Mark Maness
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Well, after further investigation. I can access any computer if I know the physical IP address and type it in such as 192.168.1.133. BUT if I go into the Connect to Server window and click on Browse, my Network shows absolutely nothing. It seems like its trying to refresh but it never completes its task. And since our network doesn’t have static IP addresses, I have to check each computer daily for its IP address that I want to connect to, and that’s getting very annoying. Have you seen this?
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Wayne Carey
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Ripple Training is a great one (www.rippletraining.com). Another very good resource is DTMS (www.digitalmediatraining.com). These are two that I highly recommend for training DVDs. Both have a very strong selection of tutorials that can help you get up and running. Another awesome resource is attending trade shows like NAB in April. They have the Post Production World Conference and its an awesome resource for learning about FCP. You can also get you certifications there. Give that a shot. Good luck and Welcome to Final Cut Pro!
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Wayne Carey
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Well, I use the LM2010 LCD in my edit suite and its not bad. Albeit, not as high of resolution as the CRTs but they are cost effective and I haven’t had any problems color correcting with them yet or I have had no complaints yet. Now, I do know for a fact that Sony no longer makes CRTs for standard def video, just the LCDs so if you really want a CRT, you’ll have to purchase a used one or find someone who still may have a new in stock. But like I said, they look great. Now I do want to mention that they have a slow refresh rate so you may see a tear in the screen during cuts on your timeline but they are cost effective and very space saving.
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Wayne Carey
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Ok…. let’s jus make this very easy. Just always remember to set your sequence and you capture presets to the same. In other words, if you capture using the Betacam settings on the IO – make sure that it has the same compression settings as your sequence. Best thing to do is when you change your Easy Setup after you created a new project, always create a new sequence. Therefore, everything will jive.
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Wayne Carey
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To answer your original question, just downconvert the footage using your deck or camera to DV. They both can do it very well. Then you can offline in DV. As for mixing them – nope, no way possible.
The Miranda box would be the best idea to have in this situation. It will properly downconvert your footage so that you can digitize in any format that you need. You can then redigitize everything to match your DigiBeta, and HDV that’s been downconverted still looks awesome. Much much better than standard DV footage. I can attest to the quality. I just had to digitize something that we shot with the Canon XL1 cameras and there is no comparison in the quality of the HDV. Much sharper and better detail.
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Wayne Carey
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Your tape machine should be able to tell you which flavor of IMX you are using. If you are using the XDCAM series like I am, then on the screen readout there is a section that tells you which level of IMX is in the machine.
You don’t have to have Flip4Mac at all. FCP 5 has the IMX codec at IMX50 only. Any other IMX like 40 or 30 is going to look pretty bad. I have some footage that was shot at IMX40 and I had to digitize if at IMX50 using the SDI output of my machine. Yes, there is a conversion process taking place but I would say that you would not know if I hadn’t told you. So… to answer you question. Just digitize it using SDI into FCP using the IMX50 codec. Simple.
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Wayne Carey
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I don’t see what you have against it. If nobody had told you that it was HDV or shot in the cineframe, would you have been able to tell it from film? That is assuming that you have the camera setup properly and the correct color and gamma settings for film style cineframe. I would be pressed to say that some people in Hollywood would have a hard time tell the difference. Only a trained person in film would know. Like I said, if you have it setup properly for the film style settings.
Next… The Nattress film look filters are the fastest set of filters in the business and Graeme Nattress is always updating them for speed. You have to keep in mind the number of lines in a filter’s settings. The more lines, the more complex. You are changing almost everything about the frame from frame rate to color correction. That is extremely processor intensive. In order to process this in a reasonable amount of time that you wish, you’d need a super computer like a Kray2. You need to understand that if you want something to look a certain way and it wasn’t shot that way, its going to take time to render.
Oh yeah…. I seriously doubt that Canopus can render film effects in real time. FCP is the best in the business for the cost factor, so you really can’t compare it to another capture device since it is software only – no capture hardware. Now, you could compare it to the Decklink BlackMagic or the AJA Kona2 but not to the software only. Besides, you need to look at many factors before choosing the right platform for you and your needs. That’s why FCP is software only. You can use it for DV only or you can add a capture card to it and edit complete Hollywood movies. Can Canopus say that?
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Wayne Carey
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Or you could just shoot your footage using the 30p mode, if that’s what your looking for. Are you going to broadcast this or are you going to film? If you are going to broadcast, then shooting in the 30p mode looks great. We do it all the time.
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Wayne Carey
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Well, I must say that you need to run the updates. I have never had a problem with an update up to this point in time. Secondly, I just read that Decklink has new drivers available just this week. Have you tried those yet? Next thing I have to ask, did you install the RAM youself or did you purchase the systems from Apple with all 8 gigs in them.
I do know for a fact that almost all of the programs out there only use 4 gigs as a maximum and FCP only uses 2.5 gig for it. Now, Motion may be able to use the 8 gigs but it will only help you if you have a bunch of programs running like Photoshop, FCP, Livetype, etc. What kind of systems do you have? And what kind of SATA drives do you have? Who manufactured the SATA adapter card in your computers? All of these things matter. Do you have updated drivers for all of these? What else does each of these system have running?
You have to ask all of these questions to find out what is causing the crashes. I would almost bet you that there is a conflict with the Decklink card and your Macs. Check with Decklink for any problems with this. Give that a shot.
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Wayne Carey
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And keep in mind that if you are using a firewire capture device like the AJA IO that you need to have a second firewire card for any other firewire devices. The IO completely takes over the firewire bus, just like Gary said. Easy… Just go to a computer store and purchase a firewire card that Mac support.
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Wayne Carey
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