Final cut pro 7 - Flashback effect "film style"

I want to create a Flashback effect in Final Cut Pro 7 the tutorial states double click the clip, go to filter in the viewer window, press slash to drop the film style video filters, this will bring up the gama, click on white defusion etc. so not using keyboard short cuts much. My question is where do I find press the slash to drop down the film style video filters.?
old -- dustin

Uhm...FCP doesn't have those built in...not that I'm aware of. The slash key doesn't activate any filter toggle that I'm aware of.
are you sure this is an FCP 7 tutorial? Not FCX?

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Hello,
and now it's the RAM time...
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- 4 SAS internal hard disks 300GB 15,000-rpm
I'd like to expand it to 32 GB of ram, has it a sense or is it too much? Can 32GB RAM paradoxicalally slow it down? I heard too much RAM could be a problem...
Thanks a lot,
Stefano Bianchi

Silal wrote:
Hi
FCP will not take advantage of more that 4 GB: Maximum memory usage in Final Cut Pro is 2.5 GB. Other FCS apps like Motion and Color will thanks you more RAM, but IMHO 32 GB is really too much, what means I cannot state you'll notice the difference.
More RAM will help ypu on working with all your apps open at the same time making the system more responsive, but as I told you I think you can do it with less that 32 GB.
Hope that helps !
Alberto
But Leopard on an Intel is 64 bit, right? So the article would not apply or has FCP not been updated for a 64 bit memory space?
Robert:-)

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I have some addins I want to remove from Final Cut Pro X. I no longer need/want them listed. I only want to see the default Effects. I dont need to know how to remove them from my projects, I want them off the computer all together.

dastoelk wrote:
Karsten! You beat me to the punch. I thought the SAME thing soon after I logged off.
although fxFactory was gracious enough to invite me to some free 'tests', I must admit, that this 'automatic reinstall after deletion' is a bit .... annoying? un-Mac-like? … I'm not customed to such behavior, at last.
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http://www.fcp.co/forum/9-free-fcpx-plugins-and-templates
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So I converted all my footage into Apple Pro Res 422 (24 p, 1280 x 720) for use in FCP and want to export edited parts into After Effects. What is the best quality export to bring into After Effects and also export from After Effects back into FCP?

zikade wrote:
Depending on your storage and what you're up to with your footage I'd recommend uncompressed. Large files but you won't loose any quality. Animation is also lossless if you want to compress your footage. If your drives are not fast enough, go for ProRes HQ from FCP to AE, and Animation the way back...
Since you've converted to 422, stick with that. You cannot gain anything by exporting from FCP to a codec that has a higher bandwidth such as PRHQ or Animation. You just don't want to go down.
Rendering out of After Effects going back to FCP jsut use the same base codec. Again, you will gain nothing by using a higher quality codec. However, you may want to use PR4444 or even Animation if you must have an alpha channel. PR4444 uses trillions of colors and you will get an interesting warning when you try to render to it. You can dismiss the warning.
PR4444 has the distinct advantage of being realtime in FCP7 and X. Animation requires rendering back in teh FCP timeline.
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I'm trying to get Final Cut Pro X for a film class but can't buy it.

I got a $100 rebate and I have a credit card to use, but I can't get the app. It tells me I have insufficient credit. Can anybody help?

It tells me I have insufficient credit
Quit the App Store app if it's open.
Launch iTunes.
From the iTunes menu bar click iTunes / Preferences then select the Advanced tab.
Click: Reset warnings and Reset cache
Click: OK
From the iTunes menu bar click Store / Sign Out.
Launch the App Store. Try your purchase again.
BTW, you can monitor your available credit from the account area in the iTunes Store window just above Quick Links on the right and if you are a U.S. resident you can call the 888# noted > Apple Gift Cards

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I'm exporting PAL widescreen footage from FCP to AE, adding some fx, and then exporting back to FCP. I am rendering both ways as a QT with no compression. For some reason, the footage is coming back to FCP a little more blurry than the original footage. Can anyone please suggest how to keep the image quality the same as the original?
Thanks!

Sure, anytime.
But we've been seeing some posts about problems going between the workspaces. These color and contrast issues may or may not be related to changing color spaces from Animation to your PAL format or they may have some other cause.
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Rendering After Effects to Final Cut Pro

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I'm creating HD videos in YouTube at 720p.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Captain Mench wrote:
Now -- if you need to export an alpha channel out of AE then you'll need some specific formats.
Good luck,
CaptM
Welcome home, Mench!
To maintain the alpha channel from AE, the OP will want to look up how to be using two codecs, Animation and ProRes 4444. Both are extensively described in the help system for FCP and After Effects or just google them for several hours of interesting reading. The OP will also need to understand the concept of an alpha channel which, come to think of it, was difficult for me.
bogiesan

Creating a film look in Final Cut Pro 3

I have finished editing my short in and some of the images are too harsh; please advise me on how I can get a more film like look. I shot the short on a Sony PD-150 and edited it on Final Cut Pro 3 using a G4 and running OS X. 2.6
A friend suggested using a filter like Magic Bullet, which doesn't work on OS X. 2.6. Someone else suggested rendering it in 30 frames per second but don't know how to do that in FCP.
G4 Mac OS X (10.2.x)

You're not going to be able to make magic happen with DV footage on final cut 3. Film has a generally softer and murkier look than video, so try bringing down the harsher higlights and desaturing colors somewhat. You're just going to have to play arround with the the filters and color corrector, and eyeball it on a broadcast monitor.
As far as frame rate is concerned, there's nothing you can do. DV is 29.97fps, film is 24fps. Simply changing the framerate (especially to 30) won't make it look more film like. 24 fps pulldown needs to happen in camera to achieve such an effect.
If you're interested in something like Magic Bullet (which you'll have far better luck with), you'll have to find someone who has it.
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How do I get copyright or license to show Final Cut Pro in use by a character in a film?

