George Loch
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Nope. PCIe only.
Yep, the implications are interesting.
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Yes, this is true but have you priced an AMD dual dual core workstation (Intel is not even there yet)? Your lucky to be under $4k
This system should be a real screamer and that Quadro card will be a huge boon to post work.
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[Howie] “My questions are:
1. Can I maintain my current 3 partition configuration when upgrading to OS X, or, is it best to create one partition? What are the advantages, disadvantages?
I am not sure of the wisdom for multiple partitions other than a personal organizational method. I would make it one partition and do all of your media management in FCP itself
[Howie] 2. Can I do a temporary upgrade of just my current OS X partition to Tiger so I can author in iDVD 5 while leaving my current OS 9 partition as is? What does this entail? Will I need to download a new version of QuickTime (6.5.2 or 7.0) to the OS X partition?
I would install 10.4 on a seperate HD. I belive you *can* dual boot the computer. That way if it is not running acceptably or you have some kind of incompatibility you have your old config to fall back on.
[Howie] 3. Can I upgrade FCP version 2 to FCP version 4 or 5 without any problem, or do I need version 3 to do an inbetween upgrade?”
Legally yes, not a problem. However, how much ram do you have? You will wan a minimum of 1 gig with FCP 4.x->. Also note that your G4 is near the minimum spec for FCP 5 and below the minimum for HD so, it will be somewhat sluggish.
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https://www.blackmagic-design.com/press/detail.asp?pressID=66
“Blackmagic Design introduces world’s first PCI Express capture card
IBC 2005, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – 9th September 2005 – Today Blackmagic Design announced the world’s first PCI Express (PCIe) based capture card with 10 bit SDI and high quality analog component/composite video connections for high end editing, broadcast paint, and effects called DeckLink Extreme PCIe.”
And for the original poster, it require a single PCIe lane so, you won’t have to use one of your precious 16x lanes for it.
BMD is just on top of things. Kudos!
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An iMacG5 with sufficient ram can handle everything in FCP studio except Motion. That is due to the porr graphics card that is a permanent part of the iMac. OTherwise, I know several who are happy with the iMac and FCP 5.x
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You can get by with a Powerbook but it won’t be spectacular. The Dual G5s really show you what FCP 5 can do. A Powerbook is ok as an offline editor but, I owuld not want to suffer though it on a regular basis.
N ow if Apple comes out with a Pentium M based Powerbook then it will be a different story…
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[Bob] “I’m considering returning the Intuos because the mouse is so poor.”
You don’t buy an Intuos for the mouse. 90% of the Intuos users hate the mouse. Have you tried using the stylus? Give it some time – your wrist will thank you. Then you will sail along in Motion w/ getures.
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Ok. Just wondering if it had shown up anywhere. They have been very quiet about PPro for sometime. SEems to be losing some steam…
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…Motion.
Usign a tablet in Motion is really powerful. I find I can create some organic ‘motions’ that jsut don’t have the same feel as a mouse driven gesture.
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Another 6×8 vote. It’s a perfect combination of size – not too big that it takes up too much desk space and not too small to navigate. The Intuos line is more accurate/sensitive but unless you are getting into art applications then the Graphire works fine.
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