[Chris Clephane]

All that stated….using the Wacom in front of others/outsiders seems to LOOK really cool at least….

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[Chris Clephane]

I use an Intuos2 quite a bit for Photoshop, but would NOT ever consider using it for timeline video editing. Tried it. Hated it.

Both tools.

Our Intuos came with both a 3 button scroll wheel mouse and the pen. The mouse (which must be used ON the tablet digitizer) exhibits just enough visible input latency (move the mouse…then the movement registers a few milliseconds later.) to be really annoying. I now normally use a standard trackball. The PEN is not a great tool for timeline editing either. It requires larger arm movements than a mouse or trackball when editing…as we editors normally make larger regular sweeping motions when scrolling timelines and footage. Not the finite stabs, prods and nudges of “painting” as in Photoshop, or guiding as in Illustrator. The repetitive motions are different… Its also very easy to accidentally hit the pen buttons….

ANYONE….please feel free to argue. But for general video editing a tablet (for us) does not seem to provide any benefit..and seems to be a hindrance.

That stated…If I am doing a LOT of masking/mask work in After Effects…the pen/tablet combination is really handy and runs circles around the mouse/trackball. But again, this is Illustrator type work…within the video app….

My only real suggestions are: You really need to consider the repetitive motions that you will be making. From our experience…editing seems to be done best with a trackball if you are trying to keep your shoulders/back/arms healthy. A mouse is a good second option. The pen is great for artwork and masking…but for broad sweeping gestures and the repetitive actions of timeline editing….its exclusive use seems to be a liability.

FYI: We keep BOTH hooked up and active at all times. That way the “correct” tool is always within quick reach.

Borrow one from a friend for a week or so….(NOT just an afternoon!)…..that’s pretty much the only way you will know if it works for you. Your hands WILL undoubtedly ache after a few days of “exclusive use”…and you may discover the pen is not a comfortable way to work. And then again….you may decide its the greatest thing since sliced bread…. Give it a whirl…

SIMPLE ANSWER: Its all about you. Good luck.

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[Chris Clephane]

Just an additional thought (memory suddenly jarred!)
Rereading your machine and config is what jarred my memory.
Our problems with Cleaner began just after we migrated to the INTEL machines….

ANSWER:
….OUR Main reason for restricting our use of Cleaner to OLDER machines (10.4) and G4/G5 was BECAUSE it interfered with the AVI/WMV creation on our newer INTEL machines.

My theory is that Cleaner installed legacy code (doesn’t do a correct version check) that REPLACED newer code in the QT libraries and therefore created incompatibilities with some of our other newer apps….

This was evidenced initially by the demo message “MADE BY CLEANER” appearing MANY places it should not be.
The MBC Message suddenly began appearing on files output from other applications when the WMV and AVI codes were utilized…in spite of the fact the CLEANER was fully licensed and installed properly.

CLEANER is probably your problem. (Remember…no REAL updates in the past….4-ish years….!)

Remove Cleaner and try installing Flip. It may solve your problems and restore the codecs/libraries to their required state.

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[Chris Clephane]

No answers…just observations from our dark little edit bay’s….

THAT STATED: We do see the EXACT same problem you are having on one of our 10.4 systems.
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On our newer machines (10.5+) we switched to Flip4Mac for our (WMV/AVI) conversions and are getting better results. (Newer codecs, smaller files and MUCH better looking video). Since the current versions of Flip (WMV) and ON2 (FLV/SWF) arrived…we are not a fans of Cleaner anymore. Cleaner became highly problematic for us past version 10.4.9 of OSX. WHY?: We have owned Cleaner for years…and have to do multiple installs (Installing V4….then upgrading from 5 to 6 and applying patches) The installs are painful and problematic. Discreet barely pretends to support the product anymore. There has not been a numeric update since I bought one of the first Dual 2.0 G5 machines….sad.
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That stated…we also have a SIMILAR problem on one of our newer systems (10.5.5 Media 100 V13)…it’s just a flip/flop of YOUR results:
“After encoding WMV’s using Flip through the Quicktime or M100 dialog….we are unable to (subsequently) export MPEG-4 without errors.”
A restart is required to restore normal creation of MPEG-4 (.m4v) files. As soon as we create another WMV or AVI export…(.m4v) creation AGAIN results in errors.

