who;s using FCP studio 2 ?
 

I just made the switch over to FCP .. i'm a pc guy thru and thru. but Studio 2 seems to be the best solution for XDcam .. anyhow my question is anyone having trouble putting out avi's with Studio 2 ?

Also I'm a little troubled on how to print to DVD .. it's pretty simple with Premiere but FCP just works so differently

What kind of AVIs are you trying to put out?


If you click on your Sequence in the Project Bin, go to FILE ---- EXPORT ---- USING QUICKTIME CONVERSION


in the bottom left you'll see a QUICKTIME pulldown menu. Click on it and go find the AVI option. Then click on OPTIONS.

Play with the settings to get the AVI you need.


Keep in mind that MAC isn't a big fan of the AVI file format, so you might not be able to get the exact codec you're looking for (if its to show clients on their PCs I assume).


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I'm assuming you want to export your baby to DVD. Your best bet is to export your project using FILE ---- EXPORT ---- COMPRESSOR


and find the H264 DVD codec. Can't quite remember off the top of my head what the exact name was, but I believe its a preset. That will give you flawless DVD quality video :)


You can then import that file into DVD studio Pro and if you read the manual a bit, you'll be able to figure out what you need to do to get the results you want.

http://discussions.apple.com/categor...categoryID=206

go here for fcs help not GFY.. not to many people on here are smart enough to use a mac so they have no clue's

anyways what you want to do is from final cut itself render out to .mov then use compressor for the rest.. I also use a program called IMTOOconverter.. but avi is shit quality so is wmv.. if you want to make wmv with a mac you need flip4mac to do so...

remember best quality you will have is going to be .mov then use compressor to render that into anything else you want... do not use final cut itself... if you have any other questions hit me up.. Ill be up editing for a bit

with a mac you will not use your nle to print to video... you will use dvdstudio pro

you can tag chapters wihtin fcp and all that fancyness but author the dvd in dvd studio pro or even idvd.. idvd is not that bad just ads an apple logo to your shit...

check my first post in here for all issues you have with the suite from apple... gfy will not know like these guys do... there is a guy shane ross over there that is amazing when it comes to final cut.. couple other famous editors as well... so id take all my questions there....
again ill be on for a few as well finishing up some simple edits icq me or aim me at dirtydanza if you got any questions