First HDV Project

[Nicholas Bierzonski]

It worked. I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who posted on this topic. I really appreciate it and I hope you feel my gratitude. Thanks again!

-Nicholas Bierzonski
Editor/DVD Author/Java Boy
http://www.finalfocusvideo.com

[Joe Pitts]

how much rendering at we taking about? I’m looking to purchase a quad G5 witha lot of ram….and the Kona 3… am i gonna be rendering one layer w/ color correction? how many layers can i go with the HDV codec?

[Joe Pitts]

thanks
joe

[Walter Biscardi]

[JOE] “how much rendering at we taking about? I’m looking to purchase a quad G5 witha lot of ram….and the Kona 3… am i gonna be rendering one layer w/ color correction? how many layers can i go with the HDV codec?”

every filter you apply to HDV requires rendering. If you’re going with a Kona 3, use it to capture all the footage to DVCPro HD and edit in that codec. I can easily apply color corrections and multiple filters to DVCPro HD footage and stay in realtime running on Fibre Channel drives.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Director, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.com

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