Friendliest graphics for final cut hd

dear final cut pro hd Gurus, which type of graphics will final cut pro hd will hadle better and keep sharpness and detail when layering other graphics, gif, png. , eps, ait, pdf, svg etc.
thanks
marco

Just about all of them.
Jpg has compression, so I stay away from it unless it started that way
I also like png.
FCP doesn't import eps or svg I believe
best wishes
David
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CPU Speed:
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L2 Cache (per CPU):
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Vendor:
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There posted on Apple's page for FCS 2: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA886Z/A?fnode=home/shop_mac/software/apple&mc o=MTYyNjM
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I'm a newbie so forgive my ignorance.
I have a mid 2010 iMac and I would like to hook it to my HD insignia TV to view playback for Final Cut content.
I just need to know which method is the best (VGA, Mini DV, Hdmi, etc)
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Thanks!

Oh. I also have a Cakewalk US-25 EX 24bit 96 kHz sound card too.

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My HD died on my iMac. I replaced it and lost everything that was on it. I found my source disks from my original purchase for Final Cut Express HD 3.5. I now have Maverick ISO and it will not let me load my software so I can continue my film work. How do I get it too recover it without paying for it again since I paid for it already and have projects in progress that need to be completed?

1) Partition your hard drive or add an external drive and install Snow Leopard (with the Optional Rosetta) into it and then you can dual-boot (System Preferences:Startup Disk) into Snow Leopard and run FCE 3.5 there.
2) Use one of the following methods to install FCE 3.5 into Mavericks:
a) Pacifist: http://www.charlessoft.com/
b) Jeremy Johnstone's Terminal method: http://www.jeremyjohnstone.com/blog/2012-03-11-installing-final-cut-pro-studio-2 -0-on-mac-os-x-10-7-lion.html
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You should ask your question in the Final Cut Studio forum.
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The first tab is SCRATCH DISKS -- that's the term too -- not secondary folder for FCP Documents.
Change it there.
Drawbacks...
It has been a while since I've had to deal with this, but FCP used to not remember (feature or bug??) a project's original scratch disk location and if you change it for ONE project it will be changed for ALL future AND past projects... until you change it back.
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FCP's projects don't care. They've already mapped where they need to go to get the video and render files it needs. Move your Scratch Disk 33 times... won't make a difference to the browser and timeline. -- UNTIL you remove one of the important drives. THEN red lines galore! Un renders, missing files... messy messy messy!
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Canon EOS MOVIE Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro Now Available...

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For users in North America to make the Canon EOS REBEL T2i work (550D for Europe):
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2. the quality *****! watching it on the playback in FCP it looks great, but then when I burn it to Disc it's pixelated in spots and generally has a lower quality picture.
I know that it's Standard Def. and can't expect the best, but I've done it before (once or twice) and it didn't seem this bad.
Can someone suggest anything to help the quality? Should I run my AVIs through MPEG Steamclip to make it a QT file and if so what is the best format in that since there are many to choose from and most I'm not familiar with?
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I did compress them to DV NTSC then burned it to DVD and the result was no bueno.
I thought what I would do is try compressing them again before I send them on over to DVDSPRO. Here is a simplified break down of the situation:
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- I rendered them in Premiere, then transfered the rendered AVI file to FCP.
- When went to place the files in FCP, I received the warning message; "Following Media Files Are Not Optimized For Final Cut Pro" but I went forward anyways and it allowed me to do so.
- Originally I went ahead and compressed them from FCP to QT Movie as a DV NTSC, which ended up poorly.
- Therefore my question is, should I compress them using another file type (other then DV NTSC)? Which leads me to another program that I have called MPEG Streamclip, which offers tons of file types of which I am unfamiliar with most. I want the best quality of course but don't know what file type is the highest going from AVI to a format that can be accepted by FCP and ultimately DVDSPRO. Keeping in mind that I only have FCP5 and do not have Prores.
Did that make sense?
Thank you again,
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