FCP 5.1.1 & Plugins

i have huge trouble to get plugins visible in FCP 5.1.1 on a MAC Book Pro 2.0 GHZ.
all plugins where fine under PPC and FCP 5.1.1 (Boris Continuum Complete, QT Effects, FEC, 55mm)
even with the installation help from Boris FX (hold down, caps lock, delete Obj. Cache) i have no result.
need help, thanks
Matt

you need first to double check that these specific plugins are compatible with the Intel architecture of the MacBook Pro.
if you can confirm that the plugs are compatible then ...
well there are two primary places where you can install plugins:
in the /Library/Application Support/Final Cut Pro System Support/Plugins folder
and in the ~/Library/Preferences/Final Cut Pro User Data/Plugins folder
whichever you are currently using, you might try the alternate location

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Sounds like you'd like to do something functionally similar to this:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/finalcutstudio/musiclicensingpluginforappl efinalcutpro.html
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Andy

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Hy FCP Useres,
does anybody have a solution for the 55mm plugins
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Downloading the latest version on the digital filmlab webside
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The latest version of Final Cut Pro is 6.0.5.
Use the software updater to get to that version.
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I can't log & transfer mxf files from a c300 camera in FCP 7 even though I installed the xf plugin.
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The most obvious reason we can tell as to why this may not work properly is the version of FCP you are using. You mention using FCP 7, although the plugin is specifically for FCP X. This is why you're having such difficulty. If possible, we'd recommend using an updated computer and or software to process these files.
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The Panasonic P2 format is (can be) transfered directly using FCP's own Log and Transfer interface and so works wholly within FCP hence the target directory for imports honors the defined Capture Scratch location.
If you are working with the XDCAM EX series of camera's then you can use Sony's FCP Log and Transfer plugin (PDZK - LT1) instead of XDCAM Transfer to import your clips, and so achieve the functionality you are looking for. Although you lose some of the flexibility/functionality of the standalone XDCAM Transfer app (PDZK-P1) the benefit of handling everything directly with FCP's own interface might be preferable for you.
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I am trying to do online with footage from RED One in FCP (uncompressed files). There is no way to playback in realtime. Is this not possible at all? Firewire 800 harddisk.
I am sending to Lustre for grading so I cannot use ProRes..have to use uncompressed. Any tips or tricks?

Proxy editing is used for editing RED in FCP using the REDCODE plugin which will allow playback.
There is a complete FCP workflow description and very detailed instructions for system requirements, etc., on the RED site:
http://www.red.com/workflow
http://www.red.com/support
lots of useful information about FCP editing workflows over on the RED forums:
http://www.reduser.net
http://www.redcamcentral.com
Otherwise, to use native R3D files, you'll need to something like RED Alert for the Mac.
I'm sure better RED support in FCP is coming, but right now 4K uncompressed editing requires brute strength. It's possible that you may be able to use something like SheerVideo to lower your overhead.
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I've done some basic grading of a short film in Color (purely applying the Film Look effect as a test), then rendered and sent back to FCP. The clips on the new 'from Color' FCP are now black/empty (although they're all the correct length and are still linked to the audio etc.). The widescreen matte is still on their too (not visible obviously, but the filters are showing in the tab).
I have done some more in-depth grading in Color in the past (different computer, different project), but I feel like I do know my way around Color and haven't done anything untoward. I'm just a bit confused as to why I'm getting this.
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Cuppla quick questions first, why would you apply a "Film Look" to film? It was maybe shot on well-exposed '45 and you want it to look more like '79?
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jPo

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Media Encoder adding RBG color casts on BW 16mm Footage

