[Alan Okey]

Utter nonsense. ProRes LT is a 10-bit full-raster HD codec that is of equal “resolution” and quality to that of the camera’s implementation of the h.264 codec, which is itself only 8-bit and a much lower data rate than ProRes LT. Regardless, you cannot reliably edit h.264 footage in FCP 7 or earlier, so you really don’t have much of a choice.

[Alan Okey]

Use Cinema Tools. If you didn’t shoot 24p Advanced, you will have to manually specify the A frame (read the manual), but assuming you can do that correctly then Cinema Tools will properly remove the 3:2 pulldown and create 24p files.

I seem to recall others on this forum complaining about Compressor’s spotty record for properly performing reverse telecine.

[Alan Okey]

Sorry, the 17″ doesn’t fit with iApple’s iPlans. The 17″ will be he next casualty after the Mac Pro, mark my words. Soon, there will be no Mac laptop with a PCIe slot. Apple is betting its future on Thunderbolt. That means Thunderbolt iMacs, Thunderbolt MacBooks and Thunderbolt iPads. Yes, the next generation iPad will feature Thunderbolt.

Embrace your new Apple Thunderbolt overlords, or embrace Windows/Linux. Welcome to the iFuture.

[Alan Okey]

When the effective price difference between Smoke on OS X and Smoke on Linux is at least $40K (if not more), it becomes a Very Big Deal Indeed for a certain subset of the post market.

To be blunt: For this particular market, FCP X will never cut it. Smoke is pretty much the only saving grace of OS X at this point. If Apple kills off its most capable hardware (the Mac Pro line) for the market that would invest in Smoke, the Deal Is Off.

Autodesk’s own employees and evangelists will freely admit that Smoke on a Mac Pro will trounce Smoke on an iMac. Furthermore, the Smoke gurus (Grant Kay, etc.) will freely admit that Smoke on Linux trounces Smoke on OS X on ANY currently available Mac.

Let’s be clear here: Apple has removed (or will soon remove) itself from being a player in the high-end post market as far as its hardware offerings are concerned. As a result, a certain subset of users will be forced to embrace either Linux or Windows systems if they want to remain competitive from a price/performance perspective.

Apple is doing very well, financially speaking. Will users’ allegiance to Mac OS X follow suit? Or will users’ ability to embrace new technology and adopt the current best solution for the job define their future?

[Alan Okey]

Duplicate post… My apologies…

[Alan Okey]

Wake up, peoplee Apple has ceded this market sector to the Windows-compatible hardware vendors. Sad but true. At this point, the only people who are missing out on the hardware fun are the FCP X fans and the Smoke on OS X hopefuls. Autodesk had better wake up and smell the Windows coffee, lest they be relegated to OS X irrelevance.

[Alan Okey]

I really hope you’re right, I really do. Eating crow would be such a minimal price to pay!

😉

[Alan Okey]

And for all you Mac/OS X diehards, read it and weep:

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/335/35951

I pray that Autodesk will see the light and port Smoke to Windows…

[Alan Okey]

Sorry, it’s not gonna happen. Embrace your new iMac high endoverlords, or switch to Windows. The era of Apple’s participation in anything beyond the consumer-level hardware market is OVER.

[Alan Okey]

[Jeremy Garchow] “Was the XServe Raid high end?”

For Apple, it was. And now it’s gone. Extrapolate.