P2 workflow and video IO on Mac Pro

[Margus Voll]

Hi.

With DL Multibridge it will not be a problem only array has to suppoert it.
Have you tested component out?

Margus.

[Margus Voll]

Yet annother tought with workflow.

I’d go then with macpro with internal disks.
Just would add 3 x 750 GB drives and stripe them together as raid 5
or just raid 0. that should do it ?

For visual side i think i’d go for DeckLink HD Extreme with
HDLink (or something SD in the beginning)

Final output will be Beta SP or Digibeta for a while.

It all makes my entering investments a “bit” lighter 🙂

Margus.

[Uli Plank]

Hi Shane,

had a look at your blog on keying and I might have a suggestion for you.

While I like the very cinematic motion blur of the Pana as well, I normally avoid it on recordings meant for keying for the same reasons you describe (I like DV Matte Pro too). I shoot this stuff with rather short exposure times and add motion blur to the composite. How? Well, RS Motion Blur from http://www.revisIonfx.com (in my eyes the top specialists on vector based video wizardry) does a good job on such footage in many cases. Not in all cases, artificial motion blur has it’s limits, but it works particularly well with keyed composites. A typical defect of vector-based motion blur, it’s influence on non-moving parts of the background, even helps with integration in most of these cases.

Give post motion blur a try, there’s a demo version on their site.

Regards,

Uli

Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.

[Majorasshole]

https://www.g-technology.com/Products/G-SATA.cfm

this might be more affordable g-raid mac and pc compatible. For $500-$1000 you can get something large enough to serve a few hours of uncompressed HD.