David Battistella
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Noah’s advice is good. I have noticed that the wider shots can tend to soften out. You should also check if you ahve skin tone detail on as it can affect these things too.
David
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This would be a good test.
What is going to the monitor is not what is being recorded to tape. You are not seeing teh compressed version of the image.
So try this.
Look at the monitor, record 10-15 seconds. Rewind and look a the playback of the tape. Then you will see how much the codec softens the image.
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I think you probably have the KONA set to downconvert on the output of the monitor. You are most likely looking at the footage in SD rather than in the native HD resolution. The pulldown is being done by the Kona on the fly.
David
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The KONA card does not cross convert between HD formats. It doess up and down converts between HD and SD formats.
If you want to go out 1080 then you have options,
1. Software cross convert by droping the 720P sequence into a 1080 seauence and blow it upto fit the frame and render it.
2. Go through a terranax process of cross conversion. (this is a proprietary system that requires you bring it to a house that has a Terranax.
The good news is that Quicktime does a very nice job with cross conversion and you can do it right in your own room.
David
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the short answer is no.
I would export and audio file and take it to a dedicated audio program.
david
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Use the blade tool on the in an outs and then select the clip an hi delete. this will leave a hole.
david
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This workflow can be a nightmare.
Choose one codec and frame size for offlining.
Choose a second codec for onlining and stick to that.
I’d say cross convert all of the 1080i to 720P DVCproHD codec or what ever you have more of. If there is more DVCPRO cross convert, if there is more 1080i cross convert that.
There is not up and down conversion for HD sources, it should be refered to as cross conversion because you are not converting from SD to HD you are cross converting from HD to HD. It is much more difficult to cross convert than to up or downconvert.
David
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I think this makes sense. I believe this is also the reason you need tri-level sync when dealing with 23.98 tc. The deck is not designed to work with 23.98 timecode as it does not operate on the 59.94 or23.98 time rates.
It makes sense that when you convert the sequence to a 29.97 timeline the KONA is spot on because you are not asking to do any kind of magical Timecode math by converting 23.98 timelines to 29.97 frames rates.
This is what dedicated software programs like Cinema tools were invented for.
Downconverting video and Audio is one thing, but FCP has notoriously poor timecode handling. If FCP were to hand time code from the timeline to the KONA folks I am sure that they could find a way to make it work, but alas, FCP only hands the first frame of timecode from it’s timeline. Other
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I find that the soft focus can sometime be the effect of the codec that is being recorded to tape. The DVX records a DV 4:1:1 signal. I have noticed that when shooting subjects a little wider the focus seems soft but I think that it is more a result of the codec and not the camera.
If you did have a production monitor on set you would have seen a pretty pristine picuture, but the tape will always seem softer and as Tony suggests if you are wide open, softer still.
David
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