Serious question - Is anyone considering switching editing software

I can't believe the demise of FCP7. Is anyone considering switching to Avid or Premiere Pro? I already have the latter, but never used it...
Is it worth learning one of these new pieces of software!?
Cheers & Happy New Year all.

eric_herts wrote:
I can't believe the demise of FCP7. Is anyone considering switching to Avid or Premiere Pro? I already have the latter, but never used it...
Is it worth learning one of these new pieces of software!?
You might get a different answer if you asked outside the Apple forum, where there are a lot of recent blog posts about "how I switched from FCP to ___, here are my tips"
like this one
http://www.biscardicreative.com/blog/2011/09/transitioning-fcp-to-premiere-pro-g otchas-part-1/
Just read it and it has this interesting quote
As I’ve noted in my blogs, for the Final Cut Pro editor migrating over to Adobe Premiere Pro CS 5.5, the transition really could not be much easier. I often refer to PPro as “Final Cut Pro 8″ because it feels like the natural progression from FCP 7.
Wow.
I wouldn't expect it to be that easy all the time, but still, that's a dangerous quote for Apple.

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I've never been an apple guy but I've had the lenovo yoga 2 pro for less than a year and have gone through many issues.
CONS-
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PROs-
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1. Disable secure boot and fast boot (you won't notice an impact in performance).
2. Just change your screen resolution to that of a MacBook Pro and remove the scaling.... Why buy a computer with inferior screen just because you don't want to change the resolution (which the inferior screen will have no matter what). Yes it has a high resolution, but that just means it is future proof for when people start to support 4k displays and such. Also don't forget that there are Zero MBP with a touchscreen.
3. Yes I agree... Finally caved and got a 7260 AC card.
4. You have 100% brightness. Look at how much Nits that is.... Battery life is really user-dependent.
5. Install the generic synaptic driver and the keyboard compliant is a personal preference.
I have been vocal in the past against Lenovo, but the fact is that Macs sell the same hardware without the high resolution screen and without the ability to use it as a tablet, at an insane price. The yoga's hardware is awesome for the price. The software just stinks (and hence why I made the yoga patch lol).

Hi, I need a video editing software for my Power Mac G5 system. Hunted all over for one! Can anyone help me and point me in the right direction. Everything I come across is for intel based systems. Many thanks in advance.

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If you keep looking, you're sure to find a similar second hand copy in your area, without the need to upgrade your graphics card.
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Hi Cereskit
Thanks again for the message. I've done the updates and have the App Store on my desktop. I went into it and searched for imovie but couldn't find the basic imovie, which I presume is what I'd need for editing?, rather than imovie 11 for £10.49, which is for making trailers, it seems. Also, were you saying that imovie would be free?
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Video Editing Software Question

Hi EveryOne,
What is the best video editing software ????
Im looking at Cyberlink PowerDirector 9 Deluxe & Corel VideoStudio Pro X3.
thanks

I do not pretend to be a video editing expert, as I have been limited to normal family movies using cheaper software I have been able to procure over the years. I can say this - I do a *lot* of photo editing, and I would definitely pick the Corel product over the Cyberlink product as all my photo editing products are Corel and I have been more then pleased with them.
If I was making this decision myself, I'd be looking over the detailed feature lists of both products and see which one suits your needs best - assuming both products were being weighed equally.
I am a Bestbuy employee who volunteers on these boards on my own time. I am not paid for posting here, and you should understand that my opinions are exactly that - opinions. I do not represent Bestbuy in any way.
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Considering switching to Mac

