[MacDV] Equipment recommendations

[ShirleyK]

Are you planning to hire people to come in and use this equipment? Are 
you planning to make these segments? Do you need to provide for 
training?

Shirley


On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 05:48  PM, Gary Fujihara wrote:

> Aloha everyone,
>
>    My outreach organization AstroDay Institute 
> (http://www.astroday.net) is
> looking to acquire some DV equipment.  The equipment will be used to 
> produce
> short astronomy outreach segments on local cable access channels, to
> document various astronomy activities conducted by Mauna Kea 
> Observatories,
> etc, to produce and distribute educational and event DVDs.
>
>    Current research has guided me toward obtaining a G4 dual processor
> desktop, 23" cinema display, shuttleXpress multimedia controller, Logic
> Apple Pro Keyboard for Final Cut Pro, Wacom 6x8 graphics tablet, 200GB
> Maxtor internal Ultra ATA drive.  I have a consumer mini-DV camcorder 
> and
> access to a professional 3-CCD camera, and DV deck.  Software I am 
> looking
> at consists of Final Cut Pro 4, DVD Studio Pro.
>
>    Can anyone offer suggestions as to other hardware and software I 
> may find
> useful (does Boris Graffiti offer any significant advantages over 
> stock FCP
> functionality, Boris FX vs Adobe AfterEffects, etc)?  I am doing 
> research on
> this and am educating myself about DV, but would appreciate the 
> member's
> vast pool of knowledge and experience to provide some guidance for me.
>
> Best Regards
> Gary Fujihara
> -- 
> Subaru Telescope - NAOJ
> 650 N. A'Ohoku Place
> Hilo, HI 96720
> (808) 934-5972
>
>
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