Jim Wiseman
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No, I haven’t beta tested it. But the fact that they are only supporting OenCL on the newer MacBook Pros and the high end iMac and not the Radeon 5870’s definitely says something. I’ve read conflicting info about iMac Radeon support from an Adobe rep, hope it does. I was lucky and found a GTX-285 Nvidia card, supposedly new, on eBay, and it makes a huge difference in common effects playback, like color correction. The only other option for the Mac Pro and CUDA support for good playback is the expensive Nvidia Quadro 4000 currently sold. One would think that if PP with OpenCL could be used on the MacBook Radeons, it could be used on the AMD 5870’s on the Mac Pros. But I’m not privy to all of the sfw/hdw problems that might be involved. But OpenCL support is an indication of the commitment to the Mac in my opinion. Maybe it is in the works. They had basically given up the Mac space to FCP7 previous to FCPX, and concentrated on the PC market. I know they can see the market potential. Also have given some share to Avid recently, (I was their exclusive dealer here in Hawaii for almost 7 years) which according to reports performs very well on the Mac. I have to say Adobe appears to be listening and their reps are responsive. But actions speak louder than words. Personally, I will be upgrading to 6.0, as I am a one man band, and the upgrade is usually much less expensive than the full package. If only for the Nikon support, which was broken in 5.5. I like the look of some of the new features, warp stabilizer, etc. But display card support and playback performance is where 6.0 will be judged. Just my opinion. They’ve done away with video card specific playback timelines, which may help. If I had 10 seats to fill, I would wait for the demo version and try it before making a decision. A PC is not in my future. Right now I’m using PP/AE 5.0,5.5 for effects and color correction, doing cross converts on FCP7/AJA (2 systems) and finishing in ProRes on Media 100 Suite 2.1 (highly under-rated and worth a look at specs or free demo). But it would sure be great to simplify things. At least it looks as if 5.0/5.5 will come down to 6.0 for me. Sorry for the long response.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.0 and 5.5, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe -
Thanks, Kevin. This is something I would really recommend.
Jim Wiseman
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Mine too. Have Nvidia GTX 285, but I don’t that affects scrubbing much. But I have to drop back to 5.0.x to use my Nikon D7000. Understand the Nikon thing is fixed in 6.0. Nikon D800 on order is supposed to work as well. Mid 2010 Mac Pro. Lots of talk from NAB this morningbabout some AMD cards now working w OpenCL I have top of the line from Apple as well on the shelf right now. Maybe should start a new thread.
Jim Wiseman
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Just read the Nikon support is fixed! My D7000 and soon D800 will work! That was actually my biggest no go.
Jim Wiseman
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Looks like they are improving things a lot on the Mac side. Open CL support for Mercury. AMD Radeon support. Lots of other things on Macworld site. Just hope they fixed Nikon support. See Macworld article:
Jim Wiseman
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Just hire an IT professional. Made their living on Windows for years.
Jim Wiseman
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Welcome to Windows…
Jim Wiseman
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I transfer first to my RAID 5, then backup to at least 2 single HD’s. That way there is at least 1 copy that is not online at any one time. If your original and 1 backup is all you have, and catastrophic computer or power failure occurs, you could lose everything if they are both connected. Usually transfer selects, after CC and titles on the RAID 5, to RAID 0 setup for speed. Take the RAID 5 offline during final edit. I can always recreate from the RAID 5 if RAID 0 crashes. Also, I shoot to SD cards on Sony EX-1 and Nikon D7000 (soon D800!) and they have gotten so cheap I just put them away like tape now.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.0 and 5.5, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe -
Looks like we are going to have to pay for 6.0 to find out. I’m only using Premiere 5.0 for DSLR Nikon D7000 exporting as ProRes HQ to Media 100 2.1 for final. I use 5.5 for EX-1 footage to playback without transcode, color correct and add titles, export to ProRes HQ, edit in Media 100 Suite 2.1. Very disappointing this hasn’t been fixed in 5.5 when it worked in 5.0. Not Happy about having to wait for 6.0 AND having to pay for it. If it’s not fixed in 6.0, Premiere 5.0 and 5.5 will become my viewer, color corrector, and maybe titler. Final Cut may just catch up with the new release(s). I am definitely staying on the Mac, so don’t go there with me. (Windows)
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.0 and 5.5, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe -
This is true. You must hit “Enter” not “Play” for a Sony Blu-Ray player, at least. That one fooled me a while as well. Same appears to be true for a Toast 10 burn as well.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.0 and 5.5, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe