Preventing slowdowns when editing HD video in FCP? [more inside]
posted by unSane on Aug 22, 2009 - 2 answers

I scored a huge monitor for free! Tips for video editing/motion graphics workspace layout? [more inside]
posted by jtron on Jul 23, 2009 - 4 answers

What graphics card do I need? [more inside]
posted by drjimmy11 on May 6, 2009 - 7 answers

Compressing quicktime movies for the internets. [more inside]
posted by phaedon on Jan 20, 2009 - 11 answers

What video editing software is best for me? [more inside]
posted by nitsuj on Oct 29, 2008 - 6 answers

How do I get Final Cut Express to export straightforward 1280x720 HD videos from my Sanyo Xacti HD700... like it used to? [more inside]
posted by pzarquon on Sep 25, 2008 - 3 answers

What's the best way to remove background noise from a Final Cut project? [more inside]
posted by soma lkzx on Jul 23, 2008 - 4 answers

FINALCUTPROFILTER: Is there such a thing as a firewire DVD player that is controllable by final cut pro? [more inside]
posted by rileyray3000 on Mar 31, 2008 - 3 answers

FinalCutProFilter: What is the best method of converting footage captured on a HVX P2 and edited in Final Cut as an HD timeline onto a MiniDV for festival usage?
posted by idledebonair on Sep 23, 2007 - 11 answers

Thinking about buying an iMac. I'm looking at the 24inch model with 2.8 MHz processor. I plan on doing some Final Cut and After Effects work, nothing insane like HD or heavy graphics. Will this computer serve my needs? [more inside]
posted by captainscared on Sep 21, 2007 - 6 answers

Questions about importing video from various sources into Final Cut Express HD (note: not Pro!) in order to get live render ability... [more inside]
posted by Asparagirl on Apr 26, 2007 - 2 answers

What's the best way to encode DV for playback on Mac and Windows? I'm editing in Final Cut and would like output that doesn't mess with the aspect ration (no fat/squished heads), no interlacing jaggies, and can play on a G4 ibook or Pentium4 without stuttering. (Bonus points if the file size is smaller than DV!) [more inside]
posted by kamelhoecker on Mar 5, 2007 - 14 answers

Help with titling conversion problem from LiveType into Final Cut Pro? [more inside]
posted by Roach on Feb 21, 2007 - 18 answers

I'm going to be getting Final Cut Studio 5.1 at work. Can I edit mpeg-2 files in it? I couldn't in the old versions, and I can't figure out the tech specs to know whether I can INPUT mpeg-2 to edit or just export to it.
posted by Mayor Peace Love and Unity on Oct 28, 2006 - 3 answers

Optimal export settings for video files (QTs) going from FCP to Avid Adrenaline? [more inside]
posted by BillBishop on Oct 20, 2006 - 3 answers

DV video compression question - Do I have to recapture all these tapes?! [more inside]
posted by squirrel on Dec 21, 2005 - 9 answers

Mac Final Cut Express and vector graphics, maybe Flash: How to make a vector graphics motion sequence to be incorporated into a Final Cut Express video. [more inside]
posted by planetkyoto on Aug 6, 2005 - 7 answers

I have a question that relates to the recent announcement about Reason 3. Reason is a intuitive and relatively simple (probably the easiest) software based music program. Is Reason and other programs making music production to easy? Has it been demystified? Coupled with the internet there is certainly a lot of electronic musicians nowadays.

I just have trouble when I think about it because I make music (with Reason) and I'd like to believe it's original and everything, but maybe it isn't.

I have a friend who makes short movies and he says that it has happened to movie making because of Final Cut and Premiere. But I can't imagine this is so because films are (or should be) complex and there are so many things that have to be done right.

Is the musician not special anymore? [more inside]
posted by Napierzaza on Dec 4, 2004 - 26 answers

Help with Final Cut Pro 3 application migration from a tower drive (Jag) to a G4 Powerbook (Panther). [more] [more inside]
posted by squirrel on Jun 5, 2004 - 7 answers