Hey Everyone,
I am really stumped by this one. I am working with FCP6 and Apple Pro Res HQ scans of 16mm B&W footage. I am trying to encode a self-contained .mov file (direct from FCP) in Adobe Media Encoder CC (for Blu-ray) and then burn to Blu-ray with Encore CS6.
I burned the first test Blu-ray last night and when I played it back on my Blu-ray player/TV, I was stunned by the fidelity and definition of the otherwise thick/complicated 16mm grain structure, even via what was only a 6GB .m4v render (compressed from 33.5GB .mov). Everything was perfect...EXCEPT...I got these horrible "color casts" of red, blue, green, magenta, across practically every shot in the footage. Particularly in the last shot of the drain pipe (see example clips 14 seconds long):
Original: https://vimeo.com/97456916 (pass: "original")
Blu-ray: https://vimeo.com/97453674 (pass: "colorcast")
Obviously the footage does not look this in either FCP6 or .mov in QT7. I just double checked and the color casts ARE visible when playing back the ME converted .m4v in Encore. I have also taken the .mov from FCP and brought that into Encore and NO COLORCASTS. I have also taken the .mov, reimported it to FCP and but a 3-Way Color Corrector on it and put the saturation at zero, exported that, and then ME>Encore and it still adds the color....So I am 99% positive this is a Media Encoder issue. Here are the settings I used:
Considering how long is has taken me to get satisfactory web compression results from 16mm footage in the past, I feel like I just hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 9th with the playback fidelity of the first test Blu-ray. The motion and definition are phenomenal, I mean we are talking Criterion quality--without X.264 or Blu Code--(even with all the modern "overcompensation" crap turned off on my TV). I AM SO SO CLOSE TO RENDERING/BURNING A PERFECT BLU-RAY IF I CAN JUST FIGURE THIS COLOR THING OUT!
Got a deadline to get this into the hands of a couple of prominent filmmakers.
Any help or ideas that anyone can provide will be most appreciated.
Thank so much!
Alec
MAC PRO // OSX 10.7.5 // 2 x 2.66Gmz 6-Core Intel Xeon // 32 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

***SOLUTION***
Well it seems silly that I had to do this at all, but here is the workflow that finally seemed to solve the issue without adding an extra level of encoding...
Save self-contained .mov of my timeline in FCP6 > bring that back in FCP as a separate sequence and apply the "Desaturate" filter (Image Control > Desaturate) to the entire film > save as self-contained .mov again > convert in AME > master and burn to Blu-ray with Encore > Presto!!! NO COLORCASTS on B&W 16mm footage in Encore and no colorcasts from the file on the burned Blu-ray disc.
I believe I stated it above, but in case I didn't, adjusting the chroma and/or "desaturating" via FCP's color corrector plugins did not work...even with the exact same workflow otherwise. I have no idea why, but if anyone ever runs into the same problem, this worked for me. Only took two weeks to do something that I guessed would take a day, maybe two. Geesh.
Thanks again guys for all the suggestions. Really really appreciate it.
-Alec

Overlay information on External monitor?

Hi all,
I would LOVE to be able to overlay editing information on the external monitor.
In particular, I wish I could overlay audio levels on the external monitor.
Does anyone know if it is possible to turn on overlays on an external monitor?
i can't find any information on it one way or the other.

sorry mabou
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Error Out Of Memory Due to Digi Effects

Hello everyone, got a bit of a tricky situation to troubleshoot :/
Before you ask here's my iMac info http://gyazo.com/0648a1d03fb15935117894dd6716ffbc
Ok so the problem is, I'm making this video and its having a lot of distortion effects added to it within FCP 7 using the plugin Digi Effects Damage "Blockade". Now I had a sequence which had just enough memory to use it on all the clips I needed. However, I sent that sequence to Color and sent it back to FCP and in my new 'color sequence' I can watch the whole thing through in real time with safe RT and unlimited RT, however there is this colour http://gyazo.com/d022bf802fb82d76d191a004ddcbc387 above all the clips that have the plugin on.
Although I can watch it through in playback mode, when I render, after a few seconds it says Error: Out of memory.
Here are my general sequence settings http://gyazo.com/a270414e2c2d38cb1274f8f84f507383
I am using clips in the pro res 422 format. Any ideas? :/
-Bob

