System Setup for editing / motion graphics and color-correcting

I am looking to add a second monitor for previewing in FCP as well as color-correction. I've looked into a JVC LCD 20" Production monitor with SDI, etc. coupled with a Blackmagic Decklink HD card. But that combo costs over $3500. Is there a lower-cost solution to this? A second Apple Cinema Display? Or some other recommendation? And would I need a Blackmagic or AJA card to properly monitor?
Any recommendations/brands/costs would be appreciated.
The bulk of the footage I edit with is shot in XDCAM-EX format (EX3).
I currently run a Dual 2.3 PPC G5, but will be upgrading shortly to a Dual 2.8 Quad Core.
Thanks.

You want us to do all of the research and cost breakdown for you? Uh...no.
But I will recommend a low cost alternative. Matrox MXO and Apple Cinema Display (which Apple as discontinued).
http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/matrox-mxo-broadcast-monitoring-on-a-des ktop-monitor
Shane

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5930K vs 5960X for AVCHD editing and color correction?

***I have also posted this in Hardware Forum because I'm not certain which forum will be the best place to ask. Mods, I apologize if this is a no-no and of course you're welcome to remove the one you deem inappropriately placed. Thanks**
Hi guys, getting ready to have a new custom system built (probably iBuyPower, not sure yet). I would love your input on choosing the ideal processor. I have read benchmarks and forums on both the Intel 5960X and the 5930K. Most benchmarks are only concerned about encoding times, not the actual editing and color correction processes. I realize that encoding (exporting) would be generally faster on the 8-core 5960 compared to the 6-core 5930. HOWEVER, all my source material is AVCHD and for that, higher clock speed does make a big difference during the actual editing. So let's forget about encoding/exporting right now and ONLY think about the actual editing. Let's also assume I will not overclock, or if I do then never more than 20%.* I 'm not a gamer and this workstation is ONLY for editing. I use Premiere Pro CC 2014.x and always keep it up to the latest version.
Since the 5960X is only clocked at 3.0 Hz. I'm concerned that editing and color correcting AVCHDs will be not as smooth as one would expect from a $1000 chip. The editing process is quite complex, with multiple video layers (all AVCHD, either 60p or 60i), picture-in-picture, color correction (mostly GPU-accelerated ones such as the Three Way CC and RGB Curves), and so on. It's not simple cuts and a few transitions. In fact, the work required on those AVCHD files is very much beyond what AVCHD is meant for but it is what it is.
So, considering all that, would you STILL fork out the extra cash to get the 5960X versus the 5930K, and if so, why?
I thank you in advance for your opinions and insight!
Current planned system specs (highlights)
- Win 8.1
- 5930K or 5960X (help!)
- Asus Rampage V
- 32 Gb 2666 RAM
- GTX 780 (possibly will invest in a Titan X 12 Gb if funds allow)
- Intel 730 SSD (480 GB) for OS and programs
- I will use my current set of 5-6 SSD drives for sources, scratches, misc pull files, exports
Thanks again for your feedback!
PS: I would like to emphasize again that the actual process of editing and color correcting AVCHD files is what matters most to me here rather than getting the absolute fastest encoding times.
* I realize that both chips are unlocked and made for overclocking. I've overclocked for years but frankly, I was never that comfortable with it, lots of crashes and instability - and that was at low overlock levels of around 20% or less. I do not want manage overclocking or thermal management or worry about frying the chips. If at all possible I would like to run the chips at stock, or as close to stock as possible. However I'm also open to suggestions about that.

Actually the 5960X will clock the turbo speed for all cores if you set it that way which is one of the things we do with our systems. All Intel chips that are not locked can clock to their turbo rating for all cores if set that way. Even without setting all cores to the peak turbo ratio they will turbo to a clock speed higher than base when all cores are active. It's just not the peak turbo ratio. That has to be manually set. Turbo occurs anytime the system load reaches beyond a low level regardless of what your doing. The system boards and bios effect that. You can also disable a setting in the bios and the system will always stay at it's peak clock ratio. The 5960X clocked at 3.9 will easily outperform the 5930K with all codecs due to the cores and cache.
We can configure the systems with any hardware available in the market. However we cant include all those items on the website right now without making it far harder for people to configure systems. The hardware options we list are there because they are tested to work with the video and audio hardware/software and the reliability. We also support the systems as a solution for the life of the system. We have price the systems for that support which is part of the price difference. The options you are looking at wont have near the same support or expertise with the hardware and software together hence why your asking the questions here.
Eric
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Mac Pro for motion graphics and animation

