Various questions FCP3

Jeff Donald · July 15th, 2004, 10:14 PM

The GL2 is compatible with iMovie, and previous versions of FCP.

Sarah Horrocks · July 15th, 2004, 10:20 PM

Thanks for your help.

Jeff Donald · July 15th, 2004, 10:23 PM

Your welcome and thanks for becoming a member.

Tim Tonner · July 24th, 2004, 12:12 PM

Greetings---
I have five to six audio tracks (vos, nat sound, music, etc) in my FCP 3 project...
I have added filters (compression. etc.) to the voiceover audio tracks and now wish to ramp down/up music levels accordingly.
However, ANY adjustment to music levels results in always re-rendering voiceovers, because they have effects added, in order to hear the mix. Is there some way to get around this? I hate to constantly be re-rendering every time I make a change in my music tracks.

Mike Hanlon · July 24th, 2004, 02:15 PM

This might work.

Mute the tracks you want to adjust the levels of (and any other tracks you need to make changes to), leave the VO and all the other tracks unmuted.

Export the audio as an AIFF.

Import the resulting AIFF. Now you have a fully rendered stereo audio pair with the VO (and anything else you exported).

Reverse the mute settings on all the tracks so now the tracks that were exported/unmuted are now those muted.

Place the imported AIFF in the timeline.

Make your adjustments on the music tracks to get the levels you want.

The AIFF file you have in the timeline can be used in the final edit or you can delete it from the timeline and unmute everything. Of course doing the latter will require a full audio rerender.

Glenn Chan · July 24th, 2004, 08:56 PM

Other solutions I see:
1- upgrade to FCP4. *You are asking for problems if you wish to go from FCP3 to FCP4. It works for some folks and doesn't for others. There are known issues.

2- Export an OMF to an audio application. If you own virtually any audio software, you can upgrade to Digital Performer cheaply (through the website). There are other audio editing apps out there too.

Tim Tonner · November 28th, 2004, 12:21 PM

Greetings---

I need to create a master of my project (created in FCP3, G4-OSX) to hand off to my duplicator. In the past, I have simply made a copy to to miniDV, and they created the DVD Master for duplication from it. I do not have iDVD or any DVD creation software (I hope to at some point). In any case, a recent DVD-R check dub was created from my most recent miniDV master and upon viewing it, I noticed a few hits and a few audio dropouts. I plan to address this with the duplicator this week to see what might have happened, to compare my master against the check dub. My question is, is it possible to somehow save my project, as some sort of file, with all it's media, to my 160 gig external hard drive, take it to whoever creates the DVD Master, and then export it from the external drive toward authoring a DVD master? And will they need to be working in FCP?

Thanks,
Tim

Jeff Donald · November 28th, 2004, 12:48 PM

No, you could make a QuickTime copy on your HD and then they would not need FCP.

Tim Tonner · November 28th, 2004, 01:45 PM

Good idea...and would the QuickTime copy be at the level of quality of the project when I hand it off to?

Jeff Donald · November 28th, 2004, 03:09 PM

There are various options for choices of codecs to use. DV or DVCPRO is certainly an option, as are several uncompressed formats. You replication company will need a way to handle an uncompressed file however. Standard DV will be your best choice for maximum compatibility and good quality.

Alfred Okocha · November 28th, 2004, 03:44 PM

I generally make my masters using a FCP(QT) file. If that is, however, the best option qualitywise I don't know. I know that they don't need FCP to make a DVD with iDVD, Toast or DVDSP.

It would be great to know what format you pros export to..

John Poore · February 4th, 2005, 03:18 PM

I've got FCP 3 and everytime I try to save project as a Quicktime file the result is a white screen with audio only. Basically there's no picture, but audio. I've tried to save a single clip and that works ok, so do a couple of clips budged together, but a full edit, no way. Anyone here with greater experience of FCP than I know what's going on here?

Kind regards

Boyd Ostroff · February 4th, 2005, 03:51 PM

Are you using Mac OS 9 or OSX? I had a similar problem myself a couple years ago, although I think it had to do with exporting stills via quicktime - I got blank white images.

I can't remember if I ever solved this or not, but at the time I was running FCP 3 under OS 9 on a Titanium PowerBook G4/667. I suggest trying the following:

1. Make sure you have downloaded the final version of the FCP 3 update from Apple's website.

2. FCP 3 has some issues with newer versions of QT Pro. If you have installed any updates (which might have happened inadventently via the software update or installation of a new version of OSX) then you should downgrade to the original version which came with your FCP install disks. This is tricky and involves messing around a bit as I recall.

3. I have purposely kept my FCP 3 system at OS X 10.2.8 with its original version of QT pro. It works fine, so I don't plan to upgrade anything until I'm also ready to go to the latest version of FCP - which will probably be when I upgrade my hardware to a G5 :-)

Zareh Tjeknavorian · February 4th, 2005, 11:23 PM

I am capturing material from a DVX100ae (PAL). I noticed that my audio is distorted when I capture it in FCP3. My levels do get pretty hot, though I had the limiter on, but when I listen to the audio through the camera itself I don't hear any distortion. I assume this has something to do with FCP and possibly PAL settings.

Just for the record, the audio was recorded at 48khz and this is also selected in the capture presets.

Any ideas?

John Poore · February 5th, 2005, 10:48 AM

Thanks for this Boyd. I thought it might be system issues, and oddly enough I am running FCP3 from G4 867 laptop.

