Final Cut and Logic Content Disks

Are the three audio content disks (not jam packs) from Final Cut Studio 2 and Logic Studio the same?

You're the second person to ask this question this week. I don't know if someone with Logic Studio could compare their bundled content to this list which is the content from FCS then we might be able to determine the answer.
The entire list is waaay tooo long so here is a subdirectory list you could compare. Only the Associated Production Music is a list of the contents since there is no subdirectories in that folder.
=====FCS CONTENT LIST====
iMac-07:~ jimlongo$ cd /Library/Audio/Apple\ Loops\ for\ Soundtrack\ Pro/
iMac-07:Apple Loops for Soundtrack Pro jimlongo$ ls -lgnoh
total 0
drwxrwxr-x 19 646B Jan 25 14:22 Apple Loops
drwxrwxr-x 178 5.9K Apr 13 2007 Associated Production Music
drwxrwxr-x 17 578B Feb 5 19:08 Detroit Chop Shop
drwxrwxr-x 15 510B Jan 25 14:22 PowerFX Loops
drwxrwxr-x 16 544B Feb 27 2007 SoundIdeas
iMac-07:Apple Loops for Soundtrack Pro jimlongo$ ls -lgnoh Apple\ Loops/
total 0
drwxrwxr-x 4 136B Feb 15 2007 Alan Cannistraro
drwxrwxr-x 3 102B Feb 15 2007 Alec Little
drwxrwxr-x 3 102B Feb 15 2007 Andrew Yonemoto
drwxrwxr-x 36 1.2K Jan 25 14:22 Andy Boretto
drwxrwxr-x 6 204B Jan 25 14:22 Brian Daly
drwxrwxr-x 365 12K Jan 25 14:22 Chris Moulios
drwxrwxr-x 3 102B Feb 27 2007 Corey Peterson
drwxrwxr-x 3 102B Feb 15 2007 Dave Howell
drwxrwxr-x 5 170B Feb 15 2007 Jeff Taylor
drwxrwxr-x 3 102B Feb 27 2007 Jerremy Holland
drwxrwxr-x 3 102B Feb 15 2007 Joe Howard
drwxrwxr-x 3 102B Feb 27 2007 Mark Altekruse
drwxrwxr-x 3 102B Feb 15 2007 Michael McKenna
drwxrwxr-x 3 102B Feb 15 2007 Scott McKissen
drwxrwxr-x 6 204B Jan 25 14:22 Sol Friedman
drwxrwxr-x 3 102B Feb 15 2007 Todd Reeder
drwxrwxr-x 3 102B Feb 15 2007 Xander Soren
iMac-07:Apple Loops for Soundtrack Pro jimlongo$ ls -lgnoh Associated\ Production\ Music/
total 11708760
-r--r--r--@ 1 36M Mar 28 2007 Adrenalin Electronica Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 18M Mar 28 2007 Adrenalin Electronica Medium.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 8.0M Mar 28 2007 Adrenalin Electronica Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 52M Mar 28 2007 Africa.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 63M Mar 28 2007 Ambient City.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 31M Mar 28 2007 Andantino Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 7.0M Mar 28 2007 Andantino Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 72M Mar 28 2007 Angry Angst Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 11M Mar 28 2007 Angry Angst Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 44M Mar 28 2007 Awareness.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 56M Mar 28 2007 Beautiful Tension Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 17M Mar 28 2007 Beautiful Tension Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 50M Mar 28 2007 Big Band.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 64M Mar 28 2007 Bow and Arrow Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 17M Mar 28 2007 Bow and Arrow Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 30M Mar 28 2007 Bow and Arrow Strings.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 6.8M Mar 28 2007 Breaking News.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 43M Mar 28 2007 Bridal Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 15M Mar 28 2007 Bridal Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 61M Mar 28 2007 By the Beach.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 170M Mar 28 2007 Canon in D Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 16M Mar 28 2007 Canon in D Medium.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 9.2M Mar 28 2007 Canon in D Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 7.0M Apr 13 2007 Chase Vamp.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 14M Mar 29 2007 Chase.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 33M Mar 28 2007 Classic Mystery Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 9.9M Mar 28 2007 Classic Mystery Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 50M Mar 28 2007 Classics Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 7.9M Mar 28 2007 Classics Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 44M Mar 28 2007 Comin Home.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 25M Apr 13 2007 Contemplation Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 16M Apr 13 2007 Contemplation Med.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 8.8M Apr 13 2007 Contemplation Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 58M Mar 28 2007 Crime Lab.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 28M Mar 28 2007 Curious Flute Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 6.5M Mar 28 2007 Curious Flute Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 51M Mar 28 2007 Dawn of Splendor.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 40M Mar 28 2007 Desert Heat.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 23M Mar 28 2007 Disoriented Again Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 5.5M Mar 28 2007 Disoriented Again Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 43M Mar 28 2007 Disoriented.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 27M Mar 28 2007 Dissonant Intellect Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 14M Mar 28 2007 Dissonant Intellect Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 29M Mar 28 2007 Doudouks Around Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 3.1M Mar 28 2007 Doudouks Around Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 42M Mar 28 2007 Dream or Fantasy.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 17M Mar 28 2007 Early Dawn.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 45M Mar 28 2007 Eastern Dream Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 6.3M Mar 28 2007 Eastern Dream Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 53M Mar 28 2007 Eighty's Skyline.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 33M Mar 28 2007 European Waltz Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 17M Mar 28 2007 European Waltz Medium.