On Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:41:56 GMT, "Alexander Ibrahim" wrote:

>Filters on a G4 Mac with FCP are not nearly that slow...worst
>case scenario it would be 50% slower, not 300% slower. On a
>comparably clocked system it will most often be faster.

More info...;-)
Just tried 10-second cross-dissolve and 10-second
color-shift on a Mac G-4 dual-450 with FCP, and on
a P-III 800 with Premiere.
Results:
- Mac dissolve - 60 seconds
- PC dissolve - 44 seconds
- Mac color filter 47 seconds
- PC color filter 25 seconds
Since a "comparably clocked Mac" doesn't
exist yet (and will be very expensive - and
a PIII-800 PC is fairly cheap...;-), the
dual 450s is a reasonable compromise
for comparison...? ;-)
For me, convenient "color-timing" is a basic
editing function. Accepting a big performance
hit in a basic function (and in other basic
functions used in editing, like transitions,
sharpening, contrast-brightness adjustments,
etc.), and paying more for the privilege, seems
odd to me...;-)