[Daniel Peterson]

Hey Alex, just reading this thread because I would love to speed things up in my workflow if possible… proxies sound very interesting, I’ve never really used them, but a few comps I’m working on now are really slowing down my system and I’m wondering if proxies would help a lot (I know there is a lot of factors to consider, but proxies is one I haven’t tried yet), any links/tutorials you know of that are worth going through?

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[Daniel Peterson]

You can use the ‘DigitalColor Meter’ found in utilities to see the exact colour values… but bear in mind that there still may be some differences in light intensity and hue effecting the colour depending on the position of the camera’s.

Filmmaker | Motion Graphic Artist
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[Daniel Peterson]

Ah I’m on OSX so didn’t realise that you can’t export to ProRes on PC, no its not to do with Quicktime Pro… try exporting a master file to Avid DNxHD then, I hear that’s a good option for an intermediate codec.

But you don’t necessarily need export a Master File, its just a good workflow.. you could simply export direct from premiere and change the ‘width and height’ to the right size in the basic video settings tab…

This link may help as well… https://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-premiere-pro-cc/exporting-a-sequence-clip-or-frame/

Filmmaker | Motion Graphic Artist
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[Daniel Peterson]

You could try cropping the image (cropping the image helps isolate that information in the scopes.) On the color you want to match, then firstly use the waveform to match the luminance, and than use the vectorscope to match the hue and saturation?

Filmmaker | Motion Graphic Artist
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http://www.SaltMedia.net

[Daniel Peterson]

Best to simply make a ‘Master’ ProRes file at 1280×720, than import that into Media Encoder and manually change encoding and video frame size settings. Hope that helps.

Filmmaker | Motion Graphic Artist
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[Daniel Peterson]

Hmmm, that is strange, not sure whats going on there sorry. Did you also try creating a new project file?

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[Daniel Peterson]

Hey Jason, appreciate the thoughts…

[Jason Porthouse] “TBH ignoring it and moving on is probably good advice. But one thing – don’t come asking for feedback then get snarky when the feedback isn’t what you’d like…”

I do appreciate feedback and was not meaning to be snarky (I guess that’s always the problem with forums, emails etc.. it’s hard to convey tone)

[Jason Porthouse] “I for one would value real-world testimony from editors as to how they best use the tools at their disposal. Really all NLEs are pretty capable, and affordable to most pro editors nowadays – so it’s not the $100K question it was ten years ago, where buying in to the ‘wrong’ system would cost you dearly. Now it’s more nuanced that that, and not one tool is right for all people – jobs, even – so some more touchy-feely stuff would paint a far more valuable picture. “

This is a good point, and I fully agree, having real world examples is very valuable and was actually part of my original plans, but time got the better of me. So I started with the simpler path of a survey.

[Jason Porthouse] “Oh and one other thing – re the whole ad stuff – you’ve collected data from respondents (email) in order to see the results – why did you need to do that? Does smack a little of address harvesting, and may make people suspicious. Not an accusation, just a nod to the perception of users and how that might impact on results…”

Thanks for this feedback, I need to clarify this… the results are publicly available for viewing regardless of whether or not you’ve done the survey https://www.thedigitalslice.com/results You have the option to opt-in to an email newsletter or update that I may send in the future, user’s have a choice to tick the box or not, I can assure you there is no ‘address harvesting’… I’ll try work out a way to make this clearer on the site.

Cheers
Daniel

Filmmaker | Motion Graphic Artist
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http://www.SaltMedia.net

[Daniel Peterson]

What format is the clip, I had problems dynamic linking Canon C300 mxf files a while back. Ae CC did some weird stuff for me then too.

Filmmaker | Motion Graphic Artist
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[Daniel Peterson]

[John Pale] “If you hadn’t heard, there is an important security fix in this update. “

Only heard about this yesterday too… wow…
https://gizmodo.com/why-apples-huge-security-flaw-is-so-scary-1529041062

Filmmaker | Motion Graphic Artist
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[Daniel Peterson]

[Gary Huff] “[Daniel Peterson] “Truth be told… I was told by a friend that a site without a ‘business plan’ is probably a waste of time”

I believe any attempt to start a business from a simple poll result is a waste of time.”

Haha Gary, thankfully my plan is not to start a business from a simple poll (but seriously why bother with the taunting?)
To make things clear, I’m already running a full time business in film, motion graphics and vfx. I love it and look forward to the projects I have lined up for the year. This is a small part of a few side-projects I finally decided to try (rather than not try). In the end I respect your opinion and think your simplest solution is to ignore the site and move on.

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