Michael Slowe
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I have version 11.5.1 and the Sony HVR M10 deck. I am taking the HDV footage from the deck via firewire into Convergent Design’s HD-Connect thence via SDI into Media 100 as uncompressed 1920 x 1080 HD. Seems to work fine but with the limited opportunities for HD product I then have to either conform to DV within Media 100 (a long job) or downconvert using an HDCAM deck (expensive). Let’s hope that HD DVD’s become standard very soon!
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Not only the reverse! I am finding any speed change with 11.5.1 is not as good as it used to be. It is particularly bad when dealing with conformed SD from HD.
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I have now found that as the production was DV from the start I should have set bottom field in BitVice rather than the top field we usually set. This seems to have been the problem.
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I have been using the smaller NP-F970 7.2 volt InfoLithium batteries for some time and find them amazingly long lasting. I tend to look after them and discharge before re charging if possible much as we had to with Ni-Cads but they do seem very reliable.
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Doesn’t the deck you mention have a downscale facility? When I master HD to the HDW-F500 I can then take off a DVCAM copy using the decks’s very good downscaler. I then can then make SD DVD’s in the normal way. Alternatavely I downscale within my editing system (Media 100, also a good downscaler). Finally, another way is to use BitVice for your DVD’s and that also contains a downscale option which I often use.
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I have had trouble in locking letters in a set position in the frame and have been shown how to keep the set position by going to the ‘position’ tab and setting either ‘hold’ or ‘constant’. I am not certain that this is what you have to do with accents but it sounds the same problem I had with ‘floating’ titles.
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Since you’re talking about BitVice picture quality I would like to say what we have tried. I am editing in 8bit uncompressed HD and when making SD DVD’s have been letting BitVice do the downscale. The results were not too bad but sometimes a bit noisy, especially with movement. I was advised to try the downscale within Media 100 and to use Motion JPEG B as the compressor. This gave me a slightly better picture quality. Has anyone else done this and would Floh care to make a comment on this please?
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David, what’s wrong with going with the current 11.5.1 and the Dual G5? Is the Intel set up so much better?
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Sorry Floh, more confusion in my mind! Am I right in saying that an HD timeline won’t be converted to DV for mastering via firewire? Don’t I have to re conform first in order to master via firewire? Previously with HD I could master to tape vie Composite to my DSR 20 but the picture quality wasn’t brilliant.
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Ben, I always export stills quite happily direct from the Media 100 Edit Suite without altering anything other than choosing the type of file (BMP, TIFF etc). They go onto a disc and print perfectly but should I be messing around with pixels if I want to do any changes in Photoshop?