[David Aretsky]

Don’t low ball yourself. Don’t offer a discount. Do not roll over hours. (One day there will be a thousand built up hours and you will be an indentured servant.)

Make sure the terms of the contract are always in your favor. The client will always try to take advantage of you.

Don’t make the mistake of screwing yourself.

[David Aretsky]

Try This:

Ver 1.00-00
AG-HPX300P
SYSTEM FREQ:59.94Hz
TITLE:DAVE D

SCENE NAME :DANGER
00005000: 1 ; VFR : OFF
00005001: 24 ; FRAME RATE: 24 FRAME
00005002: 01AB0708 ; (SYNCHRO SCAN):
00005003: 6 ; DETAIL LEVEL: -2
00005004: 8 ; V DETAIL LEVEL: 0
00005005: 13 ; DETAIL CORING : 5
00005006: 11 ; CHROMA LEVEL: 3
00005007: 8 ; CHROMA PHASE: 0
00005008: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Ach: 0
00005009: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Bch: 0
0000500A: 122 ; MASTER PED: -6
0000500B: 16 ; A.IRIS LEVEL: 0
0000500C: 0 ; DRS EFFECT: 1
0000500D: 4 ; GAMMA : B.PRESS
0000500E: 2 ; KNEE: LOW
0000500F: 0 ; MATRIX: NORM1
00005010: 0 ; SKIN TONE DTL : ON
00005011: 1 ; V DETAIL FREQ : MID

SCENE NAME :FLUO.
00005000: 1 ; VFR : OFF
00005001: 24 ; FRAME RATE: 24 FRAME
00005002: 01AB0708 ; (SYNCHRO SCAN):
00005003: 8 ; DETAIL LEVEL: 0
00005004: 8 ; V DETAIL LEVEL: 0
00005005: 13 ; DETAIL CORING : 5
00005006: 8 ; CHROMA LEVEL: 0
00005007: 8 ; CHROMA PHASE: 0
00005008: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Ach: 0
00005009: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Bch: 0
0000500A: 128 ; MASTER PED: 0
0000500B: 16 ; A.IRIS LEVEL: 0
0000500C: 2 ; DRS EFFECT: 3
0000500D: 0 ; GAMMA : HD NORM
0000500E: 2 ; KNEE: LOW
0000500F: 2 ; MATRIX: FLUO
00005010: 0 ; SKIN TONE DTL : ON
00005011: 0 ; V DETAIL FREQ : THIN

SCENE NAME :SPARK
00005000: 1 ; VFR : OFF
00005001: 24 ; FRAME RATE: 24 FRAME
00005002: 01AB0708 ; (SYNCHRO SCAN):
00005003: 12 ; DETAIL LEVEL: 4
00005004: 8 ; V DETAIL LEVEL: 0
00005005: 13 ; DETAIL CORING : 5
00005006: 8 ; CHROMA LEVEL: 0
00005007: 8 ; CHROMA PHASE: 0
00005008: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Ach: 0
00005009: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Bch: 0
0000500A: 128 ; MASTER PED: 0
0000500B: 16 ; A.IRIS LEVEL: 0
0000500C: 2 ; DRS EFFECT: 3
0000500D: 2 ; GAMMA : SD NORM
0000500E: 2 ; KNEE: LOW
0000500F: 1 ; MATRIX: NORM2
00005010: 0 ; SKIN TONE DTL : ON
00005011: 0 ; V DETAIL FREQ : THIN

SCENE NAME :B-STR
00005000: 1 ; VFR : OFF
00005001: 24 ; FRAME RATE: 24 FRAME
00005002: 01AB0708 ; (SYNCHRO SCAN):
00005003: 8 ; DETAIL LEVEL: 0
00005004: 8 ; V DETAIL LEVEL: 0
00005005: 13 ; DETAIL CORING : 5
00005006: 9 ; CHROMA LEVEL: 1
00005007: 8 ; CHROMA PHASE: 0
00005008: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Ach: 0
00005009: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Bch: 0
0000500A: 128 ; MASTER PED: 0
0000500B: 16 ; A.IRIS LEVEL: 0
0000500C: 2 ; DRS EFFECT: 3
0000500D: 3 ; GAMMA : HIGH
0000500E: 2 ; KNEE: LOW
0000500F: 0 ; MATRIX: NORM1
00005010: 0 ; SKIN TONE DTL : ON
00005011: 0 ; V DETAIL FREQ : THIN

