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Using Flash with Final Cut Pro: Using Flash with Final Cut Pro

Setting up Flash for Video

Flash can be an excellent tool to create animations for video work; whether for titling and effects, or for completely animated works. By default Flash is set up for online work, so we need to bear a few things in mind when working for video.

Once again, video work has a plethora of confusing and not entirely compatible standards and formats. Since our target is DVD, we should begin our Flash project with appropriate settings for this target:"

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The Essentials of Multicam Editing in Final Cut Pro

The Essentials of Multicam Editing in Final Cut Pro: "The Essentials of Multicam Editing in Final Cut Pro "

editors's note: A great followup to our meeting this month, is this article by Steve Martin (no, silly, the other Steven Martin) on Multicam

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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD read up on the process FIRST, and capture and edit in 24p!

HD For Indies: "If you go to the trouble to shoot your indie project with a 24p capable camera in 24p mode (such as the very popular DVX100A from Panasonic), and you ever have any desire to make a 24p master (either DVD or theatrical), FOR THE LOVE OF GOD read up on the process FIRST, and capture and edit in 24p!"

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Breaking Free of HDV Limitations

Breaking Free of HDV Limitations: "HDV is a tempting video format because it offers high quality video images at a fraction of the price of other HD solutions. However, creating the right HDV editing workflow for a particular project is a difficult task. As the creator of HDVxDV, a program which translates HDV video to many different HD and SD formats, I'll explore the advantages of using a non-native HDV editing workflow and show how HDV can be converted to Quicktime with HDVxDV and edited in Final Cut 4.5 HD and above"

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Enabling Seamless Media Workflows via XML Interchange

Enabling Seamless Media Workflows via XML Interchange: "Enabling Seamless Media Workflows via XML Interchange

Auto-conform Multi-layered Apple Final Cut Pro
Sequences in Discreet Smoke Using XML Open Interchange Format"

PDF on how to conform FCP sequences in Smoke

QuickTime: About using MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 media

QuickTime: About using MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 media: "QuickTime 5, 6, and 7 include the following:

MPEG-1 playback, both local and streaming on Macintosh and Windows computers
Layer 1 and 2 audio support
Support for RTP packing for streaming (RFC 2250)
Support for elementary and muxed streams
Enabling of frame-accurate access and effects compositing
The optional QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component requires QuickTime 6 or QuickTime 7. It will work with or without QuickTime Pro.

The QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component provides QuickTime 6 and 7 users with the ability to import and play back MPEG-2 content, including both multiplexed (a.k.a muxed, where the audio and video tracks have are interleaved together into one track) and non-multiplexed (a.k.a. elementary) stream...

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group|cut - find your story in the haystack : Home

group|cut - find your story in the haystack : HomeAserver-based, modular logging and editing solution for working groups.

What does it do?
It enables you to capture and store huge amounts of video footage. The material can be logged, categorised, and edited fast and easily by non-technical staff.

With group|cut, you can

give each tape a unique identification number and print a label in the labeler
capture video and audio in the recorder
store preview and broadcast quality footage on the server
extract essential information from your footage in the logger
review and select material in the archivist
do a rough-cut in the editor and export it

Who should use it?
group|cut is the ideal production workflow tool for reality TV, documentary, and news. Unlike other video asset management systems it is developed for the specific needs of the production phase. It gives you an individual grid for describing, filtering, and finding the best footage for your story. Choose the keywords, categories and parameters that fit your production needs best. Make notes on places, people, emotions, or whatever your tale requires."

Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #33- Final Cut HD to After Effects

Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #33: "Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #33 Final Cut HD to After Effects for free By Stephen Schleicher

Cinema Minima: Podcast interviews of Mike Curtis

Two good (albeit a bit long) podcasts with Mike Curtis.

Cinema Minima: Personal Digital Cinema. News service for movie makers » PODCAST - Cyndi Greening & Mike Curtis on DV/HDV for Indies (Part 1 of 2): "HD and Post Producton Expert MIKE CURTIS of HD for Indies discusses a number of topics of great interest to the independent filmmaker. "

Cinema Minima: Personal Digital Cinema. News service for movie makers » PODCAST - Cyndi Greening & Mike Curtis on DV/HDV for Indies (Part 2 of 2): "ening. Phoenix, Arizona USA (Cinema Minima) — In Part Two of this podcast, HD and Post Production Expert MIKE CURTIS of HD for Indies discusses a number of topics of great interest to the independent filmmaker."

A Guide To Setting Up Your Project In Final Cut 5

A Guide To Setting Up Your Project In Final Cut 5: "August 8, 2005   Choosing the right settings for a project may seem confusing at first, but its important we don't skip these steps or it may easily lead to larger problems down the road. To start out, there are no overall settings that set up everything for a new or current project. This is good and bad. On the good side, this allows you to work with multiple video formats. For example, you can have a hi def video sequence and a DV sequence open at the same time in the same project"

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