Michael Garber
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thanks for the info. just so frustrating. perhaps apple can add a global broadcast safe button as some point in the future. that would solve everything and make life a lot easier when getting stuff out the door to air.
Michael Garber
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[Tony Sarafoski] “Try this for curiosity, create a new user account, open applications, click on FCPX & allow it to install, then import some material and try batch renaming.”
Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, didn’t work for me. Will try re-downloading the app and let you know.
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That’s exactly what I’ve been hoping and pestering apple about on their feedback page. Hoping the “virtual tracks” could react like buckets that would auto-assign roles as you drop clips into them. This is would be a huge incentive to get me to use the program more – especially with channel assignments.
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while i’m not a big fan of ol’ magneticy either, i’d really like to see them implement some way to organize roles in the timeline. right now i find it to be a mess. that would help visually organize things for me. hopefully the multi-channel mixer is a step toward that.
dual-viewers, yes please… like yesterday, please.
and thanks to larry for pushing apple on getting in and out points to stick.
10.0.4 seems more stable, so hoping it keeps moving in the right direction. broadcast out on my kona 3 is better, but still not 100%.
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I have a feeling it works better with Cuda on a PC in 5.5. CS6 might be different. Here’s a review of CS6 by a good friend who beta tested it.
https://theeditdoctor.tumblr.com/post/21041256494/premiering-adobe-premiere
As I said in a previous post, I’m looking at building a PC in addition to my Macs. Seems like it could be the best of both worlds (assuming you get it running and stable). If the Macs don’t work well, then switch over to the PC and run Premiere or Avid. This is all untested by me (I’ll test stuff until the cows come home before I do anything pro on it) so I may come back and say don’t do it in a couple months once I’ve gone through everything.
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This a rough estimate for comparison to Walter’s numbers. You can build a mid-range PC with a core i7 4-core with an Nvidia 5xx card for between 1300-2000 depending on drives, RAM, etc… I think that system would probably out-perform a fully-loaded iMac that you can buy today. Who knows what’s around the corner, other than Ivy Bridge, though.
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Frank, glad you pointed that out, I noticed that, too. So I went and did a price comparison. His system was about 300 more than going through OWC for RAM.
Andrew – totally agree with you about not turning your back from the PC market. There is an amazing amount of opportunity there and the prices are in line with what I think most people are willing to spend on a new system that will last a couple of years.
One downside I see to going PC is that the resale value isn’t as good as Apple products. It might be more difficult to sell a 2-3 year PC on Craigslist rather than an iMac. But, you could also repurpose a PC tower with a new Mobo and processor. So, I guess it’s 6 of 1…
I think a mid-range PC is an excellent value right now. Before I invest in a new system, I’m going to wait for NAB and Ivy Bridge at the end of the month. Hopefully Thunderbolt can make it’s way to PCs in the near future.
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It’s funny because I had just laid out the costs for new gear a day before his blog came out. I was completely on the same page with him. (I feel like the entire post community is on the same page right now!) It seems like the best deal with Apple (right now) is the iMac. I just don’t want to be forced to use their display when I have lots of beautiful cinema displays throughout my facility.
So, I’m starting to look into building a Hackintosh for at least one of my systems to see how it goes. Upside: Fast, Cheap, if I can’t get Mac to be stable, I’ll have a smoking Windows system that I can put CS6 and Avid on. Downside: probably lots, but I’m willing to try it out since I love to tinker. 😉
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Oh, man, yeah, I see it now. X,Y or bust! Percentages was crazy. Thanks for pointing it out.
Michael Garber
5th Wall – a post production company