Heck, I did a little work on a /Lombard/ in Final Cut. Of course I had a more powerful render machine, and simply used lo-res footage (320x240 MJPEG) for the editing process, and reattached to the clean footage on the render machine for the final render. I wasn't using the Xi, although the technique will definitely be useful if you find regular performance a little lacking.
Just make sure the captured footage and the downsampled footage are of the exact same length and everything will go smoothly. When you need to render the final result you simply disconnect from your downsampled footage and reconnect to the original footage and let er rip. Editing on the Lombard with the lo-res footage was just fine, even on 320MB of RAM. Of course I had to wait through renders for every little change in the footage... but that was because I wasn't on a G4. Your system will run quite nicely on 512MB, although 1GB is probably a good idea if you are going to be running through raw footage in the editor. -----Original Message----- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Johnson Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 10:55 AM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Anyone edit video on their powerbook? On May 20, 2005, at 7:06 AM, tamara buffalo wrote: > I have a 867 and I will be putting in a gig of ram soon. I am just > using iMovie now but as soon as I get my Canon Optura Xi I will be > moving up to final cut. Anyone using the Xi and final cut with their > powerbooks? > > I am sure you guys have fancier PB but my baby works great and I cant > afford to upgrade right now. Sucks how long encoding and rendering > takes tho. hopefully the ram will help that some right? I have 512 > twelve in right now. > > Also I can't find a gig stick for my PB do they make them? Right now > I'm looking at two 512 sticks. > I don't think so. At least Data Memory Systems doesn't sell it (my favorite RAM supplier) The 867 seems to be the last 15" PB to take PC133 SD_RAM SO-DIMMS, and DMS lists up to 512Mb; the 867 12" powerbook, and later 15" ones take PC2100 DDR SO-DIMMS. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Phar macy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --------------------------------------------------------------- -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
