Canvas brightness doesn't match FCP output files/Matches TIF Still Files!!

Hi, the first part of this problem was addressed earlier in the forum-the fact that the Canvas shows the clips as much much darker and way more saturated than when viewed on an external monitor, or when exported to DVD Studio Pro and burned on dvd.
The second part is that when I export an image from the clip in Final Cut using Quicktime Conversion to Still Image and open up the still in Preview or Photoshop or email it to another computer IT MATCHES the much darker and more saturated canvas. How is this possible? How can I get it to match the video output files?
Any advice asap would be really really appreciated.

You need to understand monitoring... first, a computer's display isn't set up for use as a TV set or video monitor. They don't exhibit the same response color wise to gammas. So it makes perfect sense that viewing a still will match what you saw in the canvas. If you were to look at that still externally on a video monitor, you'd see it also matches the video it came from on that same monitor. Colors aren't shifting, the differences in the displays of that same file is what's causing your consternation.
Always color correct for the medium you wish to exhibit in... so if TV, then correct to an external video monitor which is properly set up. If to the web, then you color correct using computer displays (also properly set up) To further the problem, the gamma responses from a PC's display don't match those of a Mac's display. The PC will see things darker in general... so that too has to be taken into account when judging color, contrast and brightness...
Jerry

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Canvas brightness doesn't match FCP output files

After spending hundreds of hours trying to color correct in the FCP canvas only to create output files (MPEG2 for DVDs and MOV files for online stuff) which are either too dark or too light, too saturated or too bland, I finally realized that what I'm seeing in my FCP canvas window does not match - at all - the final, compressed file when I export using Compressor to an avi, an mpeg, or a Quicktime MOV file.
I invested in a good Gretamacbeth screen calibration device (Eye-One Display 2) only to find that the problem is not my monitor or its calibration, but the software.
I can output to a Quicktime file and play the same clip, side-by-side, with the identical clip in FCP, as viewed through the canvas, on the same monitor. Invariably the FCP canvas image is darker, has higher contrast, and shows much richer color saturation. The Quicktime movie is too bright, and too washed-out looking in the colors compared with the FCP canvas. And when I output to an mpeg2 and author a DVD using DVD Studio Pro, and then pop the completed DVD into my Mac (or TV/DVD player) and view it, it always turns out much brighter and more washed out than what my FCP canvas had led me to believe.
To try to compensate for this, I manually brightened my monitor somewhat and re-edited my footage, trying to boost luma and chroma levels as much as I could without exceeding broadcast standard limits, only to find that now some of the resulting DVD was oversaturated and too dark. I REALLY need an accurate canvas on which to edit; it's impossible to create anything worthwhile if I have nothing else to do than to simply guess how every clip is going to look and pray that the final result isn't too far off.
Has anyone else encountered this? It's a real problem for me. I'm using FCP 5.04 on a dual-processor G5 with 5 GB of RAM and a dual-monitor setup - an Apple 17" monitor and an Apple 23" cinematic display.
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Thanks to both of you, Steve and Shane, for your quick replies.
I always render as I go, and I disabled overlays in the canvas long ago. And I realize that calibration is a key issue, especially for web files, and that the view produced in the FCP canvas isn't a full-resolution representation of the underlying digital file.
But when I'm editing my actors' faces and adjusting their colors to get just the right amount of pink rosiness in their cheeks, and carefully setting the right light levels in the background, and then I output my file to any format and view the resulting file on the SAME CRT on which I did my editing, suddenly their faces have lost all their color, and the background is too light and washed out, even though I'm viewing the thing on the same screen I used to edit it.
So no matter how my monitor is calibrated, I believe that any high-quality output file that FCP creates should resemble, at least in terms of color and brightness levels, the image I edited in the canvas moments earlier, at least if viewed on the same screen. I realize that resolution will vary and one might be more blurry or whatever; that's not the problem.
In fact, if I use FCP to create a Quicktime file and an mpeg-2 for a DVD and then view that file on any of my PC monitors and on my television via my DVD player, it looks remarkably consistent. In other words, the output file looks fairly close, in terms of chroma and luma, when viewed either on my Mac (with the Quicktime player), my PC, or even my TV (viewed as a DVD). The only thing that looks different is if I compare this file to the file I edited, as seen on the FCP canvas, where the colors look much richer and the contrast is a lot darker. Even when viewing both files on the same computer screen, one in FCP and the other in Quicktime, the FCP one looks substantially different. Have others run into a similar problem, or is it just me? I can't believe professional editors have to resort to always guessing whether what they see in the canvas will look anything like their final FCP output, at least if they're viewing it on the same monitor.
So I guess I'm really wondering whether there's some way to independently adjust the visible chroma and luma levels in the canvas itself, to configure them properly, so that what I see when I'm editing will more closely match the files I generate when I'm done, when viewing them both on the same screen.
Thanks again for any light (or contrast!) you can shine on this problem.

