Blub06
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I think Sony is just playing the game, do the internet ad thing, offer the free DVD thing etc, knowing all along that few if any will buy the products based on the DVD.
People who own Betacams, DigiBetacams DVCam cams etc they might buy, not someone who wants something free.
Your right, Sony is not following through on what seems a happy hand shake from their new products, that
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You might want to try creating a new bin, dup the working sequence into that bin, make independent, then, open the new sequence, select all in the sequence, copy, paste into the new bin, dig from there. You can sort by reel# etc no matter what bin the clip came from…
It has worked for me.
Chris
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Who was the woman doing all the editing?
Chris
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Thanks for that excellent link, lots of info, but I still have questions
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I asked a Sony rep at a show if this XDCAM and the HD version were in any way HDV and he said they are not, they are using completely different codec
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I think Blowfeld has one of these things, perhaps two of them.
Chris
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I hope this is not too pedantic, but, for me the first rule of filters is, place them on a clip, double click the clip so it loads into the source window, go tot he filters/control tab in the source window and mess around with the filter.
In truth I only use the 8 point garbage matte, its twice the fun!
Conceptually speaking, the filter allows you to see video that is behind the clip you have the filter on. In other words if you have a shot of people in a car on V2 and a shot of the sky on V1 when you use the filter on the car shot it will reveal the sky behind depending on how you shape the matte. Each of the 8 points can be animated over time so you can mess with it if the subjects should move.
If you want to do an ND grad, you can have your clip on V1, put the 8 point garbage matte on it and as you move the 8 points around you will only see the black that is the default color behind all the video. You can adjust the feathering of the edge as well as other things. If you want there to be color in the grad you can lift the video on V1 and put it on V2 and then put some kind of color on V1 by using any of a number of tools and when you do the grad you can get a color feathered to your shot.
Here is a short form instruction to this filter. When you go to the filter tab you will see that there are 8 points in the record monitor (if your play head is on the shot you just put the matte on) and these correspond to the 8 controls in the filter pallet. You click on the plus sights next to any of the 8 control points in the filter pallet and then click on the record monitor (hold down the mouse) and drag it around to some point you like. Go to the filter pallet and manipulate the feather and choke.
Its not fun to do but it gives nice results for many different jobs.
Chris
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Velour is crazy black. If you had the subject four feet from the backdrop, you could have the sun visit your studio and the Velour would stay black. I have never been able to light Velour where it gives off any gradations. It is possible to hit the Velour from the side and there will be a kind of sheen, but, you will see it and be able to adjust the light to less of an angle.
If you backdrop is going to be far from the subject (you have a big studio) I don
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If the shot is in a car and you cant see the people talking to well, because its exposed for the sky out the window, you might want to give your colorist as much as you can by, giving him as much as you can. If you are in charge of creating the master footage someone else has to work with, make it gooooood. I like my master clips to be in tip top shape before anyone has to stretch and bend the colors and luminance.
I know this is an on gong argument with no end, so I put my cards on the table.
I hope this is not too rude but, its my nature, in the biz, everyone knows that the machine that makes the actual emmy award is an animal crackers machine which they switch over to an emmy award making machine the second Tuesday in May. Everyone
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I get it, your TRANSCODING with the media manager. Funny how using the actual words help to express a technical idea.
Chris