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Keep an Eye on the Track Number
While you work in Wireframe mode in Final Cut Pro, note that the selected track’s number appears just above the clip’s center point. The track number helps you remember which layer you’ve selected. If you’re working on an effects sequence with many layered elements, that’s a big help. Excerpted from Final Cut Pro 6: Visual QuickPro [...]
Continue reading...Multitudinous Mac Marvels
4. December 2007
If you select an object or text, and choose Cut or Copy, a copy of the object or text will be placed in an area of the Macintosh called the Clipboard. Some programs like Microsoft Word let you view the contents of the clipboard. You then Paste whatever is on the clipboard as many times [...]
Continue reading...Word 98 — Too Much Assistance
4. December 2007
I understand that the newest Microsoft Word is just trying to be helpful, but some of its help I can do without. For example, I don’t care to have URLs turned into active links after I type them, nor do I want numbered lists automatically formatted for me, and finally, I’m tired of that cute [...]
Continue reading...Calculate the Capacity of a Hard Disk for DV Footage
4. December 2007
Not quite sure how much DV footage you can capture? You can calculate it by dividing the size of the drive by 3.68 (NTSC) or 3.73 (PAL), then by 60 to convert seconds to minutes. Or, use the general rule of thumb that you can fit about 4.5 minutes of DV footage per gigabyte. Use OfflineRT [...]
Continue reading...Select a Clip Under the Playhead
4. December 2007
One of best ways to be productive in Final Cut Pro is to learn the extensive keyboard commands. (I recommend the KeyGuide from www.neotrondesign.com.) Not every function you want to perform is as straightforward as a single keystroke, however. To select a clip that’s under the Playhead: If there’s more than one track, target the Track [...]
Continue reading...Use Composite Modes
4. December 2007
One of the most important compositing tips is to use Final Cut Pro’s Composite Modes (a.k.a. Transfer Modes) to layer clips. Select a Clip, choose “Modify,” and select from the Composite Mode submenu, or Control/click on the Clip and select from the Composite Mode submenu. Composite Modes change the way images interact with the images below, [...]
Continue reading...How to Center Gutter (Film Style) Titles — The Simple Answer
4. December 2007
Use Boris Calligraphy’s Title Crawl, which supports real Tabs to create a center gutter. Create a new Title Crawl generator and set up Tabs in the Text Window. Drag the Tab to where you want it (or just click in the Ruler bar). Double-click the markers to cycle from center to left to right justification. Set [...]
Continue reading...Clean Credit Rolls
4. December 2007
Getting credits to roll up the screen smoothly is complex due to video’s interlacing. Basically, only roll rates that are odd multiples of the field rate will look good. For NTSC that’s just three roll speeds: 120 and 240 lines per second (lps) unless you want an unreadable “caveat” roll when 360 lps might work! [...]
Continue reading...Re-Log a Logged Clip
4. December 2007
If you want to make a change to a Clip you’ve already logged, but don’t want to re-enter all the Timecode and Clip name information, just drag the Clip back from the Bin to the Log and Capture the window’s picture area. When you log the changed clip, a new Clip will be created. ~ Philip Hodgetts
Continue reading...Quick-and-Dirty RAM Preview
4. December 2007
While Final Cut Pro 3 added the QuickView window for RAM previews, there’s an even easier way to get a quick RAM preview. Press Option/P on the keyboard and your Mac will write frames to the screen as fast as it can draw them, essentially rendering on the fly. But the cool part is that [...]
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Antiglare Display Option For 15-inch MacBook Pro Now Available
If you prefer a display with antiglare coating for a matte rather than glossy viewing experience, an antiglare display is now available as a configure-to-order option on all 15-inch MacBook Pro models. This display has a silver aluminum bezel, which is the same as the 17-inch antiglare MacBook Pro display.Google CEO Schmidt leaves Apple board
In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs cited potential conflicts of interest in explaining Schmidt’s resignation.
“Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings,” he said.
Apple is racing to offer a portable tablet-sized computer in time for the Christmas shopping season, in what the entertainment industry hopes will be a new revolution.
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