Hi
Out of memory use to refere to amount of
• RAM
• free Space on Start-Up (Mac OS) Hard Disk - VERY IMPORTANT
• Space availably on Hard Disk/s That holde the Movie Material
RAM
Never been a problem to me - 2 resp 5Gb dep on Mac used
Free Space on Boot HD
I never go under 25Gb free space - when working on SD-Video project's - I guess that 4 - 5 times more will be a safe level when doing HD. This space HAS TO be just here as Mac OS works like UNIX (it is in fact) and then produces lot's of temp. files that can not be stored elsewhere and so does FinalCut (or whatever application running)
Space to keep Movie Project
• Should be on other hard disks than the Boot HD.
• Should be as fast as possibly - RAIDed, FireWire or Thunderbolt - USB/USB2 performs badly to me and especially when filling up and when holding HD-material
• MUST BE - Mac OS Extended (hfs) formatted - this goes for all Video editing - iMovie, FinalCut or Adobe etc.
• This too can fill up - So this space is also important
What memory that are not sufficiant - is hard to guess - when You don't tell the above figure.
Good Luck in finding it
Yours Bengt W

Bug between Color 1.5 and REDCODE : clipping highlights the wrong way.

We encountered a problem during our tests for color grading with Apple Color 1.5.
I already posted about this bug about month ago, when Color 1.5 was released, but I had no answers, and as the bug prevents me from using this software, I'll ask the question again.
Here is the configuration we are using :
MacPro
AJA KONA3
REDROCKET + Installer v1.07 + RocketCineX 661
ATI RADEON HD 3870
Final Cut 7.0
Color 1.5
External Waveform Monitoring OmniTek
RED Final cut studio 3 installer : v20.00
Redcode quicktime v3.8.0
We have noticed that in Color, when we grade R3D files (transcoded with Final Cut 7 into Native, then in FCP in a REDCODE sequence), we have a problem with the signal on our external waveform monitoring (as well as on the internal Color's waveform).
When the Red metadatas are activated (RED menu in Primary), the signal clips at 95% in highlights. I tried to push the highlights really high, and the signal never goes over 95%, even if the frame is totally white.
When I disable the metadatas and grade the raw RedCode, the signal reacts normally and clips at 100%.
This actually happens even if I disable the inside Color clipper/and or force RGB in Color.
We tested with differents RED footages and it's always the same. I also tried to load other digital files, like F35 and D21, but there everything is normal. They clip at 100%.
As I never encountered this problem with the previous Color version, I wonder if it comes from the new sofware or from the new Red codecs, or if you have already heard of such a problem.
Thank you for any clarifications.
Vincent Cuneo, colorist.
Nightshift Post Production.
www.nightshift.fr
PARIS.

I'm sure you have tried this - but just to make sure - have you set the broadcast safe tab to off? Or - alternatively - have you tried it with the broadcast safe setting on and bumping the IRE up to max (110)?
Also - have you updated your Kona3 drivers to the new 6.5?
Also, what import profile are you using for the red footage (Log and Transfer>Little Gear icon middle top > RED FCP Log and Transfer Plugin.
I build a base grade in REDRUSHES and save the .RSX file at the root of the media that I will be importing, then select that one. Seems to bypass a bunch of small problems for me and get me grading in the right direction faster. Also have done pregrades on set with DPs using that method and then graded close to the imported footage. Works very well...
God luck - would love to hear how you solve this problem!
Drew
www.redrazorfilms.com/wordpress

$1200 and it won't even run!!!

I just purchased FCP Studio 2. Loaded it on my system last night and can't get any of the programs to run. I've repaired permissions, rebooted the system and installed all the updates. When FCP loads a dialog pops up with the message Final Cut Pro quit unexpectedly. Listed below is the problem report. Looks like FCP is having a problem loading a required library and I don't have a clue what to do to correct the problem.
Process: Final Cut Pro [264]
Path: /Applications/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Pro
Identifier: com.apple.FinalCutPro
Version: ??? (???)
Build Info: FCPApp-803260105~29
Code Type: PPC (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [70]
Date/Time: 2008-05-06 06:22:38.435 -0400
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.2 (9C7010)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x000000008fe0105c
Crashed Thread: 0
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/ProFX.framework/Versions/A/ProFX
Referenced from: /Applications/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Pro
Reason: image not found
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