TS3528 What to do if Final Cut Express was installed after Aperture, on a new MaBook Pro Retina running OS X 10.7.4?

What to do if Final Cut Express was installed after Aperture, on a new MaBook Pro Retina running OS X 10.7.4?

Bear in mind 10.7 and FCE are not supported working together.
FCP X is the supported application for Lion.
Users find FCE can mostly work to not working at all with Lion.
You can dowmlaod a trial of FCP X from the App Store.
Al

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I do video productions for a small local TV station. I use Final Cut Express to edit. I need a new video camera but am at a loss as to what to buy. I know I will get a digital camera but do not know the difference between just digital and digital HD.

I do video productions for a small local TV station. I use Final Cut Express to edit. I need a new video camera but am at a loss as to what to buy. I know I will get a digital camera but do not know the difference between just digital and digital HD. Also, I can not afford an expensive camera and need some advice on which of the available cameras would be best and also work well with a Mac. One last issue, I currently use a Panasonic #CCD camera that takes a tape. When I load video to Final Cut the audio and video are out of sinc. Go figure. Can anyone help with these questions. Karen

Hello Karen,
If you are using Final Cut Express, then look for camcorders that are AVCHD camcorders. Look especially for the AVCHD logo and specific mention of AVCHD in the specs. Most of the major manufacturers produce good quality camdcorders - Canon, Sony, etc.
Also, be aware that there are a lot of "not quite AVCHD" camcorders on the market (sometimes they say they record video as MPEG4-H.264/AVC) - buyer beware!
Most everything you are going to find on the market today is HD, which stands for "high-def".
Regarding your question about the Panasonic camcorder, it's best if you post that as a separate question, and please identify the specific model camcorder and the Easy Setup you are using in FCE.

I have been using final cut express for years and now want to switch to final cut studio 3. do I have to remove final cut express before installing final cut studio 3 or can I have them both installed at the same time on one computer?

I am using a macpro 12 core computer
I have been using final cut express for years and now want to switch to final cut studio 3. do I have to remove final cut express before installing final cut studio 3 or can I have them both installed at the same time on one computer?

You can have them both on the same computer as I and many others have done for years.
Just go ahead and install FCS 3 normally.
There will be absolutely no problems.

Why does my final cut express movie flicker after i put on disk using idvd

Why does my final cut express movie flicker after burning to a dvd using idvd. Its about 90 minutes long.

Hi
As Alchroma writes - more info needed.
FCE/P to iDVD
Several things
• How to go from FCE/P to iDVD
• Free space on Start-up hard disk
• Encoding
• Brand and type of DVDs used
• Burn speed set
• iDVD BUG
• Chapters
How to go from FCE/P to iDVD I do
• Disable Screen and Energy saver
• IMPORTANT --> FIRST in FinalCut - Mix Down Audio under Sequence Menu / Render Only / Mix-down
• Export out as a QuickTime .mov file
• Select with Mark - Chapter Mark
• Not as Self-Contained (not important but saves time and space)
• NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION (IMPORTANT)
This QT.mov file I import into iDVD from within iDVD.
Free space on Start-up hard disk
I set a minimum of 25GB (for Mac OS and iDVDs temp files)
Encoding
• I use Pro Quality encoding
Brand and type of DVDs used
• I use Verbatim
• I use DVD-R
Burn speed set
• I set down this to x4 (or x1)
iDVD BUG
• One can not go back to movie-project for any alterations and then go back to
the iDVD project. It will notice and ask You to either Up-date or Cancel. Neither
of them will work.
Medicine - Start a brand new iDVD project.
Use of Chapters
• I only use a to z and 0 to 9 in naming them. NO other symbol/letter !
• NO Chapter-mark at very beginning - iDVD NEEDS TO set this by it self
• No Chapter marks in or within two seconds from a transition
(Way around this last one - Export movie as QT full quality and NO Chapter marks
Import this into a new Movie-project and now You are free to set C-Ms where You want
them except at very beginning - still)
Material used to build movie
• video - I use streamingDV (or convert all other to this e.g. .mp4, .avi, .wmv etc)
• audio - I use .aiff 16-bit 48kHz or from Audio-CD (44.1kHz) - no .mp3 or direct from iTunes
• photos - I use .jpg - no .bmp etc
Trash iDVD pref. file and run Repair Permissions - and have a re-try.
from post ??
May not be relevant, but I had the same problem with iDVD, where burned DVDs showed a green screen. It was cured by quitting Quicksilver and Quickeys as well as disabling sleep and screen-saving
Yours Bengt W

What video formats does Final Cut Express support?

I have Final Cut Express HD 3.5. What video formats are compatible with this program? Also, what frame rate and aspect ratio do my videos have to be in for Express to accept the video file?

