Next meeting for Toronto Final Cut Pro user group is Novemember 21, 2006

Lucas Labrecque will be giving a talk on HDV
Quantum will be showing mass storage options
Meeting is on November 21, 2006 at Ryerson RCC359, refeshments at 6:30pm, meeting at 7:00pm
http://www.tofcpug.com
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just wanted to remind people about the meeting tonight
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Toronto Final Cut Pro User group meeting *SPECIAL GUEST NOTICE*

OK GTA people
The next meeting is Tuesday October 17, 2006 at Ryerson University, Rogers Communication Centre, Room RCC359, 80 Gould Street, Toronto, ON
Pre-meeting Refreshments: 6:30 pm.
Meeting start: 7:00 pm.
This meeting will feature:
Graeme Nattress of Nattress Productions Inc.- Graeme will be demonstrating various plugins that he has created for Final Cut Pro, Final Touch & Motion. As well, as one of the developers, he will be speaking about the highly anticipated RED cinema camera.
http://www.tofcpug.com
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just wanted to remind people about the meeting tonight
DAVE

Toronto Final Cut Pro User Group Tuesday May 15th meeting

May's TOFCPUG meeting is not to be missed as we will be reviewing the National Association of Broadcasters convention that took place in Las Vegas last month.
The meeting will provide up to date information relating to developments with Final Cut Pro, associated software, related technologies and advances in the Macintosh platform. The meeting program has been designed to provide attendee with the scope of technologies shown at the conference and is of interest to anyone who produces and edits media on a professional level.
The Program Includes;
Nonya Nerd's Vlog of NAB 2007
A Presentation on NAB 2007 by Apple Canada
Interactive Panel On NAB 2007 including;
Tim Martin – FrameBlender
Terry Steyn - The DV Shop
Bob McKenzie – York University
Brad Fortner – Ryerson University
MEETING SPONSOR: Apple Canada
Meeting starts at 6:30pm on Tuesday May 15th
Rogers Communication Centre Room
Ryerson University, RCC359
80 Gould Street,
Toronto, ON
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It was in the original title. David may have edited
it to the the text later.
actually it wasn't . . . Steve pointed it out and I added it after ( he then changed his post to a smiley)
If you get a chance to go you should. They seem to be
a very active FCPUG and from what I've seen, put on a
good show.
Thanks X
BTW we will be hopfully doing another live webcast (I will post the URL here and on the TOFCPUG website when I get it tommorow around 6 PM EST.
DAVE

Toronto Final Cut Pro User Group meeting 01/16/07

The next TOFCPUG meeting will be happening on Tuesday the 16'th.
Wes Plate from Automatic Duck will be showing his tools for users of FCP, After effects, Avid and Pro-tools.
Gridiron Software will be showing there add-on's for After effects to increase performance.
This will be a joint FCP/Avid/After Effects meeting so get your buddies to come out.
6:30 PM
Ryerson University
Rogers Communication Centre Room Room- RCC 359
80 Gould Street
Toronto, On
M5B2K3
MAP- http://www.ryerson.ca/map/
http://www.tofcpug.com

just wanted to remind people about the meeting tonight
DAVE

Toronto Final Cut Pro User group LIVE STREAM march meeting

Hey all sorry for the late posting but here is the URL for the live QUICKTIME stream of the march TOFCPUG meeting
rtsp://spiritlive.net:554/SMPTE.sdp
http://www.tofcpug.com
DAVE

It was in the original title. David may have edited
it to the the text later.
actually it wasn't . . . Steve pointed it out and I added it after ( he then changed his post to a smiley)
If you get a chance to go you should. They seem to be
a very active FCPUG and from what I've seen, put on a
good show.
Thanks X
BTW we will be hopfully doing another live webcast (I will post the URL here and on the TOFCPUG website when I get it tommorow around 6 PM EST.
DAVE

OT: Toronto Final Cut Pro User group meeting on Tuesday

Just wanted to let all the Toronto Editors know that there will be a TOFCPUG meeting on Tuesday the 20th
same place as normal
http://tofcpug.com/article.php?story=200605260851176
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Provide Feedback for the Final Cut Pro User Manual and Onscreen Help Here