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July 24th, 2004, 12:12 PM	#229
Tim Tonner Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: stowe, vt Posts: 45	mixing audio in FCP 3 Greetings--- I have five to six audio tracks (vos, nat sound, music, etc) in my FCP 3 project... I have added filters (compression. etc.) to the voiceover audio tracks and now wish to ramp down/up music levels accordingly. However, ANY adjustment to music levels results in always re-rendering voiceovers, because they have effects added, in order to hear the mix. Is there some way to get around this? I hate to constantly be re-rendering every time I make a change in my music tracks.

November 28th, 2004, 12:21 PM	#232
Tim Tonner Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: stowe, vt Posts: 45	creating a master Greetings--- I need to create a master of my project (created in FCP3, G4-OSX) to hand off to my duplicator. In the past, I have simply made a copy to to miniDV, and they created the DVD Master for duplication from it. I do not have iDVD or any DVD creation software (I hope to at some point). In any case, a recent DVD-R check dub was created from my most recent miniDV master and upon viewing it, I noticed a few hits and a few audio dropouts. I plan to address this with the duplicator this week to see what might have happened, to compare my master against the check dub. My question is, is it possible to somehow save my project, as some sort of file, with all it's media, to my 160 gig external hard drive, take it to whoever creates the DVD Master, and then export it from the external drive toward authoring a DVD master? And will they need to be working in FCP? Thanks, Tim

November 28th, 2004, 12:48 PM	#233
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	No, you could make a QuickTime copy on your HD and then they would not need FCP. __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

July 15th, 2004, 10:20 PM	#227
Sarah Horrocks Tourist Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 4	Thanks for your help.

July 24th, 2004, 02:15 PM	#230
Mike Hanlon Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 180	This might work. Mute the tracks you want to adjust the levels of (and any other tracks you need to make changes to), leave the VO and all the other tracks unmuted. Export the audio as an AIFF. Import the resulting AIFF. Now you have a fully rendered stereo audio pair with the VO (and anything else you exported). Reverse the mute settings on all the tracks so now the tracks that were exported/unmuted are now those muted. Place the imported AIFF in the timeline. Make your adjustments on the music tracks to get the levels you want. The AIFF file you have in the timeline can be used in the final edit or you can delete it from the timeline and unmute everything. Of course doing the latter will require a full audio rerender.

July 24th, 2004, 08:56 PM	#231
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Other solutions I see: 1- upgrade to FCP4. *You are asking for problems if you wish to go from FCP3 to FCP4. It works for some folks and doesn't for others. There are known issues. 2- Export an OMF to an audio application. If you own virtually any audio software, you can upgrade to Digital Performer cheaply (through the website). There are other audio editing apps out there too.

November 28th, 2004, 01:45 PM	#234
Tim Tonner Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: stowe, vt Posts: 45	creating master Good idea...and would the QuickTime copy be at the level of quality of the project when I hand it off to?

November 28th, 2004, 03:09 PM	#235
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	There are various options for choices of codecs to use. DV or DVCPRO is certainly an option, as are several uncompressed formats. You replication company will need a way to handle an uncompressed file however. Standard DV will be your best choice for maximum compatibility and good quality. __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

November 28th, 2004, 03:44 PM	#236
Alfred Okocha Major Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: London Posts: 427	I generally make my masters using a FCP(QT) file. If that is, however, the best option qualitywise I don't know. I know that they don't need FCP to make a DVD with iDVD, Toast or DVDSP. It would be great to know what format you pros export to..

February 4th, 2005, 03:18 PM	#237
John Poore Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Johannesburg Posts: 107	FCP and Quicktime I've got FCP 3 and everytime I try to save project as a Quicktime file the result is a white screen with audio only. Basically there's no picture, but audio. I've tried to save a single clip and that works ok, so do a couple of clips budged together, but a full edit, no way. Anyone here with greater experience of FCP than I know what's going on here? Kind regards

February 4th, 2005, 03:51 PM	#238
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	Are you using Mac OS 9 or OSX? I had a similar problem myself a couple years ago, although I think it had to do with exporting stills via quicktime - I got blank white images. I can't remember if I ever solved this or not, but at the time I was running FCP 3 under OS 9 on a Titanium PowerBook G4/667. I suggest trying the following: 1. Make sure you have downloaded the final version of the FCP 3 update from Apple's website. 2. FCP 3 has some issues with newer versions of QT Pro. If you have installed any updates (which might have happened inadventently via the software update or installation of a new version of OSX) then you should downgrade to the original version which came with your FCP install disks. This is tricky and involves messing around a bit as I recall. 3. I have purposely kept my FCP 3 system at OS X 10.2.8 with its original version of QT pro. It works fine, so I don't plan to upgrade anything until I'm also ready to go to the latest version of FCP - which will probably be when I upgrade my hardware to a G5 :-)

February 4th, 2005, 11:23 PM	#239
Zareh Tjeknavorian Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Astoria, New York Posts: 46	audio distortion and FCP I am capturing material from a DVX100ae (PAL). I noticed that my audio is distorted when I capture it in FCP3. My levels do get pretty hot, though I had the limiter on, but when I listen to the audio through the camera itself I don't hear any distortion. I assume this has something to do with FCP and possibly PAL settings. Just for the record, the audio was recorded at 48khz and this is also selected in the capture presets. Any ideas?

February 5th, 2005, 10:48 AM	#240
John Poore Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Johannesburg Posts: 107	Thanks for this Boyd. I thought it might be system issues, and oddly enough I am running FCP3 from G4 867 laptop.