[Anthony Miles]

VM,
Excellent. That is a great Idea. I did not know the spider would do NTSC color space.

I do have a Decklink SD card that I use currently to a broadcast NTSC monitor. Once I upgrade to FCP 5 we will see if it will still do RT down conversion with the HDV material.

I would really like to be able to view the HDV material in HD. Am I asking about the best solution or do you recommend a better workflow such as an LCD panel. In my experience LCD displays are not really very color and contrast accurate to NTSC video. My Edit room would be better suited for the LCD because of size, but accurate viewing is my main concern, but I can not afford 3500 for an HD broadcast monitor at this time.

Thanks again,
AM

[Anthony Miles]

VideoMan,
Thanks for the great feedback. Do you run 1 or 2 monitors? I am considering running an HDTV tube with a DVI input as a cinema display for FCP on the second port of the video card for HD previews. Do you think that would that work with the X800 XT?

Fortunatly, I have a pretty serious SATA raid already.

Thanks a bunch,
AM

[Anthony Miles]

Is there a solution for transforming the adobe title designer Still graphics to something that will work in final cut as a graphic? I have several projects and this would be a great help since I switched over and now need to do a re-edit. Maybe a TGA. I know this is more suited for the premiere forum, but thought Iid ask since it is a part of the process.

Many Thanks,
Anthony