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tmcbroome
12-16-2005, 12:47 AM
Hello all,

I am currently researching a Post Production set up for an HD indie and could really use some feedback or critique of my plan. It will most likely be filmed with a Panavised HDW F900 (though if they could get a Genisis I would not complain).

From my research here is what I am currently planning on:

Computer -
dual dual-core AMD Opteron 270
8 gigs of memory and Windows 64
SATAII based 2 terabyte raid (4 - 500 gig drives)
3WareŽ 9550SX-8LP Eight Channel SATA II 300MB/s RAID Ctrl
Dual 7800's for my 3D work
CreativeLab X-Fi Elite Pro 7.1 24bit Digital Sound
HD Link (for monorting)
Kona AJA Xena-HS (for Cineform product)
dual Dell 24" LCD for production
single Apple 30" LCD for monitoring or Professional JVC 19" HD CRT

SOFTWARE -
Adobe Premiere and After Effects Pro
Color Finesse for AE
Prospect HD 2k package
Lightwave
Adobe Creative Suite (general graphics)

I am choosing this route for the 4:2:2 color space and the cost saving on the raid array that Cineform allows. Overall I am looking at spending between $30,000 - $40,000 on the whole setup.

Thanks in advance.

Tim McBroome
northstate media
curious_69_george
12-18-2005, 12:50 PM
If your looking at spending that much, and wanting to use premiere. Just go with a Matrox Axio system. Then you get 10 bit uncompressed HD.

A turnkey will run you 27,995. No building required, and they will test it to make sure it runs 100% realtime.

Ryan
tmcbroome
12-19-2005, 06:32 PM
I did consider the Axio as well as solutions from Avid and Canopus but in the end I do want to be tied to proprietary hardware. I want keep the system as 'open' as I can. Thanks for the suggestion though.
brant
01-17-2006, 03:42 PM
Final Cut Pro on a MAC is the only way to go.
Byla
01-17-2006, 04:44 PM
Final Cut Pro on a MAC is the only way to go.

With a bit of grain. But yeah, you are right.
Matty2Phatty
01-19-2006, 09:28 AM
Perhaps i'm missing what you're actually intending to do with this, but assuming you're going to be doing the film print at a lab, why not just timecode the footage at DV resolution and do your offline edit on any home software, and then do your online edit at the lab?
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