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Neil SadwelkarNeil Sadwelkar
COW member since April 13th 2002 from Mumbai, India

Freelance FCP and Avid editor from Mumbai, India. Cuts Indian features and TV commercials mostly.
Helps people set up and troubleshoot FCP systems in India. Technical Head of large post facility here - telecine, film grading, DI, editing and finishing suites.
Apple FCP6 L1, and Apple ACT-FCP6 L1 certified, Apple FCP7 L1, ACT-FCP7 L1 certified.

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System Details: Has systems of his own...
iMac C2D, 2.4 GHz, 3 GB RAM, OSX 10.5.8, FCP 7.0.1
MBP C2D 2.33 GHz, 2 GB RAM, OSX 10.5.7, FCP 6.0.6

Works mostly on...
MacPro 2.66 Quad, 5 GB RAM, OSX 10.5.6, FCP 6.0.6, 3.5 Tb HDD, MultiBridge Extreme

Also has older systems...
iMac CD 1.83, 1.5 G RAM, OSX 10.4.6, FCP 5.1.4,
Aluminium PB G4 1.25GHz, 1G RAM, OSX 10.4.5, QT 7.0.4, FCP 5.0.4



Hobbies and Interests: Tinkering with computers. Macs and PCs.


Comments and Things Worth Noting:
Weaned Avid editor. FCP evangelist. But every once in a way does a turncoat and unashamedly "sides" with Avid too.
Supports FCP systems in India, mostly Mumbai.
Has FCP web site. PAL and India centric.



Favorite Forums:

•   Apple Final Cut Pro

My Recent Posts:

Re: More infor on McSmoke by Neil Sadwelkar on Nov 22, 2009 at 12:49:24 pm
Re: lacie 320GB with macbookpro17" by Neil Sadwelkar on Nov 16, 2009 at 11:23:31 am
Re: move forward 1 FIELD by Neil Sadwelkar on Nov 15, 2009 at 3:44:23 pm
Re: capturing audio by Neil Sadwelkar on Nov 7, 2009 at 6:46:14 am
Re: Tape Alternatives by Neil Sadwelkar on Nov 7, 2009 at 6:37:20 am
Re: Uncompressed 10-Bit Gamma Shift by Neil Sadwelkar on Nov 6, 2009 at 5:11:56 am
Re: Uncompressed 10-Bit Gamma Shift by Neil Sadwelkar on Nov 5, 2009 at 2:35:08 pm
Re: OT: End of Prosumer Camcorders??? by Neil Sadwelkar on Nov 1, 2009 at 1:16:46 pm
Re: Blu-Ray for replication by Neil Sadwelkar on Oct 30, 2009 at 10:17:46 am
Re: need solution for three seats by Neil Sadwelkar on Oct 28, 2009 at 1:55:52 pm
Re: Upper field to Lower field by Neil Sadwelkar on Oct 27, 2009 at 3:17:27 pm
Re: ProRes HQ bitrate. by Neil Sadwelkar on Oct 27, 2009 at 12:13:01 pm
Re: Questions about FCP 7 upgrade by Neil Sadwelkar on Oct 27, 2009 at 11:42:04 am
Re: Upper field to Lower field by Neil Sadwelkar on Oct 27, 2009 at 11:39:03 am
Re: ProRes HQ 24fps + Other Formats in Same Sequence by Neil Sadwelkar on Oct 24, 2009 at 9:22:14 am
Re: Down-Convert During Edit to tape? by Neil Sadwelkar on Oct 20, 2009 at 6:46:31 am
Re: Happy Diwali by Neil Sadwelkar on Oct 16, 2009 at 3:37:59 pm
Happy Diwali by Neil Sadwelkar on Oct 16, 2009 at 2:46:19 pm
Re: Tips and tricks for dealing with Low Light material? by Neil Sadwelkar on Oct 15, 2009 at 11:13:41 am
Re: AVCHD & HDV editing by Neil Sadwelkar on Oct 12, 2009 at 9:53:35 am

My Tagged Posts

Re: Questions about FCP 7 upgrade
by Neil Sadwelkar on Oct 27, 2009 at 6:09:06 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
On a running FCS2-FCP6 system if you upgrade to FCS3-FCP7, Livetype stays and is not deleted. If however, you choose to install Snow Leopard first and do an 'erase and install', then of course you lose Livetype. ----------------------------------- Neil Sadwelkar neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com twitter: fcpguru FCP Editor,...
first tagged as a 5 COW post by Christopher Targia

Re: Final Cut Pro - Scrolling Text
by Neil Sadwelkar on Sep 22, 2009 at 11:38:33 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
If you're using the built in Scroll text in FCP, the speed is set by increasing or decreasing the duration of the scroll text clip. ----------------------------------- Neil Sadwelkar neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com twitter: fcpguru FCP Editor, Edit systems consultant Mumbai India...
first tagged as a 5 COW post by Denise Miller

Re: Best Subtitle Programs
by Neil Sadwelkar on Aug 29, 2009 at 7:12:30 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Simply make your subtitles within FCP. Then export the sequence as XML. And get Title Exchange Pro from http://www.spherico.com/filmtools/TitleExchange/index.html With that you can import XML and export STL which you can import into DVD Studio Pro. Within DVD Studio...
first tagged as a 5 COW post by Shelby Langley

DPX laydown with Apple Color
by Neil Sadwelkar on Aug 11, 2009 at 7:56:45 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
If you have FCS 3 you have Apple Color installed. Apple Color can convert DPX or Cineon to Quicktime and scale it to HD or SD. Here's your workflow... Open Color Set project settings to 720x576* and fps to your original DPX frame...
first tagged as a 5 COW post by Marco Fettolini

Re: 60fps to 25fps for SD DVD PAL
by Neil Sadwelkar on Aug 7, 2009 at 9:18:01 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
I think there's a way to capture Varicam 720p60 at 24fps via some pulldown or pull up. Then just conform that to 25fps in CinemaTools, and you've got smooth video. Or, you can convert 60 to 24 (or 59.94fps to 23.976fps)...
first tagged as a 5 COW post by Timothy Parsons

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