[Brent Altomare]

SOLVED! Project Settings had “Use 4:4:4 SDI” checked.

Today I learned…

Thanks for all the help!

[Brent Altomare]

Got it! I’ll check that out when I get in, and post a screenshot.

As I mentioned in another reply, the project came from a larger post house in LA, and my monitor is an older model – so single/dual link and/or 4:4:4 setting could very well be the culprit.

Will report back!

[Brent Altomare]

Ah! That’s a very real possibility. The project file is from a larger post house in LA, and my monitor is an older model.

I’m heading to the office shortly and will report back.

[Brent Altomare]

I just double checked – and yes, Quicktime Player reports the footage as 23.98, and Resolve reports the footage as 23.976. So we’re good there.

Thanks! That would have been an easy thing to assume and miss.

[Brent Altomare]

That’s a good question – tell me more. I’m not sure what kind of issue that would be.

[Brent Altomare]

Thanks Marc –

That’s exactly what I’m doing right now, and you described my problem perfectly. I want to take a node in a group grade, and collapse *just that node* into all the clips in the group. You can currently do that with the *entire* group grade – but I want to be able to do it with a single node.

Was just wondering if I was missing that function, or if someone had a workaround with fewer steps.

I’ll head over to Blackmagic to submit a feature request.

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619.227.2818

[Brent Altomare]

Thanks Todd!

We need to build some trust with this client before I start suggesting structural changes. They have a way they’ve done it before – and while we have been brought in to improve their processes and product, they are very cautious about change. So I may take you up on that in the coming weeks! Just not today.

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brent altomare
executive producer
groovy like a movie
c: 619.227.2818
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twitter: @groovybrent

[Brent Altomare]

We’re taking over from a previous vendor, and .flv is what they’re expecting. I think they’re concerned about legacy compatibility – although I tried to explain that every Flash player since ~2007 would happily play the .f4v.

Oh well – looks like we’re going with Spark!

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brent altomare
executive producer
groovy like a movie
c: 619.227.2818
d: 858.715.8586
skype: groovybrent
twitter: @groovybrent

[Brent Altomare]

Hey Adam –

Absolutely right… My intention is to give it a try – and without the client in the room… a 30-minute show rendered out of AE with any kind of FX applied is not a client-friendly operation.

When I say I’m only going to get one shot, what I mean is I’m only going to get one shot at the results passing the client’s strict technical QC.

I guess the question I’m really asking is, how can *I* tell (before I send it to the client’s QC) with a reasonable degree of certainty if the time expansion has worked technically? I don’t know what the QC is looking for, and therefore I have no way to gage if I have a chance at passing it.

So does anyone know how to tell the difference between “real” time expansion (using high-end hardware from a Hollywood post house), and what is possible in a small shop like mine (where I have After Effects, Combustion, FCP, and I’m willing to invest a little bit of $ in plugins).

Thanks!

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brent altomare
executive producer
groovy like a movie
c: 619.227.2818
d: 858.715.8586
skype: groovybrent
twitter: @groovybrent

[Brent Altomare]

Thanks for the suggestion, but the formatting for syndication (at least in this case) is very specific, so the show needs to be time expanded before we add in the bumpers and breaks (which have very specific timing).

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brent altomare
executive producer
groovy like a movie
c: 619.227.2818
d: 858.715.8586
skype: groovybrent
twitter: @groovybrent