Christopher Kinsman
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COW Coins
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OK, so I changed the suffix to .mxl and FCP sees it. When I go to import this it gives me a “please choose a translation doc” message. Any ideas? Kind Regards!
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Hey Paul, If you don’t have access to a terranex upconvert, or any of the other sd to hd converters – you’ll have to settle for compressor. why don’t you digitize as pro res hq via firewire – then set your compressor settings to the right frame size 1280X720, keep it pal and stay in the pro res hq codec. That should be the least amount of conversions by the time you go to output.
Best of Luck!
Kind Regards,
Chris -
Sorry, I wasn’t crystal clear. The production can ONLY afford the Mrc1k (it’s a 3 cam shoot) for the cameras. Obviously the Ki is the answer, but we don’t have 12k for 3 of them with cards. Anyone have a workflow for the MRC1K????.
Kind Regards,
Chris
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Thanks Bob, I’ll milk the last bit of life out of my investment in the Z1u and let the network stomp the crap out of a signal I didn’t have to pay top dollar for.
Keep the Faith, Bob – every idiot will die – sooner or later.
Kind Regards,
Chris
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Hi Zuleide, I would highly recommend finding a post house that has a terranex converter. Since you need to do a digibeta xfer anyway, you might want to strike a deal to convert your 4×3 to 16×9 which looks very clean in the terranex – much cleaner than just within final cut. With some houses you just take your drive in with an .mov file and they’ll lay off to tape and throw in the Terranex conversion for slightly more. If you’re in the LA area, talk to Westide Media Group (Lewis or Dan)
Hope this helps!
Kind Regards,
Chris K
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Sounds like we’ve walked the same path with our clients. Best wishes for you in 2010!
Kind Regards,
Chris
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Hey Mark,
Tell your client about the production triangle –
a) Good Quality
b) Fast turnaround
c) Cheap price
– then tell them they can pick any two.
If it’s good and fast, it’s not cheap.
If it’s fast and cheap, it’s not good.
Get the picture?
Your best bet is to give them your day rate and a rough estimate of time you think it should take. Then keep an email trail of all changes they ask for and ALWAYS TELL THEM IN WRITING “I’m happy to do this, but it will cost extra” – and then get them to sign off on the extra expense. This will save you if you ever have to go to court.
A pay schedule that works to your advantage is highly recommended. Can’t tell you how many people never make the final payment once they have the product in their hands. A 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 payment schedule is best and make sure your time, materials and rentals are all covered in payments 1 & 2. Try and trade the final product for a final check.
Best of luck!
Kind Regards,
Chris
PS I know it’s tough in this economy as everyone wants to know to the penny. Don’t let clients grind you – cause if they get away with it with you – they’re going to try it on the rest of us.
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Hi Dan
FWIW everyone’s focused on the iris, but have you done a camera monitor calibration test to make sure what you see in the monitor is what you’re rolling to tape/drive/card. I’ve had guys turn their monitors up brighter and think they’re exposed properly. NOT! It may have been bumped up accidently or not set properly from factory. Just a thought.
Hope this helps and best of luck.
Kind Regards,
Chris K. -
Hey Jeff, when DVDSP is open and assets have been imported and placed on the timeline, click on the timeline to activate and then under the “general” tab that appears in the “track” window, select display mode, 16X9. Try the different settings till you’re happy with the look. To see all my open windows, I usually set up DVDSP in the advanced setting under “Windows” – “Configurations” – “Advanced”.
Hope this helps!
Kind regards,
Chris K. -
1) Try re-seating your m100 cards
2) Make sure you’re not using too new a version of Quicktime. I think 7.5 is the limit with 8.2.3a.
Best of luck!
Kind Regards,
Chris