[Jim Blokland]

Perhaps other COW-ers already knew this but…

Don’t forget to save your settings before switching to 5.0. Seems mine have reverted back to default. Ugh. A warning from AJA woulda been nice…

Or am I missing something?

Best, JIM.

OSX.4.10
Dual 2.7 G5
3.5 GB RAM
Radeon X800 XT
Kona 2 / K-Box
Seritek 1.5 TB RAID
AVID XPRESS PRO/MOJO

[Jim Blokland]

Dang…that sucks. There’s a pretty noticeable difference between the original footage on a super-white timeline (going to a DI and out to 35mm) and the 100 unit clip. Seems silly to me to lose the extra info…

Any real-world workarounds much appreciated.

Best, JIM.

OSX.4.10
Dual 2.7 G5
3.5 GB RAM
Radeon X800 XT
Kona 2 / K-Box
Seritek 1.5 TB RAID
AVID XPRESS PRO/MOJO

[Jim Blokland]

Hi Scott:

Thanks for the reply. Just wanted to confirm — you were running with a Kona 2 and G5 config with the v 4 Kona driver, right? And you did the ‘upgrade’ from a 6.0.1 project to a 6.0.2 project?

I know I’m sounding a bit paranoid — but don’t want to shoot myself in the foot in the middle of this feature…

Best, JIM.

OSX.4.10
Dual 2.7 G5
3.5 GB RAM
Radeon X800 XT
Kona 2 / K-Box
Seritek 1.5 TB RAID
AVID XPRESS PRO/MOJO

[Jim Blokland]

Alright. Let me make myself…perfectly clear…(no relation to Dick here…)

Updating to FCS the latest greatest, FCP 6.0.2 et al, on a Dual 2.7 G5 with 5.5 GB RAM, running OSX.4.11 and QT 7.3 and Kona 2 vrs. 4 drivers with a K-Box.

Is that making more sense now?

I’m in the middle of a feature, running FCP 6.0.1 — and the render bug is almost enough to make me jump in, but I was hoping there was someone out there with a similar rig as mine that is not in the middle of a project and has had time to give the new software a run for its money.

You can always hope, right?

Best, JIM.

OSX.4.10
Dual 2.7 G5
3.5 GB RAM
Radeon X800 XT
Kona 2 / K-Box
Seritek 1.5 TB RAID
AVID XPRESS PRO/MOJO

[Jim Blokland]

Hi folks:

I’m also wondering about the driver situation for my Kona 2. Any sense that there would be adverse effects to existing working setups? I’m in the middle of a feature now, and need the gear to work…

Like there’s any of us who can afford for it not to work…

Best, JIM.

OSX.4.10
Dual 2.7 G5
3.5 GB RAM
Radeon X800 XT
Kona 2 / K-Box
Seritek 1.5 TB RAID
AVID XPRESS PRO/MOJO

[Jim Blokland]

I’m also wondering about Quicktime, relative to OS 10.4.11 — do we have to go to 7.3 as well? I’ve heard some nasty things about folks having problems with 7.3…

Maybe I’ll upgrade it all on my laptop (not mission critical) and see how it flies.

I just told my director today about the render bug. Ya should’ve seen his face. Can’t wait to see his reaction when I tell him it’s fixed.

Yay Apple.

Best, JIM.

OSX.4.10
Dual 2.7 G5
3.5 GB RAM
Radeon X800 XT
Kona 2 / K-Box
Seritek 1.5 TB RAID
AVID XPRESS PRO/MOJO

[Jim Blokland]

Hey Michael:

Thanks for your response, and congrats on your feature too! I’m curious exactly how you handled your P2 imports (I suspect you had/created some form of database for this?). As far as the HVX goes, I’d definitely shoot with it again, but if budget permitted, I’d probably go for a higher-grade camera — particularly one with interchangeable glass — preferably one that could accommodate 35mm primes…

But P2 as a format is pretty darn ‘solid’. (nice not to need a VTR to ingest too…) Best of luck with completion of your feature, and with your new one in ’08.

JIM.

OSX.4.10
Dual 2.7 G5
3.5 GB RAM
Radeon X800 XT
Kona 2 / K-Box
Seritek 1.5 TB RAID
AVID XPRESS PRO/MOJO

[Jim Blokland]

Hi Peter:

Thanks for your response. THe film will be picture-locked by mid-March, so it will be awhile before there’s any footage available. Alt.Rec.Death was shot 1:1.85 on 35mm. Thanks for the compliment about it’s look. It’s even better on D-Beta…

What kind of projects do you work on? Perhaps we’ll bump into each other someday.

Best, JIM.

OSX.4.10
Dual 2.7 G5
3.5 GB RAM
Radeon X800 XT
Kona 2 / K-Box
Seritek 1.5 TB RAID
AVID XPRESS PRO/MOJO

[Jim Blokland]

Yes, I just added an ‘A’ after the name. A minor annoyance. But so much for ‘never the same name’ as I seem to recall reading in the P2 literature…

Best, JIM.

OSX.4.10
Dual 2.7 G5
3.5 GB RAM
Radeon X800 XT
Kona 2 / K-Box
Seritek 1.5 TB RAID
AVID XPRESS PRO/MOJO

[Jim Blokland]

Hi David:

Thanks for your reply. Well, trashing the prefs worked for about 5 seconds — and it was sure nice — now back to usual oddities. I’m starting to get the feeling it has something to do with the merged clips thing…confusing poor old FCP. I wonder if something like ‘Make Independent Clip’ or ‘Duplicate as New Master Clip’ could be helpful here?

Anyone with advice, welcome.

Best, JIM.

OSX.4.10
Dual 2.7 G5
3.5 GB RAM
Radeon X800 XT
Kona 2 / K-Box
Seritek 1.5 TB RAID
AVID XPRESS PRO/MOJO