Re: OT: FCP/E and Intel Mac question(s)

["Jim Goodin" <jimgoodinmusic@gmail.com>]

Mark thanks very much.  From all my research it was looking like the Macbook Pro would handle it but I have as I think I said an older ver of FCut HD v4 that I've upg'd to 4.5 which runs a bit on my G4 500mhz however not steadily.  It loads up but generally errors out on rendering any footage beyond @20 sec and my feeling has been that it was never going to work until I got better hw.  I then started learning that that the integrated video on the Macbook was an issue and I was wondering about the older package not working.  In the end I'm pretty sure now (your input has helped) that I'm going to order a previously owned Macbook Pro from Gainsavers.com.  They appear to buy and resell corporate lease machines of all types including Apple.

 

Have a happy new year and thanks for all the info particularly about Motion.  I was just watching a tutorial on it on CreativeCow.com last night - it was all about the templates.

 

Jim

On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 6:42 AM, mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com> wrote:

I have to be honest that I dont know... anything about FCE (what even
IS that?) however i can report that I have a MacBookPro 2.33ghz with 4
g RAM. I have FCP STUDIO 2.

...and both Color and Motion work... OK.. Not superfast, but fine.

Now I have to say that I NEVER use Color... Seems like putting a High
End Pro Package like this in an editting suite is pointless, people go
to college to JUST learn grading, there is no way YOU are ever gonna
do anything in it that you cant do with the effects in FCP. (Use the 3
point colour corrector in FCP... F**k Color)

Motion is well... the opposite.. if you want to chuck together an
intro from templates, its ok.. if I want a bit of fire or smoke, I
sometimes make it in Motion to "throw on the timeline in FCP", but ANY
compositing or Animation or anything really, Motion is such a cludge,
weird interface, weird workflow... save yourself some time, get Adobe
AfterEffects instead, and learn the PROPER way to do it... MY FAVORITE
PROGRAM.. I even do Audio editing in it, and use it instead of
Photoshop! ha ha!!

One can discuss the RIGHT computer for the job until the cows come
home.. all you need to know is that "Everything WILL work on a
MacBookPro". Just... be prepared to watch a few rendering bars once in
a while, make sure you use the correct settings for your footage (dont
OVER do the quality) and you should have no problem...

Mark

On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 4:41 AM, Jim Goodin <jimgoodinmusic@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone, possibly Mark if you catch this one, can advise me
> on a transition I'm about to make.
>
> I'm moving my editing ventures to either FCHD, FCP or FCE.
>
> My plans are to get either a new Macbook 2.1mhz (2gig ram) or a used Macbook
> Pro 2.16 or 2.33mhz (2gig ram).  Since the Macbook has integrated video I've
> understood that parts of FC won't work such as Motion and the Color mod?  Is
> this right?  Will the other modules work on this machine?  Will everything
> work on a Macbook Pro?
>
> I'm leaning towards Mbooks as I get a lot done on my subway commutes re
> editing (presently working in Premiere on a Dell).
>
> Also I have at present a copy of FCHD 4.0 that will load on my 500mhz G4
> tower but bombs out when you try to render anything, gathering it's just
> too inefficient hw.  Will that version 4.0 with the 4.5 update run on the
> Intel Mac's?  If not what version will?
>
> Thanks for all info and happy new year.
>
> Jim
>
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