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i know and have read about some of the new softwares omissions, however the simple question i am asking is.... Is FC X a step up from FCE? does it bridge the gap between FCE and FCP?

Hi Guys, Just a quick question, at the moment i have final cut express, i have enjoyed using it for the past year or so, but i am slowly finding its limitations..... with my birthday being this weekend... the question is should i upgrade from FCE to the new FC X. i have heard a lot of mixed...

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Hi guys, i will try and explain this as best i can... im doing a shot were the camera scans across a wall of newpaper cuttings, where it settles on a particular article/news story, now where the picture for the news story is i want to overlay a clip of television static... the main shot then...

Hi Guys, I know a while back a DVD film school thread was started, i was just wondering if there are any great behind the scenes documentaries that can be found online? i.e youtube etc..... or if anyone on these forums have their own? Also just as a side thing.... what do you guys rate as the...

Thanks Chilli pie, yeah i am familair with idvd and use it a lot, i was just wondering if i could compress the original file even more. I shot in HD and am now going to export in SD. I have shot it HD before and iDVD has dealed with it no problem, but this one it didnt. Thanks for your help...

any dvd player, i filmed a wrestling show and the company want to sell the dvds at the next show.... so the final footage will be played on a dvd player and TV. i exported the original file as mpeg-4 with 1280 x 720 HD settings

Hi Guys, Just a really quick question, i have finished a project in Final Cut Express that comes in at over 2 hours. I have to put it on dvd now. I exported as an mpeg-4 movie and it comes out at around 4.9gb, is there anyway i can get it lower than that whilst keeping quality, t enable me to...

Thanks guys for the suggestions.... The scene is in a covered alleyway, and the lead male and female are kissing etc.... we did try LED lights but as you say you need a lot of them, i think i may go down to the location and try the powerful torch slashed across the wall idea... i will come...

Hi Guys, i am in pre production for shooting a simple horror short... it takes place down two separate alleyways at night..... one alley way has lots of street lighting that we can use and would fit the look of the film well, the other however is pitch black at night. We don't need a lot of...

yeah unless i am being pretty thick, i couldnt find mpeg-2 in the export list.... unless it goes under a different name? Also just to let people know, i actually tried a little experiment and used iDVD, i just put my 30gb file straight into iDVD and clicked burn and sat back and saw what...

im a cheap skate and only on express! haha thanks for the info... is it best to export as quicktime mov then compress in mpegstreamclip or do it straight through FCE? edit: also i dont have mpeg-2 option only mpeg-4

Hi guys, Just a quick question, i have recently finished a 1hr long Wedding Video, i want to export it to put it on to DVD. The video was filmed in HD. When i export with Apple Intermediate Codec the ffinal version comes out at over 30gb! Obvioulsy i cant fit that on a conventional DVD which...

haha i want the best for both outputs. so would you suggest going progressive then interlace the footage in editing for DVD?

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Hi Guys, i am shooting a wedding tomorrow with a camera i have not used before... the Sony HVR - V1E. I have the choice to shoot either progressive or Interlaced with this camera... As i have said i am shooting a wedding.... i will be editing with Final Cut Express, the final output will be...

Hey Don, Thank you for your imput, and believe me you didnt come across as bragging or anything, and its just a great to get some advice off of someone who is very good at it! As i say im never happy with what ive done and am always trying to improve and learn more. I will have a look at your...

Everytime i talk to someone about editing they have this new plug in etc... so i just thought it would be cool to have a dedicated thread to any sites that have cool plug ins to download... so people done have to go trawling all over the net all the time...

haha.... basically if shooting the band in the past i have done a full band shot (full song), the individual shots of all the members (full songs) so in total you would normally have about 5-6 individual tracks, you edit and cut together? and yes, it was you nathan :D where abouts do you live...