Andrew Wilson
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Hey Nevermind!
Leave it as a primitive but make 4 of them and animate the slice value!
Easy as… pie. (sorry)
Andrew Wilson
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Got it figured out. According to everymac.com, this MBP shipped with 10.6.6.
My retail DVD was 10.6.3
I was able to get a disk image of a clean install of 10.6.8 and used it in recovery mode to install over the old drive.
Works great. No Lion. yay!
Andrew Wilson
WestView Digital Video & Design
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Thanks… I’m much more interested to hear from your experience whether the upgrade is worth it.
I probably won’t be using both cameras at the same time so matching them is less of an issue.
I know it’s much better in low light and the DOF is much more shallow. Other than those, how does the picture compare?
Andrew Wilson
WestView Digital Video & Design
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[Steve Eisen] “I would create a sequence and take your time and find all your interviews and place them there.”
Can’t do that. They want separate clips.
BUT I just did a little test with batch export and it seems like that would work. Funny… I remember batch export being wonky in the past – maybe I haven’t tried it since version 6 😉
Thanks!
Andrew Wilson
WestView Digital Video & Design
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Great suggestion… but I thought of that. Problem is they only want the interview clips converted – not the b-roll or the scripted sound-bytes that are all scattered through the shooting day.
I’m thinking it would have been faster to convert everything and just delete the other stuff later. 😉
So there’s no batch export out of FCP? I have all the clips labeled in the Logging Notes so sorting them that way was easy.
Andrew Wilson
WestView Digital Video & Design
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Thanks! That’s some very helpful information.
I know in the past I’ve been able to take a graphic that has an alpha channel and wrap it around an object. I think I used a texture tag but I can’t remember how… It looks like the texture tag needs to reference a material and then maybe you add the graphic with an alpha channel to the texture tag. I remember thinking there’s got to be an easier way. I started dabbling in 3D back in the Infini-D days and sometimes miss the “more simple” days. Alas, with great power comes great confusion.
Can someone explain the difference between a texture tag and how and when you use it along with a material?
Andrew Wilson
WestView Digital Video & Design
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Depends on your needs…
The Mobile storage unit is for off loading your SxS cards while still in the field. IMO, it’s overpriced. For that amount of money, you might as well get an older MacBook Pro from ebay that still has the express34 slot and you get the same functionality as the mobile storage unit but with a laptop for field editing, viewing, backing up to optical, etc…
The Hard-Disk recorder is good if you need lots of storage while in the field for long recordings. While you can hot-swap SxS cards continually for as long as you have cards, I’ve found that importing clips that are spanned across multiple cards works but I’ve found that it helps to have all the BPAV folders mounted at the same time works best. That means copying them to your computer and then doing the import.
The external USB reader/writer is handy if you don’t have access to the camera in the editing bay. If you do, you can just plug the camera into the USB port and import that way. You can even import 2 cards at a time by plugging in the camera. If you have the camera handy, there’s no reason for the reader/writer.
All these options record at the same quality level. If you’ve got the money and best quality is important, I would look at a AJA kipro mini. That allows you to record to ProRes422 and is no less intrusive than your other outboard options… but costs a little more.
I have 2 16 gig cards and a bunch of 8 gig cards which you can find used on ebay pretty cheap sometimes. I like the 8gig size since I can archive to DL optical. I do lots of short form work so it’s pretty rare I need to off-load in the field. Still, I have enough cards to go non-stop for 5 hours.
I’ve been shooting on SsS on an EX-1 for 3 years and it’s been rock solid. Never lost a clip or a frame (knocking on wood).
Andrew Wilson
WestView Digital Video & Design
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I figured out how to pin the plane with a cloth tag but when it falls, it passes right through the frame and keeps on swinging.
Andrew Wilson
WestView Digital Video & Design
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Thanks for pointing out that thread – I didn’t pick up on it. It’s about the same predicament we’re in.
What’s the best way to uprez if and when we go that direction?
Thanks!
Andrew Wilson
WestView Digital Video & Design
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I thought option 3 was a bad idea but was intrigued about getting the better bitrate.
If and when the time comes, what’s the best way to uprez the image other than Final Cut?
Andrew Wilson
WestView Digital Video & Design
http://www.westviewdigital.com