[Bob Pierce]

You should know that you can customize your bin display. I’ve created a custom bin layout where I have a a comment field displayed right next to the keyframe. In this comment field I’ll make notes (“Smiling child”). Much easier than searching through a sequence.
Bob Pierce

http://www.lightstreamassociates.com

Mac Pro 2.66 – 8GB memory – Mac OS 10.5.5 – Quicktime 7.5.5 –
Mac Book Pro 2.33 Duo –
FC Studio 2 (Final Cut 6.0.4) – Kona Lhe
Adobe Production Suite CS3 –
Sony Multiformat 14″ – Panasonic 42″ Plasma –
Ikegami HLDV7 – PVW EX-1

[Bob Pierce]

John –
Please accept my apologies if I misquoted you. When I called your support line, I wasn’t calling about real time output of the Kona, I was trying to solve my rendering problem. You did say that you thought my problem with my renders had something to do with the Kona.

Anyway I look forward to the updates and thank you for a great product.
Bob Pierce

http://www.lightstreamassociates.com

Mac Pro 2.66 – 8GB memory – Mac OS 10.5.5 – Quicktime 7.5.5 –
Mac Book Pro 2.33 Duo –
FC Studio 2 (Final Cut 6.0.4) – Kona Lhe
Adobe Production Suite CS3 –
Sony Multiformat 14″ – Panasonic 42″ Plasma –
Ikegami HLDV7 – PVW EX-1

[Bob Pierce]

Actually, it was the info on my posting that needed updating. I ran the previous update back in Oct, and was holding off on the latest one since the thing wasn’t broke. But maybe I will now….
Bob

http://www.lightstreamassociates.com

Mac Pro 2.66 – 8GB memory – Mac OS 10.5.2 – Quicktime 7.5.5 –
Mac Book Pro 2.33 Duo –
FC Studio 2 (Final Cut 6.0.4) – Kona Lhe
Adobe Production Suite CS3 –
Sony Multiformat 14″ – Panasonic 42″ Plasma –
Ikegami HLDV7 – PVW EX-1

[Bob Pierce]

Thanks, Gary.
I’m using a Mac Pro with 2 dual-core Zeon 2.66 with 8 gig of ram. Is this adequate?
Perhaps not.
Thanks!
Bob

http://www.lightstreamassociates.com

Mac Pro 2.66 – 8GB memory – Mac OS 10.5.2 – Quicktime 7.4.5 –
Mac Book Pro 2.33 Duo –
FC Studio 2 (Final Cut 6.0.3) – Kona Lhe
Adobe Production Suite CS3 –
Sony Multiformat 14″ – Panasonic 42″ Plasma –
Ikegami HLDV7 – PVW EX-1

[Bob Pierce]

Thanks Walter. I think you must be right. Looks will render TO a pro res sequence but doesn’t like to render FROM a pro res clip. I’ll talk to Red Giant again tomorrow and bug them about this. Thanks for your help.
Bob

http://www.lightstreamassociates.com

Mac Pro 2.66 – 8GB memory – Mac OS 10.5.2 – Quicktime 7.4.5 –
Mac Book Pro 2.33 Duo –
FC Studio 2 (Final Cut 6.0.3) – Kona Lhe
Adobe Production Suite CS3 –
Sony Multiformat 14″ – Panasonic 42″ Plasma –
Ikegami HLDV7 – PVW EX-1

[Bob Pierce]

They told me that the Kona can play the rendered files, but that Magic Bullet can’t render with a Kona installed on the computer.

I dropped some non-prores footage into my sequence (DV), applied the same filters (CC and MB), set sequence settings to preset “Aja kona Pro res ntsc 422” and rendered. This clip renders fine with no green blockies. It seems that MB doesn’t like it when the original footage is pro res. I’ve tried DVCPRO HD and XDCAM EX footage in all sorts of rendering situations and I can’t replicate the problem – only with the footage captured pro res.

