Geoff Addis
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Hi Ned.
I ordered the 27inch iMac fitted with the 3.4GHz I7 CPU, 16GB RAM, 2GB Graphics card and 1 TB Fusion Drive.
The Fusion Drive should help in the overall speed of Boot Up and other programs such as Aperture, but I don’t intend using the internal drive for video content, hence my question. I am also getting a Matrox TB interface so that I may use my MX02mini with Fast and also a Firewire interface so that I may connect to my RME Audio inteface.
I’m presently running FCPX on a late 2010 MacPro fitted the 3.2GHz 4 core CPU and that performs well too.
Hope that helps,
Geoff
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MX02 Mini Max running without problems following this update. OSX 10.8.2
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Oliver,
I’m surprised that you found Edius so bad. Perhaps it is due to the fact that I run Ediua under Bootcamp on my MacPro, but its real time performance far exceeds that of FCPX, rarely needing to render to see judder free, real time playback of full HD with multiple colour correction and other effects, even with native AVCHD.
Geoff
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No problem running Windows on a Mac, just use Boot Camp. No problems encountered here with this configuration running over three years.
By the way Edius 6.5 also incorporates a Loudness Meter to meet the upcoming requirement to control program loudness for broadcast use – quite handy if you’re in that field.
Geoff
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Your problem is not one of the camera, but of the optics, particularly with wide angle lenses. Regardless of lens, the use of any form of filter in front of it is likely to result in increased internal reflections, particularly if shooting directly into a light source. Granted they provide protection for the lens, but for best results avoid their use. If you must use a filter be sure to use an appropriate multi-coated design that helps to reduce internal reflections; these will cost more, but it is worth it. Also,not all lensees are equal, some are better than others when it comes to avoiding internal reflections!
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It is Win7 based, but you can run it under Boot Camp.
In my opinion, Edius is still better than FCPX at full resolution, realtime performance using all commonly used codecs and different frame rates on the time line without the need to transcode. It supports 2K, 4k, 8 and 10 bit plus RED. GV have now released free software to permit cross platform QT file support. You are able to choose either common or separate video/audio tracks and it has either single or dual viewer windows. It also supports proxy and multicam editing. It’s audio functionality is a little limited, but adequate for most work that I do.
I use both FCCX and Edius 6.5 and am not biased to either platform. There are many aspect of FCPX that i like, particulrly being able to skim across clips in the event viewer.
If interested then have a look at the GV Edius forum website and check out their tutorials, perhaps even download a 30 day trial version.
Geoff
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You could select all the clips in the event browser (not the story line) and then right click and select ‘transcode media’. This will allow you to select either proxy or optimum (ProRes) conversion.
Geoff
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Don’t Panic!!
On the top ribbon of the FCP display go to Share>Export then select ProRes as your your codec and your location. You may also export to Compressor.
Good luck,
Geoff
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The EX1 sensor is sensitive to the low infra-red region of the colour spectrum and you need to use an appropriate filter in front of the lens. Both B+W and Schneider make such filters. Tungsten lighting is usually quite rich in infra-red!
Hope this helps,
Geoff
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Yes, it was the fact that TEXT search does not include keywords that stumped me. A pity as it does slow things up. At least I now know that I wasn’t doing anything too stupid!
Geoff