Afternoon Ken,
On 26/05/2005, at 4:41 PM, Ken Woods wrote:
Hi all,
This is slightly off the topic and I apologise for that in advance.
I need some advice from those in the graphics and/or video (etc)
editing
world.
I am considering the purchase of a machine from the dark side and
would
appreciate some advice on what type of mother board and processor
etc would
How long is a piece of string and budget.
Personal experience do not try it, go with Apple and explain to
client whatever he can output via WinXP it can be opened or copied
and worked on from the Apple, then output so as his clients computers
or services can utilise.
Encore is no where near DVDSP3 so the advances plus time you will
save with 4 are outstanding, Premier is good, but the operating
system just cannot handle file sizes or throughput of DV, never-less
any of the Higher quality outputs.
Software for Final Cut Studio is cheaper than Adobes products with a
substantial amount of Utility software i.e. Soundtrack Pro, Livetype
and Compressor 2. One thing WinXP cannot do unless you spend big
bucks is encode AC3 hence Dolby surround sound or compress sound with
it very important tool for squeezing the most out of your DVD authoring.
The time you would save are quite staggering in a working studio
environment.
Photoshop and the like are very much a muchness on either, but Apple
offers a safer and recoverable working environment, video it is not
even close. People whom use WinXP in this field have specialist
machines from specialist companies and mostly running Avid Or Sony
products although I have worked at a couple of Studios on east coat
that used Premier with specialist machinery and I lost count how many
times my PB 17" saved the day and the companies arse hence they have
switched to Apple now strange that.
be best suited for my needs.
DV only PB 17" studio HD Powermac G5 budget = which one.
Amazingly enough you will find the price variance is negligible and
the Apple works out of the box WinXP machines require an awful lot of
fine tuning (drivers - codecs etc...) before you even start setting
your personal environment. An even bigger bonus for me is the Unix/
Linux software utilities one can tap into to do those strange jobs,
without rebooting machine.
Spyware and Viruses is another topic, except to say put aside at
least an hour a week minimum although my son spends this amount of
time everyday as a minimum.
I will be running Adobe Photoshop, illustrator, after effects, encore,
audition and premiere pro on the machine.
This is not my preference by the way, it has been made necessary by
client
requirements.
Lots of patience and a rock solid recovery and backup scenario if you
must go $M.
Thanks in advance for all assistance.
Ken.
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