Monitoring MC??

[Shane Betts]

Hey Dylan

I’m hoping Red release Windows versions before I need them but, if not, I’ll use my MacBook for the (very slow) conversions and deal with it. I’m very focussed on doing the edit at 1080p/24 but if it comes down to me doing my own grade to output for DVD I guess I’ll look for a 2nd hand Mojo or an MXO just for the grade (assuming the output from the MXO is suitable – guess nobody knows just yet.

Of course the great thing about all this is that it’s possible now and I’m still months away from doing the edit. Anything can and most probably will happen in the meantime – and it’ll all be GOOD!

Cheers
Bettsy

[Shane Betts]

Hey Danny

I’m looking into third monitor options. Great to hear you’re doing it with the Parhelia.

Thanks man.

Cheers
Bettsy

[Dylan Reeve]

Unless I’m missing some things (entirely possible I’ve been in a dark room with only minutes to spare here and there for the last month or two) the MXO won’t work for grading. It works in the same way the BMD card does, but leveraging the ‘Fullscreen’ mode in Avid, which will only work in the editing Toolset, not in the grading one.

So while you could use it to review afterward, it wouldn’t be live during the grading itself.

With the Mojo you will still be able to finish in HD, you just need to set the project type to the appropriate SD mode when you want the Mojo to work. It will do a realtime downconversion (although performance is limited).

As long as you have the project set to an HD type when you import all the source media will be HD, andy renders you make when in the SD mode will be SD, but can easily be deleted and re-rendered for a final output.

For bulk conversion for RED files I’m looking forward to Linux version of REDline, although the current REDline implementations don’t support DNxHD, that is only available from REDCine, which is available in Windows.

[Shane Betts]

This gets me thinking…

Given that without a Mojo the full screen monitor has that odd synch bar and can’t work for grading, I wonder if the BMD Intensity and a HDMI 1920×1200 screen like the Samsung 2493HM might work as well?

Don’t know if that product actually supports the extended desktop… Might be time I had a coffee with the guys from BMD.

Cheers
Bettsy

[Dylan Reeve]

Anything that supports an extended desktop would work. You could just chuck a second NVidia display adapter in and set it to 1920×1080, get a DVI -> HDMI converter and roll that way.

[Shane Betts]

Or just stay with DVI and get an even cheaper monitor. As soon as you free yourself from grading duties all this opens up.

Great chatting with you. See you over on RedUser!

Cheers
Bettsy