When Rendering Holds You Back - Page 2 at DVinfo.net
DV Info Net

Go Back   DV Info Net > Special Interest Areas > Wedding / Event Videography Techniques

Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
Shooting non-repeatable events: weddings, recitals, plays, performances...

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old December 11th, 2008, 10:00 AM   #16
Inner Circle
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,425
Think about what you said in your post. You said that the quality of your work is suffering in order to keep up.

Since you are a regular here you know you need either a Quad-core or i7, since those are the fastest and most cost effective options today.

5 hour rendering times doesn't even make sense unless you are using MB, etc.

Last edited by Jeff Harper; December 11th, 2008 at 11:15 AM.
Jeff Harper is offline   Reply With Quote
Old December 11th, 2008, 11:05 AM   #17
Major Player
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Belle Mead, NJ
Posts: 552
well I upgraded from a 5 year old ( but very high end gaming PC) pentium to a new HP quad core. I use Vegas and the difference in rendering time in amazing. Rendering time is virtually a non issue now. I also break my projects up as others have stated to smaller intermediate files. It seems I rarely have more than 30 minute renders now which is very manageable.

Art
Art Varga is offline   Reply With Quote
Old December 11th, 2008, 03:52 PM   #18
Trustee
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Boise, Idaho
Posts: 1,997
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff Harper View Post
Think about what you said in your post. You said that the quality of your work is suffering in order to keep up.

Since you are a regular here you know you need either a Quad-core or i7, since those are the fastest and most cost effective options today.

5 hour rendering times doesn't even make sense unless you are using MB, etc.
Yes, I am aware of hardware. I suppose I should rename the thread with "whine & complain" in the title. :-)

The part of the post where I am solociting input is the "what is your delay tolerance before you decided to change hardware or work flow? And what did you change?" I asked that in order to figure out what delays people were willing to have before realizing a change is needed.
Jason Robinson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old December 11th, 2008, 07:48 PM   #19
Trustee
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: North Conway, NH
Posts: 1,745
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Robinson View Post
..."what is your delay tolerance before you decided to change hardware or work flow? And what did you change?"
I think I have two options. Buy a faster box/components, or do something else on the project's critical path. I do the latter on another machine. Works for me.

If you're getting constantly pushed up to your deadline's last minute you might want to re-budget the time required in your jobs. You may be underestimating the true time requirements a bit.

I think we all wrestle with workflow optimization. If you find the magic bullet, I'm all ears.
Tripp Woelfel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old December 15th, 2008, 02:37 AM   #20
Regular Crew
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sacramento, California
Posts: 195
I hardly ever see how long it takes to render. Most of the time I have it run when I leave for the day. And since I work at home, leaving for the day means just walking out of the room. If I'm still awake, every now and then I'll check in on it just to make sure it didn't freeze, or have an error. Since I run it over night, it's always done when I get up. If I do set it to render during the day, then I work on the DVD artwork, go to lunch, watch TV...etc.
Tim Harjo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old December 15th, 2008, 03:57 AM   #21
Major Player
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Glasgow/Scotland
Posts: 626
Good Gawd, where am I going wrong then. I have a Quad Core machine with Raptor drives in Raid etc etc etc and tend to use a reasonable amount of Colour correcting. My average Blu Ray author time is 11.5hrs!!!!!!!!

Thats been the driving factor behine me upgrading to a new i& machine (just arrived!)
Alastair Brown is offline   Reply
Reply

DV Info Net refers all where-to-buy and where-to-rent questions exclusively to these trusted full line dealers and rental houses...

B&H Photo Video
(866) 521-7381
New York, NY USA

Scan Computers Int. Ltd.
+44 0871-472-4747
Bolton, Lancashire UK


DV Info Net also encourages you to support local businesses and buy from an authorized dealer in your neighborhood.
  You are here: DV Info Net > Special Interest Areas > Wedding / Event Videography Techniques

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

 



All times are GMT -6. The time now is 08:24 PM.


DV Info Net -- Real Names, Real People, Real Info!
1998-2024 The Digital Video Information Network