The Apple documentation team for Final Cut Pro would like to know what you think about the Final Cut Pro 5 Help documentation (available in the Help menu):
• How often do you use the Final Cut Pro Help? Under what circumstances do you use it most?
• How do you find what you're looking for in Final Cut Pro Help? For example: table of contents, index, skimming, PDF links, PDF search?
• What do you like about it most?
• What is missing?
• Are there any particular examples of manuals or documentation that you consider to be good models for the Final Cut Pro manual and onscreen help?
• By what method do you usually learn a new application? For example: provided tutorials and manuals, third-party tutorials or books, training classes?
• Did you use the Final Cut Pro Getting Started book to familiarize yourself with Final Cut Pro? If so, do you feel the book provided a good introduction to the application?
• What do you think is the most difficult feature/concept to grasp in Final Cut Pro?
• What's the most frustrating experience you've had with the Final Cut Pro documentation?
• Do you prefer electronic or print documentation?
• Are there any other delivery methods or media you think we should explore?
• What size computer display do you typically use to view the onscreen help? For example: 15-inch, 17-inch, 20-inch, 23-inch, or 30-inch?
• What resolution is the computer display set to when you view onscreen help? For example: 1024 x 768, 1280 x 854, or 1920 x 1200 pixels?
• Do you use multiple computer displays?

• How often do you use the Final Cut Pro Help? Under
what circumstances do you use it most?
Often, I much prefer that to the Manual, though the Search function is very clunky. Search for Nest for example and you'll get about 50 listings for the table of contents and indexes alone, when all I would really want is the explanation of how to actually create a Nest.
• How do you find what you're looking for in Final
Cut Pro Help? For example: table of contents, index,
skimming, PDF links, PDF search?
Search.
• What do you like about it most?
Ease of use to get through the manual instead of going through the books themselves.
• What is missing?
Better organization of the search results. Again, if I search Nests, make the first set of results the answers that actually show me how to use the tool, not the 50 times it appears in the table of contents and indexes.
• Are there any particular examples of manuals or
documentation that you consider to be good models for
the Final Cut Pro manual and onscreen help?
Honestly, Apple's is the best I've seen for the moment.
• By what method do you usually learn a new
application? For example: provided tutorials and
manuals, third-party tutorials or books, training
classes?
Just crack the app open and start. Use websites like the Creative Cow for more input and ideas.
• Did you use the Final Cut Pro Getting Started book
to familiarize yourself with Final Cut Pro? If so, do
you feel the book provided a good introduction to the
application?
I thought the Tutorial that came with my first copy of FCP (Version 2.0) was outstanding at introducing me to the interface and how FCP operated. I came from Media 100 and in particular, the Log and Capture operation was completely different than what I was used to.
• What do you think is the most difficult
feature/concept to grasp in Final Cut Pro?
Media Manager. Not sure why it has to be so convoluted. Media 100 was too easy with this one. Select the Sequence to be up-rez'd, set your new format and capture.
• What's the most frustrating experience you've had
with the Final Cut Pro documentation?
Search results using the Help menu.
• Do you prefer electronic or print documentation?
Actually both. If the electronic search gets too frustrating, I'll pull the print manual out to find what I really need.
• Are there any other delivery methods or media you
think we should explore?
Not really. Internet based help is always nice, but I don't keep my FCP workstations connected to the web so that would actually create a bigger hassle for us.
• What size computer display do you typically use to
view the onscreen help? For example: 15-inch,
17-inch, 20-inch, 23-inch, or 30-inch?
17" Powerbook display, 17" 20" and 23" Apple Displays and a 17" Sony Display.
• What resolution is the computer display set to when
you view onscreen help? For example: 1024 x 768, 1280
x 854, or 1920 x 1200 pixels?
Highest resolution for that monitor.
• Do you use multiple computer displays?
Yes. 23 & 17" on one G5. 20 & 17" on the 2nd G5. 17" Powerbook
Powerbook G4 17, G5 Dual 2.0, G5 Dual 2.0 Mac OS X (10.4.5) AJA Kona 2 on both G5's, Fibre Channel and SATA arrays in use.