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x

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<?POH_SHIP_COUNTRY?>
BILL TO:
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saved this file as "Purchasing.rtf" on desk top
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Multipath -ll command doesn't give any output

Hi all,
I am new to configure storage in multipath. I have configured multipath in a newly installed oracle Linux 6.0 following Linux documentation; however, when I tried to list the multipath using the commands, it doesn’t show any output. I have stop and restart services, reboot the server to no fix. I have also check the LUNs that I can see the storage array's FC target ports from the server as well as the storage admin confirm that they are properly connected. Blew is the output when I used the commands. Please help and let me know if you need more info...
root@server1 ~]# multipath -ll
[root@server1 ~]# <-- no output
[root@server1 ~]# ps -ef |grep multipath
root 2563 2437 0 16:10 pts/0 00:00:00 grep multipath
root 20831 1 0 Jan09 ? 00:00:01 /sbin/multipathd
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create: mpatha (3600508b10010414d5155594e56360008) undef HP,LOGICAL VOLUME
size=137G features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=undef
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=undef
`- 0:0:0:0 cciss!c0d0 104:0 undef ready running
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Hi All,
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reply to: Dude
Q: What device names are you expecting to see?
A: Simmilar to the below output:
[root@oldServer ~]# multipath -ll
ocr_vote_1 (36001438005decdd10006e00003b30000) dm-0 HP,HSV450
size=1.0G features='1 queue_if_no_path' hwhandler='0' wp=rw
|-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=50 status=active
| |- 0:0:0:3 sdc 8:32 active ready running
| |- 0:0:1:3 sdq 65:0 active ready running
| |- 1:0:0:3 sdbg 67:160 active ready running
| `- 1:0:1:3 sdbu 68:128 active ready running
Reply to: Billy Verreynne
Here is the output. I didn't post the repetitive output for the 'sd*'s
[root@server1 ~]# multipath -v3
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram0: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram1: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram2: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram3: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram4: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram5: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram6: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram7: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram8: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram9: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram10: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram11: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram12: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram13: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram14: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | ram15: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | loop0: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | loop1: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | loop2: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | loop3: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | loop4: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | loop5: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | loop6: device node name blacklisted
Jan 14 10:23:24 | loop7: device node name blacklisted
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Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: mask = 0x1f
Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: dev_t = 104:0
Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: size = 286677120
Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: subsystem = cciss
Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: h:b:t:l = 0:0:0:0
Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: vendor = HP
Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: product = LOGICAL VOLUME
Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: revision = 1.86
Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: get_state
Jan 14 10:23:24 | loading /lib64/multipath/libchecktur.so checker
Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: path checker = tur (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: checker timeout = 300000 ms (internal default)
Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: state = 3
Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: getuid = /lib/udev/scsi_id whitelisted device=/dev/%n (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: uid = 3600508b10010414d5155594e56360008 (callout)
Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: prio = const (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:24 | cciss!c0d0: const prio = 1
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: not found in pathvec
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: mask = 0x1f
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: dev_t = 8:0
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: size = 104857600
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: subsystem = scsi
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: vendor = HP
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: product = HSV450
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: rev = 0953
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: h:b:t:l = 0:0:0:1
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: tgt_node_name = 0x50001fe1501ec830
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: serial = PAFURC19SYZ0AB
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: get_state
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: path checker = tur (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: checker timeout = 30000 ms (sysfs setting)
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: state = running
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: state = 3
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: getuid = /sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:24 | /sbin/scsi_id exitted with 1
Jan 14 10:23:24 | error calling out /sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/sda
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: state = running
Jan 14 10:23:24 | /sbin/scsi_id exitted with 1
Jan 14 10:23:24 | error calling out /sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/sda
Jan 14 10:23:24 | loading /lib64/multipath/libprioalua.so prioritizer
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: prio = alua (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:24 | reported target port group is 2
Jan 14 10:23:24 | aas = 01 [active/non-optimized]
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sda: alua prio = 10
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sdb: not found in pathvec
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sdb: mask = 0x1f
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sdb: dev_t = 8:16
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sdb: size = 209715200
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sdb: subsystem = scsi
Jan 14 10:23:24 | sdb: vendor = HP
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: not found in pathvec
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: mask = 0x1f
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: dev_t = 66:240
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: size = 2097152
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: subsystem = scsi
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: vendor = HP
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: product = HSV450
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: rev = 0953
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: h:b:t:l = 1:0:3:6
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: tgt_node_name = 0x50001fe1501ec830
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: serial = PAFURC19SYZ0AB
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: get_state
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: path checker = tur (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: checker timeout = 30000 ms (sysfs setting)
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: state = running
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: state = 3
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: getuid = /sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:26 | /sbin/scsi_id exitted with 1
Jan 14 10:23:26 | error calling out /sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/sdav
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: state = running
Jan 14 10:23:26 | /sbin/scsi_id exitted with 1
Jan 14 10:23:26 | error calling out /sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/sdav
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: prio = alua (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:26 | reported target port group is 2
Jan 14 10:23:26 | aas = 01 [active/non-optimized]
Jan 14 10:23:26 | sdav: alua prio = 10
===== paths list =====
uuid hcil dev dev_t pri dm_st chk_st v
3600508b10010414d5155594e56360008 0:0:0:0 cciss!c0d0 104:0 1 undef ready H
0:0:0:1 sda 8:0 10 undef ready H
0:0:0:2 sdb 8:16 50 undef ready H
0:0:0:3 sdc 8:32 10 undef ready H
0:0:0:4 sdd 8:48 10 undef ready H
0:0:0:5 sde 8:64 50 undef ready H
0:0:0:6 sdf 8:80 10 undef ready H
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Jan 14 10:23:26 | cciss!c0d0: ownership set to mpatha
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Jan 14 10:23:26 | cciss!c0d0: mask = 0xc
Jan 14 10:23:26 | cciss!c0d0: get_state
Jan 14 10:23:26 | cciss!c0d0: state = 3
Jan 14 10:23:26 | cciss!c0d0: const prio = 1
Jan 14 10:23:26 | mpatha: pgfailback = -2 (config file default)
Jan 14 10:23:26 | mpatha: pgpolicy = multibus (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:26 | mpatha: selector = round-robin 0 (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:26 | mpatha: features = 0 (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:26 | mpatha: hwhandler = 0 (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:26 | mpatha: rr_weight = 1 (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:26 | mpatha: minio = 1 rq (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:26 | mpatha: no_path_retry = 12 (controller setting)
Jan 14 10:23:26 | pg_timeout = NONE (internal default)
Jan 14 10:23:26 | mpatha: set ACT_CREATE (map does not exist)
Jan 14 10:23:26 | mpatha: domap (0) failure for create/reload map
Jan 14 10:23:26 | mpatha: ignoring map
reply for: Theanswriz42:
Here is part of the output from the scipt...
sdaa 36001438005decdd10006e000051c0000
sdab 36001438005decdd10006e000052c0000
sdz 36001438005decdd10006e00005200000

