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Tom Daigon
May 2, 2013 at 4:33 pm in reply to: creative suite makes me screen go crazy!

Do you have the latest drivers for your graphics card installed?

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Tom Daigon
May 2, 2013 at 3:30 pm in reply to: Planning to Switch to Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 from Avid

Thanks Les.

FWIW, I found in my transition to Adobe, a book that really helped me understand how PrP works, since supporting native clips necessitates a different way of doing things from FCP or Avid.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321840062

Even after 2 years I still find that its a great reference when needed.

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Tom Daigon
May 2, 2013 at 12:44 am in reply to: Planning to Switch to Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 from Avid

I worked with Avid MC for 5 years and Avid DS for 10. I switched 2 years ago to Adobe. Even had the privilege of beta testing CS6 last year.

I can only talk about my experience. I do mainly short to medium form commercials and corporate stuff. A variety of formats. A few Red projects that were short form. I cut in PrP then dynamic link to After Effects.

CS6 six has been rock solid for me. I use an AJA Kona 3 to export HD-SDI to an engineering monitor.The system is based on a beefy HP Z820.

From what I saw at NAB CS7 has addressed all the feature requests and bug reports Ive submitted over the years.

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Tom Daigon
May 1, 2013 at 11:04 pm in reply to: Make video interactive?

Thats cool. I didnt know that.

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Tom Daigon
May 1, 2013 at 10:08 pm in reply to: Can create an HD sequence for broadcast

Dont take chances. Contact the stations you want your work to air on and ask them for all the technical details. Dont assume anything 😀

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Tom Daigon
May 1, 2013 at 9:47 pm in reply to: Make video interactive?

I know you can create dvds in Encore that can have the kind of controls you mention.

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Tom Daigon
May 1, 2013 at 5:42 pm in reply to: Outputting for future use!

Ryan, I dont think I made my point clearly.

The rendering allows you to export the timeline in a quick manner at the end of a edit session.Its not done because its needed for playback (my Z820 has no pb issues).

It speeds up the export process by using smart rendering in a similar manner that FCP did when it exported.

Normally PrP has to analyze and reconstruct each frame when it exports since many times its looking at a variety of native formats. This can take a long time.

This work flow isnt for everyone. But if you need to get the client out the door at end of session quickly, this can be a great time saver.

My apologies for hijacking this thread 😀

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Tom Daigon
May 1, 2013 at 5:30 pm in reply to: Outputting for future use!

And heres a cool little twist available on PrP Next.

Adobe has provided the codec for the PC to be able to use MXF DNxHD in a Smart Rendering workflow. The Mac has this capability now with Prores.

So if you chose to master to MXF DNxHD AND you changed your Preview file codec from MPEG I frame to MXF DNxHD AND you rendered any clips on the timeline that werent DNxHD (during lunch or downtime). you could dramatically speed up your export since smart rendering workflow would be used.

Exporting at the end of a session from PrP has been a bottleneck for some folks working on certain kinds of projects. Not anymore.

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Tom Daigon
May 1, 2013 at 2:50 pm in reply to: Is it me or is Quicktime h.264 rubbish;)

Since I switched to PC Ive been using he MP4 version of H.264 and been very happy with its quality and speedy export.

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Tom Daigon
May 1, 2013 at 2:13 pm in reply to: Water effects

If you had been looking for something with a bit more realism I would have suggested Aurora which is a wonderful plugin for AE.

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com

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