many many thanks adolfo. i was looking for options in the ‘preview’ preference of after effects instead of the ‘video preview’. (i’m using a mac). i now have a beautiful preview of my compositions on the broadcast monitor. it’s very exciting, and a bit of a shock how different it looks… anyway, now i just need to work out how to see the renders. any ideas? i adjusted the preference file to be able to output trillions of colours, but how do i get the rendered movies to play to the broadcast monitor? do i have to switch to quicktime to play back stuff?
and thanks to steve for the pointer to the blackmagic website. i did have a look but i have to say it’s not been much help. the latest reference to after effects is 5.5 and it doesn’t mention much about the actual practicalities of connecting the card to a monitor.
i still have to work out how to get a preview from final cut, so no doubt i will be posting again shortly.
scyld.