Recently I ran across a mind-bendingly irritating glitch in final cut. I was trying to import audio that should be matched to 25fps video into a pal sequence. I absolutely could not get the audio to import at the correct rate (Well, nothing short of doing a speed conversion on it) The audio speed conversion [...]
I recently found a weird glitch exporting an animation file from MPEG streamclip 1.9.2. For whatever reason it really bogged down nuke, making the tracker take 4x longer. This didn’t happen with prores, and it didn’t happen with an animation video exported out of compressor. It only bogs down with the animation codec from streamclip. [...]
Ever since I was a wee lad, and I outgrew my NES for a turbografx 16 (don’t ask) I have been yearning to get back to using that classic rectangular controller. With this project I was finally able to do so. This project came simultaneously with the cheapskate version of the creative controller. I decided [...]
Final cut doesn’t make it easy to move multiple keyframes – but it is possible! You can move both audio and video keyframes, but they each require a different approach. How to move video opacity keyframes hit option t with the timeline window active. look for the blue bars under your video clip. hit ‘ [...]
This is a simple idea I have been kicking around for a long time now. When I am reviewing a rough edit with a creative there is inevitably a point where this scene unfolds: creative: “ok stop it (meaning playback)” me: “ok” creative: “now back it up a second” me: “ok” creative: “no, past that” [...]
Apple just released prokit 5.1 and it seems like it ought to do some good things. * The issues addressed include: * Corrected an issue with improper scrolling behavior. * Resolved memory leaks for improved performance. * Addressed layout of interface elements in certain application alert windows. The one thing that they didn’t mention (and [...]
Based on this post by Dylan Reeve I have put together a list of mac apps that I carry around on a usb drive in order to get myself and others out of sticky situations. There is a bit of overlap, but I think that this is a great start to making a final cut [...]