CompuServe Messages

Gary- I have tried and use the 15fps method of previews. However, because of screen tearing it's hard for me to see some of the subtle problems I may have in a scene. For general movements they are fine, but for example, I ended up with a stray keyframe on a smooth curve and was unable to pick up the change in speed looking in preview mode. Only until I rendered and layed to tape did the sudden jerk stick out like a sore thumb. I'll give the ramdisk a try, does that speed up the refresh speed of the screen? I'm just looking for a way to catch these kinds of problems sooner. For the time, I probably am going to look at laying previews to tape. Maybe my problem is that my system is not fast enough to update fast enough to get an accurate view. Anyways, it's just a pipedream. I understand that the Dell/50 will give 100% accuracy when playing back a flic at 30fps, so maybe that's what I will do. That's good to hear about the Indigo and Elan (at least for me, not for my competition). How much of a difference in speed do you see for the 4D? -Mark