Hello everyone, i have been a PC/Windows user all of my life, and am now very seriously considering switching over to mac. However, i have some questions first that i cant seem to find a direct answer to, and apologize in advance for asking things that might seem like a stupid question... so, here goes:
1. If i were to switch over to the mac version of Microsoft Office, could i swap documents i created in Word with PC's and vice versa(all of the rest of my families computers are PCs as are my schools)without any problems? Would whatever that answer is be the same for any other Office apps like PowerPoint?
2. Am I correct that Safari is an internet browser?
3. Does iChat come with the Macs, or is it a seperate program you have to buy?
4. In iChat, can i still instant message all of my friends who use AIM on a PC and still use my old screen-name if i wanted to? What if i wanted to create a new AIM screen-name? do i just go to AIM.com, make a new one, and use it in iChat without actually downloading the AIM program?
5. I currently have AOL on my PC but, of course, it *****, and i hear it is even worse on a Mac, so i would just use Safari, but can i still keep my old @aol.com e-mail address and access my e-mail through aol.com? and if i wanted to, could i create a new @aol.com e-mail address using this same method?
6. Will i still be able to watch all the online videos that run using quicktime/real player/windows media player, on my mac?
7. Am i right in assuming that i can network my new mac and my old PC in order to move my iTunes library (in AAC format)
from the PC to the Mac? Just for the record, none of the music that i purchased from the iTunes store is "Protected" anymore because i burnt it to a cd and re-imported it, however the videos and tv shows that i bought from them im assuming are still protected, so how could i move THOSE to a my new mac?
Once again, i apologize that I have so many questions that probably seem pretty stupid, but i havent been able to find direct answers to these specific questions
I also want to say thank you in advance for any help anyone can give me, sorry im such a clueless PC user, but, hopefully, with these questions answered, i will be able to happily switch to mac.
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Hello,
switching over to mac. However, i have some
questions first that i cant seem to find a direct
I'll answer them as we go below:
1. If i were to switch over to the mac version of
Microsoft Office, could i swap documents i created in
Word with PC's and vice versa(all of the rest of my
families computers are PCs as are my schools)without
any problems? Would whatever that answer is be the
same for any other Office apps like PowerPoint?
Yes, all the documents will open and exchange between Microsoft Office for the Mac and Microsoft Office for the PC without trouble.
You can send and exchange them in either direction, and it will work fine.
My wife does just that with her computer. She uses Office for Windows at work and Office for Mac at home.
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents move either direction without any trouble.
There is no Mac version of Access though.
Personally, I use the free NeoOffice program on my system:
http://www.neooffice.org/
It is also compatible with Microsoft Office. Everything exchanges back and forth in either direction without trouble.
I've exchanged a lot of documents with Office users who have PC's, and they've never had any trouble opening anything I've sent them, and I've never had any problems with anything they've sent me.
NeoOffice can also work with PowerPoint files as well. They've played just fine for me.
It exchanges / works with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files.
2. Am I correct that Safari is an internet browser?
Yes. It is the standard browser on the Mac. I personally prefer it. And, it works with every page I've tried it with. I use it full-time.
But, there are also versions of Opera, FireFox, Netscape, and many others, for the Mac if you want to use something different.
3. Does iChat come with the Macs, or is it a seperate
program you have to buy?
It comes standard on all Macs. It's part of OS X.
4. In iChat, can i still instant message all of my
friends who use AIM on a PC and still use my old
screen-name if i wanted to?
Yes. You just enter your AIM screen-name when you setup iChat. And, it works as expected from there.
iChat has been designed to work just fine with AIM accounts, and will allow you to talk to other AIM users without any hassle.
What if i wanted to
create a new AIM screen-name? do i just go to
AIM.com, make a new one, and use it in iChat without
actually downloading the AIM program?
Yes. Just do it at their website. That's how I did it.
5. I currently have AOL on my PC but, of course, it
*****, and i hear it is even worse on a Mac, so i
would just use Safari, but can i still keep my old
@aol.com e-mail address and access my e-mail through
aol.com? and if i wanted to, could i create a new
@aol.com e-mail address using this same method?
If you're talking about using Safari to go to the AOL site and use their webmail interface to check your e-mail, then yes that should work just fine.
6. Will i still be able to watch all the online
videos that run using quicktime/real player/windows
media player, on my mac?
Yes.
There are Mac versions of all of those programs. Quicktime comes with all Macs. But, you can download the others.
Windows Media Player has been discontinued, but it still works and can be downloaded from Microsoft's website.
There is also a plug-in to play Windows Media Players in Apple's Quicktime Player.
7. Am i right in assuming that i can network my new
mac and my old PC in order to move my iTunes library
(in AAC format)
from the PC to the Mac? Just for the record, none of
the music that i purchased from the iTunes store is
"Protected" anymore because i burnt it to a cd and
re-imported it, however the videos and tv shows that
i bought from them im assuming are still protected,
so how could i move THOSE to a my new mac?
You should be able to find all you need on that here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173
Those directions explain how to move them using your iPod. But, you could use the same basic method to move them over the network. Just substitute copying through the network for the part that addresses copying them into and from the iPod.
The rest should be about the same.
I also want to say thank you in advance for any help
anyone can give me,
You're quite welcome. Glad to help
Let us know if you have other questions.
P.S., if you'd like, go ahead and click the "Helpful" or "Solved" buttons on mine or any of the other posts / replies if you feel they were helpful or adequately answered your question.

