Postcard look in Apple Color

Hello. I would like to find a way to imitate the 1940s postcard visual style in the movie True Stories with Apple Color. If you could give me some tips, it would really be appreciated. Thanks!

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If yes, please let me know...
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Ben...no one mentioned the MXO2. Talking about the original Matrox MXO...connects via DVI. And it has Component and SDI outputs. Works with professional broadcast monitors. On that note, the MXO2 also has those connections.
And a GOOD HDTV will work for many non-broadcast workflows. Not everyone does broadcast work, so they don't all need broadcast monitors.
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PLEASE HELP! Apple Color crashes on timeline import!

I'm at a complete loss right now; no idea what I should do.
Running OS X 10.6.3, Final Cut Pro 7, and Color 1.5
On one specific FCP project, I attempt to send a sequence to Color in order to be graded. Color opens and begins importing the project. Once Color finishes importing the XML data and the "Saving Project" bar gets to 100%, Color closes and tells me that it has quit unexpectedly. This happens before any of the images/scopes appear on screen.
Color will load other projects just fine. I have tried copying sequences, duplicating project files, batch re-capturing the original media, etc within FCP but with the same result.
Problem details that I receive:
Process: Color [733]
Path: /Applications/Color.app/Contents/MacOS/Color
Identifier: com.apple.color
Version: 1.5.2 (593)
Build Info: Color-5930000~2
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [131]
Date/Time: 2010-06-17 21:31:47.886 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.3 (10D573)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 17500 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 6
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 238 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 4
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE at 0x0000000000000008
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 com.apple.color 0x002d51fa ft_fbo::bind() + 10
1 com.apple.color 0x00157f05 ftrender_v2_framecdl(unsigned long*, void*, ft_cdl*, unsigned char, unsigned char, unsigned char, int, int, unsigned char) + 165
2 com.apple.color 0x0007cf4b ftglobalsstorePreview(char const*, char const*, int, ft_clip*) + 651
3 com.apple.color 0x0001127e ftapplicationAPostEvtCallback(unsigned int) + 2942
4 com.apple.color 0x00247321 sui_multitask::handlePostEventCallbacks() + 65
5 com.apple.color 0x00247435 sui_multitask::taskEvents() + 69
6 com.apple.color 0x00147d0d ftprojectmanagerloadXML(char const*, char const*, bool) + 541
7 com.apple.color 0x00148ec5 ftprojectmanagerload(char const*, char const*, bool) + 1349
8 com.apple.color 0x0000a055 main_openCallback(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, long) + 501
9 com.apple.AE 0x91aa5f58 aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, unsigned long, unsigned char*) + 166
10 com.apple.AE 0x91aa5e57 dispatchEventAndSendReply(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*) + 43
11 com.apple.AE 0x91aa5d61 aeProcessAppleEvent + 197
12 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x963b9487 AEProcessAppleEvent + 50
13 com.apple.color 0x001d6833 libmac_privateAppEvent(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 467
14 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x963850a9 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 1567
15 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x96384370 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 411
16 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x963841cf SendEventToEventTargetWithOptions + 58
17 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x963b8d10 ToolboxEventDispatcherHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 3006
18 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x963854fa DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 2672
19 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x96384370 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 411
20 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x963a6b55 SendEventToEventTarget + 52
21 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9652fdf7 ToolboxEventDispatcher + 86
22 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9652ff2f RunApplicationEventLoop + 243
23 com.apple.color 0x00009a65 main + 3093
24 com.apple.color 0x00002986 start + 54
Thread 1: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90948b42 kevent + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094925c dispatch_mgrinvoke + 215
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90948719 dispatch_queueinvoke + 163
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x909484be dispatch_workerthread2 + 240
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90947f41 pthreadwqthread + 390
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90947d86 start_wqthread + 30
Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90947bd2 _workqkernreturn + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90948168 pthreadwqthread + 941
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90947d86 start_wqthread + 30
Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90941286 select$DARWIN_EXTSN + 10
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9753382d __CFSocketManager + 1085
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094fa19 pthreadstart + 345
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094f89e thread_start + 34
Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x909222fa machmsgtrap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90922a67 mach_msg + 68
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x974f400f __CFRunLoopRun + 2079
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x974f30f4 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x974f9034 CFRunLoopRun + 84
5 com.apple.DVCPROHDMuxer 0x199f698f AVS::DestroyAVCDeviceController(AVS::AVCDeviceController*) + 317
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094fa19 pthreadstart + 345
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094f89e thread_start + 34
Thread 5:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x909222fa machmsgtrap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90922a67 mach_msg + 68
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x974f400f __CFRunLoopRun + 2079
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x974f30f4 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x974f2f21 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x902bd434 +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionReallyInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:] + 329
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x902848dc -[NSThread main] + 45
7 com.apple.Foundation 0x9028488c _NSThread__main_ + 1499
8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094fa19 pthreadstart + 345
9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094f89e thread_start + 34
Thread 6:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9092235a semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094fea1 pthread_condwait + 1066
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9097ea28 pthreadcond_timedwait_relativenp + 47
3 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x958a7465 TSWaitOnConditionTimedRelative + 242
4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x958a71a3 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 511
5 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x97dfa91d ReadSchedulerThreadEntryPoint + 4698
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094fa19 pthreadstart + 345
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094f89e thread_start + 34
Thread 7:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9092235a semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094fea1 pthread_condwait + 1066
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9097ea28 pthreadcond_timedwait_relativenp + 47
3 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x958a7465 TSWaitOnConditionTimedRelative + 242
4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x958a71a3 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 511
5 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x95901a50 AIOFileThread(void*) + 1127
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094fa19 pthreadstart + 345
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094f89e thread_start + 34
Thread 8:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90922342 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094feb8 pthread_condwait + 1089
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9099842f pthreadcondwait + 48
3 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x97f68ced jpegdecompress_MPLoop + 79
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094fa19 pthreadstart + 345
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9094f89e thread_start + 34
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x00000000 ecx: 0xa009b4e0 edx: 0x1c56c000
edi: 0x00000000 esi: 0xbfff2a60 ebp: 0xbfff2968 esp: 0xbfff2950
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010286 eip: 0x002d51fa cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0x00000008