In this situation (since it happens regardless of the Media 100 export dialog OR the Quicktime dialog) It seems to be more of a FLIP issue or Quicktime library issue than a Media 100 issue I am guessing.

So…Hmmm…since you are probably not running FLIP….QT Library MAY be where the root of all our problems exist….I would check all of your CODEC versions, etc. for compatibility…I will poke around on this end and see if I can find anything that raises questions….

RE: ORIGINAL POST QUESTION

WICK….does the Media100 application export dialog access the QT Libraries to encode/rewrap to AVI, or does it have its own implementation?
(Pretty sure I know the answer…but just checking…)

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[Chris Clephane]

Just as an afterthought…based on your response.
I ran dual monitor setups on our M100 systems for years until Apple came out with the 30″.
Everyone in our shop now prefers a single 30″ to the dual 22″ setups we ran previously.
FYI-In addition to M100, we also do a LOT of After Effects. The large single display has proven less tedious over a long day. Other opinions will in this forum may differ, but those whose weekly paychecks I sign all politely nod in agreement with me… (funny how that works…)
-C

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[Chris Clephane]

Boy….quite a can of worms here.
And a tough one to answer…which is probably why you haven’t seen any responses on this query.

In my opinion, it seems most manufacturers (outside of Apple) seem to be changing their offerings/specs/model numbers every few months or so. It would be very difficult from what I have seen to make any specific recommendations—because anything I would recommend based on my recent purchases–is probably not available today. Our Apple displays have been good to us, but for the price we spent…similar specs are available today for less money than we paid a few years ago.

That stated….

Two factors you may want to consider when evaluating LCD displays for purchase are RESPONSE time (usually rated in milliseconds) and BRIGHTNESS (usually rated in nits).

Simply stated lower response times and higher brightness levels are generally better.

Response time is how quickly the display reacts to incoming data.
(The finite physics of electricity acting on individual elements in the LCD…and how quickly the elements can react to repolarize the light passing through to display the desired information.)
Older slower LCD’s created the illusion of “loss of audio sync” when editing video…because they responded too slow to incoming data. (The older displays we had had 30-50ms response times.) The display was ALWAYS behind the audio.
Newer displays (with 5-9 ms response times) are better about this.
Brighter displays offer you a wider range of viewing situations without “washing out”…from sunlit room to darkened edit suite. Simply stated brighter is usually better.

Sticking with a major manufacturer often helps, but there are a lot of quality displays out there under lesser known names…

There are other issues and details to consider if you are really into prepress or color integrity…but these things don’t affect the majority of users…so I won’t bore you with such finite and utterly neurotic details.

Hopefully some others might have opinions on this as well…

Good luck.
-C

I edit video. I post sometimes.
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I like TV.

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[Chris Clephane]

Nevermind…its the Quicktime 7..5.5 issue.
Unlike most…my footage at least PLAYS…it just RENDERS incorrectly.

-C

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[Chris Clephane]

Simple answer: Black in question was most likely generated in a 16-235 colorspace with a 7.5 % setup vs. a 0-255 colorspace with black being a value of 0.

Yes, its highly annoying.

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[Chris Clephane]

I myself had pondered this question as well…your question led me to investigate further………

For a Kona 3…I was told by AJA support that you CAN use the Xena 2Ke drivers (v3.5 32-bit) on a dual-boot mac pro WinXPPro setup. I am now racing off to test/install this myself. This would be an interesting addition to our capabilities as we already use cross-stripe to allow our raids to be cross-platform capable in our dual-boot systems.

Will let you know how it works.

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[Chris Clephane]

I only know of this option….

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=workaround.jsp&A=details&Q=&sku=410327&is=REG

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