Steve Brame
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You are correct. A laptop capable of comfortable AE work will be costly. Check out the folks at BOXX. They make laptops specifically for this sort of work, and you’ll see what I mean about the prices.
We use LogMeIn instead of ‘Go to My PC’, mainly because it’s free. However, I haven’t found this solution to be adequate for editing, and I wouldn’t even consider it for AE work. We mainly use it in this realm for connecting to perform a remote encode from Premiere if we need one quickly to show a client.
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IMHO, if you’re limited to just the footage of the play itself, as well as candid shots of people seating, etc, you’re going to have a hard time making a professional looking video. Interviews will generally add a ‘pro’ quality to the program. we’ve done a few for a high school. I’ll try to get a sample up for you, but in the meantime here’s something like what I’m talking about.
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On a PC here it works as expected. Maybe that’ll narrow it down.
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“98% of all computer issues can be solved by simply pressing ‘F1’.”
Steve Brame
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Nothing can enhance the efficiency and simplicity of the editing process more than a solid familiarity of the software being used. Premiere lets you change the interface to suit your desires – use that.
I loved Avid Media Composer. I absolutely loved it, but Adobe CS looked interesting. When I decided to switch to Premiere CS, it was rough. The interface was so different, the method was foreign. However, the more I used it, the better it felt. Then, at one point I had to start up Avid to re-animate an old project, and it felt like I was editing in a block of stone with a hammer and chisel. I needed to have the user manual on the desk at all times to look up the most mundane techniques.
So…give it time.
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“98% of all computer issues can be solved by simply pressing ‘F1’.”
Steve Brame
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We use MBL extensively, and after speaking with the folks from Red Giant over the years at NAB, came up with this method. ‘Looks’ was based upon plain vanilla video. So…we zeroed out all of our in-camera settings and make sure to religiously white-balance each shot if we even suspect a lighting change. This will give you an close similarity in the initial ‘look’ of the clips, making it easier to develop a ‘Look’ in MBL, then save as a preset and simply apply that preset to similar scenes. From there, if you notice any differences between shots, they should only be minor ones.
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“98% of all computer issues can be solved by simply pressing ‘F1’.”
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I didn’t offer it as a scientific comparison. Sorry, thought I made that clear in my post. My specs are listed in my profile, but I’ll copy them here.
Asus P6X58D Premium
Core i7 950
24GB RAM
nVidia Quadro 4000
Windows 7 Premium 64bit
System Drive – WD Caviar Black 500GB SATA
2nd Drive(Pagefile, Previews) – WD Velociraptor 10K drive(600GB)
Media Drive – 1TB RAID5 (4 – WD Caviar Black 500GB drive)
Matrox MX02 Mini
CS5.5 Production PremiumA Cineform encoded file on a compatible timeline with Ultra Key and a garbage matte applied does not require rendering for realtime playback on my machine, even with playback res set to full.
My point is, as was with a previous post, is that it more than likely isn’t a factor of CS6, but your system itself that is causing the slow render, or even the actual need to render. We typically don’t use BCC’s Keyer, opting instead for Keylight or Ultra Key. we’ve found that certain times one will achieve better results that the other, and you cannot beat that Ultra eliminates going out to AE – a huge time saver.
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“98% of all computer issues can be solved by simply pressing ‘F1’.”
Steve Brame
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Forgot to mention that the clip was 18:29.
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“98% of all computer issues can be solved by simply pressing ‘F1’.”
Steve Brame
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OK…certainly not a scientific comparison of Apples(pun intended) to oranges, but I just did a test. Since I’m PC-based, I couldn’t used ProRes, but we transcode to Cineform, and I happened to have a green screen talking head clip handy. The clip is 1080P 29.97, keyed with Ultra, a garbage matte and a simple color matte for the BG. While I’d normally never need to render this timeline(it plays smoothly without), it rendered in 10 minutes. Just for fun I re-rendered without the garbage matte, and that added about 2 minutes to the render.
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“98% of all computer issues can be solved by simply pressing ‘F1’.”
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Erik….how long was your footage?
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“98% of all computer issues can be solved by simply pressing ‘F1’.”
Steve Brame
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Deep breaths……
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“98% of all computer issues can be solved by simply pressing ‘F1’.”
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions