[Harris Charalambous]

Thanks for the info Boris!

[Harris Charalambous]

[Boris Tivchev] “That where i got mine from:

https://www.amazon.com/FSP-Certified-Crossfire-PCI-Express-X5/dp/B002IZE5RE/...

Works great with a Titan in a MacPro.
“

Boris, could you explain how you did this? I tried out this power supply and couldn’t get it to work on a 2009 Mac Pro?

1. How were you able to put it inside your mac pro and feed the cables to the Graphics card without leaving the side panel off?

2. Also how were you able to get the power to turn on when the computer turns on?

Thanks for your help

Harris

[Harris Charalambous]

Francois, I’m an Tangent Element User as well and completely agree that the mapping needs updating asap. In its current status it is severely handicapped and far from efficient!. There are multiple threads on the topic, not to mention users expressing their disappointment on twitter, BMD Forum, or in blog posts around the web.

Unfortunately BMD is silent on this topic so there is no way of knowing if they will update it, either by offering custom mapping (for free or a fee), better factory mapping (for free or for a fee) or a more affordable panel (this they have confirmed they would not be doing). Or maybe we’ll just have to somehow come up with $30K to buy their panels so we can be more productive. As I’ve said before I would be more than happy to pay for any of the tangent element mapping options.

I also put together a suggestion for better mapping which can also be found in the Creative Cow thread listed below.

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/277/27209

https://www.liftgammagain.com/forum/index.php?threads/resolve-v10b-tangent-element-comments.1827/

Harris

[Harris Charalambous]

Agreed, the addition of the 4th track wheel would be great, but in my mind a bit of a luxury at this point when so many basic functions are still so poorly mapped! As you mentioned there really doesn’t seem to have been any thought put into the natural travel of the operators hand when using the dials or knobs per function etc.

Hopefully BMD will surprise us with a more productive mapping update in the near future. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

[Harris Charalambous]

I remember looking forward to the day I was going to upgrade to the Element panel. Thinking I was going to be more productive, efficient and get more out of this great piece of software. Only to be disappointed by how cumbersome the mapping was compared to the wave panel I had just sold. I hate to say it, but I sometimes I wonder if BMD is only focused on the hobbyist and big shops but don’t really think about the guys in between. Which I would think are the guys that with their support may eventually be able to afford the bigger panels and will be the next generation of colorists. Asking people to make the jump from a 3k panel to a 30k panel is a bit of a tall order. V10 sadly has not made the mapping better, actually for a moment it was even worse with the new node menu only, thankfully that was fixed, only put us back to essentially where we were with V9. I was truly hoping for a rethought mapping of the panel in V10, but at this point I’d happily pay a reasonable fee to have custom mapping via Tangent Hub. I’d actually even pay a smaller fee for the something similar to the below factory mapping, call it advanced mapping if you like. Also, if it’s too much of a threat to their panels then BMD needs to release a more affordable panel or come up with some other business strategy i.e make panel use only available on the full version or something else.

In the meantime I’ve taken a pass at the element mapping in hopes of starting a constructive discussion on how the factory mapping could be better and in hopes that BMD will listen.

– MF Panel (Transport panel) switch Menu B to Menu A and keep Menu A as default (So we don’t have to switch to B every time we start a session)
– Add LOG GRADING to B Button on TK Panel – Add High / Low Range to KB Panel which is activated when B button is pressed / Map Offset to 4th Trackball or Center Track ball while A Button is pressed
– Remove Offset Menu altogether and move its functions into Primary Page on KB Panel
– Add Node Sizing to Sizing window

Suggested Menu Layouts

MF PANEL – NEW MENU A
Add Ser. / Add Par. / Add Lay.
Byp Grd / En/Dis Node / Del Node
Grab Still / Play Still / Prev Node
Dynamic / Static / Next Node

MF PANEL – NEW MENU B
First FM / Last FM / Undo
Prev FM / Next FM / Redo
Prev KF / Next KF / Del KF
Dynamic / Static / Toggle Timeline Mode (All, Color, PTZR etc)

BT PANEL – MASTER MENU A
Primary / Window / HSL Q
Curves / H Clip / L Clip
B/S/Mist / Key / Sizing
Version / Memory / Gallery

B/S/Mist = (Blur, Sharpen, Mist) – See KB PANEL – BLUR / SHARPEN / MIST MENU

BT PANEL – MASTER MENU B
Node / Track / Stereo 3D

BT PANEL – PRIMARY MENU
Base Mem / A/C Mode
Base Mem All / Switch Timeline
Base Mem Reset / Auto Color
Toggle (RGB/YUV/HSL)

KB Panel – PRIMARY MENU A
Luma Lift / Luma Gamma / Luma Gain
Saturation / Hue / Luma Mix
Contrast / Pivot / Master Offset

KB Panel – PRIMARY MENU B
R Offset / G Offset / B Offset
Saturation / Hue / Luma Mix
Contrast / Pivot / Master Offset

BT PANEL – POWER WINDOW MENU
CPW / On/Off / Add Win
LPW / Invert / Outside
PPW / Trk Bck / Trk Fwd
PCW / GPW / Track> see BT PANEL TRACK MENU

NOTE: Hitting Track Bck / Track Fwd while tracker is tracking pauses track.

KB PANEL – POWER WINDOW – Move up 3rd column (i.e Rotate, Soft) and unify controls over all windows I.e no staggering of knobs
Size / Aspect / Rotate
Pan / Tilt / Soft

KB Panel – BLUR / SHARPEN / MIST MENU
Radius / H/V Ratio / Scaling
Coring / Level / Mix

BT PANEL – MEMORY MENU
SV Mem 1 / LD Mem 1 / 2Prior (Copy 2 Grades Prior)
SV Mem 2 / LD Mem 2 / 1Pior (Copy 1 Grades Prior)
SV Mem 3 / LD Mem 3
Copy Node / Paste Node

BT PANEL – NODE MENU
Add Ser. / Add Par. / Add Lay
Add Key / Add S/C / Add Outside
Add Bef / Append / Del Node
Bypass / En/Dis All / En/Dis Node

BT PANEL – TRACK MENU
Clip/Frame / Interactive / Window/Stabilizer)
Toggle Pan / Toggle Tilt / Copy Trk
Toggle Zoom / Toggle Rotate / Paste Trk
Add KF / Between / Window >

Curves / YSFX / H Clip L Clip Menu Layout (Move Lower Luma controll so it is in line with other Luma control (Same column)) Many not look as clean but could be more functional?
Red / Green / Blue
Master
Master YSFX
Red / Green / Blue

[Harris Charalambous]

On the note of the visual cue for the qualifier I wish they would make the HSL Qualifier reset itself after you use the plus + button to add to your qualification and switch to a new node or clip.

I know to look for it now but man has it had me stumped in the past when I couldn’t pull a key and wondered why.

[Harris Charalambous]

I haven’t had any luck with XML out yet in v10.

[Harris Charalambous]

This would be a real time saver. +1

[Harris Charalambous]

I hadn’t noticed this hmmm… It’s a great feature but I’ve had a hard time grading past the bright orange border. Love the color scheme and design but maybe a thinner grey border would be easier for grading? Unless that’s not the intention?

[Harris Charalambous]

Visual confirmation would be much appreciated!