• Adobe After Effects

  DV or component

  Posted by Paolomart on September 10, 2005 at 3:20 pm

  Hi everybody.
  I have a question that I need to be answered.
  To work with AE (color correctio, motion, etc) with DVCam signal is it better a component or Firewire capture?

  Thanks a lot,
  Paolo

  Alpay Kasal replied 20 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jonathan Miller

  September 11, 2005 at 5:11 am

  Hey Paolo,

  stick with firewire capture. Using component input means that the DVCAM recording has to go through a digital to analog conversion, then an analog to digital conversion. It would be similar to taking a digital photo, printing it on paper, then scanning it back to a file for use in Photoshop.

  Good luck!

  Jon
  TreeLine Productions
  Fort Collins, CO USA
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  Alpay Kasal

  September 13, 2005 at 2:15 pm

  I thought I’d chime in here… I own an FX1 and I learned that while the 4:2:0 mpeg2 the camera writes to dv tape is not the best solution for chromakeying, the component video coming live from the camera is preferable since it is not compressed. food for thought, may be helpful depending on your situation. I can shoot where my computers are so for something like a “perfect” chromakey shot, this is great news for me.

  Alpay Kasal
  Artist/Engineer
  https://www.NYCRenderfarm.com
  

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