http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/list.php?1 EN Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:23:12 +0000 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:23:12 +0000 Avid2FCP Phorum 5.1.25 60 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1271#msg-1271 Oliver Peters
I stayed with the standard 5400 RPM drive for better battery life. A friend had the 7200RPM and that was a concern he had raised. I don't have actual quantitative comparisons. If you tend to have AC power available most of the time you use the laptop, then the 7200RPM drive will respond a bit faster with apps. Typically I use external drives for media, so it's not an issue to have the slower drive for me. I think the newer machines come standard with 4GB RAM. That's a good amount. Not less.

Another consideration is expansion. The newer machines only offer Express34 slots in the 17" model.

- Oliver]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1271#msg-1271 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:23:12 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1270#msg-1270 Bruce
What's your feeling on the 5600 vx 7200 rpm issue? I just took a look at the Avid website and it does state 7200rpm drive. Nothing about it on the Apple Final Cut Pro page, though.

Did you swap out the drives?]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1270#msg-1270 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:54:13 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1269#msg-1269 Oliver Peters
- Oliver]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1269#msg-1269 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:33:01 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1268#msg-1268 Bruce
I have the opportunity to get a slightly older model 2.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo 17" Macbook Pro for about 200 pounds less than I can get the new 2.53 Ghz i5 CPU model. Would anyone know if the saving is worth it, or should I just go for the newer CPU?

I am also being told that I should have a 7200rpm internal HD, not the standard 5600rpm. Is this strictly necessary if my media is all being kept on an external drive? And surely I could easily swap the drives myself rather than paying the suppliers £35 for the privilege... although would this invalidate the warranty?

And is Applecare worth nearly £200?]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1268#msg-1268 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:27:57 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1267#msg-1267 Oliver Peters
Depends on what you want to do. You have real-time, fullscreen display in the desktop display mode from inside FCP. This would play your footage in real-time to either the laptop screen or to an externally-connected display. If you want real-time video output to a video (not computer) monitor, then look into a unit like the AJA IO Express or the Matrox MXO2 Mini. The hitch is that these would require an Express34 slot card. That now only comes on the 17" MBP.

- Oliver]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1267#msg-1267 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:20:17 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1266#msg-1266 Bruce
Thanks for your guidance.

Is there any way to have realtime external video monitoring from a laptop? I know it sort of defeats the purpose of portable editing, but I always much prefer to have external video monitoring whenever possible.]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1266#msg-1266 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:57:34 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1265#msg-1265 Oliver Peters
- Oliver]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1265#msg-1265 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:23:09 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1262#msg-1262 Bruce
This would not be a full-time professional set-up - just a machine to do occasional editing homework on. However, would I still need to go for the 17" model or could I get away with a smaller screen size? I already have a 22" monitor at home, although it is VGA input only. Could I use that as a second monitor and would that allow me to go for a smaller laptop screen?

Also what are the options for viewing realtime on a video monitor from a MacBook? Is there a cheap video outputting solution?

And are there any issues if I wanted to install Avid alongside FCP? And how about After Effects?

Sorry for the dumb questions, but believe it or not I've never owned a laptop before. I'm only thinking in terms of MacBook because I want to have the option to run FCP.

Thanks.]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1262,1262#msg-1262 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:15:44 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1259,1260#msg-1260 Martin Baker Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1259,1260#msg-1260 Mon, 17 May 2010 14:47:16 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1259,1259#msg-1259 littlealex
However, I can find the various permutations of T which allows me to select to the start or the end, but there's no way to select all clips in a marked area. Am I missing something, or has Avid taken an FCP feature and improved it! :p

Thanks in advance]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1259,1259#msg-1259 Mon, 17 May 2010 13:08:21 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1252,1258#msg-1258 Salthegal Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1252,1258#msg-1258 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:08:22 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1252,1257#msg-1257 Martin Baker
So do a search in Compressor on "H.264" and you should see a setting called "H.264 800Kbps". Select this setting and duplicate it, then rename it.

