[Andrew Clark]

Drats!! I was hoping I was overlooking something; but apparently not.

Thanks Tim … now, on to the fun part!!

[Andrew Clark]

So has the QT gamma issue been fixed?

I’ve been searching on the Web for this and have not found anything stating it has been fixed; just some workarounds.

[Andrew Clark]

So, if I bring the FCP X generated QT files into PPRO CS6 (Windows), it should be fine … meaning no loss of visual tones of what I am seeing in the QT Player in Windows … is that correct?

Regarding the basics of the footage:

The footage was shot on an Canon XL1 (MiniDV)

I captured the footage into FCP X utilizing the “Create Archive” function.

I captured the footage into PPRO CS6 by the usual “Capture” process and using the DV setting.

So, I looked at the footage on the Mac OS in the QT player and on Windows in WMP on a separate computer. The QT footage looked a lot better in the Mac OS. But there was still a (slight) tonality difference between the two. It could also could be due to the fact that I’m looking at two different computer LCD screens that may have something to do with this as well.

[Andrew Clark]

Thanks for your reply Dennis.

Seems easy enough and actually, I’ve tried this by doing the following:

– Archive footage into FCP X, utilizing the Archive function.
– Open up PPRO CS6 (in Windows) and start a new Project.
– Access the location where the FCP X Archive is located.
– Import the QT files needed.
– Drop the QT files onto the timeline.

Now, one thing I’ve noticed, is that the QT files are broken up into a lot of little individual files. And some seem like they are missing a frame or two.

I’ve doubled check the footage for dropped frames in camera and when I imported the same footage into PPRO and there were / are no dropped frames and I utilized the same equipment used to import to both FCP X & PPRO CS6.

[Andrew Clark]

Thanks Angelo.

Actually, I don’t know which would be better; importing just the footage or a project.

[Andrew Clark]

Thanks all for the info., advice, suggestions, etc…

One thing I was thinking about was the .WMV output capability … or lack of on the Mac OS side.

Can’t that be done in the Mac OS via Telestream’s Episode software?

[Andrew Clark]

Thanks Andy. (Cool name by the way!!)

Researching some more, I found an explanation of what Journaling actually does:

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT2355#

The article states:

….”In most cases, the impact of journaling upon data access performance are unnoticeable to users, but its implementation may not be practical for servers where data access demands outweigh its benefits….”

I’m just wondering HOW much of a performance hit that Journaling actually affects video editing.

[Andrew Clark]

Thanks for the reply / info. Rafael.

I should expand upon my original post a bit here:

Looking at Disk Utility, I see the only options are:

– Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
– Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrytpted)
– Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
– Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted)
– MS-DOS (FAT)
– ExFAT

So it looks like there is no option to format a drive as NOT JOURNALED.

Now the options for formatting appear a bit different in my Promise RAID unit (it’s the R4 TB unit).

First, it gives me the option to select the Partition Type:
– GPT
– APM
– MBR

Second, it gives me the option to select the Format Type:
– Journaled HFS+
– HFS+
– Case sensitive HFS+
– Case sensitive Journaled HFS+

Kind of baffled by which selection would be best utilized for video.

Any suggestions?

[Andrew Clark]

Did you try looking at the Sager laptops?

https://www.sagernotebook.com/

[Andrew Clark]

Have you tried the Dell M6500 series or even the Sager laptops?