So do I still need an INtel Mac?

[Jeff Brown]

Chaps,

When Red announced that Redcine would only run on Intel Macs I was preparing to trade in my G5 Quad and buy new. With FCP Studio 2 announcements however, I am I right in thinking that I could just edit straight away in FCP without transcoding? Do I need redcine to do that or is it just a matter of plugging and importing and letting FCP do it's proxy thing? Will I still need to conform it back in Redcine? (For the time being assume I'll finish at 1080/2K and go elsewhere if I need a 4K filmout).

Obviously I wouldn't want to forgo the benefits of Redcine for ever, but just until I can get the cash for the new mac...

I know it's early workflow days - just trying to sort my equipment budget. Can anyone clear this one up for me?

Cheers, confusedly,

Jeff Brown

Red#708

[Jeff Kilgroe]

REDCINE requires an Intel Mac.

Some workflows will allow you to bypass REDCINE and go directly to FCP... But I still think the codec support within FCP for REDCODE is Intel only. At least that's what Ted said in a couple of the NAB interviews. Do a search and watch them.

[Nick Shaw]

Mike Curtis also said in his NAB workflow presentation that REDCODE support in FCP would be Intel only. Time to replace my ageing G5!

[Jeff Brown]

Thanks chaps. I suppose it was too good to be true.

Dear Santa....

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Yeah, makes sense though... No reason to pour more resources into a dead platform. I've got a couple G5 quads I need to unload too. :/