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No it doesn’t, I have just been surfing the net to long! 😕

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I apologize, read it incorrectly, sound more like the end of shake and some sort of hybrid of Shake, FCP, motion collaboration. 😳

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“It used to be that you had to use discreet stone storage arrays, which are quite pricey. However, the latest versions of discreet’s systems can be used with third-party storage if you pay a license fee. Don’t go with anything less than a fibre channel disk array–you’ll definitely benefit from the fastest storage you can afford.”

Hi Zolo,

Can you point me in the right direction as far as Stone drives are concerned? Cheers,

A.

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Thank you again Zolo for that descriptive information! I will wait and see after NAB. (hey, that rhymed) 🙂 Cheers,

A.

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Thanks, Zolo

Well, I have worked on the flame for the past 5 years working at a Fox affiliate in califorina. I would like to gain further knowledge of it and hopefully seek a career as a flame artist. I no longer work for that affiliate, and now live in NYC. The company I work for now specializes in Motion graphics and ultimately would like to get into higher end work. I am trying to do the research for this so I can sell the idea of possibly investing in a flame, or flint. and yes I understand it doesn’t work on a mac & PC 🙂

The last version they had before I left was version 7, and I know there are a hell of a bunch of new features from that time! I’m just trying to investigate the possibilty of our company seriously looking into this.

Back to my question:

What type of equipment is needed besides the software? Computer, Hard Drives, OS, etc… Any least expensive configurations or alternatives?

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Yeah, because it crashes, everytime I try to import the file as a nested file or grouped file. It only seems to work if merged. Maybe I have to flatten all transfer modes and effects applied first then import. Thank you for the response! Cheers,

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…Not sure, I think its just easier to just expand the Color node settings and then under the “L” tab expand it as well and you will see the seperate channels to manipulate.

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This has been the response so far, and I think I figured it out once I expanded the color values tab and saw the seperate RGB values:

If you need to enter RGB values in a 0-255 basis, you can simply write your desired value and divide it by 255.

For example:
You need to input 180 for Red channel, 100 for green and 200 for blue.
Just enter these values in the RGB boxes…
R: 180/255
G: 100/255
B: 200/255

Hope that helps.

Thank you for your help! 🙂

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I am trying to change lets say (a color node), however I want to keep the same RGB values as I do in lets say (photoshop). So I want to use 0-255 colors and transfer the numeric values to shake. I hope that makes sense, and thanks for the reply.

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Awesome! Thanks,

I finally got approved to place an order for my new box at work. So far I have chosen Dual 2GHZ G5 with 3GB RAM Lacie 22inch lacie electronblue 22 IV ATI 9800 Pro how does that sound for composite work and alittle 3D work (nothing heavy more broadcast oriented). We have the AJA firewire component 10bit to input directly into our machines, so now with this box, I cant wait to see shake in action! Any other suggestions are appreciated, cheers

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Thanks guys,

I agree as far as 3D work is concerned. I dont feel that the macs video card is suitable enought for really hard core VFX comps, but I think the road Im following is in Compositing, and I do think that it can handle it. Im sure many people disagree, and say that they are using macs for there 3D stuff, but from the places I have been, it looks to be different. I am waiting to see if Apple ups the processing speed of the G5’s. That would be nice and I could finalize alot more once it does, Cheers

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I agree,

and thank you both again. I am curious though about what cgartist thinks a good linux or pc configuration would be? I like the price for the G5 and I have been leaning more and more towards it, however I also like Boxx Technologies computers as well, and I wouldnt mind using a dual Xeon with up to 12GB of RAM to do my work, on. I will keep researching and come to a conclusion soon, I was just hoping apple was going to bump those speeds up a bit, and get into the 3Ghz realm. cheers,

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Hi guys,

Thank you both for what I knew was going to be a alittle debate. My goal is to simply get the job done, and done fast. I have recently been freelancing on a lot of Combustion and After Effects jobs with visual effects companies, and when I work with there machines (PC) they are extremely fast and efficient. ie,One thing I have noticed on a mac is that Combustion 2 is really bad (meaning slow on response and practicly everything) compared to it on the PC. What I like about the PC or at least the ones I have worked on, are the quick response time when moving around the programs. The G5 I’m sure is the same way if it is configured correctly. And yes I use maya as well and it wouldnt hurt to have a graphics card that’s not considered a game card. I am also getting more and more into shake, and I am really digging the speed and simplicity yet complexity of the program, which leads me to want to purchase a G5. I know that 2.5.1 is the last version for PC. As far as linux, I am not so familiar with linux, so it would take e awhile to just understand the OS. So I am stuck, If either of your or anyone else can come up with a fairly inexpensive setup for both PC and Mac, with any recomendations on displays, video cards, etc. That would be great!

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Thank you guys for your help. Sometimes I feel “stuck” and I don’t know who to ask for assistance, then I remember I do have the flame board and FXGuide to ask. Im trying to absorb as much as possible when it comes to flame, Mike you are correct I do get placed in scenarios were I feel like the project is a little dull, but thats a great idea to utilize what I read from this and many forums. I will certainly practice what is preached here. cheers, and thanks for the quick repsonse! 😉

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Great! I look foward to getting my hands on it soon….

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