IMovie / Final Cut ?

Trying to use Voltaic but now I get a message saying I need to reinstall iMovie /Final Cut! Because it can not find AIC.
How do I do that!

Just to expand on that. Usually imovie or FCE would put that particular file in that location, assuming you have either installed then the file should be there.

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IMovie - Final Cut Pro ? Same Quality DV Video?

I would like to know if iMovie and Final Cut Pro have the same ".dv" quality in producing a movie.
Is there any 'loss' in the digital video quality if you use iMovie?
Can I get professional results equal to Final Cut Pro .. without all the bells and whistles?

Definitely.
You can't see any difference between DV material edited with iMovie, Final Cut Express, or Final Cut Pro. There is no "loss" in the digital quality if you use iMovie.

Is it possible for a mac to recognise a camcorder as a video input without using imovie/final cut?

Is it possible for a mac to recognise a camcorder as a video input without using imovie/final cut, I use web based video capture software and need an HD input that the mac would recognise as if it were a webcam?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks

HI,
I used to use an analogue Camcorder and a DV converter that had Firewire output at one stage when starting out in iChat.
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Itunes, Imovie, Final Cut ALL WONT OPEN

So i have recently deleted my quicktime, and then I tried to re-install.
When i tried to re-install, It told me that quicktime was already on my computer so i went and searched for allll quicktime components i could find and trashed them, thinking i could completely remove it that way and then re-install.
Now, my ITUNES, my IMOVIE and my FINAL CUT, well basically anything that uses video or audio wont open at all. It says it quit unexpectedly but it doesnt open in the first place.
I SOMEHOW managed to install quicktime 7 but it wont open either. I guess i deleted something important, I just wish i knew what it was so i could try and restore it.
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
I need these applications for school, etc. HELP
(Time Machine NOT set up)

You now need to reinstall your entire operating system from the original install disks.
You will also have to reinstall all Apple applications that install "add-on" QT components, as well as, any third-party components you may require. Depending on your specific method of re-installation, you may also have to purge PLIST files as well. If you really messed with the QT structure imbedded in the OS rather than simply deleting player apps and components that support the imbedded structure externally, I personally would back up all projects and data files I wanted to keep and then wipe and test the hard drive before performing a complete "clean" install. And, even if you only deleted the superficial apps and suppornt components, you will likely have to re-install the packages that would replace everything you've removed and stil may have to purge the PLIST files to get the replaced apps to open properly. Even then, you may come across some broken links to certain components owing to some apparent inconsistancies the in installation/re-installation and software upgrade work flow. (E.g., you may end up with the wrong or a non-functioning iMovie '08/'09 "AppleMPEG2Codec.component" being installed.) In short, as Klaus1 indicated, you may have opend a real "can of worms" from which it may be difficult to extricate yourself.

Imovie/Final Cut project compatibility

Can you open Imovie digitized movie clips/bin in Final Cut Pro.
I hope so because, I've digitized a ton of media into Imovie, which I'm going to end up editing on Final Cut Suite.

Yes, you just need to find the iMovie QT files and bring them into FC. Don't delete the files! Importing them into FC just gives FC a reference to the original media. And, one big advantage to FC is the ability to log & capture footage. Very beneficial in terms of capturing only what you want (which saves HD space) and in terms of editing since you have already previewed the clips you have captured.
Mike

IMovie, Final Cut, Quicktime, online... a different colour in each!

The same video - Photo Jpeg format from a Panasonic LX3 digital camera - looks different in Final Cut, QuickTime and iMovie.
The "gamma shift" problems with FCP are well documented and I don't think I can be bothered to put anymore effort into finding a solution.
My editing projects are simple so maybe iMovie, I thought, would be enough...
But then I open the same video in QuickTime and iMovie and see that in the latter it is considerably darker and more contrasty.
Obviously, if I don't know which version is correct, I can't even begin to adjust the colours and contrast of the video.
Does anyone know where this difference might come from and exactly how I should set my system up so I can get on with editing rather than spending days trying to find information on the internet?
I'm using a calibrated Apple Cinema Display (2.2 gamma, 6500°k) and want to export edited video that can be viewed online via blip.tv.
Someone must have a solution... But I'm getting close to giving up on all this and using Avid or Adobe Premiere.
And one other problem in iMovie: if I try to adjust the exposure of my LX3 video it becomes rapidly desaturated, even black and white.
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Yes Kirk, I did see your post, thankyou.
I haven't tried it yet but I will although I'm still unclear as to what it is supposed to achieve: is it to match my monitor's gamma to FCP output? (I assume this is the case). If so, how does this solve the problem of needing to export a file that will display correctly on other people's machines - Mac and PC -that are either calibrated to, or default to, 2.2 gamma and 6500°K? Sorry if my question is basic but I'm trying to understand this.
I've read the Apple information about FCP using 1.8 gamma and that being the gamma of a broadcast monitor. My problem is that my stuff will never see a broadcast monitor, being entirely destined for the web and I was hoping to be able to set up some sort of simple workflow that took that into account.

