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Is there a difinitive answer to the bit question?
Hey all,
Here it is in a nutshell:
Does FCP Studio give you the best possible final project from soup to nuts without resorting to other third-party hardware or software?
I have just spent a very very long slog through a major edit with my documentary film using footage that was shot with a Panasonic DVX100A with anamorophic lens and edited within FCP5. I don’t own any other devices (AJA or Blackmagic) that apparently would have allowed me to capture footage at 10-bit uncompressed, and even if I did, what would that give me in terms of any added image quality?
Help! This is frickin’ confusing and I’m sure that there is only one answer if you assume that one ultimately wants only the BEST possible outcome for their finished work.
Anyone?
Carlos
J. Carlos Peinado, Quechee, VT
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Hey JC,
Spent a nice week in VT this past Summer, near lake George, beautiful!
No, if you’re shooting DV you gain nothing by digitizing at any other codec, EXCEPT, if you like the look you get by capturing via component which I sometimes do, same camera. (I do this wiht a DV deck that has component io) It’s a little softer, seems to convert to a film look like Nattress G-Film a little better. But, this is TOTALLY subjective, and subject to different user’s setups and monitors so results will vary. In short, there’s no one answer.
The main advantage to working in an uncompressed timeline, (10bit is overkill IMO and a harddrive and render hog) is that you get cleaner graphics for a DVD or whatever.
Have a wonderful day.
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I’ve been wondering the same thing regarding upsampling but have not had time to experiment.
My DV projects are very heavy in the filter area- usually a stack of 5-8 filters on every shot. I wonder if upsampling would help in this regard?
Anyone?
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Justin,
Why so many filters? Is it for a look or is your video badly shot or lit? I like using Nattress Gfilm for a look, and because of all the adjustments in them rarely ever use more than just the one.
Have a wonderful day.
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Chris- good question.
I find that I use different filters to acheive very specific tasks. It just works better than an all in one filter- more image control. I tend to commbine Nattress 24p with Magic Bullet looks. I also use AE plug-ins inside FCP.
The video is shot perfectly neutral with no gamma stuff or frame rate mods.
I have found Natress quite amazing but it takes time to figure out how to acheive the same look from AE filters that I am used to.
Everything looks beautiful until displayed on my new HDTV. Standard def just looks like shite on the HD monitor.
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