Budged Color Grading Equipment

	Re: Budged Color Grading Equipment by walter biscardi on Jul 16, 2009 at 3:01:12 pm [Leonardo Hallal] "Does anyone have advice whether this is or not a good (and cheaptes) configuration? Is the 17" good for color grading. I know it's small, but you gotta start somewhere (always being fair to clients money). " Yep, it's a Grade 1 monitor which we use in one of our edit suites here. Excellent monitor. Which Graphics Card is in that computer? Make sure it's an ATI. Also make sure it has at least 4GB of RAM. If it doesn't definitely drop some more RAM in there. And you say it's a Mac Pro with an LH, but I'm assuming you mean LHe. The LH was for the older generation G5's not the Mac Pro's. If that truly is an LH, then you're getting a G5, not a Mac Pro. Double check those things. Walter Biscardi, Jr. Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author. Credits include multiple Emmy, Telly, Aurora and Peabody Awards. Biscardi Creative Media Creative Cow Forum Host: Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Apple Color, AJA Kona, Business & Marketing, Maxx Digital. Read my Blog! Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Budged Color Grading Equipment by walter biscardi on Jul 16, 2009 at 6:42:38 pm [Leonardo Hallal] "Thanks for clarifying the difference between the two Ajas. I'll look for the KHe. It is as good as the Kona 3, for monitoring (only) HD on the 17" Flanders (without the 3GBps input)? " for straight monitoring, yes. [Leonardo Hallal] "If I decide to get a new Mac Pro, the only ATI option is the Radeon HD 4870 512MB. That would be the one, right? " That's what I would get. [Leonardo Hallal] "What about Hard Drives. Am I all right with external firewire 800 for HD playback (mostly P2, HDV and XDCAM work. Never worked with 2K or RED in Brazil)? I always recommend eSATA RAID Minimum, and I really like the SAS/SATA Raids myself. " [Leonardo Hallal] "One last question: practically, what does it mean to have a 1366x768 resolution on the 17" Flanders monitor? Would that influence my color grading judgement? " None. It just means that anything above 720p native is scaled, but you an always put the monitor into 1:1 Pixel Mapping Mode which will show you your entire image, even up to 2k, in a pixel by pixel mode so you can see whether an artifact on screen is introduced by the scaling or in the original footage. If you go to the Flanders website, go to their video manual and watch the section on Pixel Mapping where they cover this exact topic. Walter Biscardi, Jr. Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author. Credits include multiple Emmy, Telly, Aurora and Peabody Awards. Biscardi Creative Media Creative Cow Forum Host: Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Apple Color, AJA Kona, Business & Marketing, Maxx Digital. Read my Blog! Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Budged Color Grading Equipment by Joseph Owens on Jul 16, 2009 at 4:17:52 pm Yes, make sure its an Intel machine or you won't be able to do any RED_One work, and I know there's a fever for it in Brazil. jPo This IS my blog! Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index