Brad Dececco
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i can just put the footage into the camera on the card and it will convert it? thought it encodes it upon capture?
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end output is a quicktime file that will be burned on a dvd (just as a qt file) to be screened from a computer over a dlp. when i exported it at ‘current settings’ everything looks good (Except the framerate issue) and it’s 2 mins at about 750 mb. so I just need to cut and paste the sequence into a timeline with different settings? do you know what those settings are since i converted it to apple pro res in compressor? considering what we pay for this software and gear, it astonishes me that this is so complicated… Thanks!
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Ah! Genius, thank you!
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Well this is interesting – what do you guys think of this: I tried the Ken Stone way (and countless others) making a reference movie (exporting at current settings but not making movie self-contained) and it looks horrible (interlaced and pixellated) BUT then I exported at current settigs and made movie self-contained (so it was a huge quicktime file – 4 1/2 minutes long and it’s 3.5Gb) and then took THAT file into dvd sp and it looks 100 times better – shouldn’t it be the opposite?
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Great, can anyone help with existing information or post your specific, extremely detailed workflow? Thanks again.
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Hi, yes, I have looked at it on a tv. And I have exported all the web movies as h.264, I’m looking for specifics beyond what software to use “Make sure the size is et to _____ and set the aspect ratio is ______ In compressor, use these settings: __________”
because whatever defaults or current settings I have aren’t working. Does anyone have a step-by-step process/list/tutorial? Thanks.
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Yeah, I’ve tried everything as h.264. I just made one that looks correct – but I changed the settings to Size: NTSC 720×480 and now it looks right. But that doesn’t make sense because it’s HD footage at 1280×720. Does anyone know why this would happen? When I choose Size: HD 1280×720 it looks pixellated and crazy low-res.
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that’s the problem – i don’t need current size, i need it shrunken for the web.
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Right right, I agree with your tirade, preaching to the choir, I have story and content down. BUT-this is a commercial – these people have no sense of story and all they care about is that the logo is sharp, the text is clear and that it “looks professional.” So my main concern is that it is the best quality that it can be because recently we had a short in a festival, I was speaking to the DP from the film before ours and it turns out they shot on an HPX as well. Theirs was gorgeous – sharp, smooth transitions, excellent saturation. Ours, on the other hand, was noisy, soft, with a horrible caste to it. We both are good with lighting and camera work, so what did we figure out was the difference? The other film worked with a professional editor – Me, I just handed the raw footage to the director who “edited” it himself. Content-wise (see where I’m going?) it was great – I mean we got into a few festivals, but he thought he knew how to export and his settings were all wack and we ended up looking like we shot it on a handycam, and while yes, i agree, it is the product and not the tool that matters, people do hold you accountable to the quality of what they perceive, and we looked like amateurs. So I guess I just want to make sure I don’t make a dumb mistake like he did because I admit, I’m in over my head with this, I’m not a good editor and I barely know what I’m doing.
Thus my last dumb question – how do I figure out if it’s 60p or 60i? (I almost always shoot in 24p, never in 60…)
Thanks, and yeah, I’ll take Star Wars models over Avatar any day! Someone needs to give Cameron that story lecture, that was a tad heavy handed and mundane to sit through for 3 hours!
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the final format just has to be as high quality as possible at 1280×720 either .mov or apple pro res. I’m confused, so you’re saying the camera doesn’t actually shoot native HD? It’s squeezing it? Is 1280×720 going to be upsizing or interpolating it somehow? I’m concerned because this is for theatrical release so it will be screening HUGE, any tips on how to preserve the HD quality and keep everything clean and beautiful from the HPX? Thanks!