Hi,
I am working in a Film Production team in Brazil. We are producing a film where the main character is a film editor and he uses Apple Final Cut Pro at his work.
The film is for all ages - no restriction.
I have already written to "Copyright Permissions" but had no answer since June!
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And if I do, how do I get it from Apple?
Thank you in advance.
Sil

I am working in a Film Production team in Brazil. We are producing a film where the main character is a film editor and he uses Apple Final Cut Pro at his work.
The film is for all ages - no restriction.
I have already written to "Copyright Permissions" but had no answer since June!
Do I need a copyright license for that?
I am not a lawyer, but I don't see how you are infringing on Apple. Remember, most e-mails are not read or replied to. Your best course of action would be to send a priority letter to Apple's street address. They still may not reply, but it will be read.
A test that usually (but not always) works. Is your activity costing the other party money. Is your activity resulting in the other party losing sales.
If your movie is showing some guy at a desk using a companies software; it's beyond my comprehension why they would have a problem. In fact, many companies pay for “product placement”. However, I understand that Apple does not engage in this practice.
But I can assure you, every time you see someone with a Coke (and other products) in a movie the producers were probably paid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_placement

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I am looking for a safe free place to download more effects that I can use on my videos in Final cut pro x that include effects that aren't just limited to the colors of the video. I also hope that the place will have clear instructions on how to download them onto final cut pro x. If you know of a place like this let me know, thank you!

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How do I preset a title text style in Final Cut Pro X?

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Final Cut Pro is happy to have me "Save a Preset to Library", but then I never see it again. When I go to the dropdown menu, all I get is Apple's list of truly hideous fonts like 80s, Aqua Fade, Candy, etc.
I save my favorite style as "Basic" and that does nothing either - as soon as I add a new title and apply the "Basic" setting I get Apple's horrible Gil Sans again. What's going on?
Any tips on how to perform what should be a very simple operation? Have spent more than an hour on this now.

Well, Tom, I guess I'm just not as fortunate. Anyone else have any suggestions?

Hi, I have small problem, for some time in music area I had two folders to use 1. Apple loops for soundtrack pro 2. Final Cut pro sound effects now both are gray and with out content may I know what happend

Hi, I have small problem, for some time in music area I had two folders to use 1. Apple loops for soundtrack pro 2. Final Cut pro sound effects now both are gray and with out content may I know what happend

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What is the best way to throw text in a 5 minute film in final cut pro

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Use live type, you can do some real nice effects with text. Live type has backgrounds you can use, plus you can add your own which is what I do. Then you can use a live type font or standard type with fades, motion paths, glows and all sorts of neat stuff.

Can I Change duration of a Film Burn in Final Cut Pro X

Is there a way to change the duration of a Film Burn (.mov) in Final Cut Pro X. for example I have 10 second film burn (.mov), and I want that film burn to be 30 sec or more any way I can do this?
Currently I copy the Film Burn several times on the timelien to make it longer.
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Plz give me work flow of film editing in Final Cut Pro..

Hello Everyone...
I am basically a Avid Film Editor. Past 2 years I am using Final Cut Pro. Recently I finished Final Cut Pro Level 1 & T3. Right now I am working as a App. Support Engineer specially for Final Cut Pro .
I want know the work flow of film editing in Final Cut Pro. I am very interested to do film editing in FCP but the workflow from Avid to FCP its totally different.
I tried few options like using FCP & Cinema Tools..
1. Captured 25fps clips and cofirmed to 24fps in cinematools.
2. In FCP the Timeline frame rate is 24fps
But I am not able to understand..
1. What is Database?
2. Cant we capture 24fps in FCP?
3. How to Synchronize captured clips with Cinema Tools database?
4. How to link the captured clips in to Cinema Tools database?
5. Where do I enter the KN Start & KN End?
6. What about Pull List & Cut List?
Please give me the details of film technics in Final Cut Pro....
Thanks in advance....

I knew I'd find this same post here. That makes three versions of trhe same list of questions.
Posting three times here implies you have posted this set of questions in many other FCP forums around the Net. If that is so, do us all the kindness of returning to all of them and closing them. Include the suggestions you have received and the solutions that were successful for you. That way your multiple threads will show up on search inquiries when other confused FCP newbies try to start complex film projects.
It's a bummer you cannot find these answers in the FCP manuals, I'm usre you looked there first. But, since we run on volunteers around here, it may be several days before someone with enough practical CinemaTools experience can stop by and handle them for you. Please have some patience.
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Final cut pro 7 - Flashback effect "film style"

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