Thanks for your input, guys.
Bob

http://www.lightstreamassociates.com

Mac Pro 2.66 – 8GB memory – Mac OS 10.5.2 – Quicktime 7.4.5 –
Mac Book Pro 2.33 Duo –
FC Studio 2 (Final Cut 6.0.3) – Kona Lhe
Adobe Production Suite CS3 –
Sony Multiformat 14″ – Panasonic 42″ Plasma –
Ikegami HLDV7 – PVW EX-1

[Bob Pierce]

Maybe I’ve misunderstood. I thought what he was telling me was that the Kona was handling some of the rendering. Whatever the reason for the problem, he said that the Kona was the issue.
Bob

http://www.lightstreamassociates.com

Mac Pro 2.66 – 8GB memory – Mac OS 10.5.2 – Quicktime 7.4.5 –
Mac Book Pro 2.33 Duo –
FC Studio 2 (Final Cut 6.0.3) – Kona Lhe
Adobe Production Suite CS3 –
Sony Multiformat 14″ – Panasonic 42″ Plasma –
Ikegami HLDV7 – PVW EX-1

[Bob Pierce]

I’ve been using MB on XDCAM EX (and DVCPRO HD) footage for a while now without any trouble. I have, however had some issues using it with Prores 422, which renders out with green blockies all over the image. Have yet to call support to work it out.
Bob Pierce

http://www.lightstreamassociates.com

Mac Pro 2.66 – 8GB memory – Mac OS 10.5.2 – Quicktime 7.4.5 –
Mac Book Pro 2.33 Duo –
FC Studio 2 (Final Cut 6.0.3) – Kona Lhe
Adobe Production Suite CS3 –
Sony Multiformat 14″ – Panasonic 42″ Plasma –
Ikegami HLDV7 – PVW EX-1

[Bob Pierce]

Thanks Guys,
I spoke with Dan Desmet at Desmet Associates in Atlanta (formerly the TV Logic distributor). He was amazingly helpful, and took quite a bit of his time to explain all of this to me. In a nutshell, the issue is that the gamma for these monitors (any plasma or lcd) cannot be adjusted without the help of probes and software. The TV Logic software costs $1000, the probe is more. The next problem is what exactly to set the gamma to – there are not standards for these things. Most are set to 2.2 at the factory, but most of us are still using CRTs which have a gamma of god-knows-what (CRTs gamma cannot be adjusted). To get my monitors to match, I’d have to analyze my Sony CRT to establish its gamma, then use the probe and software to conform the LCD to match. I can get them to match, but are they accurate?

Someday, I hope all this will be sorted out – a standard gamma for everyone and some kind of reasonable way to objectively measure our monitors to know that what we’re doing is close to what the end-viewer sees. A man’s gotta dream…
Bob

Mac Pro 2.66 – 8GB memory – Mac OS 10.5.2 – Quicktime 7.4.5 –
Mac Book Pro 2.33 Duo –
FC Studio 2 (Final Cut 6.0.3) – Kona Lhe
Adobe Production Suite CS3 –
Sony Multiformat 14″ – Panasonic 42″ Plasma –
Ikegami HLDV7 – PVW EX-1

[Bob Pierce]

Hi Walter,
Thanks for responding. As a matter of fact, I’m not using any ND filter – do you recommend it? I definitely notice that the blacks aren’t really black, especially in dark rooms, and was wondering if the ND helps with that.

How are you using the probe? It involves some kind of software, I guess. Very curious about that.

I’m also using a TV Logic 7″ field monitor (lvm 171w) which I also found difficult to calibrate, but finally arrived at a user setting that I trust in the field. The 24″ (lvm 240w) doesn’t have as many calibration offerings in the menu, and so haven’t been able to adjust nearly as much.

Thanks again for the advice,
Bob Pierce

Mac Pro 2.66 – 8GB memory – Mac OS 10.5.2 – Quicktime 7.4.5 –
Mac Book Pro 2.33 Duo –
FC Studio 2 (Final Cut 6.0.3) – Kona Lhe
Adobe Production Suite CS3 –
Sony Multiformat 14″ – Panasonic 42″ Plasma –
Ikegami HLDV7 – PVW EX-1