Bjarki Gudjonsson
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Hi!
I would recommend creating a master of your film, using ProRes 4444 for instance, in the native resolution (2K, I’m guessing). That way you can easily create any kind of master necessary in the future. I generally make these master QuickTimes for my RED projects, and try to get HDCAM prints of them as well where applicable.
Good luck,
Bjarkips. Why aren’t you making Blu-ray discs instead? 😉
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Right you are. My next acquisitions are items I’ll be using to upgrade a Mac Pro to a functioning suite.
A Kona LHi card, I’m interested in a couple of Euphonix controllers, a Mackie Big Knob or comparable controller, potentially a pair of audio monitors (I do have a spare set of M-Audio which are alright, but I’m a sucker for the Mackies.
These are all fairly general items and available widely. Are you guys familiar with AValive.com?
B.
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Funny, I just now ate some pickled herring for dinner. No vodka, though. Love it!
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I think Walter hit the nail on the head when he mentioned the hardware/software combo. Smoke is definately a very powerful tool, and even if it is a little dumbed down for the Mac (by removing Batch), it’s appeal will be to users who do more than one thing. Online editors who do graphics and coloring and compositing might see their jobs done faster when they get to grips with Smoke.
At the same time, I think that the system running Smoke has to be powerful enough to run it very smoothly. That is the Smoke experience. Snappy, responsive interaction. I’m really curious to hear how well it’s running for you guys.
B.
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[Chris Borjis] “you didn’t try changing the compressor for the sequence?
that alone may solve it…. “
Not really. The native compression on the 5D stuff won’t play in realtime in FCP. You’ll always have to render your timeline and the scrubbing of your media will be jerky.
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[walter biscardi] “You can use high speed ethernet for storage these days too. You are NOT limited to Firewire for your storage on iMacs anymore. I have stated this multiple times and this is how we run our iMacs here. You can set up a SAN or a single high speed RAID and connect via ethernet which supports all the way to 1080 ProRes HQ. “
That’s true, Walter – good point. If I recall correctly, Bob Zelin set up a really handsome ethernet based SAN in your shop. You could even run one of those and use a FireWire based MOTU setup for video monitoring to make the iMac a pretty nice workstation.
I had a job the other day which came in on pretty short notice. Color correction of RED material. I picked up the material on the way home from work and intended to start the following morning on my workstation (8 core Mac Pro). I decided to take a look at the material at home on my new 27″ iMac (only dual-core, though). The iMac tore through the 4K material like a champ! I couldn’t believe it. I ended up doing a preliminary grade at home, which was more or less confirmed by the client the following morning with only a few alterations.
The point is that the iMacs are becoming really capable machines and unless you really need the horsepower or expansion capabilities, I’d really take a good look at an iMac as an option.
B.
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Let me answer you in as simple a way as possible. Yes, you can. The new iMacs are really powerful computers. As long as you don’t need to hook up other storage than FireWire and don’t need any video out, it’s a great deal.
B.
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Yeah, there’s no real TC on those files, they should all start on 00:00:00:00. Are the converted files themselves in sync?
B.
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MPEG Streamclip will do the trick. I like using Compressor, and have made a great preset. I agree on keeping the names the same. It will really simplify the reconnection.
It shouldn’t take long and the only thing you have to do afterwards is change the Sequence Settings to match the new format.
Hope it works,
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[Kevin Monahan] “You wouldn’t want that, otherwise FCP would have to use “Mode” buttons. You couldn’t just click and drag a clip, you’d have to get into something like segment mode first. “
I agree. Totally. But I’d like the scrubbable timeline to be larger. And maybe have the timeline tabs lockable.
[David Roth Weiss] “Come on now, the ice cap is melting and Iceland may soon become one big underwater amusement park, and you’re upset about scrubbing in FCP? “
Ice caps melting? Really, David? That’s the least of our problems right now. If you were looking for an actual weak spot, you might have mentioned the fact that the global financial crisis really hit Iceland in the nuts. That we’re bankrupt, our currency is worth less than Monopoly money and our credit is shot. Could be worse though. I could be in L.A.
Cheers,
B.