Surface Control with Final Cut

I have a Mackie HUI surface control. It is not receiving MIDI fromin FCP via my Midiman 2(M Audio). It is working fine with Pro Tools 7.4.2. Is there another setting that I have missed, or is this particular surface control not supported?
Thanks

HUI control protocol is not supported by FCP
FCP supports Mackie Control Protocol and Logic Control .. check to see if your device can be switched to either of those protocols instead of HUI

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I have a Mackie Control Universal Pro connected via USB to my mac and it works GREAT with Logic and all the complimentary Logic Studio software.
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Any thoughts?

Does Mackie Control work with Final Cut 7 when using USB MIDI?
No one will know until FCP 7 is released.
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Hi, I imported a large number of jpegs into Final Cut Pro and when I export to Quicktime Movie (not modifying the sequence size or settings I notice the quality of the jpeg images looks rather washed out and a bit fuzzy. The image dimensions of the jpegs are actually 2848 x 4272 and I was originally using a sequence setting of 720 by 480 (which scaled the images to about 12%). I experimented with doubling the sequence setting to 1440 by 960 and scaled the images to about 25.5% - still a bit washed out look.
Basically this will be a presentation on a computer and output via projection. Looking for best possible and clearest photos. I experimented with iPhoto and when you play a slideshow it looks very crisp - this is what I am aiming for. When I export using the Slideshow export at the largest size 640 by 480 in iPhoto to quicktime - the quality seriously deteriorates.
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Hi Nick, I do see information on creating a slideshow with Quicktime at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/slideshow.html
however it appears Quicktime X removed that capability. There is no 'open image sequence' option from the File menu in Quicktime X.
If I do end up sticking with Final Cut - would you recommend any codec and/or dimension size that would result in the best quality or the most crisp image? I also need a few fade in's and out's on various parts - I don't believe I would have the control without Final Cut.
Would resizing the image files in Photoshop to 1920 pixels by 1280 before importing them into Final Cut result in crisper images? Thanks.

Language Choice with Final Cut Express ...

Hello,
Like many things Mac-wise (Leopard etc), does Final Cut Express give a language option during the instal?
I am in France and would like to have the programme running in English - but those at the Apple store are unsure. I bought Leopard from them and they didn't know whether it was available in English. It turned out that there is a language option ... is that the case with Final Cut Express?
Thanks for your time and help ...

You have the choice of English, French, German and Japanese.
I can't remember whether you get the option to choose the language during installation, but you definitely do afterwards.
You control click the FCE icon and select "Get Info".
Then open the Language menu.
Message was edited by: Ian R. Brown

Pixelation with Final Cut Pro HD

This question has probably been answered many times but overall in Final Cut Pro I've been having a problem with it and I just want a final explanation (FCP 4, FCP HD, FCP 5)
Whenever I add a title to my video, I do my basic render and play it back with cinema desktop preview, and it looks a bit pixelated. I can understand that my dv footage looks bad, but my titles look BAD when played back. I have everything at the highest settings. I can always SCRUB and frame by frame view my video at the high quality I would like but when I play it back it turns pixelated again. When I use a T.V. to view my external video, it looks fine, but it would be helpful if it looked good on the computer monitor.
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First, you might want to view the footage in QuickTime Player. But be sure check your preferences so that "Use high quality video setting when available" is checked. If it is not pixeled in QuickTime Player with this setting enabled, your problem is with Final Cut playback settings.
If the footage is showing pixelization in both apps, you are probably experiencing artifacting, which is a natural effect of all digital compressed footage. You can minimize this by using the highest quality format available when editing. It is normal for footage to get pixelized in footage with alot of motion or fine detail. I'm assuming you're using DV format or HDV format. Both of these have this problem.
If you would like to try something that might help this, visit www.natress.com. Under the free plugins menu you'll find an experimental FCP plugin called G Low Pass which claims to limit the amount of detail in a scene when things get too busy. This reduces the likelyhood of artifacting when applied to DV footage and it seems to help in a very subtle way.
As for DVD playback having occasional large, blocky pixels, it could be a small scratch on the DVD surface, or perhaps a poor burn. But if the footage has the same problems in QuickTime Player, the DVD isn't to blame.