[Solved] considering switching to arch

I am considering switching to arch as i have heard good things about this distro. however before i do I'd like to ask a few questions. firstly how does one install software on Arch. secondly what actually makes arch so great? and thirdly will WMs like KDE run faster on Arches bare-bones design?

dante19992 wrote:from the looks of it i wont be switching after all. tht thread seemes like just a bunch of fanboys saying "arch rules" over and over and over.
Unless you know someone in person that uses Arch, and that person knows how prolific you are when it comes to Linux, and he recommends you to switch, I wouldn't switch. The biggest fanboys are the ones that were on Ubuntu a week ago. They may be really enthusiast, but they barely know how to handle their system, which makes them totally unfit to tell you whether you yourself should switch or not.
No flame intended towards Ubuntu, by the way.

Ibook and what photo editing software?

I am ready to purchase my new digital camera this weekend. I don't have any photo editing software on my ibook as of yet. I know CS3 will work fine on my ibook. Does anyone have CS3 on their ibook/powerbook, and how does it do? Thanks!

spag,
Well if you use CS3 it comes bundled w/ Photoshop Bridge which I find to be just fine for my needs.
My clients that are pro photographers use either Light Room or Photo Mechanic but they shoot in RAW format. One who was just in India had just switched to PM and was rhapsodic about the speed and all the things you could do in that program.
Richard

Has anyone used the mackeeper software?

Has anyone used the mackeeper software?

Short answer: I don't recommend it, but it's not "a scam" or malware, per se. If you use it, you may have some real performance issues.
Me: I was an actual MacKeeper user (paid version) for about two years. What follows is my experience and conclusions. I am not a paid reviewer, nor tech professional. I am an educator with about 15 years of experience using Macs. I am what most people would call a "prosumer," in that I know a good deal about my systerm, but am not a techie, anti-utility software zealot, etc. I have no affiliation with Zeobit (manufacturer of MacKeeper) nor any of its competitors.
I bought MacKeeper in 2011, and then upgraded last year. I used it to remove junk files and duplicates, and experimented with the anti-virus software. I didn't use most of the other features.
The problem: I am running a 2009 15" Macbook Pro 2.8GHZ Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 512GB HDD. Over the past year, it has been having major performance issues. Slowdowns, hangups, applications quitting and more were all becoming the norm. I deleted duplicate files and ran MacKeeper a few times a month. I also ran permissions repairs regularly (disk utility). I looked for the cause of the slowdowns everywhere, from too many user accounts being open, to resource hogs. I decided that MacKeeper's Anti-Virus software was just taking up too much RAM and CPU, so I disabled it. I continued experiencing slowdowns and started monitoring my available RAM with a freeware app called Memory Clean. It often reported that I had less than 500MB available, even with very light usage, application wise. After "cleaning" memory, I could get my available RAM to about 1.5GB, max. I struggled with these issues for a year or more, and was about ready to concede defeat and buy a new machine. I figured my MBP was over four years old, and perhaps running Mountain Lion and normal wear/tear were just too much.
This morning, I noticed that the biggest resource hog on my system was a process called "MacKeeper Helper." The process relaunches even when it is forced to quit. It was consuming over 100MB of RAM and up to 99 percent of my CPU at times! I also noticed a process called "anti-virus" that also could not be quit, and was consuming over 100MB of RAM itself. I started researching how to kill these processes, and was introduced the the Great Online MacKeeper Controversy. Here is what I learned:
Some in the Mac community have pure hatred for this product (and some hate all like it).
There were numerous user reports of it slowing down systems
Zeobit seemed to be guilty of questionable ethics, particularly in its advertising.
There was no way to stop MacKeeper Helper and Anti-Virus processes from running with deleting the entire application.
I wasn't the only one annoyed by MacKeeper's system pop-ups, trying to sell me something I already bought.
The software got good professional reviews, even from well-respected publications (e.g. MacWorld)
It is often confused with Mac Defender, which WAS malware. They two are not associated.
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The bottom line is that I would not install MacKeeper/buy MacKeeper on my Mac. After investigating my own system's problems (which made iit nearly unusable) and concluding that MacKeeper might be the issue, I uninstalled it. Magically, all my issues went away. So...I report, you decide. Best of luck.

