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What camcorder to buy?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:19:07 +0000

Hey folks-simple question but I bet not easy to answer. I have looked at info on-line and it seems no clear advice. I have a Mac Pro and want to buy a camcorder and use iMovie and iDVD. I am not a serious filmer but want a good camera and use my mac to the fullest and not use 3rd party this and that to get my camera to import. Tape vs. memory yada.

Any advice would be great

thanks

New to MAC - trouble creating DVDs

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:11:11 +0000

I have recently switched from PCs to MACs and I'm very impressed, especially as far as video editing/creation is concerned. But I'm having trouble doing what I used to do with NERO on my PC, which is creating a DVD which includes a mix of AVI, FLV and MPEG files.
I've tried imovie + export to idvd, but it looks as if imovie can only import MPEG4 files.
Am I doing anything wrong? Do you think Titanium would help? Any other suggestions?
Many thanks!

CAD or Mac?

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:39:07 +0000

Does anybody know of a reasonable CAD program for Mac with electrical library symbols? I can find electronic symbols and instrumentation symbols but no electrical such as push buttons, relay coils, transformers.

iMovie 06,08, and 09

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:13:39 +0000

I've just bought the new MacBook Pro and am upgrading from a Powerbook G4 (OSX 10.4) and a desktop iMac running Leopard (10.5). I've been using iMovie through all the versions but the last one that came with the iMac was '08, which had lots of problems, so I downloaded iMovie HD '06 from Apple, which lots of other people did. Apparently, '09, which comes with the new computer, is a great improvement over '08. However, as I'm most comfortable still with HD '06, I'd like to continue using that until I get more familiar with '09. I see from the Apple site that HD is still available to download, but is there any risk to my new '09 version on my new MacBook Pro if I do that, and is it overall a good idea?

iMovie '08 Transition

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:27:08 +0000

At the end of the movie I've created I have credits that scroll up the screen. As the last line of the credits reaches the middle of the screen, I want to cross dissolve into the next slide that has text on it. Basically, I don't want to have to wait for the scrolling text to reach the top of the screen before the next slide starts dissolving in. I've tried just about everything I know how, and I'm actually pretty good at iMovie, so I'm sorta stumped. Any ideas? Thanks.

a2 printer

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:41:47 +0000

Hey

I hope someone can help! I have been given the task at work of findinga really good A2 printer, I have to make a report comparing them,whether to get laser or inkjet and so on.... anyone have anysuggestions? I have heard that the best thing to do is go large format,its all new to me... any suggestions?

Final Cut - Video Edition

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:26:07 +0000

I bought a camera JVC Everio GZHD5 and now I'm trying to edit in Final Cut 5.0, but the log transfer doesn't recognize the files. I believe it's necessary to install a plugin, but I don't know exactly how and where I can find it. Can you help me, please?
Thanks
Cássia

Making contact sheets

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:32:02 +0000

I take a slew of JPEG headshots of my students at the start of each semester, and then I want to toss them onto a contact sheet as quickly and painlessly as possible so that I can print it out and try to learn their names. I need to be able to drag and drop the photos to rearrange them on the contact sheet, and I need to be able to type the students' names under the photos rather than just have a meaningless file name. And here's perhaps the toughest requirement: when I type the names, I need to be able to include anything that I can get from the Character Palette.

A friend recommended ImageBuddy, which seems to do nothing but contact sheets, and it's O.K. in most respects, but I can't get it to accept non-standard letters, such as an "o" with a bar over it to denote a long "o," even though that letter is readily available in Character Palette.

Until now, I've been using InDesign to do this, but it ends up taking an hour or more for each class. Can anybody recommend an easier tool for making contact sheets which satisfies the three requirements above?

Advice needed - Buying a new Mac Pro

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:40:44 +0000

Hi all

Im planning to buy a new mac pro next month and my budget is around 400,000 yens (around 4,000 us dollars).

I already made a choice, im going for a Mac Pro 2,66 6GB Ram 640GB HDD, what I would like to know is, which monitor should I get to make a perfect pair with that box?

I´m a professionar Graphic / Web designer I think Ive readed every review about the new Apple LED Cinema Display on Internet and lots of prons and cons, but not much from professionals.

Should I go for that 24 inch display or theres a better option avaiable? I have around US 1000 to spend on a good monitor.

Tks in advance for the help.

iDVD scratched my dvd

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:46:17 +0000

I just burned a dvd project onto a blank dvd (first time I've used the dvd burner) on my macbook, and I can't replay some of the videos because the disk is scratched. The dvd did not touch any surfaces between when I took it out of my macbook and put it back in to play it. The only conclusion I can come to is that my macbook scratched the hell out of the dvd while it was burning it (I can SEE the scratches). What can I do to remedy this? Thanks!

Free Web Hosting for my Mac

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:29:06 +0000

I am brand new to these forums so If I have posted to the wrong location, please forgive me.

I would like to create a simple website for my very unusual Medical Guide Dog, I am disabled and live on a limited budget. I know I can use IWEB to design and host it my IDisk, but than I can't use it for other things. Can someone suggest how I go about creating my Nana's website in Iweb and that host it for free somewhere else. I am not very technically oriented.

Recording your song on an iPhone

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:30:02 +0000

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Imovie Needs To Open Up To Developers

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:30:02 +0000

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Kodak runs out of ideas, turns to you

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:49:46 +0000

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Create a digital ID with Adobe Acrobat

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:30:03 +0000

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