DC Metro FCP UG

Available via iTunes App Store under App Store > Reference > Moviola Studios

Summary:

Moviola’s Pro Video Guide is a detailed, practical resource for those working with current and emerging technologies, whether for standard definition (SD), high definition (HD), 2K, or 4K. The Pro Video Guide comes from the Academy Award winning company, Moviola, the #1 professional video training center in Hollywood. If you’ve found yourself confused by the new formats and standards and how they differ from one another or simply want to expand your knowledge of these subjects further — this is the app — for you.

Works on iPod Touch and iPhone

This app is a must for :

• Cinematographers
• Editors and assistants
• Event videographers
• Student filmmakers
• Video Hobbyists

For creating content for:

• Theatrical films
• Broadcast television
• iPhones and iPods
• YouTube, Facebook or Vimeo
• Blu-Ray and DVD Authoring
• Advertising and Marketing

If you own or use:

• Apple’s Final Cut Pro
• Avid Media Composer
• Adobe Premiere
• iMovie
• Pinnacle Studio
• Sony Vegas
• Sony, RED, Panasonic or JVC cameras
• Hybrid DSLR camers like the Canon 5D or 7D

Get information on subjects like:

• Video formats
• Color Spaces
• Resolution
• Aspect ratios
• Cameras like the RED series
• Compression formats for the web, broadcast and film outputs

Get answers to questions like these:

• What is 24p?
• What’s the difference between 1080i60 and 1080p24?
• How can you compare HDV vs. AVCHD vs. DVCPRO HD?
• What frame rate should you shoot and how does it affect what you’ll deliver to DVD, Blu-Ray, the web, broadcast or film delivery?
• What’s the difference between recording to a P2 card or to videotape?
• What’s a 3:2 pulldown and why should you care?
• How many channels of audio can you output to an HDCAM SR?

Through the Pro Video Guide you’ll find information on topics like these and many more..
Additional screenshots available on the iTunes App Store page!
Listen to the Digital Production BuZZ interview on Moviola for more…

All for $1.99!

Enjoy!

Rodney Mitchell
DCFCPUG Leader

Final Cut Pro – Preserving Your FCP Preference Files

The one Achilles heel of Final Cut Pro are its preference files. While these have been getting more and more stable with each version, they still tend to get corrupted on a regular basis.

And, the only way to fix them is to delete them and start over.

FCP Rescue 6 (or FCP Rescue 5 for FCP 5.x users) is free software that can help you manage your preference files.

You can download a copy here.

Here’s how to use this:

1. Use FCP Rescue 6 to trash your preferences.
2. Open Final Cut and reset your preference settings to the way you want them.
3. Quit Final Cut – this saves your preference settings.
4. Use FCP Rescue to backup your preferences.

Note: Don’t backup preferences until you have created clean files. Otherwise, you’ll never know if you are backing up good, or bad, preference files.