Eric Addison
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The update to PPro CS3 that allows the use of .mxf files from P2 cards should be out very soon…sometime this month is what I’ve heard.
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It has an Auto-compose feaure with a bunch of music selections to choice from, but I’m not sure it’s really designed for using loops….
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I thought about switching over to Mac for CS3, but I went with an HP 8400 workstation and it’s a great computer. It’s not quite as fast processor-wise as the Mac Dual Quad (3 GHz vs. 2GHZ), but it really does fly. And it was cheaper then the Mac – which is always nice. I’ve had little to no problems running PPro, AE, Soundbooth and/or Photoshop all the same time, moving and updating files…
My advice – do some homework before you buy…
—Eric
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Yeah…I checked the footage in PPro in a 23.976 timeline…
It was shot with a Z1U, but not in 24 Cineframe mode, it was shot 29.97, and it didn’t have the pulldown added…
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I thought about switching to Mac when it was announced that CS3 would be Mac and Windows. After doing a lot of thinking, talking to people, and shopping, I stuck with Windows.
My reason for thinking about switching was so that I could work more with clients that used FCP (and have a system with both). But I soon realized 2 things: 1) My FCP clients didn’t really care what I edited on – they’re more concerned with what the finished product looked like. And 2) my entire workflow, all my stock footage assests, my media drives,plug-ins, everything was Windows based…to switch would be a huge hassle….
So I bought an HP 8400 workstation with dual Quad-cores instead of the Mac dual Quad core, and I am loving it. I’m soooo glad I bought what I did. Now, my reasons may not hold true for you, but I hope they help you decide like so many people’s input helped me.
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It should work, and you don’t need a plug-in.
What happens when you try and capture? Have you set the capture device to DVX100?
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Wow, you sound like the guy from Apple I spoke with at NAB.
I’m not going to take anyhthing away from Final Cut Studio 2. I saw the demos and it has some impressive features. I edit with Final Cut on occassion and it’s a great editing tool.
But for me, I like Adobe’s stuff. I love the level of integration. I love the look and feel of the programs. I won’t list off it’s features – go to the Adobe website and you can see Production Studios great features.
I can edit HD with PPro, so that’s not such a selling point. As for the stuff with Motion and the Smooth Cam stuff, I have After Effects and Dynamic Link. Motion is nice – the new version is real nice in fact, but for me, it’s still no After Effects. And as for Color, again it’s nice, but AE has a great color correction tool, and Red Giant’s new color correction tool looks real interesting.
It’s all about preference. The software is just a tool. I prefer Adobe’s tools. For me, they work the way I like to work. And I feel they work better.
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“I will say this, by the looks of things, anyone would be insane to use Premiere over FCP”
I’ll take PPro any day over FCP….and I would reserve judgement on it’s HDV ability until the final version is released.
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I had the “end action” on the playlist set to the timeline, not the playlist itself. Once I set it back to the playlist itself, all is well…
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I got it figured out…