Is there 3rd party hardware for faster rendering in FCP

[Shane Ross]

Nope. FCP is all processor based. Only a faster processor will get you faster render times.

Used to be a card called ICE…but only worked with rendering the ICEffects.

Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net

[Jack Fox]

Adding memory doesn’t help either. I fully populated the bus with no improvement. The good news is that a full day of rendering will keep you warm. I turned off the heat in my studio and the G5 kept the room warm and cozy.

jmf

[Phcranston]

Thanks Shane, I had kind of thought that was the answer. Looks like a new mac for me. Not all bad – I guess;-)

[David Bogie]

You kids.
Why, Shane and I can remember when CoSA took a weekend to render 10 seconds of a single effect on a single layer.

You heard it here: Do not buy a new Macintosh thinking your FCP performance will skyrocket. It won’t. The improvements are incremental, barely perceptible. going from a dual 2g to a quad 2.7g is not going to cut your render time by 50 or 90%. You will be lucky to see it cut by 10-25%. Is that worth the cost of replacing your memory, your PCI cards and reinstalling everything?

And, don’t forget, the new Intel-based Macs are only a year away, although you wouldn’t necessarily want to buy the first generation, the new machines have much more promise when it comes to huge speed bumps in processor-intensive operations like rendering.

And, if you look carefully at products like Motion, Shake and Aperture, they all suggest we are in for a complete revolution in FCP’s interface and image handling pipeline. Macworld? NAB? Who knows? Just don’t buy a new Mac now if you do not need one. However, if your accountant sees tremendous value by capitalizing 2005 expenses, buy two.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Renjith]

Hi guys am facing a major prob. Ihave a dual G5 with FCP5. am trying to capture a 1080i/50i clip shoted in miniDV cassette through SONY’s HDV player via fireware. It actually locks with FCP and the capture window shows the VTR is ready. but when i click capture now then after a while an error message comes ” no video found”. why?? The audio level meter show audio levels. but no video???

can any one help??

Thanx in advance

[Phcranston]

LOL – I know rendering speeds have come a long way – But I want it done now d****it. Anyway thanks for the good advice. A 25% increase in rendering speeds would justify the purchase. It would pay for itself in much less than a year. I am also leary of buying a 1st gen Intel. History shows that it is wise to wait a gen. or two.

[Kevin Monahan]

Hey there Pot’na!
You are an editor and wish to work at full res at all times. I can understand your POV, but it is a dirty habit you’ve simply got to break.

Do Motion Graphics artists work this way? NO! They preview the hell outta there comps before rendering.

There are a number of ways in which to preview your work before rendering it. RT Extreme architecture is more about previewing than giving you RT w/o rendering, IMHO.

Technique? Preview your comp, then simply move on to the next task you have on the show. When you go get lunch, take a break or walk away for the evening, THEN you start the renders.

More workflow wins in my book. Please check it out.

Kevin Monahan
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