get more detailed info, cause this has been asked many times before, but here’s a quick run down:

First of all, my advice is DON”T UPGRADE YET!!! The rule of thumb is to never upgrade your core programs when in the middle of a project. There’s no telling what you’ll run into. Besides, most people here are either frustrated as hell that FCP5 is not as stable as 4.5 was, or they’re actually down grading to 4.5.

If you are dying to upgrade before you’re done with that project (and trust me, you may end up wanting to kill yourself for upgrading) duplicate your project and keep the original safe so you can go back if you need to. And be aware that many of your render files may get completely screwed. Almost every single sequence I have will render green artifacts into my sequence after I’ve opened it in 5.x. This has forced me to essentially “re-edit” my projects. – “re-edit” because the video was fine, and the graphics where ok, but as soon as I rendered them, I’d get horrible artifacts where ever a render was required; transitions, text, graphics, etc –

That’s just a few of the things you’ll want to look out for. Do a search and make sure you find the proper way to install!

Good Luck!

Cheers,
Stone

[Winston Cely]

Damn! I didn’t know he was coming to Seattle! (That’e where I’m stationed at the moment) Oh well….