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 8.5M Mar 28 2007 European Waltz Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 45M Mar 28 2007 Everyone's Here Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 9.6M Mar 28 2007 Everyone's Here Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 51M Mar 28 2007 Exotic Longing.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 55M Mar 28 2007 Exotic Yearning.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 56M Mar 28 2007 Fascinating and Quirky.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 65M Mar 28 2007 Feellgood.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 69M Mar 28 2007 Flapper's Ball Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 10M Mar 28 2007 Flapper's Ball Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 27M Mar 28 2007 Flapper's Ball Vintage.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 53M Mar 28 2007 Flute Calling.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 35M Mar 28 2007 From Up Here Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 13M Mar 28 2007 From Up Here Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 62M Mar 28 2007 Funky Folk Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 6.6M Mar 28 2007 Funky Folk Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 36M Mar 28 2007 Gentle Family Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 2.8M Mar 28 2007 Gentle Family Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 56M Mar 28 2007 Get It Done Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 3.0M Mar 28 2007 Get It Done Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 44M Mar 28 2007 Good Ol' Rock & Roll Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 2.8M Mar 28 2007 Good Ol' Rock & Roll Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 50M Mar 28 2007 Grand Command Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 3.1M Mar 28 2007 Grand Command Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 31M Mar 28 2007 Gregorian Chant.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 51M Mar 28 2007 Hava Nagila Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 8.7M Mar 28 2007 Hava Nagila Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 56M Mar 28 2007 Heavy Water.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 11M Apr 13 2007 High Dissonance.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 13M Apr 13 2007 High Echoes.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 10M Apr 13 2007 High Harmonies.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 62M Mar 28 2007 High Price Victory.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 90M Mar 28 2007 Highbrow Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 8.0M Mar 28 2007 Highbrow Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 34M Mar 28 2007 Hip Hop Power Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 15M Mar 28 2007 Hip Hop Power Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 68M Mar 28 2007 Hit the Road Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 9.4M Mar 28 2007 Hit the Road Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 34M Mar 28 2007 Home Sweet Home Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 7.2M Mar 28 2007 Home Sweet Home Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 47M Mar 28 2007 I Would Cross the Ocean.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 28M Mar 28 2007 In Tents Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 13M Mar 28 2007 In Tents Medium.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 6.0M Mar 28 2007 In Tents Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 52M Mar 28 2007 Industrial Strength.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 13M Apr 13 2007 Into Darkness.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 49M Mar 28 2007 Investigate.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 42M Mar 28 2007 It Can't Be.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 33M Mar 28 2007 It's Here Somewhere Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 16M Mar 28 2007 It's Here Somewhere Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 54M Mar 28 2007 Jump Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 9.9M Mar 28 2007 Jump Medium.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 4.9M Mar 28 2007 Jump Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 43M Mar 28 2007 Knee Slappin' Banjo Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 8.5M Mar 28 2007 Knee Slappin' Banjo Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 63M Mar 28 2007 Larger Than Life Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 34M Mar 28 2007 Larger Than Life Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 32M Mar 28 2007 Latino Neighborhood Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 17M Mar 28 2007 Latino Neighborhood Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 53M Mar 28 2007 Letting Go Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 6.2M Mar 28 2007 Letting Go Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 33M Mar 28 2007 Lo Rider Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 20M Mar 28 2007 Lo Rider Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 54M Mar 28 2007 Macho.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 25M Mar 28 2007 Making Sense Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 12M Mar 28 2007 Making Sense Medium.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 5.9M Mar 28 2007 Making Sense Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 61M Mar 28 2007 Marvel.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 49M Mar 28 2007 Memories of Gondolas Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 9.0M Mar 28 2007 Memories of Gondolas Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 23M Apr 13 2007 Minor Romance.