An output module failed. The file may be damaged or corrupted.

Whenever I try to render something in After Effects CC 13.1.1, an error message pops up, saying "After Effects error: Rendering error while writing to file '[not going to disclose]' An output module failed. The file may be damaged or corrupted (-1610153464)."
Screenshot of the error message:
I tried reinstalling QuickTime (7), repaired it, updated After Effects to the latest version(as I am writing this), checked firewall software, and used other formats such as AVI.
Adobe Media Encoder (CC 2014-latest version) won't work with me, either.
I sent the composition to Adobe Media Encoder, and this is what I got, no progress here.
Screenshot:
It took a while to connect to the dynamic link server, and failed.
This is a log of what has happened in Adobe Media Encoder.
- Source File: C:\Users\Default.BronyGue\Documents\not done\pinkcoverart_AME\tmpAEtoAMEProject-Pink Intro1.aep
- Output File: C:\Users\Default.BronyGue\Documents\not done\pinkcoverart_AME\Pink Intro.mp4
- Preset Used: YouTube HD 720p 29.97
- Video: 1280x720 (1.0), 29.97 fps, Progressive
- Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
- Bitrate: VBR, 2 pass, Target 5.00 Mbps, Max 5.00 Mbps
- Encoding Time: 00:00:12
06/29/2014 02:29:14 PM : Encoding Failed
The Operation was interrupted by user
(no need to worry about the above part)
- Source File: C:\Users\Default.BronyGue\Documents\not done\moddedchill_AME\tmpAEtoAMEProject-montage1.aep
- Output File: C:\Users\Default.BronyGue\Videos\chilledup.wmv
- Preset Used: Custom
- Video: 1280x720 (1.0), 29.97 fps, Progressive
- Audio: Windows Media Audio 10 Professional, 96000 Hz, Stereo, 24 bit
- Bitrate: CBR, 2 pass, Max 10000.00 kbps
- Encoding Time: 00:01:42
11/22/2014 12:24:39 AM : Encoding Failed
The Operation was interrupted by user
- Source File: C:\Users\Default.BronyGue\Documents\not done\moddedchill_AME\tmpAEtoAMEProject-montage1.aep
- Output File: C:\Users\Default.BronyGue\Videos\chilledup.mpg
- Preset Used: Custom
- Video: 1280x720, 29.97 fps, Progressive, Quality 75
- Audio: MPEG Audio, 384 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo, 16 bit
- Bitrate: VBR, 1 Pass, Min 4.00, Target 15.00, Max 18.50 Mbps
- Encoding Time: 00:00:11
11/22/2014 12:52:11 AM : Encoding Failed
The Operation was interrupted by user
- Encoding Time: 00:00:51
11/22/2014 12:53:51 AM : Encoding Failed
Export Error
Error compiling movie.
Unknown error.
- Encoding Time: 00:00:46
11/22/2014 08:39:46 AM : Encoding Failed
Export Error
Error compiling movie.
Unknown error.
- Source File: C:\Users\Default.BronyGue\Documents\not done\moddedchill_AME\tmpAEtoAMEProject-montage4.aep
- Output File: C:\Users\Default.BronyGue\Documents\not done\moddedchill_AME\montage.mpg
- Preset Used: Match Source - High bitrate
- Video:
- Audio:
- Bitrate:
- Encoding Time: 00:00:00
11/22/2014 10:06:45 AM : Encoding Failed
Could not read from the source. Please check if it has moved or been deleted.
I need some help! Any solutions?.
Computer Specs:
AMD FX-6300
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST
1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive
Windows 8.1 Update 1(with latest updates)
EDIT(11/23/2014 8:31PM PST): For some reason, other projects work for me just fine. I am not sure why it is not working on one project.
Screenshot of a new project other than this I am rendering at the time of writing this edit:

