The last time that I worked on my page about Tools was when I was using Final Cut Express… ok, I can’t remember when that was. The Notes are about the films, once they are made and the notes are written, its over. But the Tools, they are ever changing! To help me focus on what I need to work on, I’ll add some comments here to either set me up or give me guidance. This blog is my conscience. ...
Recently, I spent a fair amount of time re-organizing my films on WRP. I had a few goals: Bring my site into the 21st Century, so quit using a js script to open a new window to display the movie. So, how are all the cool kids doing it? YouTube and Vimeo. No thanks, color me old school and not into “insert your video site of choice that displays your video in horrendous quality along with bizillion ads.” ...
This is a big deal. In addition to what this note says note says, you can use other computers to render your files. It has taken me a little while to figure this out. This tutorial describes just using one computer but you can do the same for multiple computers. I did try this on a Dual 1GHz G4 and it slowed things down, so make sure that the additional computers have sufficient power. ...
While creating the previous post on iMovie 09, I ran across a very interesting post by David Pogue, related to his desire to combine Flip footage with footage from a high end Canon HD camera. He was attempting to combine two vastly different video file types; Flip’s H.264 and Canon’s AIC. Final Cut Pro was re-rendering every time he did an edit, causing his workflow to slow dramatically. His solution was to ensure that both files were rendered to the same format before continuing to edit. ...
iMovie 08 was a bit controversial on introduction last year. It was substantially different than the previous versions of iMovie, so much so it angered most heavy users. It was clearly a version 1.0 release and Apple was atleast kind enough to keep the old version iMovie HD around so we could still use it. This January, iMovie 09 was released and this new version has made all the difference in the world. Many of the missing or incomplete features were fixed and some significant additions were made, most notably “precision editing”. ...
CrumplePop: Hand-drawn Master Templates for Final Cut Pro. Saw the demos, had to have’em. Can’t wait to use this in a project. High quality labels to put into your FCP video. They also have a Polaroid film template that is free but I’m waiting to get the link….hurumph.