I am a final cut pro user and i recently started using adobe premiere pro. for anyone firmiliar with fcp, there are interesting ways of doing introductions on it and im wondering if anyone could tell me if premiere pro has preset introductions i can use

i am a final cut pro user and i recently started using adobe premiere pro. for anyone firmiliar with fcp, there are interesting ways of doing introductions on it and im wondering if anyone could tell me if premiere pro has preset introductions i can use.

Singenu wrote:
I tought about looking in Monitor Activity to see what happens...
Well, when I start working (should I say try to work with FCPX, activity monitor in the %processor column for FCPX jumps rapidly over 100% and reaches more than 200% ??? What the **** is that ?
200% or more is not strange. Remember that your mac has 4 cores (you say it's 3 months old, so I assume it is a new model), so 200% amounts to using 2 of these 4 cores to the max.
Regarding the question of creating a new admin user: while it sits in the same system, it may help if the problem is caused by some user-specific preferences or settings. Not likely in your case, since you seem to have reinstalled from scratch, but still it is worth a try. It takes 5 minutes and may help pinpoint the problem.

I loss the serial number for my Final Cut Pro. I just traid instaling before that upgrade my Mac G5 2004 Computer. Could anybody help me?.

I loss the serial number for my Final Cut Pro. I just traid instaling before that upgrade my Mac G5 2004 Computer. Could anybody help me?.

These are user forums. You are not speaking to Apple here. You may contact them:
Apple Store Customer Service at 1-800-676-2775 or visit online Help for more information.
To contact product and tech support visit online support site.

Can Apple Sue Stores For Reselling Final Cut Pro X? Please Reply:)

Can Apple Sue Stores For Reselling Final Cut Pro X? Because i saw an authorized store selling it for 39 Dollars?
Please Help Fast Thanks:)

App Store download is the only recognized legal method I know of as well.
Anything else is either a misunderstanding or dodgy.
Al

I am putting together a proposal for a Final Cut Pro Workstation to use with a tapeless HD camera. Can anyone suggest the best camera (in the 5-10,000 dollar range) ? What hardware and software should I include in the package?

I am putting together a proposal for a Final Cut Pro Workstation to use with a tapeless HD camera. Can anyone suggest the best camera (in the 5-10,000 dollar range) ? What hardware and software should I include in the package?

This is quite an open suggestion, but here are some ideas which might get you started. There are good HD cameras in your price range from Sony, Panasonic and Canon (and maybe other manufacturers). Tapeless formats vary. I have only worked with Sony XDCAM which seems pretty good to me. File sizes for material shot at 35MBS are not too huge and, with the free Sony transfer and conversion programme, are easy to bring into the computer via USB direct from the camera or from a fairly inexpensive converter. The Sony XDCAM EX3 can produce results well up to broadcast quality.
As to hardware, you'll need a powerful MAC - iMac, Macbook Pro or MacPro with 4GB or more of RAM and a good video card. Softwarewise, FCPX is quite a bit cheaper than FC Studio 3 and of course it's 64bit and can make better use of multi-core machines than FCP7. It's also designed to handle HD formats with less hassle than FCP7 and is matched to the latest versions of Motion and Compressor. But you'd probably be wise to search reviews of FCPX before you make your choice - it has some issues.
A good HD monitor will be essential and, for colour correction etc, you may want to consider a second monitor or HD TV foe editing. ( A MacPro is generally the best machine to connect a second monitor to).
This should give you a good editing system, but there are many other things you could add (Photoshop, professional sound monitors, etc)
Hope this helps a bit.
Jonathan

What's the best Mac for running Final Cut Pro X?

Title says it all. What's the best Mac for running Final Cut Pro X? I'm not looking to make a feature length hollywood film. But I'd like to be able to edit video without lag.

Yes. Begin with the fastest processor / graphics card / and as much RAM as you can afford. (As all three will become obsolete over time.)
I started from scratch. I have a 27-inch iMac with a 3.4 G Intel Core i7. (currently the fastest processor for an iMac) I also ordered the best graphics card--AMD Ratheon HD. I ordered 16G of RAM, but recently added more RAM to equal 24G. (OWC makes good after-market RAM for iMACs.)
Last, I ordered a flash drive / SATA hard drive combo. (250G on flash / ITB on SATA). The OS and all of my applications run off the flash drive. (for fast start up!)
I put all of my media and FCP projects onto the SATA hard drive.
Now, I had the option to order a 2TB SATA. But, I realized I can always buy more external storage as I edit more and more projects. ALSO! FCPX is GREAT when it comes to editing projects on external drives! I can segregate an entire project and its media files onto a removeable drive. I simply launch FCPX, plug in the drive and--poof!--I'm ready to edit. It sees the project and the media right away. When I'm done editing, I can then send this drive to another editor (also using FCPX) or attach it to my MacBook if I want to edit the same project in the field.
This has worked for me. I wish you luck.