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 58M Mar 28 2007 Moody Alternative Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 6.9M Mar 28 2007 Moody Alternative Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 36M Mar 28 2007 Nature's Voice Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 7.4M Mar 28 2007 Nature's Voice Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 27M Mar 28 2007 Nature's Way Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 6.3M Mar 28 2007 Nature's Way Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 50M Mar 28 2007 New Land.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 58M Mar 28 2007 Night City.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 44M Mar 28 2007 No Escape Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 7.7M Mar 28 2007 No Escape Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 66M Mar 28 2007 No Skateboarding.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 49M Mar 28 2007 Nostalgic Piano Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 5.5M Mar 28 2007 Nostalgic Piano Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 33M Mar 28 2007 Not So Friendly Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 5.4M Mar 28 2007 Not So Friendly Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 29M Mar 28 2007 Old Tyme Jazz Vintage.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 60M Mar 28 2007 Old Tyme Jazz.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 31M Mar 28 2007 One For All Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 10M Mar 28 2007 One For All Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 37M Mar 28 2007 Out of This World Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 6.4M Mar 28 2007 Out of This World Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 58M Mar 28 2007 Phazed and Infused.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 42M Mar 28 2007 Pretty Unclear Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 2.9M Mar 28 2007 Pretty Unclear Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 38M Mar 28 2007 Punkish Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 9.9M Mar 28 2007 Punkish Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 19M Apr 13 2007 Rainy Embrace.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 84M Mar 28 2007 Reality TV.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 52M Mar 28 2007 Realization.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 66M Mar 28 2007 Reflections.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 55M Mar 28 2007 Reunion.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 64M Mar 28 2007 Reverse Chill.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 49M Mar 28 2007 Road Trip Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 6.9M Mar 28 2007 Road Trip Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 54M Mar 28 2007 Satellites.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 49M Mar 28 2007 Silent Film Speaks.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 61M Mar 28 2007 Silent Motion.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 45M Mar 28 2007 Sixties Rock Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 7.7M Mar 28 2007 Sixties Rock Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 53M Mar 28 2007 Slapstick Cartoon Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 7.3M Mar 28 2007 Slapstick Cartoon Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 47M Mar 28 2007 Snow Motion.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 51M Mar 28 2007 So 80's Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 3.7M Mar 28 2007 So 80's Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 35M Mar 28 2007 Streetlights Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 8.7M Mar 28 2007 Streetlights Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 51M Mar 28 2007 Through the Clouds.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 64M Mar 28 2007 Timeless.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 35M Mar 28 2007 Trio.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 41M Mar 28 2007 Unidentified Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 2.8M Mar 28 2007 Unidentified Short.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 28M Apr 13 2007 Until Tomorrow.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 45M Mar 28 2007 Who's Blues Long.caf
-r--r--r--@ 1 7.1M Mar 28 2007 Who's Blues Short.caf
iMac-07:Apple Loops for Soundtrack Pro jimlongo$ ls -lgnoh Detroit\ Chop\ Shop/
total 0
drwxrwxr-x 233 7.7K Mar 28 2007 Ambience
drwxrwxr-x 5 170B Mar 30 2007 Animals
drwxrwxr-x 12 408B Mar 30 2007 Explosions
drwxrwxr-x 14 476B Mar 30 2007 Foley
drwxrwxr-x 118 3.9K Mar 30 2007 Impacts & Crashes
drwxrwxr-x 18 612B Mar 30 2007 Mech:Tech
drwxrwxr-x 6 204B Mar 30 2007 Misc.
drwxrwxr-x 380 13K Mar 30 2007 Motions & Transitions
drwxrwxr-x 9 306B Mar 30 2007 People
drwxrwxr-x 84 2.8K Mar 30 2007 Sci-Fi
drwxrwxr-x 10 340B Mar 30 2007 Sports & Leisure
drwxrwxr-x 26 884B Mar 30 2007 Transportation
drwxrwxr-x 9 306B Mar 30 2007 Weapons
drwxrwxr-x 13 442B Mar 30 2007 Work:Home
iMac-07:Apple Loops for Soundtrack Pro jimlongo$ ls -lgnoh PowerFX\ Loops/
total 0
drwxrwxr-x 7 238B Feb 15 2007 Bass
drwxrwxr-x 49 1.6K Mar 29 2007 Complete Music Beds
drwxrwxr-x 50 1.7K Jan 25 14:22 DJ Tricks
drwxrwxr-x 6 204B Feb 15 2007 Drums
drwxrwxr-x 4 136B Feb 15 2007 Guitar
drwxrwxr-x 4 136B Feb 15 2007 Horns and Wind
drwxrwxr-x 7 238B Feb 15 2007 Keyboards
drwxrwxr-x 79 2.6K Mar 29 2007 Mallets
drwxrwxr-x 197 6.5K Mar 29 2007 Miscellaneous
drwxrwxr-x 323 11K Jan 25 14:22 Percussion
drwxrwxr-x 4 136B Feb 27 2007 Sound Effects
drwxrwxr-x 4 136B Feb 15 2007 Strings
drwxrwxr-x 9 306B Mar 29 2007 Vocals
iMac-07:Apple Loops for Soundtrack Pro jimlongo$ ls -lgnoh SoundIdeas/
total 0
drwxrwxr-x 108 3.6K Mar 15 2007 Ambience
drwxrwxr-x 68 2.3K Mar 15 2007 Animals
drwxrwxr-x 8 272B Mar 15 2007 Explosions
drwxrwxr-x 103 3.4K Mar 15 2007 Foley
drwxrwxr-x 47 1.6K Mar 15 2007 Impacts & Crashes
drwxrwxr-x 39 1.3K Mar 15 2007 Mech:Tech
drwxrwxr-x 31 1.0K Mar 15 2007 Misc.
drwxrwxr-x 88 2.9K Mar 15 2007 Motions & Transitions
drwxrwxr-x 104 3.5K Mar 15 2007 People
drwxrwxr-x 13 442B Mar 15 2007 Sci-Fi
drwxrwxr-x 61 2.0K Mar 15 2007 Sports & Leisure
drwxrwxr-x 129 4.3K Mar 15 2007 Transportation
drwxrwxr-x 38 1.3K Mar 15 2007 Weapons
drwxrwxr-x 191 6.3K Mar 15 2007 Work:Home

