[Tig] Impressario

[Cem Ozkilicci]

Hi Jim,

Interesting points you made there, and it's nice that daVinci thought of the comfort and health of us colourists but I've worked on panels with a tablet and never really had any discomfort. Biggest discomfort for me would be to shift to the side everytime I would have to draw a mask with a pen. Honestly, I was expecting a nice tablet on the new panels from daVinci but was a bit disappointed when hearing the news. 

Don't think my two cents will make a huge difference in the design of the panels anymore since they are being manufactured (?) but I just felt I had to express myself.

Thanks!

Cem Ozkilicci
Colourist
Digital Film Lab, Copenhagen



--- On Mon, 7/7/08, Jim Mackrell <jimm at davsys.com> wrote:

> From: Jim Mackrell <jimm at davsys.com>
> Subject: Re: [Tig] Impressario
> To: "Rob Lingelbach" <rob at colorist.org>, tig at tig.colorist.org
> Received: Monday, July 7, 2008, 12:38 AM
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> Hello All
> 
> I'd like to answer a couple of questions raised here in
> the last couple
> of days.
> 
> The new daVinci Impresario panels were designed to be an
> evolution from
> the existing panels, offering enhancements to speed up
> operation and
> improve esthetics . The existing panels have obviously been
> around for a
> while, are well used, and seem to provide a good ergonomic
> solution. In
> designing the new panels, we looked carefully at the way
> people work,
> and took into account the long hours spent using the
> panels, and decided
> to keep the traditional arrangement which maintains the
> joyballs in the
> most natural position. To place a tablet in front forces
> the joyballs
> back into an unnatural position which extends the shoulders
> and
> contributes to fatigue unnecessarily. To address the need
> for a tablet,
> Impresario supports multiple interface devices including
> the tablet of
> your choice via USB. Since  Impresario is more compact, a
> mouse or
> tablet will be approximately six inches closer than it
> would be with the
> existing panels.
> 
> The soft keys and pots are now placed directly on the LCD
> displays,
> increased in number from 5 soft keys and 12 soft knobs to
> 28 soft keys
> and 32 soft knobs.
> 
> I hope this answers the questions. 
> 
> I am employed by daVinci as product manager for Resolve,
> Splice, 2K, and
> Impresario.
> 
> 
> Cheers!
> Jim
> 
>  
> 
> Jim MacKrell
> 
> Sr. Product Manager
> 
> daVinci Systems
> 
> 4397 NW 124 Ave
> 
> Coral Springs FL, 33065
> 
> vox, 954 688 5600; fax 954 575 5936
> 
> www.davsys.com
> 
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