Shawn Miller
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Nice – I’m looking forward to playing with this feature. I’m also looking forward to using OnLocation for checking focus and exposure on set.
I hope Adobe cleans up its act with respect to their customer service. I love the products… but I’m really starting to dislike the company.
Shawn
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I just had a horrible experience with them yesterday.
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I called to upgrade to CS3 Production Premium, they asked for my serial number (reasonable), they find the serial number, but tell me I’m not the registered user of that software (WTF!) – The sales rep then tells me that she can’t tell me the name OF the registered user and that there’s nothing she can do… then she hangs up on me. I called back, the sales rep asks for my name and serial number, I give both, he asks me my FULL name, I give it to him… he confirms my email address, home address and phone number… BINGO, I AM the registered user. I give him my credit card number and he completes my order.All I can say is, Adobe customer support has been going down hill lately. This is the second time I’ve had to call them this year, and both times have left me feeling that they’re inept when it comes to customer service.
Shawn
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You’ll have to buy the DVCProHD CODEC and utilities from a third party developer like Cineform (https://cineform.com/products/Aspect-Prospect.htm) DVFilm (https://www.dvfilm.com/products.htm) or Main Concept (https://www.mainconcept.com/site/?id=17958).
Shawn
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You’ll have to buy the CODEC and utilities from a third party developer like Cineform (https://cineform.com/products/Aspect-Prospect.htm) DVFilm (https://www.dvfilm.com/products.htm) or Main Concept (https://www.mainconcept.com/site/?id=17958).
Shawn
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If you’re looking to go the PC route, the best thing you can do is find out from Adobe and Autodesk who their certified systems integrators are. Asking which is better Mac or PC (IMO), will get you more misinformation than anything else. 🙂 Mostly, you want to look at individual companies like 1Beyond, HP, Boxx, Dell, etc. to find out who has the better support, pricing and value. It’s also worth it to talk to your IT staff/person to find out what they’re willing to support. Who knows, they may even be able to get a better deal than you can get on the same hardware.
Finally, for 10,000.00 most systems integrators will give you a great deal on support, especially if you buy more than one machine. Many (especially Dell) offer on-site support, so if you blow a power supply (or something) someone will be there in 12 hours to swap out the part and get you up and running again.
Thanks,
Shawn
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You can probably answer your own questions by downloading and trying these packages yourself. 🙂
Shawn
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+1 more for Raylight
All I can say is “It works – period”, I’ve used it with Vegas, Premiere and After Effects without a hitch – Raylight is awesome.
Shawn
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“As I understand it, the slot for the card reader is on the front panel of the workstation, not behind the computer.”
Yes, that’s correct – it’s a circuit board connected to a PCI slot via two IDE ribbon cables (the PCMCIA slot/interface sits on top of the board). The circuit board is covered by a metal housing (which can be removed) and it has a plastic faceplate with an eject button and a busy light. The build is not bad, it feels like any other slot of its kind that you might find in a laptop. It fits in a 3 1/2 inch bay, but PCISM also makes a 5 inch bay adapter.
“…how this card/reader changes the way you think about workflow?”
Yes, I love the idea of carrying cards instead of lugging a camera to different locations/workstations for offloading footage. I’m going to recommend to my manager that we purchase four of these adapters. 🙂
Thanks,
Shawn