[Bill Buchanan]

For those who have worked with the Panasonic BT-LH2600 or 1700, what is your take on them as regards professional-level color/brightness/contrast correction? Though the hype suggests they qualify, but being LCDs, I’m a bit skeptical. Appreciate any opinions.

Thanks,

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

The instances of instability, slowdowns, functions not working are apparently in direct proportion to the size and complexity of the project. I didn’t need to break up a 90 minute timeline into 4 projects until I started adding visual and audio sfx/EQing,etc AND subtitling. Sounds as if what you’re experiencing comes with the territory.

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

Luke:

I suspect you’re right. I’ve spent hours on microsoft’s pages trying to wrap my mind around the /3gb switch issue and how it I believe permits xp 32-bit to recognize and use 4gb of ram. As I understand it, the /3gb switch assigns 3gb of ram to the app and 1gb to the OS. Whatever it does, it doesn’t seem to help PremPro handle large, long form projects very well. I hope like hell adobe’s prem pro next release is 64-bit so we can all have better lives. Thanks for your response.

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

Luke:

No, I’m not using x64. I’m using XP sp2. 6 or so months ago, I considered going to x64, but thought better of it, since there was nothing to be gained and a lot to be lost using Prem Pro, etc. Plus I was in the middle of cutting a 90 minute show.

I hope you are releasing driver/firmware for the 32-bit systems that would allow use of 4gb+ of RAM.

Best,

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

Thanks, Leo. The clicks I’m dealing with are not like those of yours. The sound engineer seems to believe that my clicking issue may have something to do with a component trying to re-sample the audio coming in. We have not yet tracked it down, but it apparently is not a result of same causes/issues you were dealing with. In my case, I’m converting DV (24p) originated footage/sound to 10-bit uncompressed avi, bringing into PremPro 2 via SDI using a SD-Connect converter. Somewhere along the line, the clicking is being introduced, which to me is inaudible, but it’s driving the engineer nuts.

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

Leo:

I missed (and can’t find) your post on audio clicking in PPro 2. What was the nature of clicking and how did you resolve it? A sound engineer recently heard (which I never have) clicking in my audio that was captured into PPro 2.

Thanks,

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

Thanks, Dean. I’m using Prem Pro 2.

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

Thanks, Dean. Exactly what I needed to know. BTW, I’m using PremPro 2. I recently did a show for DVD distribution only, and had BMD set at 0 ire during color correction, etc. and generating the M2V file. When I ran it on a DVD player (U.S.), it looked like hell (brightness and contrast way off), apparently because of the 7.5 being added as you point out.

Making certain I understand your recommendation (using PremPro in my case), I will color/brightness/contrast correct with BMD set at 7.5 ire, (with of course the tv monitor calibrated using bars at 7.5), then output the show to BetaSP or DigiBeta, and it will be broadcast looking like it should, assuming “someone in playback is paying attention.”

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

I can’t wait to read all the responses to this one. Of course you can rotate the image any degree you wish with Premiere. Unfortunately, what you cannot do with Premiere is convert it to a baseball bat you can lend to your friend to use on the Darwin’s Award candidate who “held the camera at 90 degrees.” Is this a new style of wedding video that can be watched by the blishful couple as they lie on their sides in bed?

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.

[Bill Buchanan]

I totally concur with Marisu. Heed his comments well. The memory issues of 1.5 were greatly improved in 2.0. And perhaps the issues that remain are to some extent associated with XP’s memory limitations. Those of us working in long form should pray to all the gods that PPro 2.5 and everything else works in the forthcoming 64-bit world.

Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.