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It is easy to lose track as to which version of Final Cut should go with the plethora of Quicktime and Mac OS versions. But help is at hand.
Jon Chapell at the Digital Rebellion has put together a nice recommendation of which Final Cut Studio/Final Cut Pro versions go best with which QT and Mac OS versions:
| Final Cut Pro Version |
Mac OS Version |
QuickTime Version |
| 6.0.3 |
10.4.11 / 10.5.2 |
7.4.5 |
| 6.0.2 |
10.4.11 / 10.5.1 |
7.3.1 |
| 5.1.4 |
10.4.9 |
7.1.6 |
| 5.0.4 |
10.4.9 |
7.1.6 |
| 4.5 |
10.3.9 |
6.5 |
| 3.0.4 |
10.2.8 Update 2 |
6.2 |
| 3.0 |
10.2.8 Update 2 |
5.0.6 |
| 2.0.2 |
9.2.2 |
5.0.1 |
| 1.2.5 |
9.2.2 |
4.1.3 |
| 1.2.1 |
8.6 |
4.1.1 |
| 1.0.1 |
8.6 |
4.0.3 |
| 1.0 |
8.6 |
4b16 |
If you are the happy owner of Sony’s DVcam workhorse, the DSR-11 VCR, and you find yourself having to output your project with a specific timecode, you no longer have to despair. Here’s a step-by-step instruction on how to get your Final Cut Pro project onto tape:
- Download Simple Video Out from Apple (free).
- In your DSR-11 menu, change the DV in TC setting to External
- Change the TC setting in your project according to your requirements. (Say your programme is to start at 10:00:00:00 and you want 2 minutes of black, bars and info in front of it, right click on the sequence in the browser, chose Settings… click on the Timeline options tab, where you set the Starting Timecode to 09:58:00:00. Move the beginning of your film to 10:00:00:00 and fill the gap with bars, info, countdown and whatever you want to.)
- Export your sequence as a QT file.
- Open the newly created QT file from Simple Video Out.
- Push record on your DSR-11.
- Push play in Simple Video Out.
- Make sure the DSR displays the TC, so you can check that everything is fine.
Enjoy!(Workflow derived from a tip by Shane Ross)
Up to last year, Apple has released a new version of its powerful editing programme every new NAB. Thus, expectations are even higher as to what they will present today. There doesn’t seem to be a live feed available, but the nice people at MacRumors will have a live text feed.
I wish there was a QT version somewhere - it is just not the same reading about it, or seeing/hearing it. Especially when it comes to Apple presentations.
A Lunar Blue offers a wide variety of animated backdrops for use in videoproduction. From time to time they give away one for free. This month they include one in HD. Click ‘ere.
On the norwegian language site video1 I found a nicely compiled list of recources of OSX software. All levels of experience catered for. For those who are not fluent in Norwegian, here it comes:
Newbies
iMovie
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Over at Ripplecast you can watch a free tutorial on how to smoothen shaky pictures within Shake. Personally, I use iStabilize, which is amazingly simple to set up and use.