My stock answer to a mystery crash when COLOR is otherwise operating normally with other sequences, is that there is something unique (a poison pill) in that sequence.
With the app crashing at the point it does, it seems to suggest a confusion or ambiguity within the EDL/XML process. It could be any number of issues with the way the sequence is constructed; its content, filter load, third-party plugins, unsupported media/codecs, nested sequences, and so on.
The traditional troubleshooting procedure is to start cutting up the sequence and sending portions to try to isolate a problem area. Cut it in half and send the halves separately. If you get a launch, great... try the other one and see if it crashes... or vice versa, then subdivide the crashed half again... and so on.
Report your findings, please.
jPo

No preview or scopes information in Apple Color

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I want to sort this problem as soon as possible due to this being a project that is of utmost value!
I've attached an image of the issue to this post. Thanks in advance.

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I'm a lifetime Mac and long time PShop user transplanted into a Windows shop. Of all the things that I miss on my new workplace platform, the Apple Color Picker is the one that I encounter most often.
Is there a plug-in, an extension, is there some way, ANY WAY, that I could have the Apple CP to use on a Windows version of CS5?? It might seem like a trivial issue to Windows users but to a transplanted Mac user - it's a major one.
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Here's Apple's Return Policy
If you want to return an item, you can ship the item back to Apple, or bring it to any U.S. Apple Store for a full refund. For eligible Mac, iPad, iPod, and third-party products, you have up to 14 calendar days from the time you receive your item(s) to initiate a return.
Items ineligible for a return include:
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Electronic Software Downloads
Software Up-to-Date Program Products (software upgrades)
Apple Gift Cards
Apple Gift Packaging (origami style gift box with ribbon and greeting card)
Apple Developer Connection Products (Membership and Technical Support)
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If you can play things under the Computers tab from your local itunes library without issues then your LAN is likely to be fine.
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If you simply have a slow connection, then you have to wait for much of the movie to download first, this may take some hours. On AppleTv1 the presence of an internal drive made this much more robust as the movie would stay on the unit until the rental/view period had expired. It might take hours to download (so rent in advance of viewing) but once it was there it would stay until expiration. AppleTV2 however does not retain the download and often if you restart the film it has to start downloading from scratch which I think is crazy.
Please send feedback here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/appletv.html
I wish they had the option to 'lock the download in memory' until viewed or deleted - this would limit you to 1 HD movie rental at a time in order to keep enough free for other tasks/local streaming usage, but would make the device far more practical for slow connections.
You should test your internet connection at say speedtest.net on the computer.
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8Mbps+ - watch within a few seconds
If you go to Settings and in iTunes store options change to SD from HD you may find you can watch far quicker with any new rentals, but if you want HD it defeats the purpose.
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