Walter Biscardi
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[chongokat] “Am I doing something wrong or had Apple made it impossible to use their purchased music in FCP? “
You are not licensed to use that music in any way except to listen to it. You can do a search over the past two years in this forum for all the legal discussions, but the short answer is, it’s illegal to use any music purchased via iTunes in Final Cut Pro without proper licensing from the record label, the writer, the artist and any others who are required to sign off on its use.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
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[Mark Arenz] “Is there a better solution for this other than “go buy Automatic duck?” “
Nope. The Duck does exactly what you’re asking and more. Not only does is retain the clips and all the handles on them, it even moves over dissolves and some other effects.
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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Otis, just got this note from AJA regarding HDV:
…yes, K2 will support playback of HDV, and we even hardware-accelerate it, as we do DVCPRO-HD! Plus, we hardware accelerate Dynamic RT Extreme as well…very cool.
so there you go, you’re all set with HDV and DVCPro HD.
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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[Graeme Nattress] “And all the flashing lights”
No, no, no, you haven’t lived till you enjoy the great light show from the Medea’s in a darkened room. 🙂
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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[Wayne Carey] “Thanks, Walter! But I want to say that I’m shooting in SD video at 16×9, not HD. Can I still do this with the Kona2?”
Just be sure to shoot anamorphic and not letterboxed and I don’t see why it wouldn’t work, but that’s not something I’ve tried. Send an email to AJA tech support and tell them what you’re trying to do. I’m sure you’ll get a pretty quick response as they are just a great company to work with. http://www.aja.com
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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[Graeme Nattress] “For hard drives – forget firewire and just get a big Xserve RAID and forget about it. Really. “
For 8bit SD and DVCPro HD, Firewire 800 works beautifully and is MUCH quieter than the X-RAID’s, not to mention much cheaper. I even cut 10bit on them no problem.
But if you really want to fibrechannel, I’m also running the Medea FCR2X here (2TB) and it’s really really fast and I believe it comes out a bit cheaper than the X-RAID’s.
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 you purchase a Kona 2 (about $2,000) you can capture and edit in HD, then downconvert in realtime to SD. You have the option of Letterbox, Center or Pan and Scan on the way out via SDI and Component.
What I would do in this situtation is simply edit your entire timeline in a native HD timeline. Then duplicate that timeline for SD color correction. View your timeline output via the Kona 2 in downconverted SD and do your color correction in that timeline. This preserves your original HD timeline “as is” for color correcting later for HD. HD gives you MUCH more latitude on colors and it’s nice to take advantage of that.
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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[Otis F] “As for the ATI x800, how much is this card, it doesn’t appear to be an option on the UK Apple Store. “
About the same price, if not a little cheaper, than the Ultra 6800. Around $500 US.
As for the Dual Core, I’m sure others are better equipped to explain the differences, but in short, they will be a much faster architecture than the current lineup of G5’s. Moving from a current Dual 2.0 G5 to a 2.7 G5 is not enough to justify a $3,000 (US) investment in a machine. If I was moving from a G4, then maybe.
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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Hi Otis, I put a reply for you in the AJA forum.
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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[Otis F] “I know the Kona 2 will output DVCPRO HD, but will it also output a native HDV programme. “
FCP will support HDV natively when FCP 5 ships in June and AJA announced that Kona 2 will support FCP 5 when it ships. So I would expect that the K2 will allow for realtime output of HDV material to a monitor / deck like it does now with DVCPro HD.
[Otis F] “We will get the latest offering from Apple in the form of a Dual 2.7 GHz Power Mac G5; 4 GB DDR400 SDRAM; 2 x 400GB Serial ATA; NVIDIA GeoForce 6800 Ultra DDL. “
Honestly, I did not purchase that machine because I found it a bit of a waste at $3,000 for a very small speed bump from the Dual 2.5. I went with an original Dual 2.0, loaded up with 4GB RAM and a new 20″ Cinema Display for about the same price. So I have two identical machines, both running SD / HD just fine. I’m waiting for the Dual Core processing machines to come out before I step up any further.
On the nVidia 6800 Ultra, that’s the card I have in one of my Dual 2.0’s but I’m going to put the ATI x800 into the second G5 as I plan to add Final Touch HD shortly for realtime color correcting. That software will not even install without the ATI card in the machine, so if you want to get into something like that later, it’s something to consider.
G-Tech and LaCie are both great choices for the external FW drives. I’ve cut DVCPro HD on both along with 8bit and 10bit SD. Great products.
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