[Les Kaye]

Nest the rendered area (option+c), then you won’t get the red line. At this point in my workflow it’s become a given. This is also a good way of cleaning up/collapsing multiple layers. The caveats are:
1-since the process is not as transparent as Avid’s collapse, you can end up with a clutter of more timelines (for which you can create a “Nest” bin).
2-if you need to do any trimming between a nested and not nested section – it won’t work as seamlessly as Avid. But if you know this going in, you can work around it.
-Les
(also from an Avid bg).

[Les Kaye]

[Ron Lindeboom] “You’ll destroy the reputation that some have tried to foment regarding me as a callous, disrespectful, cold-hearted, unfeeling bigot who cares for no one but himself.”

Ron, not to worry – your repuration remains untouched…

[Les Kaye]

[Ron Lindeboom] “the quad Opteron

[Les Kaye]

[Bret Williams] “FCP should institute some sort of effect layer akin to PS and AE.”
Or at the similar way it’s done in Avid (adding the effect to a track)

[Les Kaye]

I’m sure this is similar to my problem – I’ll close down a project and when reopened, a timeline will show a green line over a section that didn’t previously or doesn’t need rendering. Re-editing the source clip back into the timeline seems to solve the problem. Nonetheless…this obviously isn’t right.

[Les Kaye]

[bockos] “This thread sounds you are all attending a wake”
That’s what happens when a thread morphs from its original theme – in this case: What’s the basic hardware requirement for simply (and unpainfully) LEARNING the Production Suite?

[Les Kaye]

Thanks so much! This is just the kind fo feedback I need to hear. FWIW, I also understand that Tiger allows Motion to take full advantage of the 64bit architecture.

[Les Kaye]

[MrVideo] “I would dare to say that once you use FCP, you will not want to go back to AVID.”

Well, I’m very impressed with FCP – amazingly and surprisingly so. There are more than a few things it does WAY better than Avid. HOWEVER…this doesn’t mean that Avid’s now a boat anchor. There are still some things that Avid either does more elegantly or FCP doesn’t do at all. As a point of reference, discreet edit has some features (some of them pretty wonderful) that I’ve not seen duplicated in any other NLE. Meaning – they all have their strengths (yes, even Avid) and weakness (yes even FCP).

[Les Kaye]

PD & Craig,
I’m pretty much in the exact same situation as PD. I’ve been primarily an Avid (& discreet edit) guy, now making the transition to FCP (which btw has gone swimmingly). Although I’ve got an XpressPro setup at home, I’m usually on someone else’s higher end systems. And just like PD, I also thought it would be nice to have an FCP setup at home precisely for getting up to speed with the Production Suite, and especially Motion.

After going around in my own head, until a few weeks ago, I was pretty much set on getting a dual 2.3. But this week’s events (which I’m excited about), also puts a little brake on that. Since this system for me would not PRIMARILY be one devoted to making money, I’m not sure I can justify to myself (let alone the wife) spending 3-4k (being realistic) on a system that WON’T really be that viable in a couple of years. A smaller scale version would be. If I knew I could use a Mini Mac just for this purpose, it would be fine with me. Honestly.

And seriously Craig, thanks for your well thought out replies. I didn’t mean to be too hard on you.

-Les

[Les Kaye]

Craig,
I’m not trying to be too hard on you. However, your’s was a well thought out response that unfortunately didn’t answer the original question – would the 1.8 G5 be okay for simply learning FCP. The original poster was clear about the pitfalls of a slower system, which in the end you elaborated on without answering the question. So I’ll chime in since I’m interested: “What about a slower G5 – even an IMac – just for learning and getting comfortable with the Production Suite if paying work was NOT a factor?”

Thanks,
-Les