Re: [videoblogging] FCE question...
No. That's why it's E and not P. E just handles DV. Not many differences between Express and Pro for the casual user - but that's one of them. Since you don't need the full power of the latest Final Cut Studio, you could try to get hold of a second hand copy of an earlier version of FCP. Also, I understand that (shockingly) some people actually use illegal pirate copies of FCP4 or 3 or 2 all of which do most of the things that FCE does and more. R On 1 Jul 2007, at 22:21, David Meade wrote: ok so I have a mac now and am learning Final Cut Express (FCE). Overall its similar to how I would be using Premier Elements on the PC, however there is one big problem with FCE and I'm hoping someone here can offer a solution. Note: I also got the One To One training thing from the apple store, and have at one such session asked about this. The guy - although he did try admirably to find a way to do it - ended up saying well I guess you can only do that in Final Cut Pro (FCP). Here's the thing ... In FCE, you have these easy setup options. They setup the project with settings such as: 720x480 NTSC. In FCP, you can apparently create your own custom setup profiles. In FCE ... I can't find a way to do that. My digital still camera saves to 320x240 (square pixel). I'd like to find a way to setup the FCE project/workspace for these settings as needed. Isn't there a way to tell FCE, that I'm working on a 320x240 project?! I hope I dont have to spend $1300 just for the ability to set the size of my videos ... that's just crazy talk ... surely apple/mac doesn't claim the creative higher ground if this is the case. Thanks in advance, - Dave -- http://www.DavidMeade.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] FCE question...
This is a PITA, but with an added step in the workflow (the last step, usually), you can use a format converter to adjust the size. There are many of these for Windoze, but I'm not sure what can do this on a Mac. Doesn't handbrake or hub do this? No, a quick look at hb shows it'll do a lot but from DVD only. Take a look here: http://www.pure-mac.com/video.html Quite a list, you may find what you need. hope this helps On 1 Jul 2007, at 22:21, David Meade wrote: Isn't there a way to tell FCE, that I'm working on a 320x240 project?! I hope I dont have to spend $1300 just for the ability to set the size of my videos ... that's just crazy talk ... surely apple/mac doesn't claim the creative higher ground if this is the case.
Re: [videoblogging] FCE question...
Well I can compress it down to whatever I want. The final steps and final output arent a problem ... I just want to set the frame size of the project before I start so that I dont have to resize/distort the source material just to then export it down at its original size. I just can't believe that setting the frame size of a project is a pro feature. I mean ... that's SERIOUSLY messed up. A $300 editor should be able to set the frame size for Pete's sake. rant sigh ... Premier elements is 1/3rd the cost it can set frame size. I also played with LiveType some this weekend ... and while it is a very cool/powerful application the workflow to actually use it is MUCH more painful than adding a key-frame-able title in Premier elements. LiveType may be able to do more, but if you want just a title you can animate/fade/etc ... its just way more difficult than it should be IMHO. Anyway ... don't believe the hype that creative things are SO much easier and more intuitive on a Mac. :P I'm gonna have to consider now a crazy-expensive editor ... just so that I can set a frame size. Pppht. I wonder if apple knows there are new mac users who are finding its actually easier to just go back to the PC in order to create their movies. /rant On 7/2/07, randulo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a PITA, but with an added step in the workflow (the last step, usually), you can use a format converter to adjust the size. There are many of these for Windoze, but I'm not sure what can do this on a Mac. Doesn't handbrake or hub do this? No, a quick look at hb shows it'll do a lot but from DVD only. Take a look here: http://www.pure-mac.com/video.html Quite a list, you may find what you need. hope this helps On 1 Jul 2007, at 22:21, David Meade wrote: Isn't there a way to tell FCE, that I'm working on a 320x240 project?! I hope I dont have to spend $1300 just for the ability to set the size of my videos ... that's just crazy talk ... surely apple/mac doesn't claim the creative higher ground if this is the case. Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://www.DavidMeade.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] FCE question...
