[Rainer Wirth]

Still working with FCP 7, testing Adobe production suite and MC 6. Possible workflow for the future: Editing on MC 6 or FCP7, finishing on smoke 2013 on a seperate workstation. This new workstation will be equiped with a 3D workflow.

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Rainer Wirth

[Rainer Wirth]

You can use mpeg streamclip.

Rainer

[Rainer Wirth]

try digital rebellion. Quick fix and housekeeper.

regards

Rainer

[Rainer Wirth]

I would go for sonnet R800,
its working with no problems for 2 years now, SAS gives you enough speed. Drives Hitachi HUAs.

Rainer

[Rainer Wirth]

My advice for apple:

keep FCPX as it is and start a serious FCP8 and studio 3.
Don’t forget a new mac pro with thunderbold and 16 core.

Rainer

[Rainer Wirth]

That is interesting. I’ve got a question to Steve. As you work for small tree, one of the best raid storage producers, you say, that it doesn’t matter wether to use a HUA or HUS drive in a let’s say 16 bay SAS or FC Raid. Which drives do you use in the small tree products. Do you list the HUS drives within your small tree specs?

Rainer

[Rainer Wirth]

I’ve come to the same question. The HUS drives are cheaper, the HUA drives are better.

I use the same sas raid system (sonnet R800) and the same software (atto) to control it. The HUA drives work perfect for two years now. Don’t mix the drives! If you look at the sonnet site for specs, you can only use the HUA ones, the HUS are not listed.

I hope this helps

Rainer

[Rainer Wirth]

At the present moment we are still with fcp7. We fiddle around with X, but really don’t use it for serious work. We are trying Premiere and MC. Smoke is there as a powerful finishing tool. So, lets say fcpX doesn’t develop in the near future, we will switch to a different workflow. And folks, you all know it, when this new workflow is set, we as a production house won’t change it for at least five years. Why such a long time? We will organize everything around our workflow.
Here are the reasons:
Premiere has become very strong and powerful since 5.5
MC 6 is now a pure software, has come down in price and supports aja (our breakout boxes)
Autodesk will come down in price and supports the whole environment.
So within a six months time we will change the workflow. FCP will die out, the rest will grow. Tape is just on the edge, and even DVD will slowly disappear. 90 % of our work is done with file transfer and USB sticks. Our own workflow is tape free for nearly 9 years now.
What we need is a editing tool quick and easy with an exchange to a finishing tool with support of the artist series (Colour) and a strong chroma key.

Rainer

[Rainer Wirth]

Thanks a lot for your input.

Rainer

[Rainer Wirth]

Hi Walter,

I don’t get any Aja presets in the preferences of Premiere Pro. i just get the premiere settings. I’ve installed aja software and firmware. Where are the aja sequence setings?

Thanks

Rainer