Videography Tobi on 23 Jul 2008
Here’s another quote of important concepts from the user manual (pp. 387 ff.): Even if there are no clips highlighted, Final Cut Express usually considers something in the Timeline to be selected. This occurs in two situations: If no clips are highlighted and there are no In or Out points set, clips under the current [...]
Videography Tobi on 23 Jul 2008
The following tips come directly from the FCE 4.0 user manual (p. 410 & 413). These are keyboard shortcuts for arranging clips in the time line. Using the Command Key to Drag More Slowly When you’re dragging clips, edit points, or keyframes, usually the default one-to-one correspondence between the motion of your mouse and the [...]
Videography and Workflow Tobi on 13 Jul 2008
As I am working on my first video project with Final Cut Express (FCE), I will try capture the essential steps for future reference. The steps are taken directly from the user manual, but with its 1152 pages it is a bit unwieldy and not a good quick reference guide. First a few preparations: Connect [...]
Tips & Tricks and Videography Tobi on 30 Jan 2008
As discussed in the Section “Choosing Audio File Sample Rate and Bit Depth” on Page 212 in the Final Cut Express User Manual, Consumer mini-DV camcorders can record four channels of audio using 32 kHz/12-bit audio settings for sample rate and bit depth. After reading this, I checked my Panasonic PV-GS500 and sure enough, this [...]
Videography Tobi on 12 Jan 2008
The day is finally here, on Thursday I received FCE 4.0 in the mail from Amazon, it was $10 cheaper than directly from Apple. Unfortunately not all went as smoothly as expected.
Mac OS X Platform and Tips & Tricks and Videography and Workflow Tobi on 21 Dec 2007
The wedding movie mentioned in the previous post is actually over three hours long and does not fit onto a single layer DVD. While I did buy a package of double layer (DL) DVDs I was rather shocked about their price. At nearly $2.2 they are more than 5 times as expensive as single layer [...]
Mac OS X Platform and Videography Tobi on 21 Dec 2007
I just finished a nice widescreen movie from my sister’s wedding and I figured, if the movie is widescreen I might as well make the menu widescreen as well. I only have a standard 4:3 TV, but am used to watch widescreen movies with a letter-box, i.e., black bars on top and bottom. Naturally I [...]