Re: RE : AW: The stone age DS

[Matthew Small <digital_only(at)earthlink.net>]

Well, there are quite a few places locally (LA) that stock the Blackmagic card we use... depends on traffic on the 405.  Drives... just have a couple spares when you run RAID 5...

:::flees:::

Until next time...

Matt Small
Pair of Hands
Sherman Oaks, CA

"If it was easy, everyone would do it."


On Aug 15, 2005, at 4:06 PM, Johnathan Blair wrote:

> <x-tad-bigger>But what if the Aja card or storage drives go bad…how long and how much downtime will you have?</x-tad-bigger>
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> <x-tad-bigger>J</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>
> </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>
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> </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>From:</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>On Behalf Of </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Dsderanged(at)aol.com</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>Sent:</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> Monday, August 15, 2005 5:21 PM</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>To:</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> DS(at)Softimage.COM</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>Subject:</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> RE : AW: The stone age DS</x-tad-bigger>
>  
> <x-tad-bigger>Oh and I almost forgot.  Regarding several comments about "switching between applications" while working on FCP.  That is a non-issue.</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>Since it is all native Quicktime, you can work in FCP, LiveType and Motion and switching between is a button push as you can toggle between each.  You don't have to "Import / Export" each time, since FCP let's you open in the host application and it references the</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>native file.  You must however export to After Effects and back.  ( Gee, I really seem to be getting defensive over FCP.)  But I just want those who have not used it to realize its pluses and minuses. </x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>Plus, regarding hardware support and such.  If my G5 dies, I can go to the mall and buy</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>a new one and be back up in a matter of hours. My storage drives have a 5 year warranty and the AJA IO box is bullet proof and cost under $2K. </x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>As it has been said a bazillion times on this forum before, it is the person sitting in the chair, NOT the flavor box of the day.  Reminds me of the following story.</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>Ernest Hemingway and Ansel Adams are sitting in a bar one day, Sloppy Joe's no doubt.</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>Ernest says to Ansel, "That must be a really expensive and fancy camera you take all those stunning pictures with."   Ansel replies, "Why yes, and that must be a real fancy pencil</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>you write all those wonderful books with."  Enough said.</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>Rick at nakedeye</x-tad-bigger>