Ben Holmes
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If the ring is a higher frequency than the speech you should try a low pass filter to remove it. I think that’s right (and it’s not the high pass filter) – I always get these the wrong way around, and I’m pretty sure it’s the one you think it isn’t…. If you see what I mean.
Anyway – should be pretty fixable. If the audio level is low, there’s a gain audio filter as well.
Ben
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Not wishing to be glib, but I would suggest going to a proper pro reseller, for all the reasons everyone has mentioned here. Nothing in that spec is right, apart from the Mac Pro – wrong monitor, storage, RAM etc.
Please let us know what format you are working in, and if the finished documentary is for broadcast. If it is, you will NEED a video card (Blackmagic, AJA) and a video monitor, or you might capture or edit everything without ever seeing the interlace, rendering the work useless for broadcast – setting aside the numerous issues for gamma/CC/quality.
The cheapest options (pretty fast as well) for storage are E-SATA as they are easy to set up for a single workstation, and numerous manufacturers sell RAID5 compliant solutions. I use 2 G-TECH G-SPEED ES units in a RAID5 setup, giving me 2 redundant drives. Everyone here will sell you the drives they use/promote, so look at the options offering good support (ie. not a nameless box). I can tell you (with no financial interest on my part) that the G-TECH drives are excellent, and I recommend them to all my clients at the moment.
More info please!
Ben
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Hi Roberto
Nice way to get the view count up…
The commercial has a number of ‘effects’ shots, but the split screen effects you were after can be quite easily keyframed in FCP – you only have to set the start and end point.
However – I’m a big fan of digital heaven’s products, and I’ll be having a look at DH_box a little closer, so thanks for the reminder…
Ben
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Scatch that – I see you checked your sequence was DV….
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Have you checked your sequence settings? Are they still in XDCAM EX from the last job, by any chance?
If the sequence was created before the easy setup was selected, it would have not changed – settings only take effect on sequences created subsequently.
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Often this issue can only be fixed by reverting to a previous auto-save. You’ll find numerous threads here about this if you search.
Trashing render files manually might do it – but often it seems to be a corruption in the project file.
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This is probably not the place to ask this question – an after effects forum or 3d forum MIGHT be better – but you could either continue to use Zaxwerks Invigorator for the Mac, or for a free solution, look at Blender – it’s a fully functioning 3d suite like 3dsMax that allows for true 3d object and text creation. You will face a steep learning curve however – although there are some good tutorials online.
Other than that, there are few ‘easy’ solutions for creating 3d text, although I recall that Pete Wiggins has a ‘cheat’ method using Motion in the video tutorials here.
If you DO find an easy (and animate-able) solution, let me know…
Ben
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You could use compressor to create low-res version, ensuring they have the same names, and after editing, relink to the original media, and change the sequence properties. However, what format is the footage, what kind of drive is it on? I would recommend purchasing a decent sized external drive, or an internal array if you have a MacPro and working on it properly. More details would help.
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Excuse the brevity – this gets asked a lot. Get the 3870 for Motion – even the stock 2600 was better than the 1900..
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Nice big tick mark – where did that come from?
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