Can other projects can output to the same output location? Yes
Can other projects render with the same render settings (codec, format, etc.)? Yes.
If you create a new composition and just add a solid layer to it with no effects in the same project does it render? No. I still get the error.
Can you render that brand new comp with the same render settings, output settings, output location etc.? Yes.
If so, what effects are present in the offending comp? Twixtor Pro in all the cinematics/clips, Motion Tile and Transform for pan/crop & wiggle, Magic Bullet Looks and Bad TV Warping preset with just Wave Warp & Venetian Blinds for color correction, Gradient Ramp for text, Bad TV Warping preset with everything for effect, Transform for fade in/out, and ReelSmart Motion Blur v4.1.2 for motion blur.
Also, what scripts are you using? Just the Move Anchor Point script I found from one of Mt. Mograph's videos, Summit 16 - 2.5D Minecraft Steve - After Effects - YouTube.
Have you ever installed any third-party codec packs? (I've heard of some codec packs causing weird issues like this.) Yes, (not everything I have, just everything I can think of and find) I have K-Lite codec pack, Fraps, x264vfw, and Xvid MPEG-4 codec.

Need Help With File Matching Records

I need help with my file matching program.
Here is how it suppose to work: FileMatch class should contain methods to read oldmast.txt and trans.txt. When a match occurs (i.e., records with the same account number appear in both the master file and the transaction file), add the dollar amount in the transaction record to the current balance in the master record, and write the "newmast.txt" record. (Assume that purchases are indicated by positive amounts in the transaction file and payments by negative amounts.)
When there is a master record for a particular account, but no corresponding transaction record, merely write the master record to "newmast.txt". When there is a transaction record, but no corresponding master record, print to a log file the message "Unmatched transaction record for account number ..." (fill in the account number from the transaction record). The log file should be a text file named "log.txt".
Here is my following program code:
// Exercise 14.8: CreateTextFile.java
// creates a text file
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.lang.SecurityException;
import java.util.Formatter;
import java.util.FormatterClosedException;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.Scanner;
import org.egan.AccountRecord;
import org.egan.TransactionRecord;
public class CreateTextFile
private Formatter output1; // object used to output text to file
private Formatter output2; // object used to output text to file
// enable user to open file
public void openTransFile()
    try
      output1 = new Formatter("trans.txt");
    catch (SecurityException securityException)
      System.err.println("You do not have write access to this file.");
      System.exit(1);
    } // end catch
    catch (FileNotFoundException filesNotFoundException)
      System.err.println("Error creating file.");
      System.exit(1);
} // end method openTransFile
// enable user to open file
public void openOldMastFile()
    try
      output2 = new Formatter("oldmast.txt");
    catch (SecurityException securityException)
      System.err.println("You do not have write access to this file.");
      System.exit(1);
    } // end catch
    catch (FileNotFoundException filesNotFoundException)
      System.err.println("Error creating file.");
      System.exit(1);
} // end method openOldMastFile
// add transaction records to file
public void addTransactionRecords()
    // object to be written to file
    TransactionRecord record1 = new TransactionRecord();
    Scanner input1 = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.printf("%s\n%s\n%s\n%s\n\n",
      "To terminate input, type the end-of-file indicator",
      "when you are prompted to enter input.",
      "On UNIX/Linux/Mac OS X type <ctrl> d then press Enter",
      "On Windows type <ctrl> z then press Enter");
    System.out.printf("%s\n%s",
       "Enter account number (> 0) and amount.","? ");
    while (input1.hasNext()) // loop until end-of-file indicator
      try // output values to file
        // retrieve data to be output
        record1.setAccount(input1.nextInt());    // read account number
        record1.setAmount(input1.nextDouble()); // read amount
        if (record1.getAccount() > 0)
          // write new record
          output1.format("%d %.2f\n", record1.getAccount(), record1.getAmount());
        } // end if
        else
          System.out.println("Account number must be greater than 0.");
        } // end else
      } // end try
      catch (FormatterClosedException formatterClosedException)
        System.err.println("Error writing to file.");
        return;
      } // end catch
      catch (NoSuchElementException elementException)
        System.err.println("Invalid input. Please try again.");
        input1.nextLine(); // discard input so user can try again
      } // end catch
      System.out.printf("%s %s\n%s", "Enter account number (> 0) ",
        "and amount.","? ");
    } // end while
} // end method addTransactionRecords
// add account records to file
public void addAccountRecords()
    // object to be written to file
    AccountRecord record2 = new AccountRecord();
    Scanner input2 = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.printf("%s\n%s\n%s\n%s\n\n",
      "To terminate input, type the end-of-file indicator",
      "when you are prompted to enter input.",
      "On UNIX/Linux/Mac OS X type <ctrl> d then press Enter",
      "On Windows type <ctrl> z then press Enter");
    System.out.printf("%s\n%s",
       "Enter account number (> 0), first name, last name and balance.","? ");
    while (input2.hasNext()) // loop until end-of-file indicator
      try // output values to file