Dear all, after 2+ years of dreaming about getting a mac pro, i have finally come to the stage where i can't not have one. This is a big step for me and probably the biggest purchase i have made in my life yet, so therefore i really want to get everything right.
I would like to know if anybody can recommend me what spec mac i should get, ie in terms of graphics cards, processor and displays. I need to be powerful yet i would like to try and save as much money as possible.
I will be using it predominantely for design, animation and motion graphics and using programs such as :
Creative Suite
After Effects
Cinema 4D
Final Cut Pro
your help is much appreciated
thanks

Hi Vector,
The folks at Barefeat must have asked this same question before, because they raced five Mac Pros out of all three families. The results are about what you might expect: the biggest speed advantage comes from having 8 cores as opposed to 4. After that, the advantage of 3.2GHz cores over 3.0GHz, or 3.0GHz over 2.8GHz is far less pronounced.
It's hard to recommend exactly the "right" system for your needs, but going by the above results, the best cost-to-performance ratio will be found with the baseline 2.8GHz 8-core Mac Pro. Cut back to 4-cores and you lose a fair bit of power; scale up to 3.0GHz and you gain relatively little by comparison.
For your video card, you can probably suffer with the entry-level Radeon 2600 XT. The GeForce 8800 GT is more of a gaming card, and the Quadro FX 5600 card isn't something you want to break the bank on unless grabbing a Quadro is the whole reason you're buying a Mac Pro. Displays aren't my speciality, so I'll defer to the experts. That link is to the final page presenting the victors in a long article, which may be worth a full read if you're interested.
Finally, cram as much memory into it as you can. You can (almost) never have too much memory. 4GB should probably be your bare minimum for video-intensive work.
Hope that helps. As long as you go 8-core, you're nearly immune to over/under-estimating your requirements. If you find you need more power, chances are you'll get it by tossing in some more memory. If you find that you've got too much, then you'll at least be future-proofed for longer.

Receiving Error : Please set the Receivables system options for this operating unit and ensure that the MO: Operating Unit profile option is correctly set with an operating unit that is set up in Receivables. while trying to create a new Customer.

Hi All,
We have set up a new Operating Unit in Oracle Apps. Now when I am trying to create a new Customer in that Operating Unit, I am receiving following error:
ERROR MESSAGE:-Please set the Receivables system options for this operating unit and ensure that the MO: Operating Unit profile option is correctly set with an operating unit that is set up in Receivables.
We do have MO: Operating Unit and MO: Default Operating Unit set properly at Responsibility level for the Responsibility through which I am accessing this form.
Your help is appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
SKA

You can refer this thread and check your MO operating unit is set or not https://community.oracle.com/message/3937028 thanks

What is the best program for editing pdf documents and filling in forms

Whats the best program to use for editing pdf documents and filling in pdf forms?

Acrobat Pro XI creative suite 6
or the newer Acrobat Pro creative cloud
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Filters for Blown out camera and color shots for CS5

What are some good filters to fix blown out camer and color shots in CS5?
Thanks,

Hi Bill, Here's the link the of the blown out footage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lxJJN2PgqM&feature=youtu.be
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:20:37 -0600
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Subject: Filters for Blown out camera and color shots for CS5
    Re: Filters for Blown out camera and color shots for CS5
    created by Bill Hunt in Premiere Pro CS5, CS5.5, & CS6 - View the full discussion
Well, a few Effects, that might help - a little, would be Curves, Levels and Shadow & Highlight, along with the Three-way Color Corrector. However, the success will depend on the footage. Can you post a Vimeo, or YouTube example, as once one sees what you are working with, they may have other ideas. Good luck, and welcome to the forums, Hunt
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I am trying to import an mp3 audio file into garage band for editing. drag and drop doesn't work. What now?

I am trying to import an mp3 audio file into garage band for editing. Drag and drop does not work. any ideas?

