Sean Oneil
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[Mark Raudonis] ”
In a networked environment, you must take into consideration OTHER people. Your renaming of a clip may totally flummox another editor’s efforts to find that clip. That’s why we do NOT use names like “WS PAN LEFT TIM LEAVES ROOM”, and instead use “727A03-1″. If you want to rename something, do it in comments. Our team counts on a logical, organized naming scheme that everyone must follow. While the ability to rename is helpful on an individual basis, it can create total chaos in a workgroup environment.”You missed my point. Yes, we all know that when people are sharing projects and media, they have to be careful about renaming things. The point I was making is that this new feature does not allow editors to do something they couldn’t already do. So to suggest this new feature is somehow dangerous is a moot point.
Sean
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One other thing. A really good resource is SmallTree Communications (google it). They sell multi-port gigabit Nic cards for the Mac. They are experts in setting up an Ethernet based SAN.
Sean
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Studio Network Solutions, among others, provide turnkey iSCSI SAN solutions. SNS specializes in marketing their products for post production people like us – rather than the typical IT market. There isn’t much to set up on your end. They provide everyhing.
There are other solutions to do it yourself. iSCSI requires 3 things.
1. An iSCSI storage target (the server with all the disk drives in it and the software to make it an iSCSI target)
2. An iSCSI initator for each client (software that connects you to a target via TCP/IP).
3. SAN management software. This software makes sure that all hell doesn’t break loose by having multiple clients accessing the same “local” disk with write privileges. Examples are Apple’s Xsan, Tiger Tech’s MetaSAN, and Studio Network Solutions’ SANmp.One thing to note. SNS’s SANmp is not as good as MetaSAN or Xsan. Do a search here for “volume level sharing” and “file level sharing” to see what the difference is.
I built my own server using Open-E iSCSI target software. While I saved an incredible fortune doing it myself, I don’t recommend it for anyone who isn’t me :).
Sean
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[Shane Ross] “Waveform vectorscopes and their eyes.”
Of course, but I sat in a QC session recently and they do have more tools than that to aid them, particularly software that scans each frame for problems. I just didn’t ask what it was called.
Sean
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[Thomas Hughes] ”
We’ve got two important projects that are being edited right now, so I can’t load this one. I thought I’d ask for advice while waiting for the suite so it goes quickly when we get to it. It’s simply the first time we’ve had to do this.”Shane’s link didn’t seem to work.
The reason I didn’t get into it is because while there are numerous options (do you want anamorphic, letterbox, center cut, or pan and scan?), it’s all pretty simple and common sense how to do it.
For example, when you drag a 16:9 clip (must have the anamorphic checked) into a 4:3 sequence, FCP automatically scales it to make it letterbox by adjusting the properties in the Motion tab. You want center cut? Just open the motion tab and zoom in. Pan and Scan? Zoom in and change the X offset in the Motion Tab. If the output is 16:9 but the footage is 4:3 – same thing. Make sure the sequence itself is checked off for anamorphic. FCP will add a pillarbox (black bars on the sides) to any 4:3 clips you drag into it. Again, you want to manually zoom in to fill the frame, do it in the Motion Tab.
Point is, FCP is not stupid. As long as your clips are properly flagged for anamorphic, just drag them into the sequence. If you’ve already screwed up and dragged clips in that didn’t have the anamorphic check, you can easily copy one proper clip and paste “Basic Motion” and “Distort” attributes to the other clips. You’ll figure it out in 5 minutes. I promise.
Sean
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[bbalser] ”
Walter, I’ve used FCP since 1.0, and no “upgrade” ever did this before. As a cert’d trainer, I contacted Apple, and they are looking into it. No, no “upgrade” ever did this before.”Are you certain of that? I can’t remember what happened upgrading from 4.5 to 5. What I do know is that every single Blackmagic update (like 30 of them) since FCP 4 trashes your preferences. I keep my favorites and plugins backed up and I don’t rely on FCP Rescue. As far as regular preferences, it takes me about 20 seconds to go through them and change them to how I like it.
Sean
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What software do big facilities use when they do a professional QC?
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At least now they have the option to keep it or not.
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I take it Final Touch never had any of these problems?
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I think when you start using Final Cut, you’ll see that this is a simple thing to do.