Problems with Final Cut Pro HD 4.5

Hi gang
I posted something similar a few weeks ago about this problem, and since then, my problem has only gotten worse. Here's the basics: I'm using FCP HD 4.5 on a MacBook (apparently that's trouble right there.) I did the thing where you change something in the properties to get around the required video card. So the program works, right? Sure.
I shot some video on a Cannon XL-2 (which I thought was Hi-Def, but apparently it's not.) The camera was rented, so I obviously don't have it anymore. I have been trying to import the video on to my laptop, via an external hard drive (like 30GB) using a Sony Handycam (borrowed from my office.)
The first problem was that there was no audio on the tapes shot on the XL. I'm going to go ahead and say that some how....that was my fault. Not sure how, but I'll take the blame. Now, I'm trying to import this silent footage, and I keep running into a problem, and that problem is this: the important stops after a few seconds, and there's a message about how there is some kind of error on the tape. This is super frustrating, and I think when I was working on this the other night, the tape eventually just stopped showing video, even though something is obviously there.
Now, here's a few questions. Is it because I'm using a somewhat small external hard drive that may not have enough space on it to keep processing the video? Is it because I'm using a different camera to try and get this video? Should I try using another Cannon, or should I go as far as to track down another XL-2 to rent? Is it something wrong with Final Cut? Some setting or something?
If someone could help me out, I'd appreciate it.

The XL-2 does not shoot 'High Def". It records DV in either 4:3 or 16:9 anamorphic formats.
Here's my standard "so you are using a Canon camcorder to capture and it isn't working" routine:
Not all Canon cameras have connection issues, but hanging around this site I've come to recognize their ability to connect in FCP is the most problematic of all the camera brands. If you have a Canon camcorder, and can not get it to connect up with FCP, the following is a way to sort through the issues and get it to work. Some are elegant - some are ugly.
Before we go any farther
-you should be using 'Firewire Basic' as the control protocol. If you aren't, go change it and try again.
-Also, verify that you have a solid installation of Quicktime. You may want to reinstall it using the 'delete receipts' method. Do a quick search here on the site - it is mentioned daily if not hourly.
With some confidence that the software installation and camera settings are correct and it still won't capture correctly, you are most likely a victim of the dread 'Canon firewire bus incompatibility problem'. Simply stated: Canon cameras do not play well with other devices on the same firewire bus. And, since all the firewire ports on a Mac connect to one bus - well - you get the picture.
The most direct solution is to purchase another, non-Canon device to use as your capturing machine. The Sony DSR-11 is highly recommended for DV work. A deck will save wear and tear on the camera's lightweight drive mechanism and will allow you to permanently connect a NTSC/PAL monitor for proper viewing. (If you are working with HDV, you will have other issues ...)
Beyond replacing your tape playback device, the path you take depends on the model of computer you own.
1. If you have a G5 tower or a MacPro, capture to a second internal drive with only the camera attached. If you need to move material to firewire drive, disconnect the camera. A second internal drive is quite inexpensive these days if you do not already have one.
2. If you have a G5 tower (PCI) MacPro (PCI), G4 powerbook (PCMCIA) or MacBookPro (Expresscard 34) with an available slot, purchase the appropriate firewire card for the slot. Connect your camera to the card and you should be good to go. The new card creates a unique bus and will avoid collisions with the external drives.
3. If you do not have a slot or a second internal drive and you are stuck with the camera, welcome to the camera/drive shuffle.
- shut down and remove the external hard drive(s) from the system
- connect the camera directly to the firewire port of the computer
- start the camera then the computer
- capture to your internal (system) hard drive
- shut down the camera and computer
- disconnect the camera and reconnect the external hard drive(s)
- start hard drive(s) and computer
- move captured files to external hard drive(s)
- edit
If you output back to tape or wish to view your work on an external Video (NTSC or PAL) monitor, you need to set up the camera to use the firewire out as the A/DV converter or VTR - which means reversing the steps:
- copy the file back to the internal drive
- shut everything down
- disconnect the external drive(s)
- connect the camera to the firewire port (and the TV to the camera if needed)
- start the camera then the computer
- play the file.
One caveat here - You may have difficulty getting the file back to tape without dropping frames. Playing files off of the system drive is very demanding and they may have a hard time keeping up.
All in all, if you do not have the option for second bus (i.e. iMacs, eMacs, iBooks, MacBooks) you may want to think about a computer with expandable options next time.
There is the option of capturing using iMovie, but that brings on it's own set of problems and is not recommended.
Good luck.
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Hello all:
I have been hearing good things about an audio mastering plugin called Ozone 4. I would like to use it in Final Cut Pro to fix audio gremlins on the fly (or even add them).
I tried downloading the trial version but that proved to be a frustrating experience as a pop up window kept, well, popping up. The infernal thing kept asking me for serial numbers, etc.
The Ozone parameter did show up in the audio filters pulldown on the FCP menu so at least I know it was recognized.
So before I shell out the dough can someone let me know if Ozone 4 actually works with Final Cut.
I have emailed IZotope but apparently they don't talk to mortals.
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Mac G5 (Power PC dual processor)
Mac OS 10.4.11
FCP version 6.06
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A

