[Lucas Way]

It wasn’t that, it was me importing it wrong.

I was just double clicking to import, creating a dynamic link. Didn’t realise you had to go to import>PP project.

Sorted.

Thanks for the help both of you.

[Lucas Way]

When I import the premiere.prog I get a dialog box asking me to pick my sequence, I choose my created sequence (the only one I have) and it imports just one file, no nest of media folders, bins etc… the symbol next to the imported sequence is sort of what you described. Under ‘type’ it is listed as an adobe dynamic link’.

When I click on the file it opens like a video clip would, when i add it to a comp, it works like one clip, no cuts, layers etc…

I’m sure I’m being stupid.

[Lucas Way]

Method 2 is what I did and all it did was import the sequence and it was just one long block, no cuts etc…?

[Lucas Way]

I thought 64/32 bit only related to RAM limitations, not CPU.

You live and learn.

Thanks.

[Lucas Way]

Sufficient, sure.

I sometimes edit prores on a USB2 drive, not ideal but it certainly works.

So yeah, sure, it’ll work. if you want more reliability and speed then by all means use a RAID but it all comes down to cost vs benefit.

[Lucas Way]

I usually don’t advocate piracy but in that case, it’s not like Apple have given you much choice.

Pirate FCS3, you paid for FCS2, I’m sure you would have been willing to buy FCS3, it’s Apples mistake for taking it off the shelves prematurely to sell their new ‘pro’ app.

If/when FCPX becomes a more viable option, buy it, secure in the knowledge that you did all you could.

[Lucas Way]

I’m having no problems at all with crashing, slowing down etc… I’m having no issues whatsoever with the format or FCP.
I was just wondering why it wasn’t using all my machines potential power.
I do work on some other stuff in prores, just not for this particular client. Will prores better use my machine to it’s full power?

Sadly I don’t have the time to transcode everything to prores for the edit, the rushes are 200+ gig as they are so it would take a hell of a long time to transcode, hence why I set log and transfer to import native as opposed to transcoding. It’s a shame, but can’t be helped.

[Lucas Way]

I understand long-GOP formats are slower and take more processing power… isn’t that more reason for FCP to use my entire CPU power?

I’m not complaining about it being slow, I’m asking why FCP is on’t using half the potential power of my machine.

[Lucas Way]

I do need to export to XDCAM.

Any idea of the rendering not using all the CPU?

[Lucas Way]

…Lion has none of those issues?