[Jonathan Ramsey]

Ah ha! Brilliant. Thank you so much for the pointer. You just saved me a lot of mundane hours of canvas-resizing or precomposing.

Jonathan

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RAMSEY
Treeline Film Company
Colorado, USA

[Jonathan Ramsey]

So my WANTING it to be doable in Motion (or AE, actually) doesn’t make it so?! ha ha. If only…

I was hoping that there’d be some complicated way of building a non-concaved circle of images and then nesting that into a 3D Motion space with a super-wide-angle-lens on a virtual camera that would create the effect. No go, ey? Shoot. Okay, time to re-visit the creative coloring board.

Thanks much for your input and time!

Ramsey

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RAMSEY
Treeline Film Company
Colorado, USA

[Jonathan Ramsey]

Thanks for the tip on Carbon Copy. It does look like a good app.

I have to wipe out the system, though, so this is slightly more complicated than an upgrade. But maybe that app could be a good backup in case things go wrong.

Thanks for chiming in!
Ramsey

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RAMSEY
Treeline Film Company
Colorado, USA

[Jonathan Ramsey]

Yes, you mirror my thoughts as to the relative release dates. It’s a bit of a conundrum. Probably just have to take the plunge and see what happens. My system, to clarify, if not on Leopard — neither suite is yet. Thanks for all your thoughts. I do appreciate it very much.

Ramsey

[Jonathan Ramsey]

Yes, very good. Thank you for confirming that ioHD works with Leopard–that is comforting to hear. But does it work BETTER on Leopard? That’s the real number we’re trying to figure out. Well, it’s a long story as to what doesn’t work right and it gets into sync problems that then opens up the can of “known-problem” worms, but these particular sync issues extended beyond those known issues. We’ve had the one machine rebuilt and it, so far, seems to be much more solid. Right now, the nuances I would say are most pronounced are very delayed starting and stopping of the timeline (i.e., takes a long time to get going, and a long time to stop on playback). Considering these are fully-maxed out, new MacPro towers with the bells and whistles, these and similar nuances have thrown our integrator for a loop. But they’re also not super Mac-savvy. So, it was suggested we upgrade to Leopard b/c the ioHD was “designed” for Leopard. I’m curious if that is true or if anyone noticed improved performance from tiger to leopard with the ioHD.

Thanks much,
Ramsey

[Jonathan Ramsey]

One last thought: I SWEAR by the 6×11 with dual monitors… perfect size for functionality AND preserving some desk surface space for other stuff…like scripts!

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RAMSEY
Treeline Film Company
Colorado, USA

[Jonathan Ramsey]

One last thought: I SWEAR by the 6×11 with dual monitors… perfect size for functionality AND preserving some desk surface space for other stuff…like scripts!

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RAMSEY
Treeline Film Company
Colorado, USA

[Jonathan Ramsey]

That’s part of the point. For an entry-level, the LMD 2030W is at B&H for something like $1300… unbelievably low considering the ins/outs, and resolution. I see it doesn’t give specifics on the color temp settings as do the next step-up monitors in the LMD series, so I’d assume that’s a significant drawbrack in professional use. But, for the price I was wondering if anyone had experience with it.

Ramsey

[Jonathan Ramsey]

You know, now that you mention it, I remember being pretty blown away by their images at NAB this year. I’ll check them out. Thanks for the reminder!

Ramsey

[Jonathan Ramsey]

Yikes! Thanks David. That is a harsh review of a higher-end model than the 2030. At a show, however, I looked at the 2050 and would not have been nearly as harsh. A studio at which I edit is putting in the 2050s… once they arrive I’ll send out an impression.

Thank you!
Ramsey