Select the duplicated setting and in the Inspector window, choose the second "tab" named "Encoder".

Click on the Audio > Settings button and change the sample rate to 44.1000Khz (this won't put your audio out of sync)

In the Inspector window, click on the fifth "tab" named "Geometry"

Set the Frame Size popup to "Custom (16:9) and enter 854 for the width and 480 for the height. Since you're using PAL SD, the most suitable size for YouTube is 480px height which comes up in their player as 480p.

Save the setting and try it out. Depending on how it looks, you might need to increase the data rate limit in the Video > settings button if the quality isn't good enough.]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1252,1257#msg-1257 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:31:51 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1252,1256#msg-1256 Salthegal
Unfortunately I have version 6.0.6. I've been testing various paths to export, but they all seem to stretch the anamorphic image out of shape. It's bewildering, as everyone I've asked uses a different method. I'd also really like to know how which codec to use, how fast the bit rate should be and the optimal file size for uploading to the web. Then, as I've been editing music to pictures at 48kh, doesn't it knock it out of sync if you convert to 44.1 as you tube requests?

Sal]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1252,1256#msg-1256 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:31:17 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1252,1255#msg-1255 beermatt Matt.]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1252,1255#msg-1255 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:37:31 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1253,1254#msg-1254 beermatt Matt.]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1253,1254#msg-1254 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:33:32 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1253,1253#msg-1253 beermatt Thanks, Matt.]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1253,1253#msg-1253 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:21:20 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1252,1252#msg-1252 Salthegal
I'm exporting a DV Pal Anamorphic 720 x 576 sequence for the first time to be uploaded to a you tube website. What is the best way to do this? I notice compressor has three categories of web settings containing many options. How big should the file be? You tube want H264 or mpeg 2 or 4, with audio preferably in an AAC 44.1khz format.

Thanks, Sal]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1252,1252#msg-1252 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:31:06 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1251#msg-1251 Jude Cotter Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1251#msg-1251 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:40:40 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1228,1250#msg-1250 jondechavez Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1228,1250#msg-1250 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:43:28 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1249#msg-1249 metapunk Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1249#msg-1249 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:55:25 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1248#msg-1248 Martin Baker
I just tried reconstructing what you're doing by using "Mask Shape" and "Mask Feather" filters on the V2 clips and that works completely fine with opacity changed on the clips and dissolves between them. You might want to give that a go.

http://img.skitch.com/20100413-r43f7u4f58nhy735acy6ypnq6a.jpg]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1248#msg-1248 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:09:12 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1247#msg-1247 Sean Lander
Hope that helps.]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1247#msg-1247 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:06:48 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1246#msg-1246 Sean Lander
Hope that helps.]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1246#msg-1246 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:06:18 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1245#msg-1245 metapunk Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1245#msg-1245 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:45:40 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1244#msg-1244 metapunk Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1244#msg-1244 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:52:41 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1243#msg-1243 Sean Lander Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1243#msg-1243 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:44:59 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1242#msg-1242 metapunk
The first image is the masking problem that occurs during the dissolve

To see the problem, go here:

http://twitpic.com/1f63dx


This is the image as it's supposed to be masked prior to the dissolve

http://twitpic.com/1f63sc]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1242#msg-1242 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:33:09 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1241#msg-1241 metapunk On V2, there is concept footage with dissolves
I have comped the two layers by using a soft edge matte, along with the opacity in the Motion Tab and I've cropped and feathered the edges of the V2 layer with the matte so that it fits in the open space of the V1 layer, so in most cases you're seeing a superimposed image composed of two separate images, on V1 and V2
When the dissolve occurs between shots on the V2 layer, the mattes combine to expose masked areas of the outgoing shot.]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1241#msg-1241 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:14:11 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1240#msg-1240 Martin Baker
Giving a breakdown of your tracks and what is applied to what, would be useful.]]> Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1240#msg-1240 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:51:01 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1239#msg-1239 metapunk Avid2FCP http://www.avid2fcp.com/forum/read.php?1,1232,1239#msg-1239 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:14:40 +0000