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    SmoothCam

    Posted by Dave Davin on March 17, 2011 at 11:10 am

    Hi,

    I recently upgraded to the ATI 5870 and needed to use the SmoothCam effect on 5 seconds of footage, 1920×1080, 25fps, XDCAM EX 1080i.

    It’s taken over 12 hours and it still says it has another 3 to go!

    Is this normal, I’ve never used SmoothCam before as it wasn’t required, should I be wondering about the ATI 5870, it seems to have slowed my entire system rather than anything else…

    System:

    Mac OS x 10.6.6
    2 x 2.26 Ghz Quad Core Intel Xeon
    16 GB 1066 Mhz DDR3
    ATI Radeon 5870
    Media held on external 2TB G-RAID

    Thanks

    Dave

    Dave Davin
    Creative Director

    RAIC Productions
    http://www.raicproductions.com

    Dave Davin replied 15 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • John Pale

    March 17, 2011 at 12:47 pm

    Smoothcam analyzes the ENTIRE media file, not just the clip you are using.

    You should export your clip as a Self Contained QuickTime. Then run Smoothcam on that.

    I believe that Motion now respects clip boundaries and does not analyze the entire media file…so you could send it there.

  • Dave Davin

    March 17, 2011 at 12:49 pm

    Hi John

    Thanks for that. The file media file is HUGE, no wonder.

    Happy Paddy’s Day!

    Dave

    Dave Davin
    Creative Director

    RAIC Productions
    http://www.raicproductions.com

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