Debe
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I can’t argue with you there David, but the original poster specifically said he didn’t want to wait for long renders because he was impatient.
While being able to work faster with more layers in real-time, I agree, is a faster workflow, he would still have to render for output. The only way to significantly speed up rendering is to get a faster CPU.
But you make a very good point!
debe
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I had a client with a copy of Cleaner on a PC, and we had similar troubles, Ron.
I decided it was worth the $39 for Popwire’s Windows Media 9 Component to stop banging my head against the wall. (I think it was $39….anyway, still a bargain, considering the pain in the tuccus FCP–>AVI–>PC–>Cleaner had become)
debe
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The only thing that speeds up rendering times signifigantly enough to merit noticing is a faster CPU.
More RAM helps, because it can get things organized more efficiently, but you are still limited by how fast the CPU can process the data. More RAM just makes the que neater.
More drives will do absolutley nothing to speed up render times.
debe
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It depends on which version of PPT they are using. If it’s the most current, WMV is best. I’m not sure of the version numbers, but if it’s more than a couple years old, you’re stuck with MPEG-1, really. You can try AVI, but they tend to be huge files, and most older Windows machines can’t handle the file and drive PPT efficiently, unless it’s a dedicated production machine.
MPEG-1 is a universal solution, but I agree, it looks like poo.
If they can take a WMV, & you don’t have a wm9 converter, google Popwire and/or Flip4Mac. That’s the option that gives you the best-looking file.
debe
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Google Popwire and Flip4Mac. Both allow you to make wmv 9 files.
Popwire is less expensive, but Flip4Mac gives you greater control. In head to head tests on the same footage, the defaults on each showed no discernable difference. If defaults are good enough for you, then Popwire will save you some money. If you’re the type that likes to have more control, then Flip4Mac may be a better choice for you.
debe
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Depending on your computer, and version of FCP, you might have to render the speed effect first.
If you don’t have RT enabled, or are using an older system, it might not be able to play it back at 2x speed without rendering.
debe
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This is why I love being only an editor and not an editor/producer.
I get to “whine” all I want to the producer, and then she or he is the one that usually has to take it all back to the client and sort it out. We hash it all out like you all are doing here, and then someone else makes the contact with the client. Most of my producers are really skilled at it. It is a great skill that occasionally I wish I had.
All of the advice so far is all great insight for those who don’t have the luxury of having someone else on the same team deal with the budget!
debe
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[Peter Wiggins] “Well, I still use a DME 7000 when I’m doing tape, but I always groan when an AP says they want an effect that is three clicks on that, but multiple filters & a render in FCP.
Thats why I’m building my own emulator!”
Keep me posted, Peter! I’ll definitely be at the front of the line to give that a whirl!
debe
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[Peter Wiggins] “They are coming back!”
Seriously? Am I going to have to dust off that section of my brain I haven’t used since 1994 that used to know the K-scope effects hierarchical tree by heart?
Actually, the company I worked for replaced the K-scope with the DME-7000 the year I was transitioning from assistant to editor. I never got much past learning where everything was before it was gone. Although the DME never quite had the same “feel” as the effects one could produce with the K-scope, it certainly was by FAR much easier to program, as well as much easier on the eyes!!
If there’s anything I miss from the linear days, it’s multiple effects from a DVE in real time.
debe
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Ahhhh….the things you could do in real time with a K-Scope and a GVG 4000 switcher.
Now, those were the days…
Of course, they were also the days when it took $750,000 to build an edit suite….
debe