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Ron James
June 9, 2009 at 3:50 am in reply to: New 15″ Apple laptops lacking ExpressCard/34 slot

Again, what are the available options for SXS transfer now? Just the Sony USB reader?
Ron James
June 9, 2009 at 12:34 am in reply to: New 15″ Apple laptops lacking ExpressCard/34 slot

Are there any FW800 solutions for reading the SXS cards? Are the USB readers so slow that they’re useless for location transfers?
Ron James
April 27, 2009 at 5:43 pm in reply to: External drive for iMac on a budget

[David Roth Weiss] “That seems like an awfully big unit for so little drive space.”

The drive is actually a lot smaller than it looks in pictures. It’s got a huge blue light on the front, though. I personally find that kind of stuff a distraction. Maybe you can turn it off.
Ron James
April 26, 2009 at 11:18 pm in reply to: External drive for iMac on a budget

What flavour of HD are you talking?
Ron James
April 19, 2009 at 2:35 am in reply to: [Slightly OT] Timecode Calculator for iPhone/iPod Touch

Shane, I saw that on your blog posting (the Developer posted there) and that was the one I was considering. Going to go buy it now. Can’t go wrong at .99 anyway!

Thanks a lot.
Ron James
April 19, 2009 at 2:34 am in reply to: So any whispers, FCP dealings at NAB?

“Of course Apple selling the ProApps in the future is something that might actually happen. I doubt it will be this year, but it could happen……”

AHH! Don’t say that. My ultimate nightmare is FCP ends up feeling like Avid. Ugh, barf.
Ron James
March 29, 2009 at 1:41 am in reply to: Nondrop HD sequence to dropframe layoff for broadcast

Shane, I posted this question on your blog, but I’ll post it here also, in case it might help someone. Regarding the Netmedia TC Calculator…

To get a proper 23.98 NDF to DF conversion with this timecode calculator you should convert 23.98 NDF to the setting called “23.98 DF”?
Ron James
March 27, 2009 at 1:38 am in reply to: Nondrop HD sequence to dropframe layoff for broadcast

I *love* that TC calculator. Man, it was the hardest thing to find for a while, unless you wanted to pay a lot. The Netmedia one is awesome! And less than $10 USD.
Ron James
March 27, 2009 at 1:24 am in reply to: Clarification on ProRes Codec for HD project

“I’ll also have to research Media Manager in FCP 6 as I was always wary of FCP 5 Media “Mangler” issues.”

Llewelyn’s advice is excellent. Workflow is everything. As for Media Manager, I’ve been using it ever since it was first introduced and have personally *never* had any problems. Most problems are user error. You can certainly mangle things if you tell it to do all the wrong things. Just take your time and carefully check all your settings. If you have the space, use “copy” instead of deleting the original media. Also, pay attention to things like Nests and Speed FX. I’d take everything out of nests before MM’ing and pre-bake your speed fx.

HTH
Ron James
March 27, 2009 at 1:07 am in reply to: multiclip…or is my computer just slow

Hey Curtis,

Can you provide some details about what kind of footage (SD/HD, format, PAL/NTSC, etc) you’re using and what version FCP, etc?

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