Don't doubt it, dude. These bastards are all about stripping out the simple things so that you want to upgrade (instead of *having* to upgrade). You probably heard me bitching about this on Twitter, but another example of this is the Mail program that replaces Outlook Express in Vista - it won't remember more than the last 13 email addresses in the To: box, so that standard feature of typing the first couple of letters of an address and having it autocomplete is GONE - all in the name of persuading people to upgrade to Outlook. Call that a Pro feature...? I don't think so, but what are you gonna do? Apple are as mercenary as MS now, if not more. What you could do is import your videos into iMovie at iSight or MPEG4 setting - which will blow them up to 640x480 but at least not destroy them. Then output to 320x240 - and use a DV camera for FCE... As for simple titles in FCE, there is a simple titles feature. In the viewer, click the menu at bottom right - you'll see all sorts of title and slug options that you can configure in the Settings and Motion tabs. Also, there are 3rd party plugins for text from people like Boris - I don't know if they work with FCE though. I've never used LiveType - it's just too much. Rupert On 2 Jul 2007, at 15:22, David Meade wrote: Well I can compress it down to whatever I want. The final steps and final output arent a problem ... I just want to set the frame size of the project before I start so that I dont have to resize/distort the source material just to then export it down at its original size. I just can't believe that setting the frame size of a project is a pro feature. I mean ... that's SERIOUSLY messed up. A $300 editor should be able to set the frame size for Pete's sake. rant sigh ... Premier elements is 1/3rd the cost it can set frame size. I also played with LiveType some this weekend ... and while it is a very cool/powerful application the workflow to actually use it is MUCH more painful than adding a key-frame-able title in Premier elements. LiveType may be able to do more, but if you want just a title you can animate/fade/etc ... its just way more difficult than it should be IMHO. Anyway ... don't believe the hype that creative things are SO much easier and more intuitive on a Mac. :P I'm gonna have to consider now a crazy-expensive editor ... just so that I can set a frame size. Pppht. I wonder if apple knows there are new mac users who are finding its actually easier to just go back to the PC in order to create their movies. /rant On 7/2/07, randulo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a PITA, but with an added step in the workflow (the last step, usually), you can use a format converter to adjust the size. There are many of these for Windoze, but I'm not sure what can do this on a Mac. Doesn't handbrake or hub do this? No, a quick look at hb shows it'll do a lot but from DVD only. Take a look here: http://www.pure-mac.com/video.html Quite a list, you may find what you need. hope this helps On 1 Jul 2007, at 22:21, David Meade wrote: Isn't there a way to tell FCE, that I'm working on a 320x240 project?! I hope I dont have to spend $1300 just for the ability to set the size of my videos ... that's just crazy talk ... surely apple/mac doesn't claim the creative higher ground if this is the case. Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://www.DavidMeade.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] FCE question...
I just can't believe that setting the frame size of a project is a pro feature. I mean ... that's SERIOUSLY messed up. A $300 editor should be able to set the frame size for Pete's sake. I couldn't agree more. All the free software I have and the entry-level Premiere elements all allow this.
[videoblogging] FCE question...
ok so I have a mac now and am learning Final Cut Express (FCE). Overall its similar to how I would be using Premier Elements on the PC, however there is one big problem with FCE and I'm hoping someone here can offer a solution. Note: I also got the One To One training thing from the apple store, and have at one such session asked about this. The guy - although he did try admirably to find a way to do it - ended up saying well I guess you can only do that in Final Cut Pro (FCP). Here's the thing ... In FCE, you have these easy setup options. They setup the project with settings such as: 720x480 NTSC. In FCP, you can apparently create your own custom setup profiles. In FCE ... I can't find a way to do that. My digital still camera saves to 320x240 (square pixel). I'd like to find a way to setup the FCE project/workspace for these settings as needed. Isn't there a way to tell FCE, that I'm working on a 320x240 project?! I hope I dont have to spend $1300 just for the ability to set the size of my videos ... that's just crazy talk ... surely apple/mac doesn't claim the creative higher ground if this is the case. Thanks in advance, - Dave -- http://www.DavidMeade.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
