Return-Path: Received: from gateway13.websitewelcome.com ([67.18.70.11] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4968315 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:06:06 +0100 Received: by gateway13.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id 904BC3C4F2266; Tue, 5 Feb 2013 12:11:52 -0600 (CST) Received: from gator1184.hostgator.com (gator1184.hostgator.com [174.121.151.98]) by gateway13.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 767CC3C4F14CF for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2013 12:11:49 -0600 (CST) Received: from [24.163.5.74] (port=55317 helo=Neptune) by gator1184.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1U2mzr-0006oC-Pf for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:11:55 -0600 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [AE] New MacBook Pro Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 13:11:58 -0500 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <00ef01ce03cc$4a031210$de093630$@sv2studios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQMLSDr5nRTC7I+V2Df2iF3lgl+esJXxBYZg Content-Language: en-us X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator1184.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sv2studios.com X-BWhitelist: yes X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: (Neptune) [24.163.5.74]:55317 X-Source-Auth: stephen@sv2studios.com X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbnY7c3RlcGhlbnY7Z2F0b3IxMTg0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= > that "other than a few codecs" is a HUGE problem for me. not being able to write prores is a real show stopper. There are several FFMPEG and other solutions out there - including this: http://www.cinemartin.com/cinec/ just released. > then there are the win7 networking problems You must have a setup issue. I have Linux, Mac (Hackintosh) and Windows 7 all happy together and networked - critical part of my workflow. As long as you don't turn Homegroup on, life is good. Linux is an Unbuntu box. Like any cross-platform setup some easy configuration is needed - but nothing beyond some basic settings in the GUI. > too many workflow stoppers I'm not actually aware of single workflow stopper other than if you have apps or hardware that simply won't function on anything but Apple and the cost of replacing them is too high. stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.com/ A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. -Stanley Kubrick