[Bruce Quayle]

Thanks for your input Steve.
Do you think it would work in an editing situation – i.e. would the transfer rate be fast enough?
Cheers,

Bruce Quayle

[Bruce Quayle]

Hi Bill,
Thank you for your very clear and concise description. I have been reading up on Cineform and it appears to be very well respected in the community. Looks like this will be the way to go.
Really appreciate your time.
Cheers,

Bruce Quayle

[Bruce Quayle]

Hi Bill,
Thanks for the reply. I agree that it is very strange that Vegas cannot edit in the EX1s native format. One would hope that an upgrade may be available soon to remedy that issue.
I’m certainly reticent to transcode the video in any format although I believe that Cineform does provide great results. Would you say that transcoding with Cineform makes editing in HD more manageable – faster?
Cheers,

Bruce Quayle

[Bruce Quayle]

Thanks so much John. As usual, you guys have come through with Greatly Enlightening info. Also very good to know as I will soon be investing in a new laptop specifically for location work and will be looking for just those requirements.
Cheers,

Bruce Quayle

[Bruce Quayle]

Thanks for that link Jeremy. It cleared up a few things for me.
Cheers,

Bruce Quayle

[Bruce Quayle]

Thanks guys. The veil is lifted from mine eyes!!
This is all beginning to make sense. I see how powerful the mattes could be in the right hands.
…now I get to spend a day or two on the old learning curve-mill.
Just one more question for you John: Where do I find “(Read: the mattes turn your entire Jump Back collection or any motion background into 100’s of new Editor’s Toolkits)” so I can indeed read it?
Thanks so much to everyone for their help.
Cheers,

Bruce Quayle

[Bruce Quayle]

Right you are Mike! So I’ve got my effect working – fantastic!
But I’m still a little confused. (Not surprising really 😉
What are the mattes for as I really don’t appear to need them? Am I missing something really important? It also seems to make a mockery of the ‘parent’/’child’ debate in the manual. So I guess that this must have more to do with compositing different lines of video together…right? But again…why the matte?
I’d really appreciate your insight.
Cheers,

Bruce Quayle

[Bruce Quayle]

Thanks Mike!
I shall go there right away.
Cheers,

Bruce Quayle

[Bruce Quayle]

Thanks Pingguo.
I’ll try that as well.
Cheers,
BQ

Bruce Quayle

[Bruce Quayle]

Hi Steve,
(You are just a font of information…thanks!)
Thanks for the idea. I will try it of course. Does it capture HDV too?
Cheers,
BQ

Bruce Quayle