I've been using Ozone for years. It is a fantastic tool. However forget about running it in Final Cut. There is no way you will be able to get the most out of it manipulating sliders in the Filters Tab of the Viewer. Final Cut does not run the native UI's for plugins.
Your best best is to install the plugin and use it in Soundtrack Pro. You will have access to the full Ozone interface and controls. You can Export out through it in a Multitrack Project or apply processing parameters to files (Process/Effects/iZotope/Ozone 4) in the Audio File (Wave Editor) workspace.
-paul.

Can you do this with Final Cut?

I'm putting together a video and want it to look like you are watching a tv show. I have a .jpg I was to use to outline the video. Can you do it with Final Cut? In other words, the video will have a tv screen look. And then I want it to zoom in slowly to eventually lose the tv outline.

When you are using still images I usually do things like this using the 4 or 8 point garbage matte.
Drop the video jpeg on track 1.
Drop the television jpeg on track 2.
Drop the garbage matte on the television jpeg and use it to cut a hole that will be filled with the image on track 1. You may also have to use the motion controls to size and position the image on track 1 for location and perspective.
Play with the choke and feather matte controls till you get it looking clean.
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Is my issue with Final Cut Pro or my Macbook pro?

I'm going to try to be as thorough as possible in explaining my situation because I can't figure this problem out and it's exhausting me. I have an early 2011 macbook pro with the 2.2 ghz processor. I upgraded to 16gb of ram almost a year ago. I've been using Final Cut Pro 7 on this computer for several years now without issue and have made no setting changes that would prompt my problems. A few months ago my battery decided to stop holding a charge and now just registers 0%. Around the same time, while editing a short video my computer began behaving like it was overheating. It would crash, restart, crash and then restart again. After I did a disk and permissions repair it began to work normally again and I haven't had any more crashing issues. Around this period of time I began noticing that when my computer turns on it doesn't register the correct time and date. Given a few moments it corrects itself, but for some strange reason it was doing that every time.
Anyway, around that time I tried to upgrade to Mavericks and experienced an issue during installation because my hard drive was apparently damaged in some way and the installation couldn't be completed. I restored my previous OS and tried to carry on as I was with the damaged hard drive for as long as I could. I was still able to do everything I needed on the computer. I could still edit videos with Final Cut. I could still browse the internet. I could still stream Netflix.
About a month ago Final Cut stopped working. I could open the program, start a new project and import media files, but when I dragged them into the timeline, they just stuttered (audio would play but video would lag and then jump several frames then lag and jump frames). At the time I assumed this was because my hard drive finally gave up, but I was still able to do other functions like browse the internet and stream basketball games with nba league pass (granted they weren't crisp hd - on a side note, netflix was also behaving oddly. when I would browse through my list, it wouldn't stop scrolling when I moved the mouse away.) so I assumed the hard drive was my issue.
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Sorry but your first link says +"The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable."+ ... but tell me, are you viewing these interlaced encodes yourself on an interlaced monitor (eg are you burning them to disc and viewing on a TV) as they are meant to be seen, or are you just playing them back from file on your (progressive) computer display?
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