Andy Patterson
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[Jeff Pulera] “You should not need to do a “Print to Tape” – with gear set up correctly, just play the timeline and it should come out of the ADVC 100 as analog.”
I thought he was having a problem capturing the VHS tape. Maybe I read it wrong.
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[Oliver Peters] “[andy patterson] “Technology scares many Apple users so they assume the Apple products are the best out of ignorance. For some Apple is more like some kind of crazy tattooed beat rodeo messiah cult than a computer company.”
Don’t you think that’s a rather insulting, unfair, mean, and simplistic characterization? It could be equally applied to any Windows user. It pretty much defeats the rest of the argument you were attempting to make.”
I stated for some. Some being the keyword. Some Apple users have built hackintoshes and others have ditched the iPad for the Surface Pro. Apple does rely on brand loyalty. There are people that will stick with Apple no matter what. Do you disagree with that? I don’t see loyalty to HP or Dell although there may be a few. Keep in mind there is a difference between real facts and pure personal bias.
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[Oliver Peters] “Shouldn’t Apple offer the best solution possible?”
Why? Do you understand Apple’s business model? Look at what happened to the historical big iron companies of the past, like Cray or SGI. Simply not what Apple does. In fact, they shed themselves of as much of this as possible – XSAN, XSERVE, XSERVE RAID, etc. The margins are just too small and require more of a support structure than Apple wants to invest in.”
I think it is implied “the best solution” on par with a PC. I am not asking Apple to be like Silicon Graphics or Cray Computers of the 1990s. Apple should offer better solutions for creative people but I know they will not. They still have the iPad running iOS and that is why many creatives have switched from Apple to a MS Surface Pro. The Surface Pro runs Windows 10 64 bit. That is kind of what I meant by “shouldn’t Apple offer the best possible solution” as opposed to gimmicks but Apple knows their their loyal customers will drink the Kool-Aid no matter what flavor. I doubt a lot of Apple users know the difference between LGA 1151 and LGA 2011(not that all PC users do). Technology scares many Apple users so they assume the Apple products are the best out of ignorance. For some Apple is more like some kind of crazy tattooed beat rodeo messiah cult than a computer company.
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[Tony West] “[andy patterson] “Why trans-code to Pro Res? ”
Because most people will have to ultimately deliver in that anyway right?”
Maybe maybe not. Some people use Red Cameras for commercials that will be output to 1920 X 1080i for broadcast. Some may output to Pro Res some may opt for AVCHD Intra or even MJPEG. There is the Cineform Codec as well as H.264. Some people are using the Red Cameras (R3D files) for YouTube videos. Even if you are to output (render) to Pro Res for delivery why trans-code 2-200 hours of video files to Pro Res? I wouldn’t do it. Trans-coding would waste time and would also be like skipping a generation in the world of analogue tapes. Some data would be lost from the original. Especially when going from an R3D file or Camera RAW file to Pro Res. Pro Res is a good codec but it is not as good as R3D or camera RAW files. It is easier for FCPX to playback Pro Res so trans-coding makes sense if you have an inept and low powered editing system.
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[Eric Merklein] “Thank you for the Thiunderbolt 3 suggestion. Now would I rig that between my computer and external media drive, or is that only to feed monitors. I’ll be getting a Glyph stack.”
You can use Thunderbolt 3 for many different things. Even external A/V gear.
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You might have to switch the real-time playback to CPU instead of GPU. Also there is a button on the ADVC 110 that switches from analogue capture to analogue output.
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[Bill Davis] “I understand that there are a few who must live on the edge of performance to get what THEY do done efficiently. And if you’re 3d modeling, Or chasing billions of polygons – bless you and I hope you get what you need.”
Shouldn’t Apple offer the best solution possible?
[Bill Davis] “Where my work used to be mostly for broadcast, today it’s mostly for on-line distribution. I work in 4k or lower masters, because I’m typically NOT delivering to motion picture theaters.
I thought this thread was about the Mac Pro not your workflow.
[Bill Davis] “For me, the old “chasing hardware” days are gone.
No time for it. Not when my “off the shelf” gear runs rings around anything I’ve ever had on my desktop before.”
I doubt your laptop will run circles round my system and I also doubt your system can edit native 8K R3D file at full resolution. In another six months from now you may have a client who needs you to edit 8K R3D files. Why trans-code to Pro Res? Wouldn’t it be faster and more effective to have a system than can playback the native R3D video files?
You claimed you started using FCPX from day one. That is fine but there are people who needed multi-cam, broadcast monitor support, closed caption and a lot of other things that FCPX lacked. It was not because the GUI was different but because FCPX could not fulfill the needs of many editors when it was first released. Just because your Apple laptop and FCPX work OK for your needs doesn’t mean Apple shouldn’t make improvements to meet the needs of others.
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Both should work fine. Having said that I would look into Thunderbolt 3 connections as well.
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[Ben Gustafson] “Thanks Jeff and Shane. The reason for the odd aspect ratio is because it was shot on the 5D Mark IV. I really like the aspect ratio but I noticed it’s not 16:9.”
Is someone forcing you to have a 16:9 aspect ratio? If you really like the aspect ratio you can just allow Premiere Pro to ad black (letter box effect) to the the clips. There are TV shows and Blu-ray movies that make use of the letter box effect.
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Michael Gissing
I agree with your comments. I have made mention of AMD’s Ryzen CPUs and AMD’s Vega Chips several times in these forums. The 2013 Mac Pro does run hotter than the PC counter parts. At least the article made mention of Nvidia’s Volta GPU. With Apple you get one or the other but not both. The market for 2013 Mac Pro’s GPU is to small for all the manufactures to worry about it. I love being able to pop any card into my computer that I want to. I know some Mac uses want that ability as well.