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Martin Jordan
July 12, 2011 at 3:48 pm in reply to: Will this graphics card work with Premiere CS5.5

Never mind answering this question. I’ve found out that:
GeForce GTX 285 (Windows and Mac OS) (is no longer available)

Quadro FX 4800 (Windows and Mac OS) (has many issues and way over priced)

Quadro 4000 (Windows and Mac OS) (has many issues including freezing & kernal carshes)

Apparently for right now my choice is to stick with the ATI Radeon HD 4870 that I have now but won’t be able to take advantage of the mercury playback engine.

There just doesn’t seem to be any good choices for that feature in a MAC work station right now.

Quad-Core, 2.93GHz, OS 10.6.8, 32GB Ram, external 4TB RAID eSATA, 4TB Internal, ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card, FCP Studio 7, AE 9.0.2, Boris BCC, FEC, CoreMelt 2, FxFactory Pro 2, idustrial revolution Volumetrix, Yanobox Motype, Squeeze for the Web, MacBook Pro (MBP) 2.6 GHz, Panasonic HPX300 Video Camera, 2 – Canon 5DMKII’s w/Pclix controllers.
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Martin Jordan
July 5, 2011 at 10:28 pm in reply to: fcp lacie big4 raid speed

Well from my perspective when I see 6GB of RAM that’s not much and that “could” be your problem. One my main work stations I have 32GB of Ram and run 2 RAID 5’s both with eSATA. One of the RAID’s is a 4TB tower with 8 – 500GB drives and it can push 595MB/s (very fast) and the other is a new 12TB, RAID 5 that can push about 240MB/s.

I have not ever had any problems with my system like what you described. Even though I boot my system in 64bit, I have not upgraded AE, FCP to 64 bit simple because I have a ton of money invested in 3rd party plugin software in 32 bit.

So my 2 cents is it may very well be RAM. RAM is very important as you know, especially when pushing large files.

Hope that helps.

Quad-Core, 2.93GHz, OS 10.6.2, 32GB Ram, external 4TB RAID eSATA, 4TB Internal, ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card, FCP Studio 7, AE 9.0.2, Boris BCC, FEC, CoreMelt 2, FxFactory Pro 2, idustrial revolution Volumetrix, Yanobox Motype, Squeeze for the Web, MacBook Pro (MBP) 2.6 GHz, Panasonic HPX300 Video Camera, 2 – Canon 5DMKII’s w/Pclix controllers.
The entire Adobe Creative Suite 4, Design Premium.
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Martin Jordan
July 5, 2011 at 10:17 pm in reply to: Question for Rafael

Thank you. You had me wondering and questioning myself.

One more question…Would there be ANY benefit concerning this size issue by shooting AVC-100? Probably not but just wondering?

Remember…all this video will ultimately be web only streaming.

Quad-Core, 2.93GHz, OS 10.6.2, 32GB Ram, external 4TB RAID eSATA, 4TB Internal, ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card, FCP Studio 7, AE 9.0.2, Boris BCC, FEC, CoreMelt 2, FxFactory Pro 2, idustrial revolution Volumetrix, Yanobox Motype, Squeeze for the Web, MacBook Pro (MBP) 2.6 GHz, Panasonic HPX300 Video Camera, 2 – Canon 5DMKII’s w/Pclix controllers.
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Martin Jordan
July 5, 2011 at 9:47 pm in reply to: fcp lacie big4 raid speed

It could be a RAM issue OR is your RAID hooked up to eSATA or firewire?

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Martin Jordan
July 5, 2011 at 7:29 pm in reply to: Colors not as rich when I export to QT

Well I’m not sure why you say that. It is recorded in the camera as AVC-Intra 50 1080i. When I LT in FCP and choose the transfer preference it’s here it changes the the parameter.

So, I’m confused on your comment.

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Mac user since 1988.
Martin Jordan
July 4, 2011 at 6:56 pm in reply to: Colors not as rich when I export to QT

The same. When I export my large self container .mov from FCP it’s washed out there. So when I bring it into Squeeze for my final web prep that file “of course” is the same.

I have to find a way to export my original QT .mov that is as good as in my time line.

However, I have found a work around even though it requires a couple of more time consuming steps. Once I export my complete QT from FCP, I then import it again into FCP in a new project apply 15% saturation, render and then export the entire file again. Then it’s fine.

Quad-Core, 2.93GHz, OS 10.6.2, 32GB Ram, external 4TB RAID eSATA, 4TB Internal, ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card, FCP Studio 7, AE 9.0.2, Boris BCC, FEC, CoreMelt 2, FxFactory Pro 2, idustrial revolution Volumetrix, Yanobox Motype, Squeeze for the Web, MacBook Pro (MBP) 2.6 GHz, Panasonic HPX300 Video Camera, 2 – Canon 5DMKII’s w/Pclix controllers.
The entire Adobe Creative Suite 4, Design Premium.
Owner of Full Graphics Design Firm Houston, Tx 21 yrs.
Mac user since 1988.
Martin Jordan
July 4, 2011 at 6:06 pm in reply to: Colors not as rich when I export to QT

OK…did some more digging and here’s what I found.

