So how does FCP 5.1 perform on a Macbook?

I have a 1.67 Powerbook is it worth the upgrade?
I also Haaad. A Dual G5 2Ghz that I sold off to get a new laptop. wondering if
I should keep waiting.
Thanks
Chris

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Hi All,
Has anyone Edited using the DV-NTSC 24P (23.98fps) Easy Setup?
1) How does FCP handle this video connected to a DV Converter Box like the Canopus ADVC-110?
2) Does it actually play at 23.98fps on a monitor connected to the DV Converter Box?
3) Does it get converted to 29.97fps somewhere in the process before it gets displayed?
4) is it displayed at 29.97fps or is it really being displayed at 23.98fps?
these are things that I am not sure of.
sorry if I posted this message a couple of times. I didn't know that hitting the "Tab" Button posts the message, I thought it would just function like the Tab in a normal Text editor and indent a line. But here it doesn't.
thanks
Kalagan

Hi,
Thanks for the feed back. I guess I should fill in the caps a little.
*DESCRIPTION OF ISSUE:*
One of our main Clients Disney, is migrating to a Tapeless Workflow based on ProRes HQ 422 @ 23.98fps. From here on out, they will only send us ProRes HQ 422 1920x1080 files @ 23.98fps and they want us to Edit every project we work on for them @ 23.98fps. At the moment, it doesn't sound like they care if we Edit our projects in ProRes HD or some SD format, but the important thing to them is that we edit @ 23.98fps.
PROBLEM:
Our facility doesn't have the infrastructure to support 25 machines accessing ProRes HQ 422 files. Our facility was built to support DV NTSC @ 29.97fps and we have been working this way fairly well, for a number of years.
SOLUTION:
I am trying to find a way to continue to us our current equipment and satisfy Disney's request to work on all their projects at 23.98fps, starting from 1920x1080 ProRes HQ 422 files @ 23.98fps. So, it was my hope to be able to take the 23.98fps ProRes files and export them to 23.98fps DV NTSC. This way we wouldn't have to reconfigure our entire Facility (which would cost a couple hundred Thousand dollars).
My approach was to:
1) Use Media Manager to render a new DV NTSC file at 23.98fps, which it does pretty well for the most part. It keeps the Timecode consistent between the two files (very important), but doesn't allow you to Letterbox the 16x9 video in the 4x3 frame, it just stretches it to fill the entire 4x3 frame (not so good).
2) Then import the newly created DV NTSC 23.98fps file into a FCP Project based on the DV NTSC 24(p) 23.98fps EASY SETUP. Which works well. No problems there.
3) Then Play the file in FCP out through a Firewire based Canopus ADVC-110 DV Converter connected to a SD Sony Monitor. This seemed to worked fine also.
The fact that it plays is great!!!! But, that brings up the question, is it really playing a 23.98fps?
My understanding of Standard Definition and specifically DV NTSC, is that it can only be displayed at 29.97fps, it doesn't support 23.98fps natively. So the fact that it played when I tested it got me thinking that I may be missing something here and DV NTSC and other SD equipment (like the Sony SD Monitor) can playback/support 23.98fps SD video. But that goes against everything I know up to this point!!!
Have I been wrong all this time?
1) Can SD Video and DV NTSC Video be displayed at 23.98fps?
2) Or is it getting converted to 29.97fps somewhere in the process before it is getting displayed?
3) If it is getting converted back to 29.97fps, then where is it getting converted, FCP or in the DV Converter Box?
I am sorry I went a little long on this email, but it is a problem that will have great influence on they way we work for a couple of years to come!!
Thanks for your input!!
Kalagan

How does FCP Pro X handle mixed frame rate video clips?

My camcorders are by Canon and both can shoot 50i or 25p. Normally I shoot 25p to avoid interlace artefacts. As I understand it, FCP Pro X conforms the clips to match the initial clip in the storyline. But what would be the outcome if I included clips from another camcorder that only offered 30p? Would those clips be converted to 25p if the initial clip was 25p. Or, would the 25p clips be converted to 30p if the initial clip was 30p?
Assuming I made a movie entirely out 30p footage, would that be uploaded to You-Tube at that frame rate? If my movie is 25p is that converted to 30p for You-Tube upload? Could I otherwise export a QT movie to my desktop at 30 fps or any other frame rate?
It seems that the 25p setting on my camcorders still means that the recording is made as 50i but repackaged somehow. Can anyone explain please?
Yes, I am in the UK in a PAL environment.
AW.

