Jeff Carpenter
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I always just run the “Software Update” in the Apple menu. I never trust that I’ll find everything when hunting around the web page whereas I know that the updater will find everything it needs.
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I think it’s just bug fixes and security stuff. Closing loopholes that could have been exploited, that sort of thing.
More here:
https://www.ipodobserver.com/story/26687
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Do you need this machine right now? The Intel Powermacs won’t be out until the end of the summer (at least) but it might be worth waiting for them. I’m not saying you should get one, but if you’re going to get an older G5 I’m sure the prices will drop on those once the Intel machines come out!
And FCP is native on the Intel machines right now, but Adobe programs won’t be until next year.
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All I know is that it’s not mentioned anywhere on Apple’s website:
https://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html
Everything there says it’s just a normal DVD burner. Now, I don’t have a new Powermac so everything I’m telling you is from what I’ve read…not from experience. That means I could be wrong, but if I am wrong then I’m out of ideas ’cause I can only go by what I’ve seen online!
Do you have access to a standalone HD-DVD player? Like, one in Best Buy, even? Can you take a disc you’ve made and see if they play there? I have no idea if it will or not but whatever happens it will give you one more bit of information to apply to your puzzle.
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Yes, you can make it on the computer but you can’t actually BURN it to anything at the moment. All you can do is either watch it on your computer or put it on a firewire drive and take it to someone else who can burn it.
At the moment the Mac is totally ready to make and view HD-DVDs, it just doesn’t have the right hardware yet.
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The problem is that your Mac has a DVD player in it, not an HD-DVD player. If you could somehow copy that disc onto your computer then, yes, the SOFTWARE player can play it…but you can’t copy it ’cause the drive can’t read it!
What we have here is the software getting a bit ahead of the hardware. Which is nice ’cause once you can buy an HD-DVD player for a computer your OS X will be ready to handle it. But at the moment you’re kind of stuck.
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I believe it has 7 drive bays in it. Pretty unusual for any computer. I have no idea what those type of hard drives cost now, but this might be cheaply converted into a very large backup device for important data.
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For this kind of thing, here’s what I do:
Copy the clip and paste the copy above the original on the next highest video track on the timeline. Then blur the top copy and finally add an 8-point garbage matte to it. Then go frame by frame and place the edges of the garbage matte where you need them. Takes some time but you can get exactly what you need.
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As for the “what happned” part of the question, you probably tried to hit Apple-Z to undo something and accidentally hit CONTROL-Z instead. That toggles this feature on and off.
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I always just go with the standard incandescent light settings (32k) built into the camera.
I mean, if they put up different colored lights later in the show then that’s what they WANT it to look like! I shouldn’t be fighting it since that’s what they want the stage to look like.
There are TWO exceptions to this rule that you should ask about ahead of time and ask to see and test out on camera:
1) SPOTLIGHTS
Many spotlights are sunlight balanced and will look very blue to the camera. If you can, you should switch to the “sunlight” setting on your camera since the spotlights don’ta look blue to the human eye so you should correct for them.2) LOW LIGHTING
They may have “normal” lighting that looks white but is low thus it appears red on camera. I try to get a custom white balance ahead of time for shows like these too since they don’t look red to the audience.But pretty much anything else is supposed to look colored so I just let it affect the video without worrying about it.