How long does it usually take for the ".1"s or whatever to come around for Apple's video applications? I'm loving the new abilities (3Dish compositing, things like that), but on some days, it is too buggy to operate. Some bugs I've encountered in the last couple of days:
In FCP, sometimes the left and right channels of stereo files will play at two different speeds (one channel sounds normal, the other is in slow-mo).
In Motion, while in 3D-mode, sometimes text, particles, and light sources only show up as orange squares. I work mostly with motion graphics, so finding ways around this cost me a couple of days...I had to replace all text with illustrator files, live without particles, and move a single light around, instead of being able to have multiple lights.
I'm on a Dual 2.5 G5 with 2.5 GB of RAM and the stinky Radeon 9600 XT. It's not an awful machine, but it's starting to show its age. I know buying more RAM (or the only marginably-better ATI card available for G5s) would help, but I would rather just wait and get a Mac Pro or a really good MBP in the next year or so. I'm a college student, so I don't exactly have the budget of most video producers.
Any input at all regarding the bugs and/or ways to optimize system performance would be great. Thanks.
In FCP, sometimes the left and right channels of stereo files will play at two different speeds (one channel sounds normal, the other is in slow-mo).
In Motion, while in 3D-mode, sometimes text, particles, and light sources only show up as orange squares. I work mostly with motion graphics, so finding ways around this cost me a couple of days...I had to replace all text with illustrator files, live without particles, and move a single light around, instead of being able to have multiple lights.
I'm on a Dual 2.5 G5 with 2.5 GB of RAM and the stinky Radeon 9600 XT. It's not an awful machine, but it's starting to show its age. I know buying more RAM (or the only marginably-better ATI card available for G5s) would help, but I would rather just wait and get a Mac Pro or a really good MBP in the next year or so. I'm a college student, so I don't exactly have the budget of most video producers.
Any input at all regarding the bugs and/or ways to optimize system performance would be great. Thanks.