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confused through too much information!
I’m looking at getting an FCP edit suite and searching around through various sites and searching posts has left me a tad confused about a few things that i hope can be answered here.
1: My cameraman has a JVC hdv camera that we have only been using in DV but we are both itchy to try some hdv work. We want to upconvert our footage to 1080i via a JVC br hd 50 deck as we are only doing corporate DVD’s and don’t necessarily need the film look. Should I be looking at Decklink or Kona to achieve this?
2: Can I get a monitor preview at the same time?
3: What might I be able to do in FCP if I want to use SD material in an HDV project?
4: Would a RAID be recommended in an HDV set up? I also have to keep SD in mind which from reading some posts would be useful to do in 8/10 bit uncompressed if using graphics etc.
5: There seem to be quite a few training dvd’s/courses out there can anyone recommend some of the better ones?
6: Is it worth waiting for the Intel based Power Macs to come out… will they really increase speed by alot? (i’m dying to get into FCP and HDV!!!)
Why does my name come up red- I hate that!
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1. Look at a Kona 3. It will convert the HDV to anything up or down…as long as you don’t change frame rates, this is the way to go… You need a way to turn the analog to SDI as well…. With that camera, you’ll need extra software if you want to work in 24fps though (capturing via firewire) and want to skip the Kona… but it will constrain you to transcoding in software (taking more time and space).
Budget??? There are other solutions… but the Kona 3 would be my choice in a hearbeat.
2. Yes.
3. The Kona will convert the the SD to HDV while you capture it.
4. Momma always said you canoot have too much computer, too much RAM, nor too fast a drive array… it’s Not necessary, but if you want to work in a better color space, converting the HDV to DVCPROHD (Kona will do this during capture) is a winning way to go. I’m writing an article on all this for the next COW Magazine… For 10 bit uncompressed you’ll have to have an array of some kind. Budget?
5. I like the Pro Training manuals acutally. They are follow along excercises, and they do the job. My own book will also work in FCP 5. Actually none of the resources are bad in any way. More info in my book than in 2 others though. The effects book that Kevin Monahan is a goodie…
6. That one’s anyone’s guess… Those that know can’t talk and those who are talking don’t know. The current Quad machine is one screaming Mac though…It’s red so you can find your posts/threads fast when you visit the forum.
Jerry
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dale
go with the quad
get now what you need now, or else you can spend your whole life waititng for the next big thing.
bee eph
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