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Re: quartz extreme not supported - 19 years ago

Quartz Extreme was introduced in Jaguar but a new version is part of the new striped beast... Only AGP ATi Radeon cards and above are supported as long as they have 16MB VRAM. There were some hax to run QE on PCI but I don't know for sure if they work on Tiger. I found some info on your plight on xlr8yourmac: Hopefully it will help you find a solution.

Re: still image interlacing - again - 19 years ago

Yep Loren is right: Gaussian blur from 0.3 to 0.6 will usually help 'jaggies' produced by too much detail on graphics/photos when displayed in SD Video. I wouldn't go as high as 1 pixel though unless the image can handle it without getting soft everywhere. If you have only a part of your picutre with moire patterns - it's best to mask this area on its own and apply a Gaussian blur in PS before

Re: MPEG 2 files & MPEG 1 conversion - 19 years ago

To convert MPEG-1 (and MPEG-2 if you have the QT component installed) to DV or other file for FCP use: As far as making Program (system) stream MPEG-2 you can use: BitVice Helper (free): or commercial product Sorenson Squeeze: Be careful what audio you need for the MasterPlay - it maybe a very old format of MPEG-2 program stream that was designed for XSVCD - the forerunner to DVD - I

Re: Burn vs. Glass Plate DVD Quality - 19 years ago

Oh and bear in mind the quality of the DVD-Rs you use - if they are poor quality they might not burn or playback correctly. Get ready for a late night burning the midnight DVD oil!

Re: Burn vs. Glass Plate DVD Quality - 19 years ago

It will look as good as the authoring/encoding you do on the master - no matter which way you duplicate them - they will look the same... There is a downside to DVD-R replication though - read below: ---------------- For those who are confused between the 2 routes: Glass masters made from DLT, HDD or DVD-R are made for mass producing and will guarantee that your DVD will at least load (as lo

Re: HOw to Convince PC people that macs and FCP are better - 19 years ago

In my 11 years experience as offline & online editor I have run several systems either at home and/or work and often at work more than one suite from various manufacturer's - over the years I have used: Lightworks - Turbo & HeavyWorks (4 years) PC Avid - Composer, Express, Symphony (6 years) PC & Mac EditDV (2 years) Mac Sony EditStation (2 hours - I hated it) Media 100 with Prem

Re: Merry Xmas & Happy 2006 - 19 years ago

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- <>-=***!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS to all LAFCPUGMs !!!***=-<> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ben King UK

Re: red warning light, great! - 19 years ago

It would be good to see what results you get for compressor encoding: H.264 Standard Def H.264 720HD H.264 1080HD MPEG-2 DVD Ben

Re: there's no MPEG-2 - 19 years ago

Re: How do I put my streaming trailer on web? - 19 years ago

Any compression you choose will depend on 2 areas: 1. Accessability (file size, compatibility, codec, media player version, etc) 2. Quality (Data rate, FPS, Pixel dimensions, colorspace) If you want better accessability you will need to use an older codec thus your quality may suffer unless you bump up the data rate and this creates larger files. If you want the lowest file size then use a n

Re: Animation vs DV compression - 19 years ago

Yeah Joe - I think you missed my point... I assumed from the post that Bob was already DV DV cuts and DV to DV via firewire then there is no "generation loss" or lossless editing (the footage is already initially compressed 5:1 as you rightly point out and this way you wouldn't lose anything else) If however Bob uses an uncompressed workflow then keeping the master sequences & co

Re: Animation vs DV compression - 19 years ago

Not really - if you do lots of effects and grades (ie: rendering) to the edits then an uncompressed master might be a good idea, but simple DV cut edits and even putting it to DV tape and re-digitising over and over - its lossless. Copying data (unless it gets corrupted) in DV files is lossless as far as the Video concerned. What exactly were you told about editing with the DV codec vs Animatio

Re: analog to final cut - 19 years ago

What is the device? Are you are using firewire? Are you using Mac OS X Panther or Tiger? What version of FCP are you using? What version of Quicktime are you using? It's difficult to guess what could be going wrong or what is the best way to achieve what you want unless you post exactly what you are doing and with what you are doing it with... Can you be Ultra-specific about

Re: How do I put my streaming trailer on web? - 19 years ago

The only guaranteed format that will play on Mac, PC, Linux, and a few other systems upto 6-7 years old is MPEG-1 - using QT, WMP, Real, VLC or any number of other Media players. Use Compressor, Cleaner 6 or Sorenson Squeeze to make a small MPEG-1 - try out different compression levels, dimensions and frame rates to see what works best for you. Remember to give it the extension .mpg or thos

Re: analog to final cut - 19 years ago

As you haven't made yourself clear I'll take a guess: If you are using a SONY DV camera using analog in via firewire out. ? Firstly double check the Camera Menu settings that A/V->DV OUT is On In FCP Make sure you have device control off in: ? Log & Capture> Capture Settings>Device Control>Non-Controllable Device ? On the Capture/Input Settings use DV NTSC (or DV PAL if yo

Re: Multibridge Studio vs Kona 2? - 19 years ago

Cheers guys - Michael - could you let me know just how damn cool it is when you hook the Blackmagic Beast up and supply it with electrical juices? Ben

Re: Working on New Years Eve! Argh! - 19 years ago

Oh yeah - make sure they get in a couple of bottles of Champagne and some party food for you! No self respecting Editor should work sober on NYE!!! Dancing girls (or boys) are optional.