As I mentioned in my last post my QT files are 1920 x 1080 once they go through log & Transfer BUT those are from my 5DMKII camera’s.

I checked my QT files that were converted from my AVC-50 1080i footage from my Panasonic and after going through LT (and yes in preferences I choose Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) when I open those in Quicktime and check the inspector for info, it says these clips are 1440 x 1080 actual 1088 x 1062.

So, I opened another FCP new project and imported and 5DMKII clip FIRST and sure enough the sequence changed to 1980 x 1080. I then imported the QT file from the panny and it dropped right in BUT is still 1440 x 1080. And of course all the panny clips are from my main camera with the talent in it where I’m getting most of the washed out look.

As I have said before all clips from all cameras look well saturated in the timeline.

So with this senario I exporting a new self contained .mov with sequence settings the washed out look is still there.

Any suggestions?

Quad-Core, 2.93GHz, OS 10.6.2, 32GB Ram, external 4TB RAID eSATA, 4TB Internal, ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card, FCP Studio 7, AE 9.0.2, Boris BCC, FEC, CoreMelt 2, FxFactory Pro 2, idustrial revolution Volumetrix, Yanobox Motype, Squeeze for the Web, MacBook Pro (MBP) 2.6 GHz, Panasonic HPX300 Video Camera, 2 – Canon 5DMKII’s w/Pclix controllers.
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Martin Jordan
July 4, 2011 at 5:37 pm in reply to: Colors not as rich when I export to QT

Rafael,

Ok, watched Shanes video. I remember this video. I watched it long time ago.

OK, here’s where I’m at…I checked my QT files after I logged & transferred…and they are in 1920 x 1080. When I import them into the timeline in FCP though AND CHECK YES and you said to change the sequence to match the clip size, it still changes it to 1440 x 1080. How do I change that?

Quad-Core, 2.93GHz, OS 10.6.2, 32GB Ram, external 4TB RAID eSATA, 4TB Internal, ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card, FCP Studio 7, AE 9.0.2, Boris BCC, FEC, CoreMelt 2, FxFactory Pro 2, idustrial revolution Volumetrix, Yanobox Motype, Squeeze for the Web, MacBook Pro (MBP) 2.6 GHz, Panasonic HPX300 Video Camera, 2 – Canon 5DMKII’s w/Pclix controllers.
The entire Adobe Creative Suite 4, Design Premium.
Owner of Full Graphics Design Firm Houston, Tx 21 yrs.
Mac user since 1988.
Martin Jordan
July 4, 2011 at 4:49 pm in reply to: Colors not as rich when I export to QT

Just so I’m clear on this then…you guys got me to thinking now.

When I log & transfer (both AVC & 5DMKII clips) I select the ProRes 422 (HQ) preference and it’s resizing and converting them during the LT process. We I import these clips into FCP, FCP ask’s me to I want to convert these clips to match sequence or keep the clips native. I always say native and it’s 1440 x 1080. So what setting do I need to keep them at 1980 x 1020?

Also where is that other setting again where I check & make sure on the square pixels?

Quad-Core, 2.93GHz, OS 10.6.2, 32GB Ram, external 4TB RAID eSATA, 4TB Internal, ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card, FCP Studio 7, AE 9.0.2, Boris BCC, FEC, CoreMelt 2, FxFactory Pro 2, idustrial revolution Volumetrix, Yanobox Motype, Squeeze for the Web, MacBook Pro (MBP) 2.6 GHz, Panasonic HPX300 Video Camera, 2 – Canon 5DMKII’s w/Pclix controllers.
The entire Adobe Creative Suite 4, Design Premium.
Owner of Full Graphics Design Firm Houston, Tx 21 yrs.
Mac user since 1988.
Martin Jordan
July 4, 2011 at 4:40 pm in reply to: Colors not as rich when I export to QT

Yeah I know that. Thanks. Got that part. This problem is before I even go to the web.

Quad-Core, 2.93GHz, OS 10.6.2, 32GB Ram, external 4TB RAID eSATA, 4TB Internal, ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card, FCP Studio 7, AE 9.0.2, Boris BCC, FEC, CoreMelt 2, FxFactory Pro 2, idustrial revolution Volumetrix, Yanobox Motype, Squeeze for the Web, MacBook Pro (MBP) 2.6 GHz, Panasonic HPX300 Video Camera, 2 – Canon 5DMKII’s w/Pclix controllers.
The entire Adobe Creative Suite 4, Design Premium.
Owner of Full Graphics Design Firm Houston, Tx 21 yrs.
Mac user since 1988.

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