IMovie/Final Cut Compatibility Problems

Hey, I have a video project that I'm working on. I was able to "dump" it successfully into final cut, but I cannot get the video to work with iMovie on my macbook. Are there certain steps I must follow to get them to work together? I tried exporting it as a Quicktime movie and that didn't work either. Thanks!

Hello and welcome to the forum.
This looks like a standard mini-dv camcorder, so you should be fine (working with iMovie is not always a reliable test). You'll need a 4-pin to 6-pin firewire cable; USB won't work.
The safest test would be to take your camera to an Apple Store if there's one close by.

Preferred input format with VHS via Canpous 55 to iMovie/Final Cut Express

I am using VHS deck to Canpus 55 to iMovie 08/MacBook Pro.
I do the input to iMovie 08 as it is less problematic for input than Final Cut Express and also I can share these with family for their video making in iMovie.
However I import the video files from iMovie events to FCE for editing.
1. I notice the VHS-to Canopus-to iMovie are .dv files with frame size 720x480 and compressor file says DV/DVCPRO - NTSC, not Apple Intermediate Codec.
2. I also import AVCHD files and those are frame size 960x540 and compressor is Apple Intermediate Codec.
When I bring the .dv files in from iMovie 08 to FCE, I sometimes get the warning about the files not in the standard settings and the drop down list of settings include Apple Intmediate Codec in various choices and the NTSC in various choices.
Should these be somehow standardized or will the eventual output be ok? I had one VHS 15 min segment look great on the computer in iMovie, then FCE but was very digitized after output to iDVD.
Thanks for the help.

misterdmmc wrote:
... and I also don't have Imovie.
you do.
on the Installer Disks, your Mac came with, there's 'Installed software', which allows to install the iLife Package only.
for most of your needs, esp. being no professional editor , iM offers all you need:
https://sites.google.com/site/karstenschluter/how-to-make-a-vidcast
shows you how to use pic-in-pic, green-sceen, integration of 'charts' and other 'effects' of iM, to produce a vidcast.
-Subtitles
'Subtitles' is for me a switchable feature on DVD ... if you mean 'titles in lower third' - any editor offers this. what iM does NOT offer, is a free-locatable title (or e.g. logo-bug), but there's a simple workaround working with transparent pngs, see my site too ....-
-Split screen video. Half/Half or Full screen for one video source, and a tiny screen say on the top left of another source...
side-by-side? iM no, FC yes.
-Export video in ipod compatible format
afaik, any Apple video-app allows that ..
general advice:
• iM is meant for consumers - convenient, but limited.
• FC/e or /p is meant for (semi)professionals - what iM offers as a 'one click done'-solution, is a many-steps-process with some background-knowledge and understanding needed.
• for sure, FC offers MUCH more options .. any option, you'll soon get lost
• the learning curve for FC is steep! buy a book of master-mind TOM WOLSKY, who generously participates here at this board ...-
• I don't see a need for you in spending 1.000$ more for the FC/pro suite ... Motion? Color? Compressor? Highly complex tools for even more complex processing ...
I would 'play' with iM to get familiar with your project - what do you need, how should it look? if you reach the limits, have a look at FC/e at any Apple-store ... if it doesn't scare you, get the app and the book, and spend some months studying ...
and Welcome misterdmmc to the  boards ...

Imovie, final cut pro and photographs.

Hi,
I have been editing footage using imovie, can I import these edited clips into final cut pro from imovie? ... or will i have to import footage directly from dv tape into final cut pro?
I am using digital photoes, when I import these images into final cut pro, how can I make sure that the image size of these photoes are the right dimension for screen (4:3 screen)?
Help appreciated,
agot bugge

but it still will not allow me to choose it
What's the first it and what's the second it?
You should be able to select the clips on the card in ClipWrap and use rewrap to make it into QuickTime with the H.264 codec. Or you can convert to ProRes to get optimized file. You also have the option to convert to ProRes LT, which isn't even available in FCP.

IMovie/ Final Cut Pro Deleting Clips/Projects

Ok, I'm an Apple newbie for about three weeks. I don't understand if I delete footage or photos I import to iMovie or FCE HD within the software, if they are permanently deleted.
In Windows, I'd have to search the Hard Drive and look for "My Videos" and delete clips there. I imported and played with some clips this morning in iMovie and FCE HD and did a File/Clear for each photo and clip. Is that it? Are they gone for good once I do that?
How about deleting completed projects once I export them? Thank you in advance for your assistance in familiarizing me with Apple and Mac!
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Your DV files in iMovie are stored in a Media folder within the My Great Project file. You can tell this by the size of the file being in the gigs.
FinalCut is a different animal. You have a preassigned location in your preferences where your Capture and Render folders are located. When you capture footage from your camera, the Capture folder is where you will find the original file. When you render an effect or transition, it will go in your Render folder. Trash the content of these folders when you complete a project (or backup accordingly).

HT1338 Problem. iMovie final cut OSx 10.8.2. Can't DVD the movie. IMOVIE quit unexpecedly all the time. Nothing wrong with the movie. What to do?

