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Advice on broadcast animations
Hi guys
I’m going to get some animations done with Flash and I will import them into the Avid to check them and lay the soundtrack. This animations will be broadcasted (in the UK, so they are PAL). As far as I know they are going to give me uncompressed QTs. I’ve never done a job like that, so I want to make sure that I avoid pitfalls.Here are my questions:
1-Is that the best format to get the animations?
2-Which codec should I use? RGB or IRE?
3-The animations are obviously progressive but should I re-render them as interlaced to avoid jerking movement?
4-What’s the best way to make sure that the colours are broadcast safe?
Please let me know if there are more issues I should be aware of.
Thanks
Alberto Corredor
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1 Reply
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[Alberto Corredor] “1-Is that the best format to get the animations?”
They’ll give you uncompressed quicktimes.[Alberto Corredor] “2-Which codec should I use? RGB or IRE?”
If they have an Avid codec, awesome. Otherwise, the animation codec is generic and other than slower import times, yu won’t be hatin’.
RGB if no alpha, RBG+ if an alpha is needed.[Alberto Corredor] “3-The animations are obviously progressive but should I re-render them as interlaced to avoid jerking movement?”
I don’t think so. Depends on how it looks.
[Alberto Corredor] “4-What’s the best way to make sure that the colours are broadcast safe?”
Monitor them with external scopes. You can find em on ebay. You can also find some plugin scopage that can help with a quick search.
If your animations are coming from after effects, they can simply toggle a legal limiter and you wont have to change any levels.When ya lay it off to tape, include a minute of bars and tone, 8 seconds of slate, 2 seconds of black with the show starting at one hour even.
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