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Its to do with integrating still images with the Final Cut suite.
If I receive a high quality image from a client to use in their video and I then try importing it into Final Cut and animating it, it always ends up looking like a pile of ahem. Often I will get "swimming" lines appear across fine detail on the image, and parts of it will flicker as it moves across the screen. For instance, if I have a picture of some blinds or other fine detail (especially horizontal and vertical lines), when I add a grow and throw movement to it the detail will become very noisy - buzzing and flickering like mad.
I have found I can counter this by resizing the image in photoshop to a resolution closer to SD video (700w or 500h) - but I always end up losing detail, and the flickering and noise is only reduced, not eliminated. Other things that have helped are blur effects applied at a very low level, like 0.5 blur, so its not noticeable visually, but Final Cut seems to treat it differently and quieten the noise and flicker down.
However, all of these workarounds are ultimately still giving a reduced quality product.
Also, this problem is not necessarily constrained to Final Cut, I am currently fighting DVD Studio Pro because it is murdering the text quality in a stills slideshow I am creating - and in this situation there is no animation being applied. No matter what file type (psd, jpeg, tiff, png...) or size I output the text and images from Photoshop in, the moment DVD studio pro gets hold of it, it turns to cripe.
For a while I was putting it down to the fact that I usually edit in SD (PAL) formats, and there just wasn't the resolution available to reproduce fine detail. However, I do often see other people achieving pin-sharp fine detail on still images and text in SD formats (the Apple templates are a good example)
So, my question to you, oh great and high boffins, if you are dealing with still images and text, how do you do it? How do you work around any noise problems you have, and how do you produce those pin-sharp images (both moving and still) I see in other professional productions?
Quad G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