        // retrieve data to be output
        record2.setAccount(input2.nextInt());    // read account number
        record2.setFirstName(input2.next());      // read first name
        record2.setLastName(input2.next());       // read last name
        record2.setBalance(input2.nextDouble()); // read balance
        if (record2.getAccount() > 0)
          // write new record
          output2.format("%d %s %s %.2f\n", record2.getAccount(), record2.getFirstName(),
            record2.getLastName(), record2.getBalance());
        } // end if
        else
          System.out.println("Account number must be greater than 0.");
        } // end else
      } // end try
      catch (FormatterClosedException formatterClosedException)
        System.err.println("Error writing to file.");
        return;
      } // end catch
      catch (NoSuchElementException elementException)
        System.err.println("Invalid input. Please try again.");
        input2.nextLine(); // discard input so user can try again
      } // end catch
      System.out.printf("%s %s\n%s", "Enter account number (> 0),",
        "first name, last name and balance.","? ");
    } // end while
} // end method addAccountRecords
// close file
public void closeTransFile()
    if (output1 != null)
      output1.close();
} // end method closeTransFile
// close file
public void closeOldMastFile()
    if (output2 != null)
      output2.close();
} // end method closeOldMastFile
} // end class CreateTextFile--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Exercise 14.8: CreateTextFileTest.java
// Testing class CreateTextFile
public class CreateTextFileTest
   // main method begins program execution
   public static void main( String args[] )
     CreateTextFile application = new CreateTextFile();
     application.openTransFile();
     application.addTransactionRecords();
     application.closeTransFile();
     application.openOldMastFile();
     application.addAccountRecords();
     application.closeOldMastFile();
   } // end main
} // end class CreateTextFileTest-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Exercise 14.8: TransactionRecord.java
// A class that represents on record of information
package org.egan; // packaged for reuse
public class TransactionRecord
private int account;
private double amount;
// no-argument constructor calls other constructor with default values
public TransactionRecord()
    this(0,0.0); // call two-argument constructor
} // end no-argument AccountRecord constructor
// initialize a record
public TransactionRecord(int acct, double amt)
    setAccount(acct);
    setAmount(amt);
} // end two-argument TransactionRecord constructor
// set account number
public void setAccount(int acct)
    account = acct;
} // end method setAccount
// get account number
public int getAccount()
    return account;
} // end method getAccount
// set amount
public void setAmount(double amt)
    amount = amt;
} // end method setAmount
// get amount
public double getAmount()
    return amount;
} // end method getAmount
} // end class TransactionRecord -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Exercise 14.8: AccountRecord.java
// A class that represents on record of information
package org.egan; // packaged for reuse
import org.egan.TransactionRecord;
public class AccountRecord
private int account;
private String firstName;
private String lastName;
private double balance;
// no-argument constructor calls other constructor with default values
public AccountRecord()
    this(0,"","",0.0); // call four-argument constructor
} // end no-argument AccountRecord constructor
// initialize a record
public AccountRecord(int acct, String first, String last, double bal)
    setAccount(acct);
    setFirstName(first);
    setLastName(last);
    setBalance(bal);
} // end four-argument AccountRecord constructor
// set account number
public void setAccount(int acct)
    account = acct;
} // end method setAccount
// get account number
public int getAccount()
    return account;
} // end method getAccount
// set first name
public void setFirstName(String first)
    firstName = first;
} // end method setFirstName
// get first name
public String getFirstName()
    return firstName;
} // end method getFirstName
// set last name
public void setLastName(String last)
    lastName = last;
} // end method setLastName
// get last name
public String getLastName()
    return lastName;
} // end method getLastName
// set balance
public void setBalance(double bal)
    balance = bal;
} // end method setBalance
// get balance
public double getBalance()
    return balance;
} // end method getBalance
// combine balance and amount
public void combine(TransactionRecord record)
    balance = (getBalance() + record.getAmount());
} // end method combine
} // end class AccountRecord -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Exercise 14.8: FileMatch.java
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.lang.IllegalStateException;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Formatter;
import java.util.FormatterClosedException;
import org.egan.AccountRecord;
import org.egan.TransactionRecord;
public class FileMatch
private Scanner inTransaction;
private Scanner inOldMaster;
private Formatter outNewMaster;
private Formatter theLog;
// enable user to open file
public void openTransFile()
    try
      inTransaction = new Scanner(new File("trans.txt"));
    } // end try
    catch (FileNotFoundException fileNotFoundException)
      System.err.println("Error opening file.");
      System.exit(1);
    } // end catch
} // end method openTransFile
// enable user to open file
public void openOldMastFile()
    try
      inOldMaster = new Scanner(new File("oldmast.txt"));
    } // end try
    catch (FileNotFoundException fileNotFoundException)
      System.err.println("Error opening file.");
      System.exit(1);
    } // end catch
} // end method openOldMastFile
