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FCS Remover - Uninstall Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Compressor, Soundtrack Pro, Color, DVD Studio Pro, LiveType, Cinema Tools

FCS Remover updated.
Yeah, obviously don't "Test" this one out. Just put it in your tool belt and hope you never need it.

This utility allows you to uninstall all Final Cut Studio components with the press of a button. Apple does not offer an uninstaller, making removing or downgrading to an earlier version very difficult. Simply deleting the Final Cut Studio application icons does not remove the suite, nor does it make it possible to reinstall it again. FCS Remover allows you to quickly and easily uninstall Final Cut Studio either permanently or in order to reinstall an earlier version over the top.

FCS Remover - Uninstall Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Compressor, Soundtrack Pro, Color, DVD Studio Pro, LiveType, Cinema Tools

Preference Manager for Final Cut Studio - Trash Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro Preferences - Restore and backup

Updated to 1.0.6

This tool allows you to manage preference files for Final Cut Studio. Preference files store information about user preferences, window and toolbar placements, and launch settings. Sometimes these can become corrupted, causing problems. Preference Manager allows you to trash corrupted preferences and keep backups of working preference files in order to quickly restore your settings.

[From Preference Manager for Final Cut Studio - Trash Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro Preferences - Restore and backup]

Macbookpro info updated

I did some poking around on Apple store.

First, there still is a 17" MBP. It's just bigger. Nothing really else great about it.

The graphics have been improved on all the pro models, the screen is only available in glossy and the battery life is now 5 hours. Did nobody mention that because they didn't count it as a feature...or they didn't want to draw attention to the poor battery life of the existing MBP?

I think the multi touch trackpad is neat - the only things I could think of for a four finger gesture were obscene. I then got to thinking that it'd be funny if it could sense a middle finger only trackpad gesture as a force quit.

I'm not sure how I feel about the 'clickpad.' I hate that feature in laptops now, so I'll be curious if it really works/feels great. Given apple's track record, it should...but I still don't love it.

Apple now has a $300 set of jumps from $999 to $2799.

• $999 MB white
• $1299 MB alum (actually slower than the $999 one, but better graphics)
• $1599 MB alum faster
• $1799 MB air
• $1999 MB Pro
• $2499 MB Pro (fast) or MB air (fast). One note, the MBP is only 1.53 ghz faster. $500 for a small bump
• $2799 for the MBP 17"

Wait. No firewire 400. I bet there's a ton to be made in FW hubs and FW 800 to 400 adapters now.

Last...There's a 2.8 Ghz Build to order option only. it's an extra $300. So, it's $800 to go from a 2.4 to a 2.8 processor.

New MacBooks and MacBookPros from Apple

Apple Notebook Event

So, yeah, new notebooks.

Yes, the 17" still exists.

I am curious though: it's too early to tell (and it'll be this way until the Apple store opens back up....)

I couldn't see any firewire ports on the 15" new MBP.

And with the DVI (full) gone...how does hardware like the MXO fare?

And no Blu-Ray. "Steve: "Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt. It's great to watch the movies, but the licensing of the tech is so complex, we're waiting till things settle down and Blu-ray takes off in the marketplace.""

Post meeting note...

After our Meeting, I promised I'd post these two motion troubleshooting notes:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1885

http://www.applemotion.net/Troubleshooting/Troubleshooting.html

Meeting - Scope box promo code

For those of you at last night's meeting:

20% on Scopebox: philafcpug23

Philafcpug Meeting

Phila FCPUG meeting

October 1st

Location: ASSEMBLY (different location this month)

161 Leverington Avenue
Suite 1002
Philadelphia, PA 19127
215.487.2060

7:00pm mingling, 7:30pm meeting start
This month:

David Fish talks about Posting RED in Final Cut Pro
Discussion on Non-Tape (file based cameras)
Capture tips (if you are tape based)

As always, we're giving away stuff at the end of the meeting at a raffle!
$10 donation, RSVP only if you're attending to jeffg at phila fcp ug dot org

Apple - Support - Downloads - Apple ProRes QuickTime Decoder 1.0 for Windows & Mac

Finally. A way to view Prores...on Macs (without FCP) and Windows.

Of course a Windows encoder would be nice too for workflow. And it'd be doubly nice if someone would come up with a way to pass alpha channels along with compressed HD.

The Apple ProRes QuickTime Decoder software allows both Mac and Windows users to play Apple ProRes files through QuickTime. Apple ProRes is a visually lossless format that provides uncompressed HD quality at SD data rates.
It is an excellent choice for mastering and can easily be transcoded to distribution formats like H.264. With new support for playback on both Mac and Windows computers, Apple ProRes can also be used for review and approval of Final Cut Studio sequences.

[From Apple - Support - Downloads - Apple ProRes QuickTime Decoder 1.0 for Windows ]

[From Apple - Support - Downloads - Apple ProRes QuickTime Decoder 1.0 for Mac ]

Phila FCPUG Meeting Thurs July 17th

Philly FCPUG meeting, Thursday July 17th, 6:30 pm

This Month

What's new. (Yeah, we'll be talking the iPhone too...)
Pro Video Vendors and Experiences
Media Management

And the usual Much Much More!

Where?

Springboard Media
2212 Walnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 988-7777

$5 suggested donation
RSVP only if Attending.
Jeffg at philafcpug dot org

Videopier: solving the DVD camera problem

I hate getting told that footage is coming from a DVD camera (and then, y'know, you have to deal with mpeg streamclip....)

VideoPier is the missing link between MPEG2 camcorders and your Mac. It lets you visualize the clips on your camera that Quicktime would otherwise refuse to open. VideoPier lets you copy them to disk, and export them to any format for viewing (iPod, AppleTV, iPhone) or editing (iMovie 06/08).

http://www.aquafadas.com/en/videopier/