Walter Biscardi
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I’ve always built my own up to this point, (you can see them on my website) though recently I was at another shop where the Flame artist has a really neat, very old farmhouse kitchen table. It was about 6 feet long and just a very thick butcher block type of top. It really was different and inviting to the client.
So I found a few tables at a local store called Cost Plus World Market and am going to do a similar thing. I have a monitor shelf and speaker stands that will be mounted to the table, but for the most part, it will just be a big table. I like the fact that it’s different and more “client friendly” than a true editing desk. The table will run about $400 plus another $100 to modify.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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FCP 5 and Tiger have been remarkably smooth and stable here since install. I went the full clean install route by erasing my harddrive and starting from scratch with Tiger. OS and FCP updates installed smoothly and operation is still smooth. FCP 5 / Tiger is quite snappy.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Trash the FCP Prefs and restart the machine. see if that helps.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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[David Battistella] “there will still be a loss whn you are going to the DVCPROHD codec. It was designed to make images look fantastic and sometime graphics suffer.”
Actually, I’ve found the DVCPro HD codec to be completely pristine for graphics and After Effects animations. I was pleasantly surprised by this and in some cases, the graphics look even cleaner than the video.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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If it’s a formatted (i.e. burned disc) then it should show up normally. If you’re trying to burn to it, most Macs only support DVD-R discs. The newest G5’s and those with the newer SuperDrive now support both +/- R for burning.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Are you using the regular FCP Titler or the Boris Title 3D titler? The FCP version is terrible, the Title 3D is very clean as it uses vector based titles.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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I tested both and went with the Kona 2. Am cutting a broadcast series in HD and recently added a second Kona 2 to the shop. Outstanding quality and tech support is outstanding.
The DVCPro HD codec is Apple / Panasonic and they both use that same codec.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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without any information about your system or the format you’re working with, it’s pretty hard to give advice. dropped frames are generally a result of poor data throughput from your media hard drive.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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[Peter Wiggins] “Why the surgery? I’ve moved my G5 & XSR half the way round the world”
Because I wanted the G5 to fit snugly into a travel rack so once I get on site, I just pop open the boxes and start editing. The only thing I need to do is hook up the cables and set the monitor in place. Besides, it was fun taking out some aggression on the old G5 for all the crashes that have come at a bad time. 🙂
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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First you go into your Sequence Settings > Audio Output Tab. Set that to Four Channels and then set whether you want them to be two sets of Stereo pairs or Dual Mono. With my shows it’s a full mix on Channels 1 and 2 with a split mix on channel 3 and 4 so I leave 1/2 as a Stereo Pair and make 3/4 Dual Mono.
Then Right Click (or control+click) the audio track name (A1, A2, A3, etc..) and a drop down window will appear to allow you assign the output channel of that track.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters