Jimmy Brunger
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I’m still stuck on QT 7.3.1 aswell…I’ve tried every version of QT after that combined with every available Blackmagic driver for my Decklink and NOTHING works past like BMD 6.4 and QT 7.3.1
I either get no output to Decklink in AE, or Premiere goes screwy and renders loads of noise at the bottom of the picture. It’s annoying, because certain QT codecs won’t work on my PC now and everytime I try to access a webpage that has QT embedded (most tutorial sites!) my browser crashes!
Oh, and I can’t even view the homepage FXGUIDE.COM without it crashing!!
I thought it was a BMD issue, but now I’m not so sure. I’m on a PC aswell.
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I’ll chime in with what I’ve researched over the last year or so (still waiting impatiently to get go ahead on my new system! but here it is…)
XP32 can only see 4GB RAM max, despite what kind of processor you have in there. Iin reality you will only see 3-3.5GB after OS/PCI Express has taken it’s share.
Each app can only address 2GB max, unless /3GB switch is on..which depending on your configs can be unstable. AE CS3 and Nucleo Pro can however use the extra 1-1.5GB via AE’s extra render instances, so 4GB RAM in a 32bit system does make sense.
Quadro just for AE makes no sense, unless like Tim you’re using it for extra monitors or the SDI out direct from the GFX card. But for accelerating AE any further, forget it. Premiere might use it a bit more, but Quadro is still overkill for that. Apps that would use the Quadro effectively are high-end grading apps like Idiras, Speedgrade, Color, Scratch & FilmMaster. Certain 3D apps would also benefit, as would Toxik, Fusion, Nuke, etc I think.
To get the most out of AE get the most cores possible on XP64 or OS X and make sure you have AT LEAST 1GB per core. Get fast RAM and big fast drives and keep your system drive, projects & media all on separate drives.
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CC is Cycore FX products. They should all come as standard with AE7 Pro or CS3.
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Our 3D designer has the 30″ version of the Dell HC…it looks good, but not vastly better than my 20″ ones.
I too was going to go for 2 x W/S 20″ LCDs (2 x 24″ W/S originally, until I measured how much spec I’d need!) but I work with a Wacom and 2 x 4:3 monitors definitely suits me better. Much more porductive for switching between apps and having a diff one in each mon.
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I’ve got 2 x 2007WFP’s and they’re nowt short of spectacular…and thanks to Sir Bob’s advice a while back! 😉
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I’ve got 2 x 2007WFP’s and they’re nowt short of spectacular…and thanks to Sir Bob’s advice a while back! 😉
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I have an A4 Intuos 3 at work on my PC and it is excellent.
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Yeah, I’m afraid you can’t do it (at least not on the Dells)
I guess the answer is to make sure your LCD has anough resolution in the first place! I ended up putting the SDI output through our ARC, letterboxed the image and then sent that through the HDLink to the LCD. The result? The picutre looked sh*t!
Something else to consider – if you’re using a HDLink to monitor something where you need instant response (like the GUI of a Lecagy Paintbox) then you will have to get used to there being a bit of lag on your cursor…and don’t even think about 2x scaling it, because this doubles the problem!
It makes me wonder how effective it would be monitoring with it in a traditional sense and whether the audio would be in sync? I guess that’s why they have phono audio monitoring outputs on the box. But they do sound a bit awful compared to coaxial straight from your video card.
Hey ho…comprommise is what it’s all about at this end of the low
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Cheers Steve, yeah I would check that out..if I had an upto date version of QT..which I can’t install cos it b*ggers up Premiere with the rubbish Blackmagic drivers I have. JOY!
Hello Macworld, hello FCP, goodbye current woes! (Probably hello to new ones though..)
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Ooohh…now I’m seeing some very good reasons to check out FCP.
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