[Jan Martens]

Yes, same Mac workstation, 2 different student projects but using the same source material.

[Jan Martens]

There are no obvious illegal characters in filenames (maybe in Quicktime metadata?).

Repairing rights was the first thing I did. No success. Other apps don’t have any problems to write to that path.

[Jan Martens]

Just try it. Plug your monitor into the GTX285, use already debayered clips at the resolution you plan to work on (to ‘simulate’ the RR) and give is a try.

[Jan Martens]

don’t buy a GTX card ‘better’ than GTX285! GT120 & GTX 285 is the best combination for the MacPro 2008.
If your GT120 has died, buy a second hand GT120 for a few bucks.

Here you’ll find an explanation why it is wasted money to buy a better GPU: https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/364/1299

[Jan Martens]

don’t buy a GTX570. Go for a GTX285 instead. In your 3,1 system (even in a 2009) the GTX 285 will be faster than the GTX 570! The bottleneck is the MacPro.
I haven’t tested it but a user on the “liftgammagain.com” forum has.
For more details check the topic “Resolve & GTX570HD” at “CPU & GPU”.

If you have already bought a GTX570, could you share your performance results?

[Jan Martens]

If you are interested in a simple mouse, have a look at the Logitech v470. With the Logitech Software you can map Keyboard shortcuts to the keys & wheel. I’m using the left & right push mouse wheel for next/previous scene.
I believe there are models with 4 or 5 extra buttons for extra shortcuts.

Btw the v470 is a bluetooth mouse and might not work smoothly with the poor MacPro bluetooth module. A cheap USB bluetooth dongle will solve the problem.

[Jan Martens]

1.
The MC/Artist Color is connected via network cable. This is not like USB plug & play, but if you once have adjusted the IP adress, you will never have to do it again. It works trouble free, you can power it on & off whenever you like. I wouldn’t care if it’s USB or Ethernet

2.
The illumination of the Artist Color is fine, the function keys will glow orange when they are user defined and the shift keys are iluminated when active.

3.
Euphonix MC Color is exactly the same hardware as Avid Artist Color & has the Firmware and uses the same software (EUCon)

[Jan Martens]

You can map keyboard shortcuts to the function keys. I.e. I mapped the “next shot/previous shot” keys to the function keys next to the official “next shot/previous frame” buttons (without any alt key maneuver). This is very handy.

Yes, it’s hard to memorize 36 function keys. I printed a 4×9 table with all my individual function keys and stuck it to the monitor..

[Jan Martens]

You can remap the softkeys to any keyboard shortcut.
I assigned CMD-l & CMD-r to softkey F8 & F9 (the keys next to the step-1-frame-right key). Now I can jump between the clips with just one button push.

[Jan Martens]

you are welcome to ask a question about the lite version. BMD is providing the lite version for people who want to learn (asking questions is a part of learning) Resolve and maybe decide later to buy the full version. This concept works fine (otherwise I would still work with Apple Color…)

– If you want 25fps instead of 24fps in your viewer, you can set the timeline to 26fps in the configuration tab.

– A softraid is way better than no raid! Start with 4 drives softraid and if you are unhappy you can buy a RAID controller. BMD offers a speed test tool to measure the performance of your raid (it’s also free and you are allowed to ask questions…)