Alan Okey
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Ouch, that’s horrible. Definitely not chroma sub sampling.
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Standard ProRes is 422 color space. You may be seeing stairstepping as the result of chroma subsampling. Try switching to ProRes 4444 to see if it helps.
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[Chris Harlan] “I have to tell you the puppy was really nice, really sweet, and it tasted great.”
Mmm… Puppy burger…
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[Michael Hadley] “Now we just need a new MacPro tower and everything is good, right?”
Towers are so last century. All anyone needs now is Thunderbolt. Just ask anyone on this forum, they’ll tell you. The same old codgers who like towers like FCP 7, tracks, videotape, CRT monitors, and floppy drives. They’re just bitter old dinosaurs who can’t accept change.
Just you wait and see, Apple is going to release a Super Duper Mac Mini Pro Workstation with infinite CPU and GPU power via Thunderbolt expansion. And everyone who buys one will get a free puppy.
/sarcasm*
(*hate that I even have to add this disclaimer, but some people lack a sense of humor)
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Unfortunately, in the Mac universe, you cannot “downgrade” a new Mac to an OS earlier than the OS that it ships with.. The firmware prohibits it. Looks Like you’re stuck with Lion…
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What is your footage and sequence setting codec? If it’s h.264, that’s your problem.
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A Paint node is clearly visible in the Connect FX node bin in the feature videos on the Smoke for Mac website. Whether or not desktop paint is available isn’t clear. I think it’s highly unlikely that they would remove paint functionality altogether.
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You should really check out Autodesk Smoke. A seat of Smoke would be a great tool for any agency to have, especially if you do any fast turnaround jobs. The integrated editing, effects and finishing tools are ideally suited for advertising work where you need to experiment and iterate rapidly, especially with a client present.
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I am currently using FCP7 and Avid and I will transition to Avid and Smoke in the future. As a Combustion user, I feel right at home in Smoke. I’m curious to see if Smoke will eventually become available on Windows as well.
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[David Jahns] “Granted, I’m new to the Autodesk scene, but in the 6 months I’ve been using Smoke on Mac, I’ve been quite happy with them. They’ve helped with extended trial periods, tech support, training, etc…”
There’s a veritable world of difference between Autodesk Media & Entertainment’s (formerly Discreet’s) “desktop” and “systems” products. The “systems” products are the big-ticket products like FFI (Flint, Flame and Inferno) and Smoke. Support for the systems products has always been excellent.
The people who got screwed were mostly those who purchased the products that mere mortals could afford, like *edit or Combustion.