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Shake Disontinued In Apple Store
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard Sprinkle Nov 16.

Scratch Disk Dilemma

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FCP Shortcutz
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Upgrading to FCS'09, FCSvr 1.5, Snow Leopard, & Quicktime X
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ben Balser, ACT Sep 27.

New FCS3, Logic, FCSvr1.5 books to be released
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ben Balser, ACT Jul 28.

Final Cut Studio 3, Logic Studio, Final Cut Server 1.5

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Motion Graphics & Effects class for July 09
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Question For All Wedding & Event Producers
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EX1 To FCP Workflow (in a nutshell)
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Ben Balser, ACT replied to Doris Anne Beaulieu's discussion 'Dear Producers'
Very interesting, Doris! Thanks for posting. Serious food for thought here.
yesterday
Ben Balser, ACT replied to John Menszer's discussion 'FCP 7 Share'
What Mac (what is your hard drive scheme, and how much RAM)? It took over an hour the first time you made the disk, or the second time, or both times you made the disc? PAR is the "Parsing" data used for the compression and DVD building scheme. L...
on Thursday
Ben Balser, ACT replied to Ran Grego's discussion 'ProRes Vs. Dv PAL'
Why convert it? Why not keep it as DVCAM? I say just keep it as DVCAM-PAL, if that's the native format. Pro Rez is a great codec to work in, but it's mostly used for two reasons. First, if you have mixed formats in your source material and want to...
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November 28
Ben Balser, ACT replied to Ran Grego's discussion 'warning-Drop frames'
SATA are the internal drives (you have have up to four in a Mac Pro), and are way faster than FW800. Either way, be sure all drives are 7200rpm.
November 26
Ben Balser, ACT replied to Ran Grego's discussion 'warning-Drop frames'
Set your RT menu to Dynamic for both Video Quality and Frame Rate. The other thing is to go into the User Preferences, turn OFF the "Report Dropped Frames On Playback" option. FCP will in fact drop frames, especially with FW drives, in order to gi...
November 23
Richard Sprinkle replied to Ben Balser, ACT's discussion 'Shake Disontinued In Apple Store'
I'm not sure what Apple has up their sleeves, but they know how big of an impact Shake had on the industry back in it's day. They are bound to replace this with something, and knowing how Apple has handled things in the past, I'm certain that it w...
November 16
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Shake Disontinued In Apple Store
As you know, or don't, Apple has pulled Shake 4 from it's on-line store (and I assume from it's retail shelves, also), and it's web page at Apple.com now redirects to the Final Cut Studio page. Apple has said nothing about the future of Shake in q...
November 16

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About Me:
Founder and President of the S. LA. FCP Users Group

I am also a member of the Firestore Network
firestore.ning.com
Website:
http://www.bblaser.com
How do you use Final Cut Studio:
I'm an Apple Certified Trainer for:
Final Cut Pro, Motion Graphics & Effects, DVD Studio Pro, Color, and Final Cut Server.

I'm a retired IT engineer, and still use these skills in my media production IT and creative consulting work.

I also teach at NOVAC's AATC division, and at the Delgado/LTC video program.

I created the "Cut Lines" monthly FCS tutorial column in Event DV magazine, and contribute to Edit Well by Larry Jordan.

When I'm not taking a class or or teaching, I am an independent producer, produce training videos, and enjoy life.

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My HVX200 After 2 Years, Taking A Moment To Look Back...

My HVX200 After 2 Years
by Ben Balser
www.bbalser.com
© 2008

I've been shooting with an HVX200 for about two years now. I love DVCPRO-HD and I love the looks I can get with this camera. After all this time, I find myself in the largest production of my career, and needing to upgrade to a larger, more HD network compatible camera. Thus, I'm reflecting on how this little HVX has served me over the past two years. Of course the big question is do I keep it or sell it? Will it still earn it's keep,… Continue

Posted on March 21, 2008 at 5:54am —

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At 11:30pm on July 31, 2009, PATMARIE, JONES said…
Thanks, for your welcome, will try to come to meeting trying to get back in the swing of things if time premits.
At 8:35pm on March 26, 2009, Brian Marsolan said…
Maybe I got the FCP1 class and the Acadiana Fest messed up
At 8:28pm on March 26, 2009, Brian Marsolan said…
If I can come what is the cost...
At 8:28pm on March 26, 2009, Brian Marsolan said…
Are you going to be in Lafayette tomorrow? I had it down in my Calendar for 1pm... You still going to be there?
At 5:08am on July 24, 2008, Doris Anne Beaulieu said…
Hello Ben,
Nice welcome and it came with Lobster my favorite.
Thanks,
Doris
At 9:01am on June 26, 2008, Jack Snyder said…
I am a member but have not attended a meeting yet. When and where is the next meting? Thank you.

Jack SNyder
At 3:42pm on April 7, 2008, Richard TK Hawke said…
Great! Thanks a lot.
At 6:00pm on March 1, 2008, Steph Smith said…
YOU ROCK! Chief
At 1:34pm on January 17, 2008, Ben Balser, ACT said…
I'll make it a point to bring my Camhandle with me to the meeting.
At 11:22am on January 17, 2008, Barry Vedros said…
I wish I could get out more on boats to do some photography. It's pretty hard to get a bad shot in such a beautiful place. Yep, I'm really interested in the CamHandle. Those Lectro receivers are a pain to attach to the camera. We have another type of bracket that works okay, but I don't like it as much. I missed the last couple meetings with all the family and work events going on, but plan to make the next one.
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