I have done this many times and aqlways works, however, this 20 minutes movie I created keeps crashing in the DVD prepare process. What can I do.

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What a shock..I have had Norton for more than 10 months in my MAC..
Anyway Thanks Silly Rabbit I took it allllllllll out!!!
For "ClamXav", I didn't understand on the site which one I should download..
Will you tell me the right one for me??
Thanks also Karsten,
yes it says "MAC OS extended", Is that the way it should be, ne?
FAT32.. how can I know if my mac is formatted in FAT32 or no???
(but I don't think I would have done such a complicated thing, maybe
I don't need to check?)
Umm I've found something else.. Quick Time..
I had downgraded it from 7 to 6 this summer as I heard lots of
discussion here, but it was upgraded by mistake when I have forgotten to
check off the box. Now it is 7.0.3.
For i movie HD, and i movie 4 (I still use it for old projects) what Quick time
should I use?? Do I have to downgrade it??
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Final Cut vs. IMovie

I'm new to digital movies, so my question why are there two movie editing packages here - iMovie & Final Cut. Why would one want one over the other? Is it like iPhoto vs. Photoshop?
- Greg

Final Cut was 'bought in' by Apple; it started out as a complex video editing tool, but Apple saw the opportunity to undercut the price of another complex editing tool - "Avid", which had been the professional TV editing program (which ran on Apple hardware).
Steve Jobs wanted to be able to offer a cheap - free! - simple editing program for all the families who had ordinary "consumer" (amateur) camcorders, so he sketched out what he wanted the program to be able to do, and Glenn Reid wrote the program to Steve's specification.
So iMovie is a "cheap'n'cheerful" easy-to-use 'amateur' program, which receives camcorder clips down a FireWire cable, and lets you join them together, cut them up, fiddle with the sound, add effects, and then export the results back to a camcorder tape, to QuickTime (..to display on a computer screen..) or to a DVD.
Final Cut Pro (..and the slightly less fully-featured Final Cut Express, which is a 'cut-down' version of Pro..) is meant for professional TV editors (..and movie editors, after the movie footage has been transferred to video..) and lets you import virtually any kind of footage, from any type of video camera or deck, store it in virtual 'bins', use the same footage in several concurrent projects, layer multiple video tracks on top of each other (..useful when scenes have been shot simultaneously from several angles with several cameras, as you do in live TV..) and multiple audio tracks, and -v-e-r-y- -p-r-e-c-i-s-e-l-y- edit them, apply effects, tweak and 'polish' the audio, re-edit and adjust everything, and export it all to virtually any kind of media.
It has multiple complex settings for importing footage, before you get anywhere near the actual importing (..setting frame rates, 'device control' - the method for controlling the camcorder or tape deck, 'TV legal' maximum brightness levels, field dominance, timecode system, bits per pixel, intermediate codec - if required for packing more video at reduced frame rate onto your hard disc, frame size in pixels, etc, etc).
So your comparison is right ..and the reason for the two editing packages is that one's a pro system, which has pulled the rug out from under Avid, and the other's "..for the rest of us".

How do I update from Final Cut Express

What upgrade options are available to you.

There are no upgrade options for Final Cut Express. It was discontinued by Apple in June of 2011.
Alternative apps include iMovie, Final Cut Pro X, AVID and Adobe Premier.
-DH

Opening a Final Cut Express File with Final Cut Pro

I recently got a copy of Final Cut Pro to use at home. I have access to a lab that uses Final Cut express. I had to use the lab computers to capture the project. (I'm still missing some equipment...) I saved everything onto a USB flash drive to bring it home with me to work on.
Now that I'm at home, I saved the files to my harddrive.. but now can't seem to be able to open them with FCP. I keep getting Error messages.. and when something is finally opened.. it says "offline media" and is simply displaying a red screen...
How can I actually open this project and work on it at home!? Help!

You need either a hard drive with the captured media on it or the original tapes/cards from the camera. Unlike iMovie, Final Cut Pro does not store the media in its project file.

Does Final Cut Pro X support TS.BUP, RM.BUP, and TS.VOB Video Files

I would like to know if I can import the named files in my question into Final Cut Pro X.
Thinking about buying it, but want to know before I do.

Thanks again Tom Wolsky. I did however download the trial version of Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate for Mac, and it worked very very well. I just discovered that it also supports three professional encoders, Apple Intermediate Codec, ProRes and DNxHD—ensuring maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere or Avid Media Composer, respectively. For what it's worth, it also can convert a broad range of video formats to these three professional encoding formats easily and quickly. This means an advantage over Apple Compressor 4, which only supports conversion to videos in QuickTime format.
I only tried it because I viewed a video by Chris Pirillo (former TechTV host) and CNN tech correspondent who highgly recommend it for my issue. It's a lockergnome review. I pasted the page link at the bottom if your interested in hearing what they have to say. It's on YouTube, just type in WonderShare. Again thankyou for your time and expertise.
http://www.wondershare.net/ad/video-converter-ultimate/index_mac.html?gclid=CNiY y_qq37YCFUNqMgodQD8AfQ

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