Jason Flor
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Redrock’s adapter looks interesting and the price is certainly a lot easier to take. Not sure if it will work with the bigger Sony HD cameras. I’ll email them and ask. Thanks Noah.
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Hi David, well that’s good news about the FCP learning curve. But I also have a couple of others- After Effects (which I suspect may take years to master) and the RED ONE camera workflow which is a bit bizarre at least to those of us who came up shooting and editing video.
I’m actually looking forward to it all. I haven’t had to master anything really new for quite a few years(since the analog to digital NLE changeover) The thing is time. The summer is looking quiet with only a few projects on the go through July and August with lots of downtime in between. But come September I have to hit the ground running. So no doubt I’ll be hanging around here asking all sorts of questions. Thank God for the Cow.
Jas
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Hi Bob, I know FCP and the MAC are very different from what I’m used to. Just the fact that it’s the computer’s processor and not a proprietary card that has to do all the work is very different. Plus my understanding is you have to do a lot more rendering in FCP. This is why I wanted as much horsepower as I can get at this time.
And you’re right. coming from the PC world I expect I should have a least two or three months with the system before I start actually using it professionally.
I am just being cautious. I have had bad experiences in the past, dropping 20+K down on an NLE that the sales guys said would not be upgraded for a year to 18 months only to have a totally new system come out 6 months later that you couldn’t upgrade to without changing your motherboard, processor, HD’s etc. Then a couple of years later they stopped supporting it altogether.
I hope I have better luck with Apple/FCP.
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Hi Ed, yes I went there but they just said that the Mac Pro is in the middle of the product cycle and their buy recommendation is “neutral”. Interesting site though, I’ll keep an eye on it.
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I think I’ll go with the AJA io HD. It seems to be the solution with the most I/O options.
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OK, thanks Gary.
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Ah….ok. Thanks Dunwoody. Appreciate you taking the time.
Jas
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Hi..thanks for the links. As I said I’m new to FCP so I still don’t quite understand how to get the audio/video off the DVD disc and onto the FCP timeline (or into a bin for subclipping)