Try reposting in the Garageband forums. You can find it at:
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Chroma keying and color correction on same clip

I have an image, with some people shot on a green chroma key background. I want to key it on another image, and desaturate it, except the yellow color.
I have no problem keying out the green. I can also desaturate the image, with the deaturate filter, but if I apply the color corrector, and work with it to only keep the yellow color in the image, then my chroma keying is lost.
It kinda turns of the chroma key completely.
What is the easiest way to chroma key out the green of an image and desaturate everything except the yellow color of the image?
I have Final Cut Studio, so if it's easier to do it in Motion, then I'll do that...?
It's shot on HDV, so it's already a little tricky to key out the green perfectly.
thanks for your help.

After you key the image, export it as a self contained QT movie. Then re-import it, and color correct it to suit your needs.
Shane

I downloaded CS6 Red Plug-In and added to Package Contents, replaced the current files with the new without backing up, now my RED footage thumbnails and color-correction don't WORK! How do I get my old importerRed file back!!?? HELP!

I downloaded CS6 Red Plug-In and added to Package Contents, replaced the current files with the new without backing up, now my RED footage thumbnails and color-correction don't WORK! How do I get my old importerRed file back!!?? HELP!

Try asking in the Premiere Pro forum seems to be an Adobe Lab for Premiere Pro

AE CS6 - 3D Compositing and Color Correction workflow

AE CS6 - 3D Compositing and Color Correction workflow
Hello everybody,
I have some questions about work flow in AE concerning compositing and Color Correction. I saw many tuts about (f.e. Lynda.com Premiere Pro Color Correction and Enhancement... and tuts by Andrew Davis here in creative.cow).
Essentially, he have this CC work flow:
GRADING (primary and secondary)
Adjusting Tonality (Brightness and Contrast)
Adjusting Colors (White balance and fix color dominance)
MATCHING
Conforming colors of different clip shoted with different camera and lighting set up.
ENANCHING LOOK
Giving to all clips a unique "look"
But what does it happen if we have NOT just some clips but ALSO a 3D object (rendered in a 3d sw or, actually also a 3d object inserted by 3D Element by videocopilot)
or/and
a keyed clip from a green screen shot?
How does this footage (3d object and green screen keyed shot) transform
the aforementioned work flow?
We have to consider that this footage (3d object and green screen keyed shot) must to be pre-multiplied to make a right compositing but when you make CC it must be again "straight"... (NOT pre-multiplied)
Is really hard also understand how dale this work flow between AE and Pre Pro if you want to make CC in Pre Pro after compositing in AE.
I try to present a work flow for this (very common) situation:
I have a landscape clip as a background
a keyed clip (pre-multiplied) with a Character watching sky
and a 3d (pre-multiplied) object U.F.O. on sky.
When I have done compositing, how make I a right CC of all footage if I have two clip (3d object and green screen keyed shot) still pre-multiplied?
I think, but I'm not sure, that should be a good idea to send to Pre Pro a composited Comp with separate layers (by dynamic links) to have all single separate layers (Background, 3d object and green screen keyed shot.. but also the Color Warping...!). Than, in Pre Pro you should make a CC (Grading) just for a BG and than try to Match (Matching) this color corrected BG with 3d obj and keyed shoot. But we have a problem at this point cause our 3d object and green screen keyed shot are still pre-multiplied, and before make matching we have to re- multiplied theme, but how? And if we re pre-multiplied them, compositing will be also right?
Or maybe, before exporting comp from AE to Pre Pro, he have to create both layers for 3d object and green screen keyed shot, one pre-multiplied and one "Stright"? But, again, how to combine them to have a right compositing and a a right CC?
Anybody can help me to understand or maybe suggest any tuts to dale this common issue in AE- Pre Pro?
Many, many thanks!

Dave is correct. (And so is Mylenium. No need to be rude, when he was jsut trying to explain that you were introducing unnecessary complexity.)
The color matting is removed to interpret the alpha channel when you import the footage. After that, any color correction that you do to a layer based ont hat footage item doesn't have anything to do with whether the channels were straight or premultiplied for the source item.
You color-correct your individual items to amke them match as part of the compositing process in After Effects. Then, if you want to do a color grade of the shot in Premiere Pro along with other shots, you'd be working on the single rendered/flattened composite, so the details of the original elements that went into the composite are irrelevant.

