[Antony Christie]

Hi Shane

How about the G Technology G-SPEED Q RAID (0 or 5) 4TB (4 x 1TB) solution?

I’m poised and ready to buy on your say so…

Kind regards and thank you in advance
Antony

2 x Sony NEX-FS100E’s
Mac Pro (early 2009) 2 x 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processors, 12GB of 1066MHz DDR3 ECC memory, 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB GDDR3 memory. Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4.
Avid Media Composer 6.0.1, Pro Tools 10,

[Antony Christie]

Woow! Thank you so much for taking the time to post such a detailed answer. I will certainly take your advice but will no doubt come back with a few more questions when I’ve had a chance to do some more research.

Thanks again!!!

Toe-knee

Two Sony NEX-FS100 E’s
Mac Pro: Two 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processors
8GB (8x1GB) of 1066MHz DDR3 ECC memory
Two NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB GDDR3 memory
Avid Media Composer 6, Pro Tools 10,

[Antony Christie]

Hi Michael and thanks for responding,

I was more worried that I would download the BCC AVX 7 trial, install it and it would all work fine, then after the trial runs out my Media Composer would fail to start altogether giving some error message regarding licensing or something – I guess this worries me because with the BCC 6 I have installed at present, the only place I can access the filters is in my MC and I’ve too way many important projects on at the moment to risk breaking it.

If u think that I should b able to install the trial BCC 7, that the extra filters would appear in my Avid and that when the trial runs out, all my BCC filters would disappear, until I reinstalled 6 and then I would b back to where I started (only with my desired lens blur) then it’s worth giving it a go – if u think there is even a chance it might break my MC, then I’d prefer not to risk it; I want the lens blur effect, but not THAT much!

PS. Am I right in thinking that there’s no dedicated interface for BCC 6 but there is with 7?

Toe-knee

Sony HVR-Z5, Avid Media Composer v4.0.5

[Antony Christie]

You Creative Cow guys r great (NB: So r all the Creative Cow DVD’s I’ve bought!)

Whenever I post my subjects r always a little under researched (& that’s the reason I post in the first place) – However, I alway get great advice & I’m always glad I posted!

Thanks again

Sony HVR-Z5, Avid Media Composer v3

[Antony Christie]

Thanks Rafael,

I’ll give it a go and let u know ;o)

Sony HVR-Z5, Avid Media Composer v3

[Antony Christie]

Hi guys,

Thanks 4 your posts, however, they r all out of my price range; I’m only playing around with chroma key @ the mo.

I couldn’t find anything on the web so thought I’d post here, I guess I was hoping I could go straight from camera to PC.

Thanks anyway,
Toeknee

Sony HVR-Z5, Avid Media Composer v3

[Antony Christie]

Good news, I’m looking forward to hearing about your experience.

When you say Avid told you, what do you mean exactly. Is Snow Leopard support official?

Sony HVR-Z5, Avid Media Composer v3

[Antony Christie]

Hi All,

Well now that you’ve helped me make a platform decision (Mac over PC) now I find myself asking, “Mac O/S or bootcamp Windows on my Mac???”

Or is that the same argument?

Sorry to keep flogging this dead horse but I’ve recently been speaking to the Technical Director of a very prestigious Avid training centre/production house who’s led me to believe that PC version of Avid MC is more stable.

Sony HVR-Z5, Avid Media Composer v3

[Antony Christie]

Ed’s right; that’s exactly wot I’m looking for!

Thanks Scott, Baz, Shane, Ed and David – time to get myself a book on OSX and start preparing for the change!!!

Sony HVR-Z5, Avid Media Composer v3

[Antony Christie]

Thanks Ed

I’m on XP at present. The new machine would be purely for video editing and outputting so no other software issues really (I use AE/PS on a separate PC), I will look at the HP Z line (David suggested that too!). When you order Avid MC the install disc has both PC and Mac so I’m assuming I can put my new MCv4 over the top of my MCv3 and then jump to Mac later? (I’ll install for use with dongle – Still; you know what they say about the word ASS-U-ME!)

I’m shooting/cutting HDV at the moment (got a Z5), and long term I think I can see myself using a dongle between a MacPro at home, and a MacBookPro in the field and for taking to work to edit there.

I like the, “they just work”

Thanks for your time!

Sony HVR-Z5, Avid Media Composer v3