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Color Technotes

Color Technotes

[From Color 1.5: 2K Cineon, DPX, and RED files may render at half resolution] [From Color 1.5: Adjustments made with the Shadow contrast slider may export to a LUT incorrectly]

[From Color 1.5: Blur node applied to proxy can cause a dark halo around frame edges]

[From Color 1.5: Color FX nodes are set to 0 if a project created in a previous version is opened and saved in Color 1.5]

[From Color 1.5: RED 2K to DPX file render times are longer compared to Color 1.x]

[From Color 1.5: Remove transitions from freeze frames from Final Cut Pro sequences]

[From Color 1.5: Some applied Color FX preset looks in a project from a previous version of Color may not appear as expected.]

July Meeting - Future media Concepts

Greeting Editors!

The Philadelphia Final Cut Pro Users Group will meet on Thursday July
30th @ Future Media Concepts at 7pm.

Obviously we're going to talk about the new Release of the Pro Apps!
(With a 20% chance that we'll have it to show!)

Meanwhile, this meeting will cover topics such as:
General Apple News
Post NAB
Our new Discussion Mailing List
What's new in the Pro World
Learn how secondary Color Correction works in FCP

Color Correction Bonanza
Come see the Tangent Surface for Color!
Bring a piece of your footage to be color corrected (email for details)

Mingling and "stump the chumps" at 6:30, Meeting starts at 7pm.

325 Chestnut Street, suite 220
Philadelphia PA 19106.
215-955-2500

$5 donation requested. We're limiting the total number of people to
40 at this meeting. Please only RSVP if you're sure you're going to
attend.

All are welcome, please feel free to forward this to friends/other
lists!

Best,

Jeff G (jeffg at phila fcp ug dot org

Final Cut 7 Technote

Final Cut 7 Technote

[From Final Cut Pro 7.0: Using and optimizing the iChat Theater Preview]

[From Final Cut Pro 7.0: Exporting with QuickTime Conversion to ProRes 4444 imports with Alpha Type set to Straight]

[From Final Cut Pro 7.0, Color 1.5: Avoid mixing RED 4K media and regular NTSC material for use with "Send to Color"]

Final Cut Server Technotes

Final Cut Server Technotes

[From Best practices for upgrading to Final Cut Server 1.5]

[From Final Cut Server: User account name "fcsvr" can cause installation issue]

[From Final Cut Server 1.5: Image Sequences in the Final Cut Server catalog upload again as individual image files by device scans]

[From Final Cut Server 1.5: Blu-ray and AVCHD output options only available in Compressor 3.5 with Final Cut Studio (2009)]

[From Final Cut Server 1.5: Best practices for naming image sequence files]

[From Final Cut Server 1.5: Alert may appear during upgrade]

[From Final Cut Server 1.5: Active Directory bound Windows clients require a custom Kerberos configuration file for successful authentication]

[From Final Cut Server 1.5: "Create unique output directory" option should be enabled in Compressor for transcoding to image sequences]

Final Cut Studio technotes

Final Cut Studio technotes

[From Final Cut Studio, Logic Studio: Applications may quit unexpectedly when opening after migration]

[From Final Cut Studio (2009): Updating to Mac OS X v10.5.7 is Recommended]

[From Final Cut Studio (2009): Installing content when upgrading]

[From Final Cut Studio (2009): Exchanging clip metadata between Cinema Tools and Final Cut Pro]

[From Final Cut Studio (2009): Avoid installing content to the root level of the Mac OS X startup volume]

[From Final Cut Studio (2009), Final Cut Pro 7.0, Compressor 3.5: Burning AVCHD disc with more than 50 chapter markers only includes the first 50]

[From Final Cut Studio (2009), Color 1.5: Rendering PAL material to ProRes 4444 introduces a gamma shift]

  

Motion 4 Technotes

Motion 4 Technotes

[From Motion 4: Opening a project from a previous version of Motion may not appear as expected.]

[From Motion 4: Images imported into Motion, exported, and then imported may appear too bright.]

[From Motion 4: Images imported into Motion, exported, and then imported may appear too bright.]

SoundTrack Pro 3 Technotes

SoundTrack Pro 3 Technotes
  Soundtrack Pro: Unexpected results when you apply Time Stretch to an Apple Loop]

   Soundtrack Pro: Pause at loop point when playing file in Apple Loops Utility]

   Soundtrack Pro: Effect tail not included in exported file]

   Soundtrack Pro 3: Unexpected results when using Lift and Stamp tools on clips with crossfades]

   Soundtrack Pro 3: Unexpected alert when exporting to MP3]

   Soundtrack Pro 3: Unable to save multitrack project after adding realtime effect in the file editor]

   Soundtrack Pro 3: Troubleshooting Audio Unit plug-in issues]

   Soundtrack Pro 3: Running out of resources alert when opening a project]

   Soundtrack Pro 3: Not enough DSP resources when using PowerCore plug-ins]

   Soundtrack Pro 3: Multiple channels displayed in MacOS effects]

PRO APP UPDATE FINALLY

http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio

More later

Another anti-spindown app

$10 shareware app that keeps those pesky external drives from spinning down.

Simply add the volumes you wish to no longer spin down, then enter in an "interval" (for instance... if your drives are set to spin down after 60 seconds of inactivity, enter in an interval of 59). The lower your "interval" number, the less chance there is of your drivespinning down.

[From Mac OSX Software Development]

Of course, there is the freeware disksomnia which we mentioned a couple of months back from Digital-Heaven

utility