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Alan Stephens
October 17, 2011 at 8:51 pm in reply to: FCPX- any green screen improvments?

That sounds great! perhaps it is the reason I need to try FCPX

Thanks

Alan Stephens
Alan Stephens
September 14, 2011 at 1:21 pm in reply to: Blu Ray burner for mac?

Thanks, this mis great! I preferred firewire anyway.
Have you found their brand shown reliable?
I see they have other brands as well but no Sonys.

Alan Stephens
Alan Stephens
July 9, 2011 at 6:59 pm in reply to: freeze frames need rendered now?

That fixed it. Thanks

Alan Stephens
Alan Stephens
July 8, 2011 at 4:40 pm in reply to: DSLR Documentary Workflow

I would consider using Pro Res LT. When you up res your footage from h264 to Pro Res
you don’t gain any more quality or file information. The advantage in the Pro Res has more to do with smoother color corrections and such in the expanded format due to less compression.
I find Pro Res LT works well with my HDV and DSLR. This is assuming your color corrections are moderate.
You probably still need to buy a bigger drive.

Alan Stephens
Alan Stephens
March 27, 2011 at 6:46 pm in reply to: mp4 slow playback

I remembered that I also use mpeg4 because it is compatable with Power Point on a PC.
Is there any universal codec in Cmpressor 3 that is both PC and Mac compatable?
If not there should be.

Alan Stephens
Alan Stephens
March 27, 2011 at 6:09 pm in reply to: mp4 slow playback

I was using this codec because I was under the impression it was compatable with Windows.
I don’t remember why I thought that but after testing it on a pc just now, it seems it is not. What I need is
a codec that is HD & both mac and pc playable using compressor, without my client having to downlad QT.
I can buy software to make HD wmv files but not thru Compressor.
Some of my (PC) clients have been asked for mpeg4.

Alan Stephens
Alan Stephens
March 27, 2011 at 5:28 pm in reply to: mp4 slow playback

in compressor under Quicktime settings there is a Quicktime H.264
under Formats there is a MPEG-4 folder and in it is a preset MPEG-4 which is what I used.
I tried on at low VBR and it still plays out of sync.
The audio will finish and the video still hasn’t caught up. Sometimes the video will play a frame every quarter second or so, for a bit and then play a 1 second segment then go back to jerky playback.

Alan Stephens
Alan Stephens
March 27, 2011 at 5:00 pm in reply to: mp4 slow playback

I tested it in Quicktime 7.6.6, and yes I am on Snow Leopard 10.6.7 the most recent update.
The video clip is 1:37 minutes and this happens with any other clip I make mpeg4 1080P.
Is Quicktime X the same as QT7? I did another test and compressed the master file into a 1080P H.264
and it plays in sync.
As for the VLC player I hesitate to junk up my system with unnecessary software.

Alan Stephens
Alan Stephens
March 27, 2011 at 2:06 pm in reply to: mp4 slow playback

Yes it plays fine in 1080p on you tube made from the mpeg4 that doesn’t stay in sync on my macpro.
It plays in sync on a slower macbook. The master ProRes file from which I compressed the mpeg4
stays in sync on my MacPro. All files have been tested in Quicktime 7. Sometimes the 1080p mpeg4
plays back jerky with stops and starts, like the hardware can’t handle it, yet the hardware can play the
larger ProRes master file in 1080P. Yes something is clearly wrong with the MacPro, but where do I start?

Alan Stephens
Alan Stephens
December 3, 2010 at 8:45 pm in reply to: import brushes CS3 to CS5

I’ve answered my own question again. In the brushes menu CS3 open the small arrow (upper right)
and save brushes in the list. In CS5 go to the menu and load brushes.

Alan Stephens

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