// enable user to open file
public void openNewMastFile()
    try
      outNewMaster = new Formatter("newmast.txt");
    catch (SecurityException securityException)
      System.err.println("You do not have write access to this file.");
      System.exit(1);
    } // end catch
    catch (FileNotFoundException filesNotFoundException)
      System.err.println("Error creating file.");
      System.exit(1);
} // end method openNewMastFile
// enable user to open file
public void openLogFile()
    try
      theLog = new Formatter("log.txt");
    catch (SecurityException securityException)
      System.err.println("You do not have write access to this file.");
      System.exit(1);
    } // end catch
    catch (FileNotFoundException filesNotFoundException)
      System.err.println("Error creating file.");
      System.exit(1);
} // end method openLogFile
// update records
public void updateRecords()
    TransactionRecord transaction = new TransactionRecord();
    AccountRecord account = new AccountRecord();
    try // read records from file using Scanner object
      System.out.println("Start file matching.");
      while (inTransaction.hasNext() && inOldMaster.hasNext())
        transaction.setAccount(inTransaction.nextInt());     // read account number
        transaction.setAmount(inTransaction.nextDouble());   // read amount
        account.setAccount(inOldMaster.nextInt());     // read account number
        account.setFirstName(inOldMaster.next());      // read first name
        account.setLastName(inOldMaster.next());       // read last name
        account.setBalance(inOldMaster.nextDouble()); // read balance
        if (transaction.getAccount() == account.getAccount())
          while (inTransaction.hasNext() && transaction.getAccount() == account.getAccount())
            account.combine(transaction);
            outNewMaster.format("%d %s %s %.2f\n",
            account.getAccount(), account.getFirstName(), account.getLastName(),
            account.getBalance());
            transaction.setAccount(inTransaction.nextInt());     // read account number
            transaction.setAmount(inTransaction.nextDouble());   // read amount
        else if (transaction.getAccount() != account.getAccount())
          outNewMaster.format("%d %s %s %.2f\n",
          account.getAccount(), account.getFirstName(), account.getLastName(),
          account.getBalance());
          theLog.format("%s%d","Unmatched transaction record for account number ",transaction.getAccount());
      } // end while
      System.out.println("Finish file matching.");
    } // end try
    catch (NoSuchElementException elementException)
      System.err.println("File improperly formed.");
      inTransaction.close();
      inOldMaster.close();
      System.exit(1);
    } // end catch
    catch (IllegalStateException stateException)
      System.err.println("Error reading from file.");
      System.exit(1);
    } // end catch
} // end method updateRecords
// close file and terminate application
public void closeTransFile()
    if (inTransaction != null)
      inTransaction.close();
} // end method closeTransFile
// close file and terminate application
public void closeOldMastFile()
    if (inOldMaster != null)
      inOldMaster.close();
} // end method closeOldMastFile
// close file
public void closeNewMastFile()
    if (outNewMaster != null)
      outNewMaster.close();
} // end method closeNewMastFile
// close file
public void closeLogFile()
    if (theLog != null)
      theLog.close();
} // end method closeLogFile
} // end class FileMatch-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Exercise 14.8: FileMatchTest.java
// Testing class FileMatch
public class FileMatchTest
   // main method begins program execution
   public static void main( String args[] )
     FileMatch application = new FileMatch();
     application.openTransFile();
     application.openOldMastFile();
     application.openNewMastFile();
     application.openLogFile();
     application.updateRecords();
     application.closeLogFile();
     application.closeNewMastFile();
     application.closeOldMastFile();
     application.closeTransFile();
   } // end main
} // end class FileMatchTest-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sample data for master file:
Master file
Account Number            Name                     Balance
100                            Alan Jones                   348.17
300                            Mary Smith                    27.19
500                            Sam Sharp                   0.00
700                            Suzy Green                   -14.22Sample data for transaction file:
Transaction file                    Transaction
Account Number                  Amount
100                                         27.14
300                                         62.11
300                                         83.89
400                                         100.56
700                                         80.78
700                                         1.53
900                                         82.17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My FileMatch class program above has bugs in it.
The correct results for the newmast.txt:
100 Alan Jones 375.31
300 Mary Smith 173.19
500 Sam Sharp 0.00
700 Suzy Green 68.09The correct results for the log.txt:
Unmatched transaction record for account number 400Unmatched transaction record for account number 900------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My results for the newmast.txt:
100 Alan Jones 375.31
300 Mary Smith 111.08
500 Sam Sharp 0.00
700 Suzy Green -12.69My results for the log.txt
Unmatched transaction record for account number 700-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I am not sure what is wrong with my code above to make my results different from the correct results.
Much help is appreciated. Please help.