NO image , just sound - also for Final Cut Pro users

Hey everybody!!
I am editing a movie on Final Cut Pro, and I use Quick Time 7.1 to capture the clips and source them to FCP. The type of recorder I am using is an HDV, and up to a couple of days ago, things ran smoothly.
Then I started having problems with my Mac, of a different kind, and I had a friend of mine RESTORE my system. After that, I can't work on my film anymore, cause the Quick Time files from Capture Scratch only play sound, and have a blank screen. Every time I try to open them a window box appears, telling me that Quick Time is missing some components, and cannot play the clips properly. I tried downloading most of these programms, like Divx and On2, but the clips still can't play. I also tried erasing and re-installing Quick Time, but this doesn't seem to work either.
I must have edited and delivered this video by tommorow, so what do I do??
Please advise.
Thanks.
Stef.

After that, I can't work on my film anymore, cause the Quick Time files from Capture Scratch only play sound, and have a blank screen.Sounds like you have "lost" your HD video component package. Try re-installing FCP (or specifically the HDV, AppleIntermediate, and/or DVCPRO HD components depending on "Easy Set-Up" option used for capture).

YouTube videos for a Final Cut Pro X project

I am working on a Final Cut Pro X (10.0.6) project made from YouTube videos (1080p HD). My project settings are:
Video Properties: Format 1080p HD, Resolution 1920x1080, Rate 25p and Render Format Apple ProRes 422. I want to extract it and burn it to a DVD and then play this DVD in standard DVD Players or a video projector. Is this possible or the quallity is going to be poor ?
Also in the Render Format is there a better option so to get a highest quallity video ?
Thanks in Advance.

The quality is not going to be great, coming from YouTube and then compressing to standard definition video. 422 will be perfectly adequate for the media. Raising it to 4444 or uncompressed isn't going to do anything for your video.
Try making a disk image and see how it looks.

Best Video format for Aperture, Final Cut Pro, iPad, and iPhones

I am moving all of my photos and video into Aperture and notice that only .MOV video form my iPhone 4 and .MP4 video from my go pro camera are displayed in Aperture browser mode. The .MPG files form my old Sony Powershot do not show up in the browser or in "Video" searches. I also have a set of very large (13GB) .AVI video files that I cannot import into Final Cut Pro.
My first question is:
If I want all of my videos to be completely compatible with all of my Apple products, should I convert everthing to .MOV format, and if so; whcih converter should I use?
My second question is:
My ten big (13gb) sets of vacation video are still on mini DV cassettes. I have already imported them into a PC as .AVI files. What should I convert them to, in order to edit them in Final Cut Pro; or should I import them again directly into Final Cut Pro? If so, which format is best?
Thank you for your advice,

"Is this even possible?."
No.
First, you don't need any additional software.
Second, every time video is processed it will change in some way. It will never be exactly the same as the original. It may in fact look better. However, you are not dealing with a top of the line camera. There are many compromises in it to make it affordable. These compromises in lens, chip size and quality and so on will be exacerbated as the media is processed. If the shooting conditions are not optimal, light, camera support, content, format, all of these will make reproducing the exact original more difficult and more improbable. That said AVCHD is inherently an excellent format and you should get excellent results. There is a great deal you can do in color correction and effects to improve the image and make it even more pleasing than the original, but this requires work and is not sonething achieved by clicking a button. It is also not something achieved by simply plugging in the camera and running the software. That is not how to get the best out of it. It's complex, professional software that's going to take time to learn, and video production is a complex process that takes time and effort to do really well.
My opinion which is worth what you paid for it.

Next meeting for Toronto Final Cut Pro user group is Novemember 21, 2006

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