still images with too high a resolution will always cause problems. this is due to the detail of the image being finer than the scanline of the tv can display ... obviously this will caise the image to flicker as these details alternately appear and disappear as and when the scanline can display them. as you have discovered, the answer is to apply a very small blur, the effect being that the detail is spread by the blur such that the scanline can dislay it correctly.
text issues are often rooted in the same problem ... unless the text is placed very carefully (whole even number on the y axis) then the quality may be impaired due to the resulting interlacing/scanline issues

Ok, I thought I could do a project in my new Final Cut Pro X. I got everything downloaded on Final Cut and I made my Project. The problem is is has taken so long to render that I don't have time. How do I download the video from Final Cut to Imovie?

ok, I thought I could do a project in my new Final Cut Pro X. I got everything downloaded on Final Cut and I made my Project. The problem is is has taken so long to render that I don't have time. How do I download the video from Final Cut to Imovie?

Your media is stored in Final Cut Events folder > "name of event" > original media. The Final Cut Events folder is in your movies folder or at the root level of an external drive if you are using one to store your media. Simply open iMovie and under file menu select import movies. Navigate to the original media folder and import your clips to Imovie event library.

Hi, I downloaded the app for macbook "Lens Flare for Final Cut" and I've struggled a lot to install this app at final cut . Someone could help me ? i´m from Mexico i speak spanish

Hi, I downloaded the app for macbook "Lens Flare for Final Cut" and I've struggled a lot to install this app at final cut . Someone could help me ? how i can install this app in Final Cut? this app cost me money and not is working to me, i am disappointed sorry if a write bad, i´m from Mexico i speak spanish

This is a user2user board for FCPX - maybe better you discuss your issues with the makers of that 'plug in'
Seems for me a bit 'fishy', isn't it? - other professional plug-in makers deliver with an installer... That advice at AppStore, how to install it, is ... rare:
How install it ? – click the launch button. Motion 5 will start itself. When Motion is open click save as. Write a generator name - Lens Flare and choose category RGB HOUSE or make it. Click Publish and you are done. If you don’t have Motion 5 look at support site - how to install in FCP.
How it works ? – In Final Cut Pro you will find in Generators RGB HOUSE group, where will be Lens Flare. Drag this generator above all clips in timeline. When it’s there remember to change blending mode to Screen (in video section). You can adjust color, steak color, glow, intensity, scale - apacity and blur of artifacts, position. Any parameter could be stored as a keyframe, so You can easily animate the flare.
so, I don't speak Spanish, lets have some fun with translate.google...:
Cómo instalarlo? - Haga clic en el botón de inicio. Motion 5 comenzará Misma. Cuando el movimiento está abierto clic en Guardar como escribir un generador de nombres -. Resplandor del objetivo y seleccionar categoría RGB CASA o hacerlo. Haga clic en Publicar y ya está. Si usted no tiene el movimiento 5 vistazo a sitio de soporte - cómo instalar en FCP.
Cómo funciona? - En Final Cut Pro se encuentra en el grupo generador RGB CASA, donde serán destello de lente. Arrastre este generador por encima de todos los clips en la línea de tiempo. Cuando es allí te acuerdas de que cambiar el modo de fusión a la pantalla (en la sección de vídeo). Usted puede ajustar el color, color carne, brillo, intensidad, escala - falta de definición apacidad y artefactos de su posición. Cualquier parámetro podría almacenarse como un fotograma clave, por lo que puede animar fácilmente la antorcha.
Hope it makes at last a little sense... I don't trust these automatic translators
(the German translation is ... awesome funny!)
Finally: it's from 2012! Needs probably an update - contact the dealer!

