Angelo Lorenzo
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First issue, do you see this at “even” zoom levels like 100%, 50%, 25%? It may be jitter introduced by the viewer window scaling the overall comp. Also look for errant keyframes or incorrect keyframe momentum.
In terms of a 9 video comp skipping… are you seeing this in the render? I can only assume it’s a video throughput issue if the video resides on a single disk and not an array.
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No, don’t use Cineform Studio. In Premiere/Media Encoder you should see Cineform as a codec under both AVI and MOV. Installing the Studio program also installs the system codec which can be accessed from numerous programs. The free version limits your resolution to 1920×1080.
Avoid Lagarith. It’s not an industry standard codec so taking your videos out-of-house or handing them off becomes a nightmare in some situations. It’s an interesting codec but I would avoid it unless you’re a one-man-band.
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It depends on what you’re doing. Obviously a digital artist has different needs than a photo retoucher.
As a professional retoucher (number of national magazines, including covers) I have an Intuos 4. The only feature I really use is the tilt/pressure sensitivity. I don’t use the scroll wheel or hot keys; I’ve become accustom to one hand with the pen, the other working my tools on the keyboard.
I might bump up to the Intuos 4 or 5 if I were you because if you use the touch wheel, it’s nice for brush size adjustment.
Not a big fan of the Cintique, and many people will agree with me, is for two reasons: I like having more working space for my money, and I’m not a fan of my pen tip covering what I’m trying to work on.
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https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/3/926322
Apparently a number of people are experiencing the same issue. Best thing to do is to submit a bug report. Although I’m sure Adobe is aware of it, the more people that make noise, the quicker they push an issue up the list.
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If you have an iPhone, KataData will calculate both editing codecs and camera codecs. It’s a little pricy at $30 but comes in as an invaluable too in pre-production and on-set. I’ve used it on every shoot since I’ve purchased it.
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I agree, as an alternate DNxHD is an awesome codec to use… it’s always just convincing the editor to use it. Then Final Cut 7 doesn’t exactly like mixing ProRes and DNxHD in one timeline, at least without wanting to render one or the other.
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I agree with Eric. 96kHz is ultra-high frequency fidelity… but over kill for dialog. What would be more important is the bit depth, as 24bits will allow finer manipulation in amplitude if you have to reduce noise or adjust eq/compression and so forth.
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Export to uncompressed and then run it through FFMPEG or FFMBC (both commandline video encoders). It’s the only way to encode ProRes on a PC besides Telestream’s more expensive professional options.
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Did you adjust the hard drive sleep time or the USB suspend settings or both? The suspend setting is the more important of the two.
As another troubleshooting step try a new USB cable and/or a different USB port on your computer.
As a last resort try googling your specific hard drive and the word “unmounts” or “dismounts” to make sure it’s just not some inherent defect of that model.
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No, no, it’s asking you for the one file because it recursively finds all the other files related to the project once you give it a starting point. This dialog is triggered because it can’t find the drive and has lost all files, as the drive takes a few seconds to remount.
The larger problem is that when the drive idles, it’s losing the full data connection and Windows tries to remount it… shouldn’t happen. In an ideal situation, you just have a few seconds of lag before the drive spins up and it never disconnects.
I assume you’re using Windows 7? Go to Control Panel > Power Settings > Change Plan Settings > Advanced Settings > USB Settings > disable “USB selective suspend”
Disabling this feature should keep your external drive spinning. If it doesn’t you may have to alter your hard disk power settings.
Angelo Lorenzo
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