Brett Howe
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Hi Eric
How about some feedback on your AVC-I expereince in Premiere Pro CS4?
I’m sure there are other bovines like myself who are eager to hear how it’s going.
We are about to go down that road. Can you tell me what kind of hardware you are cutting on?
Cheers
Brett
Brett Howe
Creative Director / Producer
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Yep. Try CDburnerXP. I know it doesn’t sound high tech, but this freeware …yes FREE burning software cooks everything including bluray. I have used it for the past 2 years on several machines, and it hasn’t cooked a coaster yet!
If you are after a package that also encodes to BDV…try Cyberlink Power Producer. Click and forget encoding and burning. BUT….the encoding..although incredibly fast for it’s results…can be a bit ropey in the quality department. Good for a quick preview off disk.
Brett Howe
Creative Director / Producer
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All great advice! I have travelled between Australia, US & Europe on shoots many times and the packing and carrying of kit is the biggest headache. So just to fill your brain some more….read on!
VISA! – Some countries require you to have a “MEDIA” visa, to stroll in and shoot. USA being one of them. My tip here….plan ahead! It can take quite some time to sit the interview, and obtain a Visa…but it generally lasts about 5 years. Travel without one and you may get the rubber glove and a quick trip home! So check the gov websites of your destination.
Secondly…and we have had hassles like this in the past…moving valuable items (Your Gear) between countries. Some countries are tougher than others, but generally you need a document from your country of origin, stating that you have brought it from home, and it is returning home with you. This is called a “Carnae”(not sure on the spelling). This ensures you are not importing/exporting high price items avoiding tax and duties….(yes they have thought of everything). Walking through an airport with a trolley loaded with kit will grab the attention of the powers that be.
Apart from all the above mentioned….travellings a breeze….just don’t let your kit out of your sight for a second!
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Creative Director / Producer
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I don’t want to sound like I’m telling you how to suck eggs, but normally these things come back to simple issues.
I’ve done plenty of work with a PS3 in the mix, as we made nearly 100 episodes of a Video Games show.
You say you are setting the outputs to 1080i…are you working in 50hz or 60hz? ie – 25 fps or 29.7fps?
I’m not sure about the current firmaware on your PS3….but I’m pretty sure you may have a seperate setting for this in the display settings. If you are working in a 50hz project, 60hz will flicker and carry on, and vice versa for 50hz into a 60hz project.
I have not used the AVID, but the same rules should apply.
Also…the games set their own output requirements on boot-up…it’s possible the PS3 has a default display setting.
Hope this helps.
Brett Howe
Creative Director / Producer
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“Dummy” is bound by clause 83.B
83.B – All finished works to be presented under the “I know what I like when I see it” review process. Dummy is obligated to re-work any project util meeting the clients “I know what I like when I see it” standard.
Section 83.B works in conjuction with the 83.A
83.A – Brief clause – also known as the “Hollywood Values Clause“. Any project must meet hollywood production values up the the budget limit of $300M US, for any project with a budget of $2 or more. Failure to meet clause 83.A will result in penalty payments under clause 83.C
83.C – Penalty Clause – Under the penalty clause, invoked under clause 83.A, “Dummy” must surrender his bollocks, to be placed under any industry standard bollock press, to be broken at “Clients” will. Once bollocks are deemed broken, they will be returned to “Dummy” for storage. Under Rule 83.D, bollocks may be broken multiple times, until meeting the requirements set out in clause 83.B.
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Brave Vision Pty Ltd -
Hi Xavier
Take a look under your preferances setting, and click on the audio section.
THere you will find a source channel mapping option.
Select Stereo….and it should sort you out.
I’m am just experimenting with P2 at the moment. We are evaluating our HD expansion.
How has your experience been on premiere with the P2 MXF files?
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Hi Curt
I stumbled accross this older post, and looking at your kit, you are the man I need to talk to.
My production company is based in Australia, and we doo alot of shooting OS, hence smaller camera’s are appealing when you’re lugging them around the globe.
We have been asked to deliver in HD, but spec wise, have been told, it must be accepted by majority of HD broadcasters.
We are looking at X3’s. I know the pictures are great at 35bits, and the XDCAM EX format is superior in resolution to the anamorphic XDCAM HD, but will material shot on these cams be accepted by HD broadcasters?
Thanks in advance.
Brett
Brett Howe
Creative Director / Producer
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Thanks for the post michael.
We have been approached by our distributor to create HD content, and are looking at the EX3’s for our workflow.
Am I correct in assuming your series was broadcast in HD?
Also…what flavour of HD did you deliver? 1080i, 1080p or 720?
Cheers
Brett
Brett Howe
Creative Director / Producer
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Yep
I have noticed the same issue.
HDV works fine in a native project, or in a SD project set to scale to frame size, but not in BM.
I believe it is because the HDV is 1440×1080 anamorphic HD, where as the BM projects are full 1920×1080, so there is some serious re-scaling going on.
This is just a guess of course as I have not gone into it too deeply. Too Busy to do any R&D.
Maybe BM could provide us with an HDV preset to fix this issue?
Cheers
Brett
Brett Howe
Creative Director / Producer
Brave Vision Pty Ltd -
OK, so you have your animations in widescreen square pixel.
Your client wants the animation in 4:3 PAL, letterboxed 16×9.
Firstly, I would discuss the options with your client. If you want to output natively from the BM, render your stream to an uncompressed 720×576 AVI, with a DV PAL Widecreen pixel aspect ratio. THis is called anamorphic 16:9.
You can play this out through your BM card. Keep this as a master.
For the letterboxing, I’d do it in after Effects, into a 720×576 DV PAL pixel aspect ratio AVI.
Good luck.
Brett Howe
Creative Director / Producer
Brave Vision Pty Ltd