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]
