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If a DI facility is working on studio projects, they get audited by the MPAA on their security measures. One of the things they have to do is keep the production network separate and offline. This is...

Xto7 and 7toX require and XML exported from the FCP 7 project. I don't know if Adobe allows developers to access the Premiere project file.

You obviously haven't been paying attention to the FCPX...

This reminds me of when Apple had J.J. Abrams promote FCP at a product launch. He talked about sitting behind the editor in the Avid suite with FCP running in his laptop and would do his own edit and...

The true cost of a color grading system is more than $1,000.

It requires fast powerful hardware, reliable and fast storage, control surface, very good monitoring and calibration system, backup...

I think it all depends on the budget and complexity of the production. The bigger budget vfx heavy productions already have an army of onset post people because of the complexity of what's being done...

LTO 5 supports LTFS, so you can write to LTO 5 media like a drive, just like Retrospect, but without the cost.

I'm hoping Final Cut Server will evolve into Final Cut Media Manager since it seems to do some of that.

Adobe Bridge is similar and just as underused.

I think we're at a point where media...

I don't think many apps support the 16bit version of DPX. Shake requires you to have a bit depth node set to 16bit to make a DPX file higher than 8bits, but it's not 16bits.

I believe pretty much...

Hopefully Post is where everything you tested in Preproduction makes sense and works as you hope. That's not to say that things won't change in Post, just that it's better to go in prepared than to...

I was impressed that Silicon Imaging is using an embedded version of Iridas SpeedGrade with their SI2K camera. They can deal with the camera development. Iridas deals with the look/color...

It's hard to guarantee that Windows Backup is the safest and will always be backwards compatible. We can only speculate what Windows Backup will be like in future versions. It also limits you to...

What post professionals are you dealing with?

There's been 2 decades of innovation in post as it transitioned to digital so far. There will be many decades more.

Years ago, I worked on a project that had a PC render farm for After Effects while the artists used Macs to work on.

It never worked right. We ended up reconfiguring some of the Macs to do the...

There are movies that cost $125 and are only 2 hours at most.

I'm sure HBO didn't do all the financing so they didn't have to take all the risk.

I know SpeedGrade also does OS X and has Raw support, not sure the price.

True ICE boards became obsolete, but they were around for a number of years and the people who bought them, put them to great use.

If meeting deadlines is always a constant, there will be someone...

Has anyone tried using rsync in OS X Terminal?

Ethernet to a Gigabit Switch.
Set IP Addresses.

Use KVM switch to cycle between the Minis. VPN software could be used to log in, to save a few $$.

Make sure the OS updates are identical. The...

For Shake and Compressor, using Qmaster.

For After Effects using watch folders or Qmaster (generic render).

Well it's no Xserve, and I'm sure I can probably hobble together some Hackintoshes that could be cheaper.

I was more curious how the Minis would work with the Red software. I was planning to use...

So I'm at the Apple Store in Santa Monica, checking out the new Mac Mini.

Wondering if the NVIDIA GForce 9400 would be good enough for R3D to Quicktime/DPX in RedCine or RedAlert.

I know Mac...

Well you should consider having some recovery software as part of your kit just because this won't be the last time it happens.

It's never fun to lose data, at least you don't have to panick when...

So what are the data skills requirements for a DIT/DCE?

How are they certified? Is this field so new that everything is constantly changing?

I'm also wondering if the tools are being...

I Think Sony makes the only 4k projectors at the moment.

It's usually tom dick and harry who come and spoil the party. I see stereo 3d as being much more complicated and needs more attention to detail than just grabbing a camera and shooting.

Do you...