Mark Maness
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[bbalser] “No, not the capture setting, I’m talking about the function in the Mark menu. You are thinking about the function in the Capture presets that has nothing to do with what I’m talking about, but is often mistaken for doing the same thing, though it doesn’t. What I’m talking about looks not at SMPTE TC, but Time-Of-Day TC, to make breaks.”
This ONLY works if you are capturing in the native codec to the machine using firewire. You cannot take an HDV tape and capture it to DVCProHD and use the DV Start/Stop Detect feature. I’ve tried it. It works fine IF I’m caputring to HDV thru firewire. DV Start/Stop Detect for DV/HDV video.
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Wayne Carey
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Sounds good BUT you can only do this if you use your firewire connection and capture thru firewire.
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Wayne Carey
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Can you give me your settings and I’ll check to see if something is wrong. I can’t seem to find anything wrong with my settings. BUT I’m sure that I am overlooking something.
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This only works with DV. Most of us aren’t using DV as much anymore. That’s why its becoming a pain on figuring how to do this.
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Wayne Carey
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I thought we all did this…
I find it very necessary when you have to fade up with CG at the same time.
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[Ben Holmes] “Not once you start applying decent filters (other than CC). I think render times have a real effect on what you can work with filters-wise. Sometimes it’s not worth the wait to see what effect a filter has, so it gets dropped. I think the RT elements of FCP are overplayed – only good for basic motion and basic filters.”
BINGO!
Ben hit the nail on the head. I have this issue myself. I’m just lucky that I don’t work with clients on a regular basis and have very tight deadlines.
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Wayne Carey
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[Jeff Carpenter] “Do you know of any place that explains the mixing of 1 GB and 512 chips? I’ve never heard anything about that and was wondering if you had an online source for it.”
Look at this from Apple.
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304492
It shows that for best perfomance, you need to keep your memory at the same sizes all the way through your memory risers. And from personal experience, mixing manufacturers can cause issues, too.
When I mixed the Apple 512s with 1 gig bars, I had to render my timelines completely. I had no realtime support in FCP. When I removed the 512 bars, my realtime performance came back.
[Jeff Carpenter] “So although 4 GB is enough for Final Cut, yes, 8 GB is probably a good idea if you’re always concurrently using Photoshop, DVD Studio Pro, Compressor, After Effects, etc. And since that includes of us, 8 GB is not a terrible idea. It’s not as critical as that video card upgrade, but it’s still a pretty good iedea if you can get it.
“This is why I suggest 8 gig IF you can afford it. On a regular basis, I may use FCP, Motion, Photoshop, AfterEffects, and possibly Illustrator while editing. 4 gig works great, but if you use lots of programs to get the job done, more is always better.
BUT, now, when it comes to the new OctoCore systems. I’ve been told by Apple and several folks at NAB who have been using these for a little while (Beta Testers), that using the new computers with 8 gig is its optimal memory configuration. This is because each chip of four processors need at least 4 gig to run efficiently. Now, they also said that 4 gig will run fine but if you really need performance and speed, 8 gig is the way to go.
[Jeff Carpenter] “It’s not as critical as that video card upgrade, but it’s still a pretty good iedea if you can get it.”
I will agree with you completely. ALWAYS get the best video card you can buy. With the new OctoCore systems, you should look at the ATI X1900 XT at the bare minimum. Motion needs all the graphics cards you can give it.
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Wayne Carey
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I agree with Jeff on everything except the memory situation…
I have heard that if you want optimal performance, you really need 8 gig. 4 gig is fine BUT do not mix 1 gig bars with 512 meg bars, it will only make FCP run slowly and force you to render more than you want.
[Jeff Carpenter] “Personally, I went with the quad-core instead of the octo-core. Why? Well you’ll save $700 and the difference in your editing will be zero. The 2 times you’ll notice a differnce is when you render and when you compress for DVD or the web. So it comes down to your work. Do you do 2 to 3 hour event videos? Half hour shows? 30 second spots?”
I don’t fully agree with this staement. Motion does take full advantage of processors and graphics card. Besides, if you have Shake or plan to purchase Shake, it uses processor support ONLY, not grpahics cards.
[Jeff Carpenter] “So think about the advantage vs. the cost. Yes, time is money, but if all your projects are short, and you only render when you’re done, you might not save that much time. Or maybe you will, it’s up to your workflow.”
This is very true, but be careful to not shoot yourself in the foot by saving money where you shouldn’t.
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Wayne Carey
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Who made your fibre channel cards? ATTO?
I use ATTO cards and FW800 drives as backups. Both working just fine. Keep in mind that Mac Pro systems need to use Universal software. Not all G5 software will work on the Mac Pro because of the Intel coding needed to operate properly.
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Wayne Carey
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That is because it has been replaced with the X1900 GT/XT series. These will work with PCI-X or PCI-E.
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
http://www.schazamproductions.com