Newbie FCP3 Questions
I have just bought final cut pro 3, as I was finding iMovie a little restricting.
Anyhow, i have a few questions which i was hoping you could answer. Having really no experience whatsoever with FCP3, and am taking this summer to learn the beast. I am sure seasoned pros out there are laughing your asses off here with the following questions:
1. When dragging native DV footage to the timeline, I have to render it to see it played in the canvas window. is it normal to have to do this, when I can view the exact same footage in the viewer without rendering it?
2. Is the print to video command essentially the same as the "export movie" option in iMovie?
Using a G4 cube @ 500Mhz
low-fi
Anyhow, i have a few questions which i was hoping you could answer. Having really no experience whatsoever with FCP3, and am taking this summer to learn the beast. I am sure seasoned pros out there are laughing your asses off here with the following questions:
1. When dragging native DV footage to the timeline, I have to render it to see it played in the canvas window. is it normal to have to do this, when I can view the exact same footage in the viewer without rendering it?
2. Is the print to video command essentially the same as the "export movie" option in iMovie?
Using a G4 cube @ 500Mhz
low-fi
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<strong>I have just bought final cut pro 3, as I was finding iMovie a little restricting.
Anyhow, i have a few questions which i was hoping you could answer. Having really no experience whatsoever with FCP3, and am taking this summer to learn the beast. I am sure seasoned pros out there are laughing your asses off here with the following questions:
1. When dragging native DV footage to the timeline, I have to render it to see it played in the canvas window. is it normal to have to do this, when I can view the exact same footage in the viewer without rendering it?</strong>
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It should not happen like that. Make sure you are using the correct codecs. DV in a DV NTSC sequence can play with out render
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2. Is the print to video command essentially the same as the "export movie" option in iMovie?
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Print to Video uses all of the processor power to play it back through the output, normal through the FireWire back to the tape deck, or where you are outputting off the computer to.
Refer to your manual, it probably has more specific answers
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