Angelo Lorenzo
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PNG is a discrete frame codec. In other words, each frame is encoded wholly rather than interframe codecs like MPEG that use predictive frames.
PNG has a specification too, the filters are listed here and each explain what they do to the image before compression https://www.w3.org/TR/PNG-Filters.html
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You got me there Todd, my apologies. A number of people I know use the same term for lack of something better. Good catch though.
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That’s really a matter of your priorities. A threaded variable ND kind of locks you into whatever diameter lens it’ll fit on, while a mattebox and filters gives you more leeway as to the lenses you can use.
On the other hand, if you plan on shooting this with a 24-70mm L lens or another stills lens that breathes a lot (lengthens when zoomed or focused) then a mattebox may be cumbersome to a run-and-gun style.
You could use the threaded filter and a lens hood or french flag to guard against flare if you really wanted to do a minimal investment.
A 4×4 mattebox is a nicer long term solution and it’s great for a number of smaller cameras and camcorders. If you jump to using a RED setup or something, you’ll move up to a 6×6 mattebox and filter set.
I don’t know the length of your shooting schedule but if you’re filming the bulk of it over one short period, consider renting what you need if you’re close to a rental house.
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As silly as this sounds, my first thought is what is the magnification of your viewing panel? Is it set to “fit” or some odd amount or something like 50% or 100%?
I’ve had some weird edges when my comp is set to “fit” or 30%, in a similar manner to what you describe, but it’s mostly an artifact of uneven scaling.
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I don’t know if I’d trust the quality of fonts from free sources. While commercial fonts are insanely priced, they do come with a lot more “under the hood” information than hobbyist fonts.
Since AE doesn’t handle keyframing font size directly (or at least not the animation of it), have you tried nesting the text layer and then animating the size of the nested composition? That’s a quick fix that shouldn’t disrupt your comp as a whole.
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Mark basically wrapped up most of my suggestions as well. If you can afford a second camera, it’s always a better option than shooting a scene over two days (if it’s a heavy scene, its easier for the actors that way emotionallu).
The extreme wide shot is great to rubberlip ADR’ed dialog if your actors just aren’t hitting it.
It really comes down to two things:
1. How on-point your actors are. If this is an ongoing series and they’re comfortable with their characters or they’re just really good you’ll be blessed with less takes per setup. If your director (or you?) is picky or your actors need constant adjustment, I’d worry a little.2. The amount of setups. I would go, minimally with an extra wide, a medium wide, and then clean or dirty coverage. What you might fall into is choosing superfluous camera angles to keep a scene “fresh” in the editing room but it rarely makes a difference and can be kind of disorienting; and by superfluous I mean ecu’s, high and low angles, and so on that aren’t visually motivated by the blocking, action, or dialog.
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In terms of the sun changing, I would assume you’re not in a position to throw up a 20×20 and use HMI’s to keep the closeups consistent, so you’ll be at the mercy of daylight.
Because this probably isn’t a scene with a lot of physical action or swooping camera moves, you won’t be able to hide extreme daylight changes.
3 pages of strict dialog shoot pretty fast in daylight because there isn’t a ton of changeovers… Depending on how good you are, unless the light motivates the look, like sunset, I’d plan on a 3 hour block for the scene.
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I recently shot a three page script indoors with three angles of coverage for the main scene and three additional setups for inserts in a little over two hours (time from first shot to last, not including prep before). It was a narration heavy commercial, so the cuts were quick and resulted in a minute and a half final product. We used good actors, one location, with minimal change time for lighting (similar to your situation) so I don’t think my estimate of 3 or so hours is much of a stretch.
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Go to Sequence > Delete Render Files
If it’s fine on final render… applying effects, rendering, applying more effects, etc can sometimes “gum up” the preview renders; the preview renders do benefit from being cleared every so often as you work.
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It’s a fussy effect, if you make any cuts or lengthen your clip or add effects before it in the effect stack, it will need to reprocess. It’s just the nature of it.
You just need to go into the effect settings and OK them again.
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You can if you want working copies, you can transcode them to an intermediate codec.
You can also just join or group the video to the audio. This connection only exists in a timeline, so to move it to other timelines you need to cut/copy then paste. Cumbersome, but that’s why the merge feature is so great.
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Which version of Premiere do you have? If you have CS 5.5 you can select both the audio and video on the timeline and select “Merge Clips”. This will create a combined subclip of both material as a new item in your library/media bin.
If you don’t have this option because you don’t have a newer version of Premiere, the best you can do is have a scratch timeline and group the audio and video so you can copy/paste it into another open timeline.
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