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I was working with Final Cut Pro no less then 4 days ago, and today I made an attempt to capture footage from tape, and it caused FCP to crash…I ran through different scenarios and problem solving techniques, and I came up with the same solution, nothing…

I got a little help from the Final Cut Pro forums, but for the most part I still came up empty handed…

I finally called Apple Tech Support and a guy named Shaun listened to my problem, and told me that his best guess is that I Delete my User Preferences.

So after many hours of research, studying, and well practice…

I passed the Final Cut Pro Certification Exam…

I drove down to Villa Park, Illinois to the Mac Specialists store and they administered the test, I was allowed 1 hour 30 minutes…and I finished in 45 Minutes…

80 % is passing and I passed with Flying colors…

Very exciting stuff…I’m now eligible to join the Apple Certification Alliance, and they will be sending me my “diploma” soon…

Very exciting stuff…and I’m glad I did it…

I’ve always been under the assumption to get a good “film look” while shooting video is to use the 24p setting on your camera, assuming your camera can shoot 24p.

Here’s in interesting look at the difference between technology today, and 20 years ago…

It’s pretty neat to see how much better technology has gotten in 20 years, and how significantly the price on technology has gone down.

I remember I had a friend who had two computers in his house, which was pretty rare back then, and my family couldn’t even afford 1 computer until I was well into High School…Now it’s so affordable to have a computer that pretty much every member of my family has their own computer, and in some cases we have two…

Interesting article worth checking out…

http://tech.msn.com/products/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=6328095