Understanding Arri Alexa frame rates I was working on a project recently that was shooting on the Arri Alexa at multiple frame rates – 30fps and 60fps. As I was on set doing the card copying...
Category - Gotcha
Motion 4 Gotcha – Getting the best render settings
Why is my final render bad quality? In Motion 4, there is a very easy way to make your exports look 100 times better instantly. It is called the ‘make it look good button’. If you...
Audio sync slips over time?
When you run into the problem of two tracks of audio sliding out of sync over time – for example using a DSLR for your picture and Zoom H4N for your audio, it could be down to this little Final...
FCP 7 Media Manager Not Working? – Gotcha
Why isn’t the FCP7 Media Manager working? Final Cut Pro’s media manager is an extremely useful tool, when it works. But often you don’t know that its not going to work properly...
Layer disappears when rendered or exported?
Just encountered this little bug in FCP7 where I was creating a 4 way split screen and added some black bars to the horizontal and vertical crossing points to neaten up the edges. When un-rendered...