Michael W. towe
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I don’t know how well comparing an older MacPro with the newer iMacs or MacBookPro is going to be. I can tell you that our second edit system here at the shop is a mid 2012 iMac and with 16 gigs of ram and thunderbolt connected storage. I am convinced it runs circles around my MacPro when it comes to FCPX.
Michael W. Towe
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Okay, just got my 32 gig’s of Ram from Other World. The 12 I had was in 2 gig sticks so by keeping some of it in I am now running 40 gigs of ram. I am floored by how much smoother and faster FCPX runs! And how much faster it starts up.
Michael W. Towe
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Absolutely makes sense and falls in line with what I was thinking you were doing. Again thanks for taking the time to advise and elaborate!
Michael W. Towe
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Hey Nicholas,
First off thanks for the reply and advice! One quick question. When you are saying get you like footage into compound clips quickly, can you elaborate a bit more on how you are using compound clips in your workflow? Are you just using it for string outs of similar footage. For instance if putting each interview subject into a compound clip.
Thanks again!
Michael W. Towe
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Quick update on this. So after a bit of reading I am convinced that FCPX will be able to handle this project. Here’s the plan…
First upgrade the ram in my MacPro. I’ll be heading off to Other World Computing to order up 32 gigs.
Since the project was originally started in FCP7, although it was basically just logging that was done. I plan to use Xto7 to convert those projects over to X. I will most likely merge the events this creates since, as mentioned before, it is strung out across 18 FCP7 projects. This thinking could change after I see how the 18 projects are organized though as it may make sense to use multiple events.
I’ll keep a running tally of the process once things get rolling and post here for other to learn from.
Thanks for the all the info in you folks have provided in this thread!
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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Thanks Steve! Excellent link!
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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Hey James,
Thanks for the response, here’s a few answers to your questions…
System Specs:
MacPro 2×2.4 Ghz Quad Core
12 GB RAM
ATI 5870 with 1GB
Esata connected G-Raid Drives
Matrox MXO2 I/OAs for footage formats I am still in the process of finding that out. Long story short the producer had a very inexperienced editor do the initial log and he broke it up into 18 different FCP7 projects UGH!! I know it was all captured from MiniDV tape so I am assuming it was shot HDV. That said I don’t know if it was captured to ProRes or to HDV Quicktimes.
As gor quantity I am being told around a terabyte of total footage, not sure yet what the actual run time of all the footage is.
Thanks again,
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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Excellent! Thank you sir, very helpful.
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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Hey Tom,
I did read your response and it brought up a question. Is there a way to play around the edit in a loop play? That was one of the things I liked in dynamic trimming. I could loop play the edit continuously and add or remove frames as needed.
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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Hey Bret,
I find myself doing that as well. I am editing more with my eyes looking at the waveforms than my ears as with a dynamic trim. It works, but it still is not the same for me. With dynamic trimming I can get more of the rhythm and cadence of someones speech which helps me place the cut where I want it. I don’t really get that from looking at waveforms.
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
http://www.m2digitalpost.com