vista 64bit and cs4

[Tim Kolb]

I don’t have a Canon…can’t help you there.

CS4 benefits from the fact that Vista 64 isn’t limited to recognition of only 2.5 GBs of RAM, which hobbles CS4 significantly when you start doing a lot of dynamic link setups, etc.

Drive configuration is probably more dependent upon what kind of footage you’ll be handling than the software itself. You can edit DV on a single 7200 rpm drive…even connected USB2. For uncompressed HD, I have a 4 TB array with two 6+1 RAID 2s and a hot spare connected through fiber optic.

Put the media on some other drive than the application drive…definitely the better choice.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

[Eric Hite]

So when I order I suppose I must specify 64 bit edition? I curenttly have vista business. So being new to this 32 bit vz 64 bit scene, I am guessing I should have the 64 bit OS installed FIRST, then install a 64 bit version of Adobe. Our cameras use HDV mini tape so for the most part HDV footage then out to various formats, mostly sd DVD for the next few months anyway. I will have a few things to prepare for local broadcast.

And just to clairify on the drive setup. Does adobe bring information over to the drive it is installed on or work with footage where it is stored. I would hate to have a nice little raid working and be held down but the slower primary drive. I appologize if I am asking redundant questions, I just prefer to get a clear understanding and epeirement less…especially when it involves cash. 🙂 🙂 :).. Would there be any noticable benifit in installing just my adobe software on a small sas drive, of course i would have 2 or 3 drive raid 0 for the HDV footage.

Thank you for you advice.

Eric D. Hite
Lubbock, Texas USA.
Maxworx Events, TLP, OPRTV

[Tim Kolb]

CS4 is the same…no different version. Of course you need to have a 64 bit processor(s) as well as Vista 64…

As far as drives…as long as the media is on a local drive…one that can be seen by the system, it’s good to go. Most of us use some sort of RAID, internal or external…I have both. My external RAID is actually designed to be faster…and is.

I would recommend that you keep your assets together in a way that makes housekeeping sense. Back when we were all using Avids…the media assets were managed (and somewhat ‘masked’) by the system. PPro just works with the stuff as the data you have on the drives, so you can determine the folder hierarchies to suit your needs. Ppro will need to be relinked to the media if the drive LETTER changes, or some other folder hierarchy change occurs. It’s not a big deal, but you do need one relink for each directory, then it finds everything else in that directory typically.

With MXF media like P2 and XDcam files, keep in mind that PPro works with the native file. It does not create a new file like FCP does, so the MXF media should be moved onto the drive where you plan to work with it BEFORE importing it into a project.

I move projects all the time and it really isn’t a huge hassle unless you have a documentary miniseries with 8 TB of assets in 1,000 different files. You can also ‘collect files and move’ the project with the project manager, which sets up the new project and the new links to the media for you…no fuss.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

[Eric Hite]

Thank you for clearing up those loose ends. After using a few other programs and “average” computers I think with this research and help from people like yourself and others at the COW I will be able to create a faster and more reliable workflow.

I found that with the HDV footage on FCP I would render out a Proress file and then send that to compressor..and take that file to dvd authoring…I take it from what I have read about adobe it is a little more straightforward. Is there an adobe version of proress or is that whole step no longer necissary.

Thanks again for your time and advice.

Eric D. Hite
Lubbock, Texas USA.
Maxworx Events, TLP, OPRTV