[Thomas Morter-laing]

Ah that could explain it- how is the ram set up? Eg two 1 gig chips and a 512mb chip?

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

I think the real question that should be asked here is why do people have time to argue about this rubbish? Sorry for mentioning it lol… can’t we all just feel the love??

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

” And when another editor says things like that it really looks like they don’t take what they do seriously”

-Yeah you could be right, OR that editor has a sense of humour, and is fully aware of the fact there is no magic plugin, but likes to make a joke every now and again…

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

Yeah so Im sorry if this is turning into an argument and I dont wish to cause offence either but do editors also not understand jokes these days?

Im fully aware that there is no ‘plugin of awesomeness’, and the ‘basic’ questions I have asked are purely to expand my knowledge. My tutor when I was at University told me it’s irrelevant how much technical knowledge you have, as long as you can cut together a good story with timing (she’s an ex ITV by the way). I’ve been editing for over 8 years, but have taught myself most of what I know.

There is also another editor of some huge programmes, which I wont mention for fear of implications, who says I have more “technical” knowledge than him, but he’s obviously a better editor, because he’s had about 20 years more experience than me.

The questions Ive asked here are only the GAPS in my knowledge, which I only have because of lack of teaching…. rather than lack of skill or time spent editing… you could spend 50 years in front of Final Cut Pro and not know the specifics of what 4.2.2 actually MEANS, or what the difference between square and rectangular pixels means in terms of how it displays in various programmes, but by god they’d be a good story creator.

Furthermore, a BBC commission was just won here by a guy who edited his own piece, and he has little or no technical knowledge, the timing was just perfect.

So it could be argued that by using ‘technical knowledge’ as a benchmark for me being a bad editor, you could be insinuating the same about yourself…. People at Apple probably have more technical knowledge than me about elements of FCP etc. An IT technician I know could probably answer many of the questions Ive asked here. But can I edit better than him?….yes.

I know it takes hard work.

Anyway, sorry if Ive taken anything out of context, but I felt the last comment was pointless, was not constructive and doesn’t really help anything, on a forum which is supposed to be about help rather than lecturing…

If I HAVE taken it all the wrong way, and you were trying to offer friendly advice, then I apologise.

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

I am an editor, so thanks for calling me a plug in of awesomeness 😀

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

Yeah cool thanks for your help (s)- less so to the people who told me how the matrix things is done, because as i DID state, I do know how bullet time is achieved…. and my example wasnt with that. But now I know it was probably just cleverly manipulated freeze frames 😀 LAME! I was hoping for a ‘yes you just use the ultra 3d plugin of awesomeness’…

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

Ok so ome other questions, is your desktop cluttered? Have you done all of the latest software updates other than that? Do you use time machine? Do you have it linked to an external western digital hard drive? (if so ill tell you why i asked that later). Are you running the 64bit or 32bit kernel? What versions of all software are you using?

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

I’ve just checked, ipartition does let you do it. https://www.coriolis-systems.com/iPartition.php
Hope that helps!

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

I believe you need ipartition, although Im just double checking so will be back with you in just a moment…

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

Calibrated MP4 is a tad expensive for us cheapskates, is there anything cheaper/ free? XD

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).