Can I share files from other programs or just Adobe apps files. I work with Final Cut and Premiere X

Can I share files from other programs or just Adobe apps files. I work with Final Cut and Premiere X.? Need to share files up to 6GB.
I need to know if the 20 gb limit is about all that I share, or if it's just about whatis in the clouds. If I take, recover my limit?
The speed of upload e download is good?

The Creative Cloud file storage could be used for video assets but speed and performance might vary based on location. I would suggest you testing it out yourself using your Adobe ID before subscribing. Performance would not change after you joined.
-Dave

NEED HELP Deciding. new final cut and a powerpc4

I have a power mac G4 and I want to know will the new final cut package work on it? My pc has a radeon 9000 pro, dual 1.25 processors,, memory 1.25.
i just want to know if final cut and the other programs will work on it. I do not do HD and when i do i will buy another but for Sd is this ok to run and buy the new fc.
thanks everyone who can help

I'd think you will be able to run FCS 2. Your computer is above all of the minimum specs, only wild card here is your graphics card. It has enough VRAM ... just not listed in the compatible cards. Bet it works OK though. Look at the Motion and Color minimums. FCP will work without a hitch in any event, and so should compressor, LiveType, and DVD SP. You could upgrade it if you find it lacking but I'd give it a go with the card you have to see if you're OK first.
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/specs.html
Jerry

How to Uninstall older version of Final Cut and Motion

Hello
I have a older academic version of Final Cut and Motion. I ordered a Full blown version of Final Cut Studio 2 that should arrive this week. How do I uninstall my old version of software? I don't want them conflicting with the new version.
My other question deals with performance. I'm running a Dual 2.5GHz G5 with 6G of ram. Video Board is the ATI x800XT. Will this system work for editing HDV or am I going to need to buy a new Intel based computer? I really don't want to spend 4K for a new system.
Thanks
Bob M

have a gander a Jon Chappel's FCS Remover over at Digital Rebellion
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcs_remover.htm

How do I cut and paste content of clipboard

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What are you trying to do? You can't actually cut and paste within clipboard itself.

Final Cut and Reinstall

Hi,
3 hour project that I've been working on for months.
Experienced system very slow and crashing a lot. so I listened to Apple and cleaned up HD. In the process I deleted about 4 apps that I didn't think had anything to do with FCP. Since I've done that and ran a defrag of the HD FCP won't open any of my projects. I get "This project is unreadable or may be too new for this version of Final Cut" or "Wasn't able to open project" My whole system is running slow - get turning circle on everyting.
I'm thinking I need to uninstall my whole system as in the aps I deleted - garage band and I forgot the others - small programs that I think FC must have used relative to the path of my files in FC. What are your thoughts? If I uninstall I take it there are precautions so as not to lose projects. I have FCP the version before the last version, have a Mac OSx 10.6.8, 2.16 GHz INtel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAm. My project files are on external HDs. What do you think?
Thanks,
joe

Wed, July 4, 2012 3:00:32 PM
Re: [Final Cut Studio] - Re: Final Cut and Reinstall [8rnjp2-2ywwj-b7h77]
From:
Joseph Zabrosky <[email protected]>
To:
discussions-replies <[email protected]>
What version of FCP are you running? fcp7
The Digital Rebellion stuff is great.
I do have Pro Maintenance Tools, which is $140 i think.
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/promaintenance/
that has the 2 apps listed above, plus a project FCP repair tool, corrupt clip finder, etc.
This is your only copy of the project? No, when search project on my external where all my files aree a folder of one of the latest versions comes up with numerous fcp files that were saved at different times and dates. That would be the autosave vault, but it's not in the folder autosave vault.
No backups at all?
Are you sure the autosave lkocation hasnt been changed, and there might be versions somewhere else?
Did you add any new pugins at all? Did you do any software updates before things went south? NO
Without knowing what you deleted then you might need to wipe the system & re-install everything.
if you do this remeber to BU your files & any apps or plugins that are digital files & not on install discs that you have bought, or downloaded.
Cloning the HD as you said in your last email will take care of this?

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