Re: RAID 5 and FCP how to>??? - 19 years ago

The total cost was c.£2000 including card & cables which is about $3,500 - you must remember that most of the cost for me is in the UK VAT & shipping to the UK plus the fact we pay much more for kit anyway. I did get an extremely good deal on the 500GB SATA II drives though - best bet is to look on eBay or ask about volume discount at a retailer. If you buy in the States most if not al

Re: Working on New Years Eve! Argh! - 19 years ago

Do you really need the work? If not and the holiday is more important then say no. If the job is really important and you are their last hope then tell them the cost, they can always say no... If however you want/need the work then (I'm not sure what your usual rate is) discuss with them a rate that is good for both of you. I sometimes charge extra for last minute weekend or evening work, espe

Re: AVI - New one on me... (kinda long post, sorry) - 19 years ago

I reckon the DV encoding from Premiere must be that different then - I will have to test it on the PAL versions over here in the UK. The Microsoft DV CODEC is different from the Apple DV CODEC. There are many DV CODECs each will look different when played on another CODEC (thats if it can play at all) Some of the main ones are: Apple DV Avid DV Microsoft DV DVSoft Canopus DV Th

Re: Multibridge Studio vs Kona 2? - 19 years ago

lol - yes I was hoping someone had got their's already and would be able to write that GET ONE OF THESE! Review... I guess the price of the BMMB Studio in the UK is so similar to the cost of the Kona 2 and Breakout box that it makes it a more attractive option. Plus if I upgrade 'Old faithful' next year I can use it natively on PCIe. As far as formats are concerned - I seem to get jobs in ever

Re: RAID 5 and FCP how to>??? - 19 years ago

Have a look at these guys - I got some of the eSATA adaptors shipped over to the UK so I could retrofit a 8 Drive SCSI tower I used some of their products to put together a 4000GB Striped then Mirrored RAID ending up with a high performance 2000GB Drive (including 2000GB backup) on a Sonnet Tempo-X eSATA 8 in my 2GHz G5 PCI-X. If you are interested here are the links to the parts to m

Multibridge Studio vs Kona 2? - 19 years ago

Hi everyone Which of you lovely LAFCPUGM's has used the New *Blackmagic Multibridge Studio? I was thinking about getting it with the PCI-E Bridge for my old Dual 2GHz G5 PCI-X My other option is the Kona 2 which as far as I can see would be better if I need realtime up-convert to HD but then I'd be missing all the extra inputs/outputs and I could not use the Kona 2 in a PCI-E Mac when I upgrad

Re: audio layback fcp ? - 19 years ago

A simple trick from the old days of analogue: At the beginning of your offline/online video files that are being used for the composition - put bars, tone & clock with "-10 Second to start" audible beep or even a countdown beep from 10 to Start at second intervals as a line up. It's like a post only version of the clapper/slate which you might use to sync seperately recorded audio

Re: How can I get Slow Motion effect in Music video? - 19 years ago

Yep thats the way to do it... Find out what speed you want to do the slow motion by doing some tests. I'd recommend 33%-50% slowmo (any slower and you really should use a varicam or highspeed camera or your video will appear choppy) For 33.33% slowmo you need to record a Soundtrack at 300% speed For 50% slowmo you need to record a Soundtrack at 200% speed TIPS: Make sure you

Re: AVI - New one on me... (kinda long post, sorry) - 19 years ago

Hi Andy All kinds of filetypes can have weird shifts when converting them to other formats, like going from 4:4:4 10Bit uncompressed to 4:1:1 8bit DV you will lose loads of colour information which is most noticable in smooth graduations... or from DV to MPEG-1 I often find a massive shift, which I need to minimise by altering the Gamma by +30% & Brightness +5-10% & Contrast+5-10% Anywa

Re: internal drives not recognized - 19 years ago

Yeah sounds like a you need to run Mac HD>Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility and Repair them Then as Derek said: run a 'Directory Maintenance' on them with Disk Warrior or Tech Tool Pro...

Re: Graphic tablet - 19 years ago

For fear of sounding like I have a stake in Wacom I won't say anymore! ...but your hand will thank you for it if you do buy one!!!

Re: help with output for PAL standards conversion - 19 years ago

Interesting, I don't seem to have the same trouble. The only thing I have encountered albeit with the DSR-11, is the failure to recognise the deck at all in which case try unplugging the FireWire to your deck and then pluggin it back in then View>Refresh A/V Devices. Glad you got it working though! Have a Merry Christmas peeps Post Edited (12-16-05 10:21)

Re: Graphic tablet - 19 years ago

Sorry if if I was a bit confusing... If you imagine the tablet IS the screen. Every place on the tablet corresponds to the same place on the screen. Using a mouse to get to from point A on one side of your screen to point B on the other side of your screen usually takes 2 to 3 moves eg: 1. move the mouse towards your desired point, 2. then pick it up and move it back to the start, 3. then mov