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A2red
January 31, 2006 at 2:18 pm in reply to: making a poster from a video still

” Bear in mind that DV is 720×480 at 72dpi. Blow that up big and you will know it is from video…grainy and soft.”
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I know. I’m trying to figure out the best way to deal with this. Genuine Fractals sounds like something worth trying though.
A2red
December 12, 2005 at 7:55 pm in reply to: HDV Capturing Problems: HVR-Z1U to FCP 5

Thanks folks. I implemented Paul’s suggestions and tweaked the settings on my camera and it works now. Thanks!
A2red
December 9, 2005 at 8:20 pm in reply to: How do I Lighten video (make my dark areas brigheter)

Try the Color Corrector 3-way, lift your whites/mids/blacks until your happy.

Another lazy way to do it is to download the free shadow-highlight plugin from http://www.lyric.com.

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A2red
September 30, 2005 at 9:22 pm in reply to: “ipod ad” effect

thanks. Having the talent wear all black is a good idea. There’s one small catch though, at the end of the clip, the lights come on to reveal their faces. Bodypaint won’t do; but then again, the talent isn’t white.