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Studio Workflow nightmare
This is nuts….
We can’t capture NTSC DV because firewire won’t work with decklink drivers installed.
We can’t edit NTSC DV material in an 8 bit timeline because the titles go soft.
We can’t edit in NTSC 8 bit if we want to use the clips in After FX 7.
It seems like there are more workarounds than what actually works. Black Magic – can you respond to when some of these problems will be dealt with before I am lynched by my editors for buying this stuff.
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7 Replies
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Hi,
[Shane Chadder] “We can’t capture NTSC DV because firewire won’t work with decklink drivers installed.”
We are aware of this and this should have been fixed and pending testing before we release it.
[Shane Chadder] “We can’t edit in NTSC 8 bit if we want to use the clips in After FX 7.”
Please see Luke’s posting here:
https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=124&postid=860097
In short, Adobe has to fix it. If we do anything to make captures work with AE 7.0, it will break compatibility with all other applications.
[Shane Chadder] “We can’t edit NTSC DV material in an 8 bit timeline because the titles go soft.”
I’m not so sure about this, but I’ll check and get back to you.
regards
Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design -
Edit NTSC DV in and “uncompressed 8 bit” timeline? try moving your text 1 pixel up or down – FCP sometimes fouls things up like that.
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Hi
This is new with Premiere 2.0.
The field reversal problem aside, we find Premiere titles actually go soft over DV material on an 8 bit timeline. It is like the titles are scaling from 486 to 480 or something.
Shane
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Hi Shane,
We can’t seem to reproduce this error over here. We might be doing something wrong though. Kindly contact us at support[at]blackmagic-design.com
If you have a DV file that you can send us or even a project from Adobe Premiere 2.0, that would be great.
regards
Kristian Lam
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Hi
I sent files on March 30th to Luke and in early March to Andrew. I’ll find them and send them again to you.
This softness happens in Premier Pro 2.0 not 1.5, in NTSC only, on Decklink SD Plus, and HD 4:2:2 boards (perhaps others).
The problem exists for ANY 480 line content (eg DV) placed on a 486 like 8 or 10 bit job. It loses vertical resolution when it is RENDERED like it is being rescaled.
Shane
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Hi Shane,
I’ll get the files from them then. Don’t bother sending them again.
regards
Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design -
[Shane Chadder] “We can’t edit in NTSC 8 bit if we want to use the clips in After FX 7.”
Hi Shane,
Information and solution here:
https://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/detail.asp?techID=151
regards
Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design
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