[Matthew Abourezk]

But have you disconnected those drives at any point, ran your machine for a while… then reconnect the drive at a later time? I think THAT is when you would notice the problem.

[Matthew Abourezk]

EXCELLENT, thanks for the help guys. I asked how to get my work done faster, I didn’t really expect a workflow answer but you are absolutely right. I will try implementing your suggestions as soon as possible…

Thanks again, MUCH appreciated.
Matt

Talkingbox Digital Media Group
http://www.talkingboxdmg.com
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[Matthew Abourezk]

[[This sounds like a work flow issue. AE 6.5 and Motion are better suited to fly large graphics around. Also, I never make my graphics larger than 2x or 2.5x the video resolution and with some preplanning I may only go 1.5x my video resolution. ]]

Bryce, thanks for the input. I probably need to post to an AE site regarding this as well. The reason I decided to go at this in FCP rather than AE, is that I need to do some very precise moves in time to music. So far, creating a piece in AE that has many audio cues seems like a huge pain. The audio handling in AE is pathetic.

The reason the file is so large is that I need to be zoomed all the way in to a Tiny logo, then pull back and fly around a mocked up web page. I need to land at specific points in the page on cue with the audio, and I need to use 3d filters in FCP to slowly spin the page in 3d space….

So, setting all that aside…. would SCSI drives help?

[Matthew Abourezk]

Hi all,
Thanks for your replies… sorry I didn’t respond sooner, somehow I had turned off the email notification….

Anyway, to answer one of your questions, I live in Connecticut, NYC is a 40 minute train ride away.

Thanks again for your feedback, I will start working my way through the links that you provided. Feel free to reply more thoughts, I promise to respond quicker.

Thanks again,
Matt