[Paul Ingvarsson]

[MitchJi] “I think if you make intelligent purchases and factor in the resale value owning Mac hardware can be cheaper than owning PC’s. A few month’s ago I sold my two year old DP 867 for $1,400 on Ebay and bought a DP 1.8 refurb for $1,800. Try that with a PC.”

Fantastic point, well worth thinking about….

Freelance DS/Symphony
London

[Paul Ingvarsson]

Forgive me if i’m wrong, but what you descibe is exactly how I work with Avid.

I’m working on an 8 part show at the moment and i’ve set up all the effects and stings in the project for show one. I then open this bin that contains these sequences (or effects or clips – or all three) and cut these into the timeline on the show that I am working on currently (lets say in the show 4 project).

This could work the other way too. While I am in the project for show 4 I can add sequences etc to the show 1 bin, for example if I generated a new sting that I wanted to use in the rest of the series.

In DS this is another story, you can only import a sequence into your current project, and this can be cumbersome.

I’m looking forward to getting hold of that book mentioned, it looks like i’ve got a lot to learn,

Thanks,

Paul

Freelance DS/Symphony
London

[Paul Ingvarsson]

I’m pretty sure I read that only FCP 5 can work with HDV (or Final Cut Express HD) other than that lumiere has some sort of workflow option.

Freelance DS/Symphony
London

[Paul Ingvarsson]

Hi Bret,

Thanks for the response. What do they call this function in FCP? I guess you can decide handles for your resulting clips?

Although you can’t open an actual project while working in another in Avid, you can open and modify all the bins of any project while in another – which i guess is essentially the same thing.

Freelance DS/Symphony
London