[Tom Daigon]

Hi Tom. I another recent transplant from Avid DS and FCP. If you feel there is a shortage of effects and transitions for PrP check out Boris Red 5.0 It has been released for the PC and the Mac will be out in the near future. I like it because it allows you to take the wonderful library of filters and use them to create custom transitions, as well as having a large library of existing ones. I did extensive research on this subject and after seeing the limit of professional grade plug ins for PrP, I was overjoyed to find this product. I just wish it was out NOW.

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digita / Areca 8tb. raid

[Tom Daigon]

Robert, FYI I found all the codecs I was looking for under the Qucktime drop down in the Preview Setting. I conducted a little comparison…

1. Custom 1920 x 1080 1 PAR 29.97 2 min. sequence chock full of animated multiscreens, color corrections, speed triggers, scaling and 2 5 sec. AE dynamic linked flying camera motion graphics pieces.

2. Previewed with MPEG I frame. Export was 7:30. Didn’t get a total for the rendering of the work area during the building phase

3. Previewed with Prores 422. Export was 3 min. Rendering of the entire work area during the building phase was 7.5 minutes. Of course most of the stuff on the timeline didnt need rendering to play, except the AE DL clips, but I was curious to see how long it would take.I was able to catch little things like incorrect field order and other little anomalies since when blown up with the grave key the image was clean and crisp.

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digita / Areca 8tb. raid

[Tom Daigon]

When I finish a spot and my clients want an approval or final copy for their library, they ask for a DVD. Optical media is only dead for Steve Jobs.

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digita / Areca 8tb. raid

[Tom Daigon]

I just finished testing out the option of using Prores ((almost ANY codec is available under the Preview Setting drop down if you choose Quicktime primarily) as my Preview and Export codec. Things went extremely well. Here are the results.

1. Custom 1920 x 1080 1 PAR 29.97 2 min. sequence chock full of animated multiscreens, color corrections, speed triggers, scaling and 2 5 sec. AE dynamic linked flying camera motion graphics pieces.

2. Previewed with MPEG I frame. Export was 7:30. Didn’t get a total for the rendering of the work area during the building phase .

3. Previewed with Prores 422. Export was 3 min. Rendering of the entire work area during the building phase was 7.5 minutes. Of course most of the stuff on the timeline didnt need rendering to play, except the AE DL clips, but I was curious to see how long it would take.I was able to catch little things like incorrect field order and other little anomalies since when blown up with the grave key the image was clean and crisp.

I would guess the results might be the same if Cineform was chosen instead of Prores.

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digita / Areca 8tb. raid

[Tom Daigon]

Here are the Preview options mentioned in the previous post.
NEVER MIND I FOUND ALL THE OPTIONS UNDER QUICKTIME CHOICE.
Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digita / Areca 8tb. raid

[Tom Daigon]

Robert, how did you get the ability to choose Prores , DnxHD or Cineform as preview codecs? In the Sequence setting screen the Preview selector is at the bottom. I created a Custom 1920 x 180 29.97 sequence which I eventually exported to Prores. The only Preview selector options I had were MPEG I frame,P2 and something called Quicktime Desktop.

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digita / Areca 8tb. raid

[Tom Daigon]

Keith, EXACTLY. Its just a part of getting used to PrP’s differences from FCP.

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digita / Areca 8tb. raid

[Tom Daigon]

If you are running Lion, that is a reported problem by Adobe. Its what happens when you adopt a new operating system before all the bugs are out 😉

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digita / Areca 8tb. raid

[Tom Daigon]

Keith, thank you for confirming my suspicions. My standard work flow with FCP and PrP is always creating a Prores master, then strike dubs from it, so we agree on that approach as well.
I like your ideas about beefing up preview and rendering in background. Please send in a feature request. I religiously do this since I want to see PrP get better and better.

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digita / Areca 8tb. raid

[Tom Daigon]

I recently purchased the 4000. It is very helpful for certain tasks. Here a link. About 3/4 of the way down it talks specifically what things are accelerated. When I bought the card I thought it did a lot more that it does, but I am still glad I made the purchase.

https://blogs.adobe.com/premiereprotraining/2011/02/cuda-mercury-playback-engine-and-adobe-premiere-pro.html

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digita / Areca 8tb. raid