Sorry, but IMO the last place you want do be creating/editing garbage mattes or ANY matte for that matter is FCP! Seriously, that?s like trying to do visual

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
Again, this isn't a media drive but, I do have a quick turnaround in backing up the data and from that standpoint speed is important. Perhaps I misspoke when I

Re: SATA Expresscard for MBP?
From your first post, I assumed that was the case. I was suggesting that if you need a working card *today*, then you would be best served by purchasing the

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
Another option to consider is Mocha Shape for Final Cut from Imagineer Systems. - Oliver

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
From what I've read on this list, you can't use the drobo as a media drive, it is unbelievably slow. Your backups will take forever. The Drobo is a home backup

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
Use the EVO HD as your MEDIA storage...the array you use for editing. Use the DROBO as your ARCHIVAL solution. Where you back up your original P2 card dumps.

Re: Sending audio file via internet
Also to note here that a 256 mp3 sounds like a 128 AAC. If you are going to compress use AAC @ 256 or higher. Even that will be too big to email. But I'm

Storage solution for P2 media
One of my shows is moving into the 21st century and now shooting on P2 cards. I need to copy the data onto hard drives as a backup before importing into my

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
... You?re entitled to your opinion of course, but let me just point out that that tool has been the running joke on the beta-test list since it first was

Re: Sending audio file via internet
... Modest disagreement from me on two fronts: 1) That there are no audible losses in a 256k compressed file; 2) That a compressed file is good enough for

Re: The cost of Blue-Ray replication
(chuckling) Red 4K in 3D will fix that. ;-) And I can't even get effin FLASH to work on this iPhone. We'll all be long dead before this industry marches

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
In all fairness After Effects doesn't have "B Splines" it has "Roto Bezier" and I personally think that the Roto Bezier tool is better than B Splines. Now I do

Re: Sending audio file via internet
I agree with your disagreement. When I need to process sound files that will get lots of effects I always do it at 32bit 48k minimum. I would go higher but my

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
A RAID5 solution gives you redundancy and throughput. That means it's fast enough for editing and gives you back-up protection. From what you are describing,

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
I already have media storage that I am using. For now, I am only looking for an archival solution. Kerry ... Kerry Soloway http://www.NightingaleEditorial.com