But what would be the outcome if I included clips from another camcorder that only offered 30p? Would those clips be converted to 25p if the initial clip was 25p. Or, would the 25p clips be converted to 30p if the initial clip was 30p?
Subsequent clips will be converted to match the project settings created by the first clip into the timeline. I don't know how well FCP does this timebase conversion from NTSC to PAL frame rates or vice versa. Compressor would probably do a better job. There is also Standard Conversion software from Graeme Nattress that will do an excellent job.
YouTube will take either. You would need to use Compressor to change the frame rate on export, though you don't want to do that unless you absolutely have to.
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How does the mac mini perform with cs5

Just curious
How does the Intel HD Graphics 4000 in the new mac mini perform with cs5 photoshop cs6 photoshop?
thanks
Ted

Jeff, I appreciate your comment, so you haven't had any problem with using the painttools in CS 6 photoshop and the 3d type etc, in other words all the features that CS6 photoshop has.
I was thinking about buying the mac mini but was concerned how it works with CS 5 (which I have) I will have to take another look at the MiniMac server with the 3000 card. I do a lot of Digital Painting primarily Painter 12.2 but and would like to use the Painter brushes in CS 5 ( have not upgraded to CS 6.) My Imac is 6 years old and really is not fast enough.
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How does FCP Pro X manage free frames?

I see that adding a freeze frame has been restored in v10.1.2 - I wonder what happened there?
Now that the menu entry is back again I have created a freeze frame. FCP assumes that I want to use it where it is in the timeline - freezing the action. I guess some people might want to do that - but I want to use it elsewhere in the project, which means moving the clip out of the storyline, deleting the partial clip created when the original clip was sliced to create the freeze frame and then extending the original clip back to full size. Geez, these developers sure know how to create a lot of extra work - it would be nice if FCP just created a new clip in the browser.
But what exactly is this new clip? It seems to exist only in the timeline. It has no individual name, I cannot favourite it or add a keyword. Perhaps I have to create a new compound clip? I am assembling a batch of stills (maybe 50-60) from my footage to use at the end of the film - it seems that this will require an awful lot of work if I have to do all these steps for every freeze frame I create.
I can't easily do it from the browser either - because there is a lot of material in the browser than there is in the timeline and it is not sequenced the same way.
Workflow?
1.     Locate the clip in the timeline, press Option F
2.     Move the new clip out of the timeline
3.     Delete the partial clip on one side of the gap created by moving the new freeze frame clip out of the timeline
4.     Extend the clip to its former length
5.     Select the new clip and make a new compound clip
6.     Assign keywords
7.     Repeat for each freeze-frame.
I can see I am not on the same planet as the people who built this software... Does anyone know an easier way to achieve this?
Stephen
ps: did anyone else notice that the Add Freeze Frame (Option F) menu item was missing and has now returned?

Thanks for that - that's much better.
Perhaps I have an old copy of the manual - I will check. This is what the manual says - and this produces an inline freeze frame:
Create freeze frames
You can easily create freeze-frame clips from any video clip. Freeze-frame clips hold a particular frame in place, temporarily stopping the action onscreen.
You can create freeze-frame clips from clips in the Timeline or the Browser. If you create a freeze- frame clip from the Browser, it is attached to the primary storyline at the playhead location as a connected clip.
You can create freeze frames on the fly during playback or by navigating to a specific frame in a clip.
Note: A freeze-frame clip preserves any attributes that were applied to the source clip, such as settings and effects.
Create a freeze-frame clip
1 In the Timeline or the Browser, do one of the following:
Move the skimmer or playhead to the frame you want to freeze.
Begin playback of the clip.
2 Choose Edit > Add Freeze Frame (or press Option-F).
How the freeze frame is added to the project depends on whether the freeze frame was created
from the Timeline or the Browser.
If you created the freeze frame from a clip in the Timeline: A new freeze-frame clip is inserted at the skimmer or playhead location in the Timeline.
If you created the freeze frame from a clip in the Browser: A new freeze-frame clip is attached as a connected clip at the playhead location in the Timeline.
Change the default duration of freeze-frame clips
Freeze-frame clips have the same default duration as still-image clips: 4 seconds. You can change the default duration in Final Cut Pro preferences.
1 Choose Final Cut Pro > Preferences (or press Command-Comma), and click the Editing button at the top of the window.
2 Adjust the Still Images value slider.
If you don’t want to create a separate clip for freeze frames, you can create a hold segment using the Retime pop-up menu. For more information, see Create a hold segment on page 300.

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Kaj Hjorth
Tampere, Finland
[email protected]

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If I write a query with one or more common table expressions to which I
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Prem Shah

Try below
seems when the CTE is not refer in the query then statement inside CTE is not executing at all even if it nested CTE, see for your self
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GO
Create table UserInfo1
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GO
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select 1001,'X1' union all
select 1002,'X2' union all
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GO
insert into UserInfo1
select 1001,'X1' union all
select 1002,'X2' union all
select 1009 ,'X9'
GO
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GO
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select * from UserInfo1 where UserId between 1001 and 1009
and UserName = 'XXXX'
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(Select * From UserInfo1)
select * From UserInfo
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;WITH CTE1 AS
(Select * From UserInfo1)
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