SCENE NAME :DAVE V
00005000: 0 ; VFR : ON
00005001: 24 ; FRAME RATE: 24 FRAME
00005002: 01AB0708 ; (SYNCHRO SCAN):
00005003: 8 ; DETAIL LEVEL: 0
00005004: 8 ; V DETAIL LEVEL: 0
00005005: 13 ; DETAIL CORING : 5
00005006: 6 ; CHROMA LEVEL: -2
00005007: 8 ; CHROMA PHASE: 0
00005008: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Ach: 0
00005009: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Bch: 0
0000500A: 122 ; MASTER PED: -6
0000500B: 14 ; A.IRIS LEVEL: -2
0000500C: 0 ; DRS EFFECT: 1
0000500D: 6 ; GAMMA : CINELIKE V
0000500E: 0 ; KNEE: HIGH
0000500F: 3 ; MATRIX: CINE-LIKE
00005010: 0 ; SKIN TONE DTL : ON
00005011: 0 ; V DETAIL FREQ : THIN

SCENE NAME :DAVE D
00005000: 1 ; VFR : OFF
00005001: 60 ; FRAME RATE: 60 FRAME
00005002: 01AB0708 ; (SYNCHRO SCAN):
00005003: 6 ; DETAIL LEVEL: -2
00005004: 8 ; V DETAIL LEVEL: 0
00005005: 13 ; DETAIL CORING : 5
00005006: 10 ; CHROMA LEVEL: 2
00005007: 8 ; CHROMA PHASE: 0
00005008: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Ach: 0
00005009: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Bch: 0
0000500A: 122 ; MASTER PED: -6
0000500B: 13 ; A.IRIS LEVEL: -3
0000500C: 0 ; DRS EFFECT: 1
0000500D: 5 ; GAMMA : CINELIKE D
0000500E: 0 ; KNEE: HIGH
0000500F: 3 ; MATRIX: CINE-LIKE
00005010: 0 ; SKIN TONE DTL : ON
00005011: 0 ; V DETAIL FREQ : THIN

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[David Aretsky]

Try these tutorials they should help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDvslAs517g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ77u9EBYEU

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[David Aretsky]

Sounds like your DP shot it in 720.
If the metadata says 720 that is what it is.

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[David Aretsky]

Use bootcamp and put windows on your macbook.
Download files using any of the above adapters.
Reboot, edit.
Pretty simple, cost = 1 copy of windows.

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[David Aretsky]

You can render out the footage from the HPX-300 to DPX or AVI Uncompressed 10 bit and then pull the key from that. It takes up more hard drive room but it works well.

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[David Aretsky]

Contact Panasonic they can “upgrade” your camera to do both, but I think they charge $500.00.

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[David Aretsky]

I love my 300. The settings that come with the camera are very noisy, you have to change them. Turn down the sharpness, turn up the coring to like +7, I believe I also turned detail down to -5 and shoot everything at -3db.

If I remember correctly these are the settings I am using and this camera looks great. Wish I had a copy of the scene file on hand to check.

Have not noticed any skew yet but I shoot at 30pn most of the time and don’t use 24p also most of the time I am on a tripod.

I would recommend this camera, it’s a lot more heavy than a 200 or 170 though so if you are used to a small camcorder type camera then you may not like the extra weight, if you are coming from a bigger eng camera it will be lighter though.

The lens is ok but it does breathe a lot.

The 10 bit 422 AVC-I is great for color correction and I can’t wait to see what it does with a greenscreen.

Thats my take.

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[David Aretsky]

If you are turning the input way down and the lows and some loud parts are still causing distortion you may want to put some kind of a compressor in line before the recorder. You can set a level there and it will crush down the loud parts when they come.

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[David Aretsky]

Don’t copy the timeline.
Save in PP.
then in AE import > pp project (chose the timeline you want)
work on in AE
save
file > dynamic link >import AE project.
choose the comp you want.
drop into timeline, render.

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