Steve Connor
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Hadn’t seen that quote from Steve Jobs, gives me some hope!
Steve Connor
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If, as the rumours suggest, Apple is rewriting FCP from the ground up then I would imagine that is no small task. If we are going to get a new FCP then it’ll happen when it’s ready and we all have to make our planning decisions without knowing when.
For me PPCS5 is looking pretty good, however I’m very interested in the new edit tools in Avid MC5.
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Just noticed that Avid MC5 will send you an e-mail when a render is finished!!! That’s a feature request for FCP
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Shame, it would have been nice to have had some news, with Adobe launching CS5 and Avid launching Media Composer 5 I’m feeling a bit left out!
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Is it just me that doesn’t have any problems with it then? I edit with XDCamHD 422 material every day and I have no issues, I always use ProRes timelines and I find rendering out isn’t any worse than when we used to use DVCPro100. For SD we always edit in HD and let Compressor handle the downconvert to SD and we get no quality issues.
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I’ve just tried dropping some XDCamHD 422 clips into a PAL SD timeline on my system and they play back in real time well enough, not at full res, but more than enough to work with on a mixed format timeline, then a 20 second clip takes about 20 seconds to render. I have an older 8 core Mac, could you let us have more details on your RT settings, source material framerates etc
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Sony have just released updated software that may solve your problem finally
https://support.sonybiz.net/software/detail.aspx?id=BPE-SS-03GG&model=PDW-U1
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I would suggest there were other issues at play such as camera setup rather than the codec, if the codec simply fell apart when presented with this level of detail then I think the forums would be awash with people moaning about it.
We’ve never had this issue and we’ve pushed the cameras hard.
However you are correct about a 422 codec working better when pushed hard through CC. If we are working on projects that are being graded hard then we use XDCam 422 or the Nanoflash on the Ex cameras.
The long GOP architecture plays NO part in the picture quality as the superb pictures that come from the XDCam700 proves, it simply means if you choose to use it as the edit codec you face much longer render times.
Personally I’m not a fan of Panasonic cameras in my limited experience with them, because it’s limited experience I choose not to mention it all the time on forums
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As usual I will have to disagree with Walter, we having been using the EX cameras since they first arrived, have used them on lots of different shoots with no issues at all. The codec does NOT ‘fall apart” very quickly when shooting outdoors. If that actually happened I don’t think Sony would have sold quite so many EX cameras, also Discovery HD would not have accepted the codec for 100% production.
Easy way to choose is get a dealer who deals in all the different camera makes to give you a demo and then decide for yourself, advice on forums will almost always be partisan.
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Works perfectly with XDcam discs, doesn’t support writeback to the U1
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