From the output, it looks like one problem is just formatting -- apparently you're including a newline in log entries and not using tabs for the newmast output file.
As to why the numbers are off -- just from glancing over it, it appears that the problem is when you add multiple transaction values. Since account.combine() is so simple, I suspect that you're either adding creating transaction objects incorrectly or not creating them when you should be.
Create test input data that isolates a single case of this (e.g., just the Mary Smith case), and then running your program in a debugger or adding debugging code to the add/combine method, so you can see what's happening in detail.
Also I'd recommend reconsidering your design. It's a red flag if a class has a name with "Create" in it. Classes represent bundles of independant state and transformations on that state, not things to do.

Win 7 Brightness doesn't work after graphics update

Hey,
I have a late-2010 MacBook Pro running Bootcamp 4.0 with Windows 7 64-bit. My graphics card is the nVidia GeForce 320m. I looked online recently and found that there was an update available for my graphics card (previously I had the one that comes with bootcamp, which is from 2009 I believe--quite outdated you see). So I installed it, hoping for better DX11 support, etc... It installed fine, but now my display is stuck on 100% brightness, when before I could adjust it with the F1 and F2 keys. When I try using the keys it shows the Apple popup with the slider moving, but the brightness doesn't change. I went into Control Panel > Power Settings and tried adjusting it from there, with no luck. The nVidia Control Panel doesn't have any satisfactory controls to do this either. It must be, of course, that the driver update changed things, but I'm not sure how to rectify the situation. I uninstalled the Apple Driver-Display from Control Panel and then re-installed from the Bootcamp files, but it didn't help. I've heard some talk about Apple Cinema Display, but I'm not sure if that's the same thing as the Display and whether I should be looking for a driver for it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I've come to the same conclusion. I tried installing different versions of the driver, but they all introduced some problem or other. It seems the only way to have everything work correctly is to use the old driver they provided. Too bad, really. Especially because I tried installing the Windows 8 preview, and unless the release version has more compatibility (unlikely), it won't work on my MacBook Pro.
For my next computer I'll follow Shootist007's advice and just buy a PC. I haven't been impressed by my mac, and OS X needs a little more work IMO.
Sorry I couldn't provide more help to anyone with the same issue! It seems Apple released this computer with an outdated driver and then abandoned support for it.

Video files captured with FCP 7 appear to be text files in the finder!

I've recently updated to FCP Studio 3 and am having a strange problem with HDV video that I have captured. The video shows up in the browser and plays in the timeline just fine, but I am unable to send any footage to Motion. I get an error saying that the file is missing. I cant even import directly from within Motion because the video files aren't even visible to the program! I am also unable to use any of the video files in drop zones in Master Templates in FCP. If I navigate to my footage in the finder, the files appear as text files. Yet if i double click on one, it opens in Quicktime and plays. This happens whether I capture video with the apple intermediate codec or any of the new Pro Res codecs.
I should mention that I had no problems before i updated. Help!
Jerry

See this link:http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2108336&tstart=90
Another work around: after capturing in Pro Res, when you look at your clips in the browser, when you label them add .mov to the end of the label. Then modify>rename>file to match clip. This will convert file on your scratch disc from tesxt file to .mov QT file which you can then use in other applications.
Steve

Canon 650D doesn't support FCP 7 log and transfer...

Canon 650D doesn't support FCP 7 log and transfer...
anyone know how to solve this problem? thanks alot

Download and install the latest version of the E-1 plugin from Canon’s website here:
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/eos_slr_camera_systems/eos_digita l_slr_cameras/eos_rebel_t4i#DriversAndSoftware
If this didn't work, follow this creativecow post to modify cameras.plist file; if there's still no go, follow this guide to either modify the .plist file or convert your footage to Apple ProRes, the native editing format of Final Cut Pro.
Hope this helps
John

Runtime.getRuntime().exec hangs and doesn't print the output

Hi,
I have written the following code to execute the command "psexec ipaddress -u userid -p password -l -c execute.exe >> c:/25_showoutpout.txt" and print the output in 25_showoutpout.txt file.
import java.io.*;
public class ExecTest{
     public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException{
     String args1 = "psexec ipaddress -u userid -p password -l -c execute.exe >> c:/25_showoutpout.txt";
     try{
     Process p=Runtime.getRuntime().exec(args1);
int i = p.waitFor();
     System.out.println("Done.with time "+i);
     }catch(Exception e){
          System.out.println("The error is "+e);
But this program hangs and creates a blank 25_showoutpout.txt file.In the process list I can see the process running, but it doesn't redirect the output in the txt file.When i run the command from the command line it runs fine.Please help me.
Thanks in advance

Hi,
I have written the following program to get the output.But still the required output is not coming in the console file.Only the messages that gets printed in the parent console that is coming in the file.But the expected output is to get the messages from the child window which gets executed while the .exe runs.
import java.io.*;
public class RuntimeExecTest{
public static void main(String args[]){
String s = null;
String result= null;
int count =0;
try{
          // read the output from the command
String cmd = "cmd.exe /c D:/installer/PsTools.zip/PsTools/psexec.exe ipaddress -u userid -p password -l -c excute.exe >> C:/RuntimeExec_25.txt";
     Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
     InputStream is = p.getInputStream();
     // Get the std in to the process.
     OutputStream os = p.getOutputStream();
     // Get the std err from the process.
     InputStream es = p.getErrorStream();
     // Create readers for those streams.
     BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
     BufferedReader errReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(es));
     String line;
     // Read STDOUT into a buffer.
     // If no STDOUT check STDERR.
     while((line = errReader.readLine()) != null){
          // Do something with data here if you wish.
     System.out.println( line );
     while((line = reader.readLine()) != null){
          // Do something with data here if you wish.
     System.out.println( line );
     System.exit(0);
catch( Exception ex )
ex.printStackTrace();
}

Modifying output file to access video file

I have a project in multiple languages. One of the topics
accesses several video files (.html). Due to the multiple
languages, these video files, including the underlying .swf and
AC_RunActiveContent.js files, are located on the installation CD in
every language folder causing too many CDs. To reduce the number of
CDs, we'd like those files on the CD once.
I talked to RoboHelp support and the only way to accomplish
this is to modify the path in the output file....redirecting it to
a parent folder. This worked on image files but doesn't with the
video files. When I test it, I'm getting runtime errors. The only
reference listed in the output file is the .html file; there's no
code referencing the underlying .swf or.js files. Does anyone know
if there's some other embedded path somewhere that needs to be
modified to make this work?

Just open the original project FLA, file->export movie->AVI (uncompressed) and set the dimensions as you mentioned. After you get the movie exported from flash, convert that AVI (already the proper size) to the format you need.
If you have the Adobe Suite then you have Adobe Media Encoder. It supports MPEG2 (HDV-HD1 is just a specific set of settings for MPEG2). It's pretty darn easy to set up. No reason to pay for more software if you already have it.

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