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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 15:35:34 -0000
> From: "Jay Sullivan" <jtsullivan@...>
> Subject: Re: HD Capture Cards
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> Hi Simon - I noticed a lot of buzz about the Aja HD Capture cards:
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> http://www.aja.com/
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> Is that a good choice for doing HD captures on a Mac using Final Cut Pro?
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> What are some of the other products for capturing HD footage?
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> Cheers!
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> -Jay
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Hi Jay
I'm not a big fan of Final Cut. I worked on a Cinewave/Final Cut system and
I've never worked on another system that was that unstable. Maybe newer
systems that are G5 based are better.

The Aja card looks like a capture only card. What is more important is
realtime capabilities. You don't want to render transitions or picture
effects. Especially not in HD.

For HD I think Discreet Smoke is a good solution.

Regards
Simon