[Tom Daigon]

I concur. I have been sending info to Apples Tech Support for the last 2 weeks to address the dramatic rendering slowdown of embedded Motion 3 projects in FCP6. Its almost to the point of making the programs unuasable to me. I will be testing the Software Update to see if there is any change, but it has not been mentioned in any of the Apple Software Update Notes so I will not be surprised if rendering is still problematic.

[Tom Daigon]

Thanks for the feedback on the new system.

[Tom Daigon]

Well, it does my heart good to hear that on your Intel machine the very same file is very fast.
I guess my plans for an 8 Core when Leopard comes out are still in my future. The dog slowness on my G5 dual made me doubt the wiseness of using this software for professional use with my clients…Im still waiting.

[Tom Daigon]

Please keep us posted on the new machines performance with FCS2.

[Tom Daigon]

My feelings exactly…Love the program, cant abide the renders!

[Tom Daigon]

There is no Kona or any card present in my system. Its for training purposes only.

[Tom Daigon]

Thanks Jeremy, I will file a report with Apple in hopes it will be addressed someday.

[Tom Daigon]

Yojimbo, they were set in FCP6 to whatever was appro for the clips (I didnt see any options for 8 bit). In Motion 3 they were set to whatever the default setting is (I also think that is 8 bit).

[Tom Daigon]

No, the 2 sequences were DV NTSC and DVCPRO HD 1080i60. I did try a test by creating
an 8 bit NTSC seq ( which did not match my clips – DV NTSC) and you are right! The 8 bit
sequence with the embedded Motion file DID RENDER FAST. Im not sure what the significance
is for people who need to output other file formats, but I think this is a good thing to know!

[Tom Daigon]

I am purchasing an 8 core for the facility I work at, but we are waiting to see how Leopard
enhances the speed and power of FCPS2. By then prices will probably be down abit as well.