Good of you to have read the manual. It helps us answer the question now that you've included that information.
Your material must be converted to either DV, HDV or AIC (FCE Native formats). As you have discovered, while FCE will accept a number of non-standard or native formats, it will not play happily with them.
DV and HDV are anamorphic formats. That is, they use non-square pixels. Standard DV is 720x480 (a 3:2 ratio) that FCE will do the conversion magic and have is display in a 4:3 format. Widescreen DV (aka 16:9) is ALSO 720x480 but the narrow dimension of the pixel is oriented the other way. When you tell FCE that the file is 16:9 anamorphic, it will do the magic and display the material properly. If you do not, it will display as though it is standard definition 4:3 and the people will be much skinnier but not taller.
HDV is 1440x720 but displays in 16:9.
AIC can be 1280x720 or 1980x1080.
All other dimensions are not supported and you may have very unreliable results when using them. This very limited abiltiy to deal with more than a couple of formats was one of the main differentiation points between Express and Final Cut Pro. There were a great number of other differences but this was one of the biggest limitations for most consumer level users.
If you want to edit a lot of non-standard, non-native formats, look into Final Cut Pro X or Adobe Premiere Pro. Premiere Pro is within the editing paradigm of Final Cut Pro/Express. Final Cut Pro X has gone in a different direction which involves a new learning curve. Don't be fooled by the name, it is a very different animal than Express.
x

Final Cut Express HD install problem

The Live Type and Sound Track installed, but Final Cut Express HD is grayed out. When I try to install it I get an error saying, "You cannot continue. There is nothing to install."
Computer specs:
Power Mac G4
AGP graphics
CPU speed 1.4 GHzs
L2 cahe 256 KB
Memory 1.25 GB
Startup Drive has 137 GBs available
What's going on? What do I need to do to install this software?
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Under Graphics/Displays in the System Profiler:
ATY,Rage128Pro:
Chipset Model: ATY,Rage128Pro
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-A
VRAM (Total): 16 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x5046
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-63001-110
Displays:
SONY CPD-E400:
Resolution: 1152 x 870 @ 75 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Not Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported
From the research I've done so far, shouldn't the AGP card work fine with Quartz Extreme and Core Image? What's the fix?

What other software does Final Cut Express require?

Sorry for the totally ignorant question ... but I've just bought a new MacBook Pro and I'm ready to retire my ten year old Casablanca Kron, a dedicated video editing appliance with its own proprietary software that I've been using for all those years.
After a bunch of reading, it seems like FCE is right for me. I just want to make simple movies with clean transitions and good looking titles. On my old editor, I had to launch a separate program to create a DVD menu, render the movie, and burn the DVD. I think I actually had to pay again for the software to make the physical DVD on top of the editing software which was in the machine when you buy it.
Is FCE the same way? Once I make a movie, do I need a separate program to create a DVD menu, render the movie, and burn the DVD?
Or is that a part of FCE's abilities?
-JOHN
ps. And I guess I should ask ... is there any software I'll "inevitably" end up buying within a year? These are not Hollywood movies I'm making ... just low-budget corporate videos that still need to look good enough to grab attention in a boardroom.

+in addendum+ to Meg's excellent advice:
for me, it is essentiell to have some kind of 'painting'-app for usage of movie and disk-creation.
the many presets, templates, 'boiler plates' FC/e and iDVD come with are excellent designed ...- but perhaps you want a special pointer in your movie, your very own title-'chart', some home-brewn background for a title-animation, a hand-made 'cut out' mask ...
no need for the huge and complete Adobe Suite, Photoshop/elements, or, my favorite, Pixelmator do superb jobs for the video-maker.
and may I recommend one of my sites
https://sites.google.com/site/idvdmodding/
the title says it all ...

Final Cut express wont open after Lepard Install

I just installed Lepard to my mac and Final cut wont open...its gone dead, I find out the my version of FC express is 3.5.1, I have been having a few different things happen within the last 72 hours of the install,My dock sometimes doesnt respond,I need some adviser on the Final Cut issue, I have work in there and I need to access it...Help,
itsonlyme...

Every instance is different. There is no single fix for everyone.
Start here:
http://www.fcpbook.com/Video10.html
Then come back and do this:
Please give your full system specifications, what computer, what drives, what camera or deck, how everything's connected, what settings are on the media, what settings you're using in FCE, and finally what version of the software, of the OS, and of QT are you using?

Confused ... what can I buy, Final Cut Express or X ?

I need to do some simple editing, typically just a very few cuts ... but I WOULD like to be able to do Side by Side comparison editing.
Is Express still available, or do I have to use X .... I ASSUME that I can do Side by Side editing with these products?
thanks ...

