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no smart ass. it has a single core, dual Xeons. again, it is my Sparks development machine, so it doesnt have any video IO and you dont need a stone either, just some SCSI drives. I have one seagate 15K rpm, get over 70 megs/sec.

-k wrote:

is that the quad core machine with quadro gfx card with gen lock option all the necessary FC adptors, etc.? ~800$ you say? I doubt it. Plus you’d still need to pay the stone..
In any case I don’t know if they still offer that much discount anymore and I seriously doubt they will give it to single students. Does not make sense.

-k

[cyril conforti]

actually for my development machine, i use an IBM 6221 workstation off ebay for $825.

[cyril conforti]

you being a student could afford the discount price of $75,000??

isxaari wrote:

I find that its really hard to find information on discreets web page. But i do have 1 question. I know flame costs about 300k but it says that schools get a 75% discount. Is there anyway that if your “just a” student at a school that you could buy one for the 75% off? I mean I am just a home user that wants to play around with it. Just trying to think of ways to get one for a home use. Or maybe i can’t.

75% off would be sweet but i don’t think its for students i think just schools.

(no i don’t want AE shake or DF)

[cyril conforti]

probably because it is beta and you shouldnt be blabbing about it.

[cyril conforti]

if you are running OSX, try out shrink.quicktime
built for post production with wiretap access.
http://www.shrinkquicktime.com

[cyril conforti]

http://www.shrinkquicktime.com
wiretap access in any quicktime application, OSX.

szumski wrote:

Can you network audio via wiretap from the stone fs? I was using combustion 4 to make a quicktime from a master and there was no way to do it. I am using an HP 2007 flame.

[cyril conforti]

I have an old SCSI array available…about 100 gigs.

[cyril conforti]

but this doesnt take into account the pixel ratio. if i use the crop guides to find out this info it gives me a Y value of 286. but 720/2.25*.9 is equal to 288.

scott212 wrote:

I’ll take that challenge:

to get the new vertical size, use this equation:
hRes / crop = vRes[w/crop]

to find out how far to move the picture vertically to be sure that it’s aligned in the center, use the following:
(vRes – vRes[w/crop]) / 2 = vEdgeDist

ex. 2.25 letterbox in NTSC (720×480)
720 / 2.25 = 320 <– vertical image size
(480 – 320) / 2 = 160 <– distance from edge (letterbox size)

ex. 2.25 letterbox in 720 (1280×720)
1280 / 2.25 = 568.889
(720 – 568.889) / 2 = 75.5555

In shake, here’s what I do (macro waiting to happen!):
1. Resize the image (resize node)
2. Using the formula, set the desired dimensions based on your crop
3. Create solid black image (color node) at delivery res (1280×720)
4. Feed black image and resize node into an over node w/ black in back (duh)
5. Attach a Move2d node in between the resize and the over nodes.
6. Using the second half of the formula, input the vEdgeDist into the yPan parameter.

Sorry, no flame access, just a student.

Best,
Scott

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