Other photo editing software for the Mac

Couldn't really find a category to put this question, so please bare with me. I have read some stuff about iPhoto (any version?) sometimes giving problems. Was wondering what other kinds of photo editing software is good to use on Tiger. PhotoShop Elements etc.? I have a Sawtooth 400mHz with 620MB of RAM. My Tiger is the original release: 10.4, but plan on updating to a newer version shortly.
Thanks.

To add to Larry's list: take a look at Pixelmator also.
These are some of the system requirements for iLife 08:
"System Requirements
Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 processor.
iMovie requires a Mac with an Intel processor, a Power Mac G5 (dual 2.0GHz or faster), or an iMac G5 (1.9GHz or faster). iMovie HD 6 can still be used and is preferred by many of us.
iDVD requires a 733MHz or faster processor.
512MB of RAM; 1GB recommended. High-definition video requires at least 1GB of RAM.
Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later.
3GB of available disk space.
DVD drive required for installation.
QuickTime 7.2 or later.
Burning DVDs requires an Apple SuperDrive or compatible third-party DVD burner. "
It doesn't look like your G3 meets the system requirements. You may be able to install some parts of iLife 08 but I'm not sure. Do a search in this forum for "G3 and iPhoto" or other similar search criteria to see if others have been successful.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Free video editing software?

Hey, I have a laptop (10.4) and it didn't come with iMovie (I got it used). Does anyone know of any free movie editing software that will work with my mac?

Klaus,
Thank you for reminding me that I had not explained to the O.P. why I advise converting to DV format.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15466/mpeg-streamclip
MPEG Streamclip is a free application that could prove very useful in editing the MPEG-1 format movies produced by inexpensive still cameras. This is because MPEG-1 is not as compressed as MPEG-2 based formats, allowing one to scroll more slowly and smoothly through the clip. When editing MPEG-2, I was unable to press the scroll button fast enough to end where I wanted, and delete commercials.
Have you tried the free MPEG Streamclip on a still camera's movies?
The second reason I recommended converting highly compressed to DV format is the number of free applications written for DV format.
Convert Clip to DV (not free)
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15217/dropdv
iMovie 05 doesn't give me the dates and times recorded by my camcorder. (This appears a strange oversight.) Instead I Ctrl-click a .dv file from my movie using Finder with the following contextual menu addition:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21325/dvfiledatecm
So, for ease of editing and numerous, free applications, I recommend converting to DV format. What do you recommend for the O.P.?
Bruce
PS. I've used and repaired all 12 versions of Tiger. My trivial facts are from memory, which I shall respect your opinion and eliminate. In the '80s and '90s, films weren't edited by me on PCs, but on Workstations (which Macs now are). Most programs used proprietary software with which I wrote scientific visualization programs to interpret supercomputer results. Geologists, especially seismologists, need the fastest computers.
The dates were of releases for Workstations, for I consulted as a numerical analyst. However, that was decades ago, and I apologize for any inaccuracies (I haven't checked). I don't consider dates to be the fascinating subject of this thread. I'm sorry there isn't more discussion.

Nouveau GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

Hi,
I'm running current Arch on Lenovo W700 which comes with NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M. I configured X using nouveau without problems. I just had to add nouveau to MODULES in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf, so keymap and console fonts are not reset after loading udev.
Unfortunately, I'm experiencing the well-known annoying problem: every time I reboot or shut down, GPU locks up:
[drm] nouveau 000:01:00.0: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon
Here is screenshot.
I searched the forum and it seems there is no one best solution that simply works.
Some mention installing NVIDIA drivers helps, so suggest to switch to nv and downgrade X.
As far as I know, FX 2700M is implemented by nvidia-173xx driver which is no longer supported, apparently.
Is it really that bad and no reliable solution is known?
What about GPU Lockup Recovery For The Nouveau Driver announced on Phoronix in April 2012.
Has anyone monitored development of those fixes and know if they made it into upstream?
Does it mean it's worth trying git version of the nouveau driver? (By the way, where to learn how to build nouveau for Arch?)
UPDATE: A week ago, NVIDIA released New NVIDIA Driver 310.40 which provided support for the FX2700M card. Has anyone tested it yet?
Last edited by mloskot (2013-03-16 19:16:54)

I've switched from nouveay to nvidia 313.26-1 and X automatic configuration works well.
No GPU lockup on shutdown, but reboot prints these final messages and hangs for 2-3 minutes, before actually restarting the system:
All DM devices detached.
[27.313381] hub 5-0: 10: hub_port_status failed 9err = -110)
[27.325891] hub 5-0: 10: hub_port_status failed 9err = -110)
[27.339213] NOHZ: local-softirq_pending 02
[27.372776] Restarting system.
It also seems fan is speeding up at this point.
Would anyone have any idea why final stage of rebooting hangs for several minutes?
Last edited by mloskot (2013-03-16 21:26:26)

Considering switching to Mac but.....

