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Hmm okay. Well I didn't render the files on the windows machine, I'm just stuck with trying to make it work now on my mac. lol Nothing like being given the short end of the stick.. I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the reply.

Hey guys I'm working with some friends trying to edit a trailer they shot on a SD DV cam. They were imported on a windows based machine from what I understand and put on an external Hard drive. I tried to take the files off to edit them with my mac using Final Cut Express but I can't read the...

American's have accents? lol I live in the Ohio and there isn't a accent that I'm aware of for the central states. Anyway, back to the topic. Yeah this was a great film for film lovers. It was extremely entertaining to see how they pulled of their low budge effects. I just wish I could've seen...

I see. Thanks for clearing that up. haha yeah, lame mans terms.. Thanks again.

I got it figured out. I converted the M4a file to an Mp3. I was making it more difficult than it needed to be. Thanks for helping.

Hmm I'll have to mess around with it. I do have my songs in itunes and that's how I knew they were .m4a files.

Hey guys, I'm an aspiring writer/director and wanted to know if any could give me some pros and cons to joining the WGA. I have been on there site several times and it seems like a step in the right direction for any aspiring writers but I was concerned what the WGA contracts mean in lame mans...

Hey guys I have a question. I have been working with Garage band on my imac and I created some cool songs. Now I wanted to use them in FCE but it won't let me. Is there anyway to change how the music is saved as in garage band? I believe it's a M4a file. Also is there a way to get music I...

Okay so I am using Final Cut Express and I want to do some basic color correction. I know I should use some compositing software to do it but I don't currently own any. So my question is.. what are the most important things to correct? For example. When I got to my video filters I have a color...

Thats a good question. I did it the other night and was just fumbling through the motions. So should I save the project in FCE then open it in iDVD. I do remember seeing the quicktime option in FCE when I went to export it. I tried several different ways. I'll go buy some more DVD's and have at...

I just posted a question about burning DVD's, now I only had two DVD's to work with and when I went to burn them in iDVD it asked me how I wanted to export them. I chose AVI file and that was a bad idea. After it finished burning I put it in my DVD player and it was such a mess. It was nothing...

Hey guys, I have finished shooting a short of mine and was wondering the best way to burn it to DVD. I used FCE to edit it with and don't know the best way to burn it. Should I use software specifically designed for creating DVD's or does FCE have an easy way to do this? Sorry for the Newbish...

Thanks guys for the advice. It helps a lot. I'm still extremely new to editing as you can tell. I haven't shot the band footage yet. I will be doing that next weekend. I wanted to figure out how to do it before I shot it and messed it up. The sync issue sounds right. I will change the quick...

Awesome thanks.. how exactly do you delete or mute just the audio or video of a track? Thanks for the quick response.

Hey guys, I have a question. I am going to be shooting some footage for a band and I have come across a potential problem. I am going to use my Canon XL-2 on a tripod to get a Mast shot of the entire band on stage. I am going to run a line out of the mixing counsel the band is using into the XLR...

Hey guys, I'm working on a project that requires a slideshow. I am editing with FCE and can import pictures and add filters to them but what's missing is the photo's are just stationary. Is there a way to change this. I want to be able to do the slow pans and slow zooms in and out while the...

I'm in. I live in Ohio. If you want some country and farm footage I could get plenty. Our landscape is woods and farmland. Let me know if that works. The camera at my disposal is a Canon XL-2 and a $200 panasonic handheld. Live life, frame by frame.

I love threads like this. It never fails, the question is an opion of what your top 10 directors are. It seems like an easy thread to reply too but you always have a few people who get so upset that you named someone they don't like, instead of posting there top 10, they decided to tear apart...

LOL thanks everyone. I'll give it a try tonight. You guys rock!

Hey guys, I am looking for a way to make or buy some props that need to be easily broken. More spacifically I need some bar stools, beer bottles, shot glass and mugs. It's for a bar fight scene. I didn't know if there are companies that deal with this type of prop. I've heard that sugar glass...