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How do I export a high quality movie from Final Cut Pro 7 or Express?

Josh Mellicker — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:09:14 +0000

How do I export a high quality movie from Final Cut Pro 7 or Express?

Once you’re finished with your edit, how should you export?

Well, it depends. Here are three methods:

METHOD #1. Reference movie

If you want to export a temporary movie as quickly as possible, export a reference movie.

1. File > Export > Quicktime Movie

2. UNcheck “Make Self-Contained”

Pros:

Fastest export
The file size is small – it only contains audio and pointers to your video [read more →]

Why does audio sound bad, or need to be rendered, in Final Cut Pro, Avid, Premiere or iMovie?

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:45:10 +0000

Final Cut (and other editing apps) will accept many kinds and formats of audio for import into the Browser or Timeline.

However, just because they will, doesn’t mean you should!

If you import compressed audio, for example, in MP3 or AAC codecs, or audio in a different bit or sample rate than your Timeline (such as 44.1 KHz, 32 KHz or 12-bit), you will often hear clicks, pops, and audio dropouts while editing, which is distracting for your creative process, [read more →]

Do I need a studio monitor?

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:24:03 +0000

If your projects are going to be delivered on DVD or broadcast, it’s important to have an accurate studio monitor on your desk so you can see your project as your viewers will see it while you’re editing.

Why? First, many editing programs show you a low quality “proxy” of your timeline, so you can’t judge color correction, brightness, saturation, contrast, how titles or graphics will look, or any other aspect of the picture accurately.

Can I just enable a second computer [read more →]

Core Duo versus Core 2 Duo speed tests

Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:32:23 +0000

Bare Feats is at it again, with speed tests of the new Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros:

How do I edit content from a DVD?

22-02-1989 — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:58:34 +0000

It seems more and more common that editors are being asked to use content from a DVD- perhaps the client has provided you with last years annual report DVD… and wants you to redit it. (Remember, ripping off copyrighted content is a Federal offense with imprisonment and large fines possible!)

You can use MacTheRipper to get the content from a DVD on your hard drive (OS X only)

MPEG Streamclip is an application that converts MPEG files (including transport [read more →]

Where can I get free sound FX?

Michelle — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 21:00:10 +0000

http://www.soundsnap.com/

http://www.findsounds.com/types.html

http://flashkit.com/soundfx

http://www.stonewashed.net/sfx.html

http://www.acoustica.com/

http://www.grsites.com/sounds/

http://www.koumis.com/soundfx.htm

http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/

http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.shtml

http://www.f7sound.com/snd.htm

Free iMovie plugins

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:44:43 +0000

http://plugins.bkms.com/

http://www.virtix.com/imovie/products/SampleEffects.asp

http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/osx_software/FreePlugins/FreeImoviePlugins.html

How should I capture analog video footage from Beta, Hi-8, or VHS?

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 06:34:27 +0000

One good option is dubbing your analog footage to a DV or HDV tape with the analog inputs of your camcorder. That way, your footage has been digitized and timecoded, and is ready to capture via FireWire into your system as if it had been shot on digital.

If you have Hi-8 footage, there are Sony “digital 8″ camcorders with Firewire that will transfer Hi-8 footage (no timecode, though) directly into your computer.

This method has a lot of advantages- your footage [read more →]