[Dave Mehrman]

that is such a shame that 10.4 created projects won’t open on 10.5

I have started using 10.5 for my production machine and it is actually i think better performance then before. it seems that the OS handles the RAM so much better.

Aside from that this is a big problem. One way i got “around” it was opening up the project on a system that was still on 10.4 and exported XML of the sequence i needed. import into FCP on the 10.5 system and vola! my sequence is back.

that only works though if you have one sequence you need, what if you need the whole project?
I am in that boat now…. I need the whole project. Anybody have any luck with that yet?

[Dave Mehrman]

When enable multi-process is turned on, it seems like it takes for ever to get my RAM previews going. So much that i give up and turn it off.
Does it only help more with rendering out comps, or am i not being patient enough with the RAM previews starting?

Dave

[Dave Mehrman]

Randy,

How often do you restart your computer?

One thing i have found with FCP (and this has been on a number of versions) is that it does a poor job of managing your Memory, especially when the project file gets big and you are doing lots of exporting and rendering.

Restarting will clear all the memory usage.

One thing i make a habit of is having the activity monitor (applications -> utilities -> activity monitor) open and the dock icon set to display memory. That way i can see how much RAM is still free and how much is taken up.

I can’t tell you how many times all my memory will be taken up (9GB) i will quit all programs, and there still is memory tide up in the system. I restart my computer, the memory is clear and final cut is back to performing well.

DM

[Dave Mehrman]

From the research i’ve been doing on companies’ websites that’s what i’ve been seeing.
Right now i am leaning towards the BMD Decklink HD Extreme, it says that it supports Premiere Pro and FCP as well as After Effects and other graphic programs.

It talks about its Uncompressed codec working in real-time. have you had any experience working with this?

I’m basically looking for the best way to work in uncompressed and reduce my rendering as much as possible. I was originally looking at the AJA Kona card since it has Hardware acceleration for FCP, but now that Premiere is in my work flow (mainly because of after effects), it doesn’t seem like the Kona card is the best choice for working in both edit programs.

Thanks

[Dave Mehrman]

universal access got turned on….

go into your system prefs;
universal access;
make sure voice over isn’t turned on;

if its not voice over… make sure another one of your universal access prefs isn’t turned on

hope that helps

dave

[Dave Mehrman]

Oh well… live and learn…
cinema tools definitely helped me out though… only thing i lost was time for it to process.

next time I’m doing it the easy way

dm

[Dave Mehrman]

Thanks for your responds… that’s what i did do… I was hoping there was a better way and that i wouldn’t have to take up twice the space doing the reverse telecine.
I guess the better way is using the 2:3:3:2 and having FCP do it durning capture.

thanks for your help

dm