Hi everyone,
I'm sorry to sound such a noob but i have never owned a Mac in my life, but i've got an 2.4 Ghz iMac on loan from work at the moment to try it out and i love it! However i do so have a few questions relating to the switch. I am considering a brand new MB Pro 15 inch with a Bootcamped Windows XP install but am unsure as to the way to go with storage.
You see i currently use several music related apps in Windows such as Acid Pro, Cubase, Wavelab etc so i need access to heaps of wav files and mp3s, but i will need to read and write to them with both Windows and Leopard.
After some research my thoughts here lean towards an external drive that possibly both operating systems can access but, correct me if i'm wrong, for both OS's to be able to read and write to it the drive needs to be formatted in Fat32 yes? I had considered a larger internal drive on the MB but i'm not sure which partition would be best to store the wavs - i know if the windows partition is over 32gig then it has to be formatted in NTFS but Leopard can't write to it, and on the other hand Windows can't read the Mac partition right?
Secondly, i would like to use the USB 2.0 interface so i can use the drive in my other Firewire-less Windows laptops and at work, but will this interface be fast enough for Acid Pro when it's accessing multiple audio files at once? I do have a couple of newish 500 GB SATA drives i'm thinking of putting into an enclosure but now the MB has no express slot i can't go for an eSATA interface, or can I?
And finally, is there any truth in the rumour that the sound in a bootcamped copy of Windows is very quiet compared to Leopard? I will be using an external audio interface for pro recording however.
I'm sorry if these have been asked before but i did a search, found a few answers but couldn't really find the answers to all my questions.
Many thanks in advance.
John

Windows 7 audio drivers and codecs are still a work in progress but should be much better.
You can read and write to NTFS with 3rd party drivers from Mac side, and Mac OS 10.6 will allow reading HFS+ natively from Windows with its driver. Third, MacDrive allows reading and writing to HFS+ from Windows now.
There are some ExpressCards with eSATA and USB but the iMac doesn't offer expansion, which is why I would never buy one. And there isn't a slimmed down Mac Pro workstation. The eSATA would be fine, and USB3 won't be here until 2010.
I think you'd love a PC using Core i7 with all the drives and memory, audio card and graphics. I went from Windows on Mac (and still do) but added a couple PCs which are much easier to configure and use.
You could make most of your internal drive be Windows, leave a small basic Mac OS. You can't have more than Mac OS and Windows. There are other hidden partitions that go against the 4 that MBR allows.

What's the best editing software for Scorceses-on-a-budget?

I'm interested in buying some editing software, a step-up from anything that's free and looks it (see countless YouTube videos), but I don't have a grand to shell out for the same Final Cut that Edward Norton uses. I have a MacBook running Leopard that I bought in the November of '07. Any and all recommendations and opinions appreciated. I haven't bought a new camera for it, I have a Flip and access to a Canon MiniDV which I'm not crazy about, so if anyone wants to throw in suggestions for cameras as well, please feel free.

Your Mac has a Firewire 400 port and USB port.
Does your Mac have Intel chips?
I notice that on the "movies" the local people have made, there's a slight white noise sound.
A sound track has some noise in it called Room Tone/Atmosphere as no noise is not in our real world, so some noise is acceptable. However some recordings are simply bad and full of unwanted noise.
A good audio track is one that no one actually notices. They simply listen instead of looking puzzled.
So are you pretty satisfied with FCE?
Yes. FCE is a good place to start. You will be penalized with an initial steep learning curve. How long depends on the individual and background.
Think of FCE as a manual camera where you make all the settings and decisions rather than a point and shoot camera.
Once you understand the settings and how things work, your work is only limited to your own creativity.
If you feel the need to go to FCPro (part of the FCS Package) then 90% of the stuff you have learnt in FCE is useable in FCPro. The learning has not been wasted.
In summary: if your Mac has Intel chips and you wish to edit DV, HDV or AVCHD, FCExpress will keep you happy and learning for quit a while.
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