Reporting Radeon 7950 Mac edition in MacPro 3,1 working fine.
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Plain Mavericks, no drivers installed (Sapphire or others.)
No glitch, no flicker, no lag, no hang to report after over 40hrs. 400hrs. of use.
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I do get the occasional "flicker" reported by other users, on single monitor config, odd.
It's more like a "zap" though. It really happens rarely, but I noticed it up to three times on a single day while working in FCPX.
It's very short, less than a second and I didn't notice it before with two monitors attached.
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Graphic card working well with FCPX, Motion, and Adobe CC suite (Premiere, AE, PS, AME.)
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Radeon 7950 3GB Mac edition
MacPro 3,1 early 2008
Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.8GHz
16GB Ram
OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 (upgraded from 10.9.1 clean install.)
I always forget this one, so there it is:
- Move the last clip in the timeline to the upper empty video track.
- Select the gap into that upper track + hit and hold "delete".
It will effectively delete all gaps in the tracks below.
This is so useful! Replace layer sources with references to another footage item in After Effects:
- Select one or more layers in the Timeline panel
- Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) a footage item from the Project panel onto the selected layer in the Timeline panel.
http://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/creating-layers.html
A few notes for my fellow directors, cameramen and other camera and sound operators out there. Can you please take into consideration your fellow editor needs, who is working hard with your wonderful footage.
Below is a non-exclusive check list to make our film better. It will look and sound better and we will achieve a higher level of quality, making you look better. And I know that it's not always possible to do it that way nor desirable, still, it makes my job easier.
1- Roll camera and sound with synced time code. Check and jump sync regularly to avoid drifting.
2- For cameras that cannot be jam-synced, run Time Of Day separately, but as close as possible. So each device is in the same ballpark. That helps a lot, searching for elements is much faster. Watch out for am/pm discrepancy.
3- If possible, slate every take with SC/TK info and rolling time code and make the announce for sound, and please frame and focus on the board so I can read it.
4- Let it roll for a second before calling Rolling, another second before calling Set and another second before calling Action. Or even more if you dare! Each one of you take 3 deep breaths, that will give me wonderful handles.
5- Similarly, let it roll for a few seconds before calling Cut. Heck let it roll for a few seconds AFTER Cut is asked. Hmm! More handles.
6- Brief your actors on the necessity to not overlap dialog with their fellow actors. Tough one, I know, try it anyway. Overlapping dialog, especially with actors improvising their lines is a big limitation in editing. I can always overlap them in post. It's easier to condense time with editing than it is to expand.
7- Always record reaction shots - make sure that the director and actors know you MUST record them in addition to the scripted talking shots. Actors listening, looking at someone/something, nodding, standing there, noticing something, sitting, standing, hands, cutaways... the list is endless - Use your judgement! I need these shots constantly and they are a huge asset to make the cut better, richer and more natural. Ironic, yes I know, well we are manipulators.
FCPX 10.1.1 non-magnetic timeline
You don't like the magnetic timeline in FCPX? No worries, just "Connect" your clips to the Primary Storyline - using "Q", instead of using Insert ("W".)
All clips brought into the Timeline with "Connect" stay relative to their position. The vertical line at the beginning of each clip represents the "anchor" or connection.
Neat. Less aggravation.
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Update (May):
I now use the Magnetic Timeline more and more and I like it. Combined with Secondary Storylines, it works great.
I also use the Position Tool ("P") in the Primary Storyline in order to move clips without the magnetic behavior. That too works great.
I would like to be able to connect clips to Secondary Storylines though, not just the Primary as is only possible at this time. Apple?
How to create Smart Objects in Photoshop:
Right-Click onto a Layer into the Layer window, Select: Convert to Smart Object.
Any Filter applied to the Smart Object Layer is added as an Effect and can be turned on/off.
Yeah! This saves me having to duplicate Layers ad-finitum just in case something goes wrong...
Save file as Tiff with layers, it will relink into FCP, with the Effect(s) turned on/off reflecting the status in Photoshop. Combined with a set of actions, that can be a fast way to automate stills treatment. Non-permanent, very useful.
