[Matthieu Laclau]

Ok! I’ll forget the idea of Premiere and will do in AE.

[Matthieu Laclau]

Ken and Dave,

Thanks for your fast answer. I’ll try that.
It doesn’t have to be very precise. It can look “dirty”, so I guess using the clean plate and the difference matte should work. Hopefully, I might have clean plates on most of shots.
We’re working on real surveillance camera footages and I’m editor of the film.
I just want to be able to make the effect approximately to see how it looks, during the editing.
It should be possible to do the same in Premiere I guess, right?

Matthieu.

[Matthieu Laclau]

As soon as the Macpro was announced, I was very excited with the possibility to use it as a mobile workstation.
It seems not too many people are using it like this.

For the sound, it would be similar problem with a macbookpro actually. If you want to have good sound, you need good headphone or good speakers.
I like the Genelec 8010A, because they’re very good quality and they’re extremely small. The only inconvenient is that the input is XLR, so I had to do a custom cable: double XLR / mini jack.
Cheers.

[Matthieu Laclau]

Hi,

I bought a Mac Pro a year and a half ago and I often move from one place to another.
I have my main editing room in Taipei, but I often go to Beijing. For the last feature film I cut, I was editing on set, so I’ve also been to different place in China, in Australia and in France.
I carry a quite complete setup in a backpack and a Rimowa luggage and I feel convenient about it.

In the backpack, I put the Mac Pro (that is inside the Waterfield Mac Pro bag), a Lacie 2Big thunderbolt 2 and a iPad mini. With the app Duet, I can use the iPad as a monitor: it’s a bit small, but when I really need to do something and I don’t have a monitor, it’s ok. I actually used this system from a airport, because I really needed to do something fast.

In the luggage, I have a Samsung U28E590, which fit exactly my luggage. I just need to remove the stands (which is very easy) and I wrap the monitor in a light duvet.
I also put 2 Genelec 8010A speakers and a bag full of cables, chargers, and an extender with 5 plugs.
Then, I still have enough space to put my clothes. My luggage is often around 23kg which is ok for most flight.

With this setup, I can go almost anywhere and I have a complete setup. If I cut in a hotel, I will connect the Mac Pro to the TV through HDMI.
Then, if I go to a office where I know there is a monitor, I just have to take the backpack. It makes a heavy backpack, but I got used to it.

I’m not sure what is the more suitable for you, but in my situation, I wouldn’t exchange my Mac Pro with a Macbook Pro.

Hope my post can help.
Best,

Matthieu.

[Matthieu Laclau]

Sorry, I should have precise that I’m working with DNxHR SQ 1080p this time. On my previous film, it’s was prores LT and I was experiencing the same problem.

[Matthieu Laclau]

Hi everyone,

Thanks very much for your advices.
I think I’m going to grade three images separately (left, center and right).
I’ll do the same primary correction for three images, and add window separately without touching the edge of the frames.
What I learn today is that it’s going to be shoot and projected at 50f/s!
It’s not going to be simple.
Cheers,

Matthieu.