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  First HD project: Total Newbie Needs Settings Help.

  Posted by Mark Erickson on September 24, 2008 at 6:51 pm

  Hello All,

  Videographer/Editor at government agency (Old Dog) seeks help digitizing and editing first HD footage project (new Tricks).

  For years I’ve shot and edited SD 4:3 (Dvcam) due to budget constraints. Life was simple. Sony HVR-1500 SD-SDI out to Kona LH (with rack mounted KL box), digitized un-compressed 8-bit into FCP and edited as such in the sequence. Output was analog to BeatcamSP (component Betacam).

  Finally acquired a HDV camera and here we go. I’ve done a lot of experimenting but I’m still lost.
  Should I use the HD-SDI out on the VTR? Firewire? Firewire how? What settings in FCP?
  I monitor the program thru the Betacam deck to a 4:3 CRT monitor (ol’ school). How do I get THAT to match what I see in the Canvas viewer?

  How would you, Masters-Of-Experience, configure this system?
  Any advice would be welcomed.

  Mac g5 2.0 Dual / Sonnet D400 RAID eSATA / AJA Kona LH

  Mark Erickson replied 17 years, 7 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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