E71 and Color Correction

I have noticed even with the new updated version firmware that when using the camera it still has a blue or purple tint and lacks sharpness.I preceded to http://mosh.nokia.com/content/4F546B0D59DD282DE040050A45300EA2 and D/l this file and installed on the E71.
I took two pictures using the normal camera on the E71 and the conditions were set that both images not use flash. The first image was taken in the living room by the door leading to the deck and the other image was taken in a room just using the overhead fixture.
I then preceded to using the installed program and went to camera-color correction and color corrected blue by adding yellow and increased the contrast slightly. I will add another post so that you might see Roomlight 1.jpg
You decide if its better or worse and i also noticed and using the installed program that the file size just about doubled.
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Somebody asked me to make a comparison of that living room photo with and without contrast.
All photos reduced to 640x480 as if they were sent mms.
Original Living room Photo
Living Room Photo color corrected by adding yellow and slight magneta
Living Room Photo same as 1. except contrast added.
Color corrections done on the spot via photoeditor
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Why do graphics and colors that appear on the monitor show up as blank spaces when printed out

Graphics (especially color) on emails and attachments show up as BLANK spaces when printed out.
Also, some color graphics and detail work of those graphics on familiar websites do not show up on my monitor
Both of these situations DO NOT occur on Explorer. With that browser - everything is OK

it may have worked, but gimping my system isn't exactly a solution, more of a band-aid.
its the equivalent of the old
patient says, " its hurts when i do *this* "
doctor replies," well, don't do that "
What do you mean "it may have worked" – did it or did it not?
Anyway it is not a remedy but diagnostics and if it makes a difference it points at the GPU driver as a likely culprit.

Motion, size and color tween

Okay so I have this problem.
I took a picture and then made it black and white and
smaller. And I'm going to use the original and the new one together
in an animation. Basically I want to make an invisible button that
follows it and when I click the button an animation moves the black
and white one up and changes it into the colored one, but I don't
know how to do this.
I've tried pasting the black and white one on frame 1 and
then the colored one on frame 15 and creating a motion tween, but
it doesn't work..
Help?

Hello NiN0Smhear,
you can make two animations on different layers one for the
B&W and one for the colored, and then make the B&W fade
into the colored one. :)

Can I edit/add graphics and effects to Live footage?

Ok-
I know most people use FCP to edit, previously captured footage.
But what I'm interested in knowing is something along the lines of:
How does ESPN put graphics on their live footage of a NFL game which is then broadcasted via TV.
Or
How does the News put graphics over it's live footage?
I know this is a broad topic but can FCP do anything like this?
I have an opportunity to work with a smal scale local video production company that is broadcasting live video footage via the internet but they want to be able to incorporate graphics and some effects into the video.
They already have the production in place and going (camera crew, director monitoring all cameras and footage, equipment, and server) It works really well, But they've never been able to incorporate graphics.
How is this done? Anyone here know? Thanks.

How does ESPN put graphics on their live footage of a NFL game which is then broadcasted via TV.
Or
How does the News put graphics over it's live footage?
With what are called SWITCHERS...or...some other technological term that I know Zebulun knows what it is called. Since he works in live sports broadcasting. Stuff designed for live TV. Used to be called a Chyron or CG (character Generator)...
I know this is a broad topic but can FCP do anything like this?
Nope...it is a NON-LINEAR editor...NOT a live switcher. Not at all what it is designed for.
Google man...
http://www.masternewmedia.org/videointernettv/live-video/broadcast-live-tv-online-with-mogulus-20070521.htm
Shane

MulitCam editing and color correcting each cam

I do a lot of 4 or 5 camera editing of some concerts and I always have to go through each shot and tweak the colors.
This time I'm taking the original clip, color correcting, exporting then using the exported clip in my multiclip editor.
Is there a quicker or better way? Let's say I want to tweak the colors on cam 1 but tweak the colors differently on cam 2, cam 3 and so on. Is there a way in the sequence to quickly add the color correction to one cam at a time? Can you highlight just a certain cam quickly?

Once your edit is locked and collapsed, just set a correction for an angle, copy it, then do a search/find for that angle's name in the sequence.
I run the find using 'from in to out' / 'select all'. Then paste the filter to all at once.
Be advised, the slightest changes in framing, lighting, etc can make a difference between shots (from the same angle), so you still might want to go shot by shot and make any necessary adjustments.
That's the quick and dirty way, anyway.
Bottom line IMHO, is each shot needs individual attention.
K

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