Manuals Included with Final Cut Studio

How many physical manuals are included with Final Cut Studio? I heard there were 4 for Final Cut Pro and 1 for Color. What about the other programs (Compressor, Motion, Soundtrack, DVD Studio)?

hey there bgecawich & welcome to Discussions,
there are 4 volumes for FCS2 User Manual:
1-Interface, Set-up & Input
2-Editing
3-Audio Mixing & Effects
4-Media Management & Output
there is a separate User Manual for Color.
good luck.

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Is Wikipedia right that I got a QT Pro license with FCS? If so, how do I activate it?
If not, do I just purchase the upgrade from the Apple Store? How do I install/activate the upgrade it?
Thanks

I'd like to re-open this topic. I'm not sure that I have QT Pro either. I recently upgraded the OS to 10.6.4--which included a new QT Player [10.0 (114)]. None of the pro features are there--or the old preferences (or the QT System Prefs). I don't use QT Pro features much, and it's only been about a month since the upgrade, so I didn't notice until now. I used to have it. Did I miss something?
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G5 Power PC vs Imac...which is better for editing with final cut studio 2?

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iMac 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo (2008 model)
4 gigs of 800 mhz ddr2 sdram (this is the max ram for this computer! )
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 512 MB
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I use this mainly for video editing with final cut studio 2.
Rendering in compressor takes forever!!!
A friend suggested I pick up a used G5 Power PC.
I found this one, here are the specs:
APPLE POWER MAC G5 PowerPC DUAL CORE (2 x 2 GHZ)
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Video card NVIDIA GeForce 6600 (VRAM 256 Mb)
3 open PCI-Express expansion slots.
1x FireWire 800
3x FireWire 400
4x USB 1 and 2
2x Ethernet Port
2x Displays ports
Is this insanity or a smart move to move over to the older G5.
According to my friend, the older G5s are much better at processing video.
Is a dual 2 GHZ processor enough or would I need a 2.3 or 2.5?
OR is there another option that someone might be able to suggest?
I would be so appreciative of any opinions regarding this issue.
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Save your pennies and look for a refurbished or used MacPro. Early 2008 or newer 8 core machines w/8GB of RAM running 4 instances in QMaster will chew through material.
Beyond running compressor, it is just a better all round machine for editing video.
• it has multiple internal drive bays which run via SATA connections - much faster than the FW800 limits of the iMac for external drives
• it has 3 slots which give you the option of an i/o card from AJA, Blackmagic or Matrox so that you can actually monitor your video properly as well as ingest high end formats
• the slots give you the ability to connect esata raids for even higher data speeds
• you have much greater flexibility with computer monitors
• you have much greater RAM capacity
and so on ...
x

Do you get Quicktime Pro with Final Cut Studio?

Hi, I want to know if quicktime pro is a standard thing with Final Cut Studio.
Thanks.

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Is it possible to use Speech Recognition with Final Cut Studio?

Is it possible to use Speech Recognition with Final Cut Studio?
Using either Speech, AppleScript, Automator or a 3rd party app
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to voice commands?
(e.g. I say "I" in Final Cut Pro and it sets an in point)
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Yes, I wish "Make it really good" and "Fix my rough cut"
were commmands too
I did hear from the folks at iListen that
they are planning on releasing a ScriptPak
for Final Cut Studio next year which could be
cool
and that yes, iListen has some capability to
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Is Snow Leopard 10.6 compatible with Final Cut Studio 7?

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New category "Content creation with Final Cut Studio"

Hi:
I have found a new "Content creation with Final Cut Studio" category in FCS forum. I don't find clear the kind of questions/issues/discussions to post there !
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1137
I think probably someone can clarufy the here !
Thanks in advance.
Alberto

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Help please importing mpeg files to be edited with Final Cut Studio

Hey everyone, new to the video editing thing. I have a JVC GY-HM100U Pro HD camcorder and a MacBook Pro 5,1 with 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 4 GB 1067 MHz DPR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M & NVIDIA GeForce 9600MGT running OSX 10.5.8. Have recorded footage in mpeg4 and want to now edit using Final Cut Pro 7. Have downloaded Quicktime Pro and am still getting a "the movie could not be opened when trying to import the mp4 file. The movie contains some invalid data" window when trying to open the mpeg4 file. I have also downloaded DivX, FF Player, & Handbrake if these help convert to another supported file format. Please help!

That camera is promoted on the JVC website as being Final Cut Pro compatible.
Have you tried to import the clips via Log & Transfer?
You might also want to read up on the [workflow for that type of camera|http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/professionalformatsandwork flows/#chapter=6%26section=0].
Have downloaded Quicktime Pro....
QuickTime Pro is installed automaticallly with Final Cut Studio. No need to buy it again.
I have also downloaded DivX, FF Player, & Handbrake...
That software is all pretty much useless for working with Final Cut Studio.
MPEG Streamclip is free and much better.
Tutorials and download links:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2059475&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2070861&tstart=0

How different when i5 and i7 work with Final Cut Studio?

