[Matthew Lamond]

Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
4GB (4x1GB)
2 x ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s

ok so if i wanted a raid what would i have to do? i mean i am building this through apple.com. would it be cheaper to buy stock mac pro with the 1 TB hard drive and add the RAID capabilitie. i mean i have no idea what RAID 0 is so i dont know how to do it. i am familar with SATA but this raid stuff is too new and i have no idea what it is or how to accomplish getting it and why i would need it. please enlighten me so i accomplish this. also btw andrew what do you use?

[Matthew Lamond]

I was looking into getting a power mac with

2x 2.8ghz quad core proccesrors
4x 1gb ram
2x 256 HD ATI graphics
2x 1TB Sata hard drives

will this be enough for using the HF100 for i really like the quality on it. also how would i obtain the “Primatte RT keyer in Motion” any good sources you guys know i can purchase it from? after you key it do you export the video and use premier? or final cut pro?

[Matthew Lamond]

thanks for the info 🙂 now as for lighting we have 3-1000w halogen lighting kit with softboxes on the 2 in the back for the green screen and a soft box on the center light. now i will try to throw that pitch to the big wigs on the wise investment. where could i acquire a used XL1 i am familiar with that camera actually. also what software should i be using for greenscreening then. and also feel free to check out the video i already made heres the link. this was made with a 100$ video camera lol. this is the kind of thigns we are making. product reviews and stuff. also why does my PC freeze everytime i open the HD video file. i have tried it on multiple PC’s but all of the will play the file but they dont show anything but lines…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GDg5NcNbic

[Matthew Lamond]

it does help. however i am not sure what PP is or Ultra or AE lol sorry. Now we are in the works of purchasing a computer that will hopefully be able to handle HD video. Now with the one camera it was a 3CCD so didnt have the bayer filter however i tested it and the shot quality was inferior to that of the Canon Vixia. Also when i imported the video i test shot onto my pc from SD card it was 1920 resolution and everytime i tried to play it on my PC it froze instantly. the files were also in a .mts format which i had a hard time opening. i used nero to convert them to 720 resolution and i was able to view them. augh i am so lost with these new cameras and i am just trying to do something my company wants… PC recomendations would be appreciated too. HD isnt neccessary a Good Quality SD would be acceptable camera as well

[Matthew Lamond]

well i was able to achieve somewhat decent results out of a extremely horrible camera already. What exactly is 4:2:2? and i use premieres chroma keyer to phase out the background. it doesnt look beautiful in any means. but its not bad for what i was using. whats the cheapest 4:2:2 out there?