Jason Jenkins
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[Lance Bachelder] “I built a Gigabyte thunderbolt workstation a while back”
Lance:
What kind of storage are you using with it?
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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[Bernard Newnham] “Some suggestions –
Asus Z87 motherboard (or whatever)
Intel Core i7-4770K S1150 3.5GHz 8MB Haswell Quad Core Processor Unlocked (or whatever)
NVidia GeForce GTX 680 – two if you want (or AMD if you prefer)
As much memory as you can afford
As many drives as you want + optical and SSD if you wish
Big monitors, small monitors – take your pick.
“Can you run OSX on this system?
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!Check out my Mormon.org profile.
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I used to carry an external Sata drive to plug in to my 17″ Macbook Pro, but I ended up pulling out the DVD drive and replacing it with a 7200rpm 750GB hard drive. I find it very convenient to have two drives in my laptop; an SSD for the system and a hard disk for media/projects. If money were no object, I would have put in a large SSD as the secondary drive, but the HDD works well and is fast enough for my needs. I rarely miss the DVD drive.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!Check out my Mormon.org profile.
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[Andy Field] “SSD drives are amazing”
True! I love the speed. However, the only hard drive that’s died on me in 12 years was an SSD system drive. Just blinked out and never came back. So, yeah; backups are good.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!Check out my Mormon.org profile.
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From what I can tell, the Movi is basically a handheld version of the Cineflex system; Y’know, that $100k piece of hardware you put on a helicopter to get super smooth aerial shots. The problem with a device like this is the temptation to use it all the time, which means your work will look like the demo videos where every single shot is moving, floating, running, walking, flying, etc. Of course, when you put down a chunk of change, you want to get money’s worth out of it. If I had one, I’d probably have Steadicam Syndrome™ too.
Speaking of cool toys, did you see RedRockMicro’s One Man Crew? It’s an automated parabolic slider.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!Check out my Mormon.org profile.
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Wow! Looks fantastic!
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!Check out my Mormon.org profile.
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Looks like normal 24/25p video to me. If you want smooth, shoot 60p or 60i.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!Check out my Mormon.org profile.
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Aaaah, that’s probably why they’ve had trouble selling it. So, is a 1200W the biggest you can plug into household current?
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!Check out my Mormon.org profile.
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[Bob Cole] “In your situation, since you’re an ace photographer, I’d still recommend that you leverage your still photography skills and the flexibility of still photography to the hilt. Buy a slider, and shoot some video that is obviously a “moving picture” because you’re moving past a tree or down a hallway; and then cut to a still that you’ve animated with After Effects (or even inside your NLE) to create a zoom, tilt, or pan – or all three.”
To take it to the next level, you can use the Vanishing Point in Photoshop on select photos; create 3D geometry and import the VPE into After Effects and do some sweet virtual camera moves. Once you get the hang of it, it’s not hard to do and can produce stunning results.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!Check out my Mormon.org profile.
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Thanks for the info, Todd. I don’t think I’ll be messing with it!
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!Check out my Mormon.org profile.