27-inch models only, one of the following:
2.66GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache; Turbo Boost dynamic performance up to 3.2GHz
2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache; Turbo Boost dynamic performance up to 3.46GHz; Hyper-Threading for up to eight virtual cores
May I get the "up to 2.3x faster performance with Final Cut Studio" with i5?
Thanks advanced.

It looks very convincing to pay more for i7. Thanks a lot.
I agree, and also get 8G or more of RAM like Switch900 suggests. You can save money on that by buying it from a third-party vendor.
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Quicktime Pro does not install with Final Cut Studio

I have an iMac with software version 10.5.7. I installed Final Cut Studio 2 (Final Cut version 6.05). With other similar installations on an iMac, Quicktime Pro came as a normal part of the software. On this iMac, the Pro version of Quicktime did not get installed. Is there a way to `unlock` it? Thanks

Final Cut Studio install should "unlock" the QuickTime Player Pro features.
What makes you think you do not have it?

What Is The Difference With FInal Cut Studio 2 Academic To Full Version?

Hi there I just got a Macbook Pro and plan on buying Final Cut Studio 2 but found the Academic version cheaper and was wondering what the difference is especially with quality and the handling of hd video Sony EX HD to be exact). Thank you for any responses.

The software is the same; the only difference is that you cannot upgrade an academic version and you have to be able to qualify for the academic pricing (students and teachers).
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New imac with FInal cut studio?

Hi everyone,
I am looking at getting one of the new imacs for video editing (Final cut studio 2). The specs for final cut are 4 gig of ram (for some applications in the bundle).
I wanted to know, do I have to buy my ram from apple when I buy my mac, or can i upgrade it myself? And if so, would the imac be upto the job? From what I can see there isn't much difference between the new imac and the macbook pro (which is what I was going to get).
Also, what if the difference in (laymans terms, please) in the intel duo and the intel duo extreme? Is it a big difference for editing, or not worth the extra money?
Also (apologies for all the questions, i have no where else to get the answers) - can you attatch another display - such as a monitor or laptop to the new macs for editing?
Thanks.
Lawrence

as with all iMac and Macbook computers, there is a complete lack of expansion capabilities beyond a single firewire bus.
most potential buyers rationlize their purchasing of a lessor machine based upon length of project, type of video, hoping to get by, pick your poison. this is short-sighted as it's irrelevant. video, no matter which flavor, is processor intensive.
what else will you do with your computer? will you hook up a printer, a scanner, external harddrives, a card reader, a tape machine, perhaps rs422 control? how will you monitor hdv properly? how will you monitor audio? will you wander into surround sound mixing?
the iMac is a great computer but beware, just because others have used it successfully doesn't mean it's the shoe that will fit your foot the best. as i said, the iMac is woefully inadequate for any sort of expansion beyond a single firewire bus.
buyer beware.
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what is the deal with quicktime 7? I am constantly reading about problems with it. I want to upgrade to Final Cut Pro 5 and quicktime 7, but am afraid to because of all the issues Ive been reading about. There are many different issues... but the common denominator is that they all seem to be related to quicktime 7.
Here is my question:
Is ANYONE out there running final cut studio with the latest version of quicktime 7 with NO Problems? If i get enough yes answers, I may just go ahead and upgrade. If not, Im definitley going to wait until these problems are fixed, or for the next versions to come out. Thanks in advance...

i know that fcp 5 requires quicktime 7...right now i have final cut 4.5 hd with quicktime 6.5.2......im just trying to get an idea of how many people have final cut 5 with quictime 7 with no problems, and how many may be having problems. If there are too many people with problems, i was going to wait until the next version of final cut and quicktime come out before i upgrade. I was hoping for a few more responses. Thank you both very much for your response.. anyone else?

Will new snow lep work well with Final cut studio

Hi all, Yes I paid the upgrade and have the all new fc studio with fcp 7 etc and all is Ok. apart from compressor rubbish at hdv to sd dvd of course,
I have just got delivery of snow lep which is apparently mcuh faster etc, does it mess for final cut studio or is the upgrade install easy and works well?
regards
darren

There are quite a few posts here on the subject already. Do a search.
As ever, some folks have had a better experience than others.

Finding special effects with alpha channel compatible with final cut studio

does anyone know a special effect of a gun flash and explosions with alpha channel compatible with final cut pro studio? I would like to be able to buy these special effects. thanks.

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Depending on your needs, it's usually better to create muzzle flashes in Motion or After Effects.
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