Hi Frederick.
Here's a quick tutorial from Larry Jordan that may be helpful. He trims the clips he wants to show side by side. He could also have down-scaled them to fit by using crop. Just like FCE, you can also adjust size and position numerically; in FCE those adjustments were done in the Motion tab; in FCPX they're found in the Inspector. Have fun.
Russ

What are requirements for Final Cut Express HD 1.2.1 ?

OS X 10.4.11 okay?

[Thank you]
Apple can you hear me? I am very, very sorry about this. Why did I update from 10.4.10..... ? What is the big different for FCE?

What Quicktime files do Final Cut Express support ?

im trying to import a quicktime file that was MP4 and i exported it to .mov and it still won't import any seggestions?

MOV is just a container, not a format or encoded format. You can use a utility like MPEG Streamclip to convert your MPEG-4 movie to DV for use in FCE.

Uninstalling Final Cut Express 3.5 after installing 4.0

After installing FCE 4, I noticed that version 3.5 is still present. The Apple web site contains instructions on how to uninstall version 3.5
<http://support.apple.com/kb/TA38198?viewlocale=en_US>
but how many of those locations are used by both versions?

Russ H wrote:
Just curious, do you suspect 3.5 is creating a conflict with 4.0.? Or is it a matter of house cleaning…or is there some other reason why you want to get rid of it?
Russ
Actually, either or both.
I did use their FCS Remover and it removed everything, FCE 3.5 and 4. Fortunately, the folders from which all of the files were removed were identified, so I simply replaced everything except for the 3.5 app. I am still using version 3.5 within a separate partition for existing projects. If I had known then what I know now, I would have simply deleted the 3.5 application and not worried about the other files.
Ralph

Final Cut Express unexpectedly quits after system update

I've just installed all of my system updates, and now when I try to launch FCE I get an error that says the program has closed unexpectedly. What is going on here?

Hi,
Sorry to interject, but may I ask why is it better to uninstall an older version before upgrading? Will that cause any problems opening old projects?
And yes, to the original question, I've learned the hard way that FCE is very picky. You have to match the proper OS cat and QT or else it won't work very well. I'm not sure about versions 1 or 3, but thanks to these fine people on the discussion boards I learned that FCE 2 needs no more that 10.4.10 and QT 7.2 I'm upgrading my computer as well and it seems FCE 3.5.1 and 4 will both work on Leopard and the current version of QT. I chose 3.5.1 since it is cheaper on ebay and has better Soundtrack and Livetype features. 3.5.1 is not as future-proof since it might not work with the upcoming Snow Leopard or future QT, but my PowerPC computer won't run Snow Leopard anyway so it doesn't matter to me.
Ed

Final Cut Express - wouldn't launch - set up a new user account

I upgraded my FCE to the latest 4.01 and then it wouldn't launch. I got a suggestion to create a new user account on my computer, log out, and log back in as the new user and try again. That worked! I got FCE to successfully start up. But now what do I do? I logged out as the new user and logged back in as my regular self, and FCE won't start again. I've searched here and can't find the next step. Do I have to abandon my old account and begin using the new account? I'm guessing not.
thanks.

Given the history of your installation, I would completely uninstall FCE.
The sequence of installs & upgrades is probably at the root of the problems.
To uninstall FCE you could use either FCS Remover or follow the FCE Troubleshooting Guide and Apple Instructions. (Note: While the instructions were written for removing FCE HD (v3.x and 3.5x) they still apply to FCE4; just ignore the references to Soundtrack).
Then, I would reinstall it from the FCE4 upgrade DVD. +Don't install FCE 1.x first.+ Everything you need is *on the FCE4 DVD.* When you install, it will ask you for your original serial number (from FCE 1) plus the serial number from your FCE4 upgrade. (By the way, FCE needs to be installed from an admin account and it needs to be run at least once in that admin account before it is run in any other accounts.)

Final Cut express wont instal on mac book pro

I bought a Mac book pro last night and today I attempted loading the FCE 2.0 and then using the upgrade version FCE HD4 and It told me my HD 4 version had an invalid serial number (it works fine on my imac 24 in) And so I figured I would just look at the FCE 2.0 and open it up. It wont open and it gives me a error message RGP ERROR. You do not have a graphics card or sufficient software to run this program....
Have no clue Tried rebooting.. I will call apple in the AM. I told the guys at the store that I was using FCE 2.0 and no one said that It wouldn't work...
Any similar issues with anyone else?
Thanks
TIM

There is no need to install FCE2.
Just install the FCE4 upgrade as it is actually a Full Retail version with one tiny difference ....... you will have to input both the old and the new serial numbers.
Make sure you get the numbers exactly right or they won't work.
Before reinstalling you should remove every trace of the existing installations by deleting the files listed here:-
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93688
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301182
You can ignore the LiveType and Soundtrack items.

TS3528 What to do if Final Cut Express was installed after Aperture, on a new MaBook Pro Retina running OS X 10.7.4?

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