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Caleb Crosby
May 12, 2011 at 10:36 pm in reply to: Best Freeze Frame Images?

Simplest way is to export as TIFF not jpeg. Much larger file.

Good luck,

Caleb Crosby
boston ma
Caleb Crosby
June 14, 2010 at 8:28 pm in reply to: 4×3 center extraction for 16×9 output

Very generous thank you sir.

Just from curiosity, are these two paths to the exact same end?
Or is there a trade off?

Looks great to me, I’m set.

Caleb crosby
Caleb Crosby
June 14, 2010 at 7:54 pm in reply to: 4×3 center extraction for 16×9 output

Jeremy,

Thanks, I’m trying not to “scale” if I’m understanding you correctly- dragging the corner to change proportion/size. I’m experienced but the simnplest things have been known to give me fits. What do you mean by scale?

Thx much!

Caleb crosby
Caleb Crosby
November 18, 2009 at 1:05 am in reply to: bpav “cannot retrieve image” serious issue here

Guys,

thanks on the reply and thoughts. there is no worry about data loss.
I have a backed up bpav file. both copies have a corruptkon of the same 4 shots, the rest are fine. My idea is to copy one of these files to SxS and reinsert into EX1 and perform a re-format/restore. If it erased it totally it’s no loss as I still have two of them on my drive.

Term clarification. Sorry if I used the wrong one! Every time I put a new card in the Ex1 it flashes a warning sign that says “card needs to be re-formatted” or “restored” I can’t recall which, it’s all become muscle memory! This is the kind of reformat, or restore I am asking about. I want to know if I can copy a bpav back to SxS and have the camera fix/restore/ reformat the missing clips.

I hope I’ve made this clearer than mud…

Caleb Crosby
Caleb Crosby
November 16, 2009 at 8:04 pm in reply to: bpav “cannot retrieve image” serious issue here

Thanks Greg,

My hope is that a reformat would recover not erase.
I have to reformat partially shot cards everytime I cycle
the cam on. It doesn’t erase on format.

I know a producer who was
complaining to me a few moths ago, thinking I had not triggered for several successive shots. I assured her I had and that they existed. She found them a couple days later – and let me know they recovered by putting the card back into an EX1, formatting and the missing clips appeared. This is with a card that had not been erased. That is kinda what I’m hoping for tonight when I get back to camera. but MY original card IS erased so I have to copy the bpav back onto an SxS to try this.

Thx, caleb
Caleb Crosby
April 1, 2009 at 3:54 am in reply to: How to record, download then delete files on SxS in a Mac

Thanks Mitch and Craig,

I appreciate your posts.
Looks like an immediate change in my workflow.

Caleb Crosby
Caleb Crosby
March 26, 2009 at 12:34 am in reply to: How to record, download then delete files on SxS in a Mac

In the field, I just load the sxs card onto the mbp and manually copy the bpav from the sxs card to named folders I create on a portable drive. (I always place it into 2 separate drives before erasing). Then it’s a mirror of what was shot and opens later through either xd transfer or clip browser. So, why use any program? And what is this CRS (?) option thing anyway?

Caleb Crosby
EX1. Letus Xtreme.
Caleb Crosby
January 27, 2009 at 3:57 am in reply to: delivering for broadcast- looking for advice

Thanks guys,

The station has said sending as a QT file is now OK. (They have a file server but it’s new.) but wait! If it is fed as a file (QT) (they are SD for local shows) is the below description anything like right? My instinct says I can feed them a higher rez file-

Here is the quote from Prod. Mngr at station:

>The show can be delivered to us as a DV/DVC Pro NTSC, progressive, >720×480, and this can be done right through the export of Final cut, >under quicktime conversion/options. If you need help with that, let me >know. Once delivered, I will also put it to tape for backup.

I would think I should send in as 8 bit uncompressed pro ress 720×480.
Or DVCPRO50.

Could this create transmission problems? I realize I have to meet their requirements, I just wanna send him what he needs and also something way better and ask him to try it.

Can people really understand this stuff?
Formats have exploded beyond all recognition!

Caleb
Caleb Crosby
January 25, 2009 at 2:35 pm in reply to: can two editors work on same project – simply?

Walter,

yes I’ve been using a similar set up from OWC – an Elite Mercury pro (esata RAID 0).
but I’m cranking thru 500G so fast that I keep archiving or dumping to cheap FW drives
-but they are over a $100 a pop and tend to go down (as in last week, usb maxtor drive crash). I figure with a good hitachi 500G 7200 at $59… I need to start just cycling thru the sata drives. cheaper, more reliable and I won’t have to dump from drive to drive.
Just fill it, eject it and pop in a fresh one.

It’s a beautiful world ain’t it!!

caleb ‘in theory yes’ crosby
Caleb Crosby
January 25, 2009 at 2:27 pm in reply to: can two editors work on same project – simply?

Andreas,

Many thanks. I looked at the movie and will DL and try this out.
Will I need two mirrored drives for this to work? Or can I manually locate the scratch directory and connect the project files to media?

Generally speaking, what I can’t understand is that even w/o mirrored drives FCP will not connect the files that I manually locate during the “reconnect” process.

I mean what the hell? I grab the software and stick it’s face right into the candy jar and it’s too stupid to open it’s mouth!!

It seems to me that FCP version 1 or 2 would relink files manually!

Caleb

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