[Stephen Underwood]

Thanks to all who weighed in on this… One thing I’m trying to clarify: A friend who works at the local Apple Store estimated that the graphics card would be about 60% faster in the newest iMac, compared to mid-2011. In terms of playback with 3rd party plugins (like Lock/Load, Crumplepop ToneGrade), will I see less stuttering, or is that determined by CPU speed only, (or a combination of both?)

~ Steve Underwood

Computer: iMac 27″, (Mid 2011), OS X 10.7.5
Processor: 3.4GHz, Intel Core i7, Memory: 24GB
AMD Radeon HD 697OM, FCX 10.06, FCP 7.03
GRAID 8TB Thunderbolt

Computer: MacBookPro (Mid 2009), OS X 10.7.5
Processor: 3.06 GHz Intel Core2Duo, Memory: 4 GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, Software: FCPX, FCP 7.03

[Stephen Underwood]

Got it… Thanks! Does what I wanted it to do…

~ Steve Underwood

Computer: iMac 27″, (Mid 2011), OS X 10.7.5
Processor: 3.4GHz, Intel Core i7, Memory: 24GB
AMD Radeon HD 697OM, FCX 10.06, FCP 7.03
Thunderbolt

Computer: MacBookPro (Mid 2009), OS X 10.7.5
Processor: 3.06 GHz Intel Core2Duo, Memory: 4 GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, Software: FCPX, FCP 7.03

[Stephen Underwood]

Thanks… Got “Better Snap Tool” and created a full window grid and the clip fills it in fine. But I’m not seeing how to “peg down” through the list of clips in the folder (the 1st of which I double-clicked to open). Didn’t find an answer online. Do you know the keyboard command or setup to “go to the next clip in the list”? Sorry to have to ask…

~ Steve Underwood

Computer: iMac 27″, (Mid 2011), OS X 10.7.5
Processor: 3.4GHz, Intel Core i7, Memory: 24GB
AMD Radeon HD 697OM, FCX 10.06, FCP 7.03
Thunderbolt

Computer: MacBookPro (Mid 2009), OS X 10.7.5
Processor: 3.06 GHz Intel Core2Duo, Memory: 4 GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, Software: FCPX, FCP 7.03

[Stephen Underwood]

In workflow sequence, will adding Lock/Load as a last step cause quality overall issues? I usually only need to add small amounts.

Bret, Just spoke to Videoguys… In my price range, saw G-Technology G-RAID 4TB with Thunderbolt $599 (https://www.videoguys.com/Item/G-Technology+G-RAID+4TB+with+Thunderbolt/93832323037403.aspx) They said to try it, if it helps keep it, return if not satisfied… Thoughts?

Also (Bret), w/7D&5Dmk3 footage… Is ‘optimize’ performing the same transcode as what I’d do by transcoding beforehand to ProRes422? Also, if I edit w/proxy footage, will I see the actual full detail when sharpening w/ToneGrade or, since it’s smaller file sizes, not an accurate image? I’d prefer to not transcode, of course. Any quality issues other than making the iMac work harder?

Thanks again…

[Stephen Underwood]

Playback is set for “better performance”. My typical plugin scenario usually involves Lock/Load, FCX color correction and ToneGrade.
(Btw, my main focus has been free diving underwater videography w/7D… editing is a steep learning curve at this point.) That said:
“FW800 isn’t helping you get many rt streams, but since it sounds like you’re just dealing with 1 then that’s not it.” Not sure what this means. Can I access more rt streams?
And, would it help to work off another kind of drive (Thunderbolt?) instead of FW800?
I’d asked about hardware solutions. Is a Matrox Mini (or Mini Max w/Thunderbolt adapter) of help here? Seems to focus on encoding chores and HDMI & analog in/out for broadcast quality monitoring…
Any and all guidance is deeply appreciated… – Thanks! ~ Steve

[Stephen Underwood]

Rendering… Another issue altogether. I was just now able to render the clip and it plays back fine (with ToneGrade & L&L applied), but recently I couldn’t get a single selected clip or the entire timeline to begin rendering. Tried pulldown menu “modify>render clip” (or all), also used shortcut commands. Now it’s rendering just fine…
So, the render time for one (30sec) clip is pretty slowwww. Is that my only option to view tweaked clips smoothly?

~ Steve Underwood

Computer: iMac 27″, (Mid 2011), OS X 10.7.5
Processor: 3.4GHz, Intel Core i7, Memory: 24GB
AMD Radeon HD 697OM, FCX 10.06, FCP 7.03
Thunderbolt

Computer: MacBookPro (Mid 2009), OS X 10.7.5
Processor: 3.06 GHz Intel Core2Duo, Memory: 4 GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, Software: FCPX, FCP 7.03

[Stephen Underwood]

Is $99 the “release special” price, or is there a discount code I’m not seeing somewhere?

Also, I don’t see this on the Cow site, but is there a way to email directly user to user without posting on a thread? Thanks!

~ Steve Underwood

Computer: MacBookPro (Mid 2009), OS X 10.7.4
Processor: 3.06 GHz Intel Core2Duo, Memory: 4 GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
FCPX, FCP 7.03

[Stephen Underwood]

I had a similar problem transcoding a batch of clips. Turns out most origninal clip extensions were in caps (.MOV) and the ones it skipped were (.mov). Best of luck…

[Stephen Underwood]

Steve, I just clicked open a thm file and it was just the thumbnail image… How to you view the settings data?

[Stephen Underwood]

Rendered w/YouTube setting at 1920×1280 and it looks great… Thanks!