2.5 hr shot @ 50Mbits 1080p 29.97 Copy 60GB using USB-2 for the reader and FW-800 to the drive > 30min > 1/5 realtime FCP-7 (with Canon XF plugin installed) WARNING DO NOT UPGRADE TO OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion! Log & Transfer to Prores 422 using 2009 Core Duo macbookpro > Realtime, half realtime with …
No more transcoding or re-wrapping of most current camera formats and codecs! That’s a big deal I think. I’m cutting a show with 5D, panasonic AVC INTRA, EX1, EX3, and P2 footage. With Final Cut I would still have to rewrap or transcode all this footage. Sony came out with their AMA plugin in Nov …
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-100% Rule: determine what the tightest framing of a picture will be without scaling the picture above 100% in FCP or AVID. Do this: -open the picture in photoshop -make the Info palette visible -set options to Pixels -select the Marquee tool -eyeball different zooms on the picture using Marquee -on the info palette read …
When you need YouTube video’s or any other video’s from websites for editing. Do this: (for PC or Mac) 1. install the latest Firefox browser 2. install the Download helper add-on USE this link if you google it, you will get a spammy page where the real link is hidden. 3. go to the page …
Use Screenflow to capture a web page in action, including video playing on the page. Look for: ScreenFlow-Tutorial, Shortcuts and manual on the right. -For capture set your resolution temporarily to 1344×840 (in OSX System Preferences) This is to make the capture resolution closer to video resolution. -Find a neutral desktop BG don’t have browser …
Pay attention when you look at 20-year-olds or experienced computer users. They usually use “secret” keystrokes that do things in 1 second that would take you minutes, and they seem to click the mouse less. If you want to become an efficient user of editing software you have to try to copy some of their …
Recover P2 card after format or accidental delete. Immediately pull the write protect switch on the card. Then make an image of it and try to recover that. PC data recovery software works best since the file system is fat-32 The consensus is: send the card to panasonic and they can recover. They have their …
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