David Speace
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Yes, I have a 200W Pepper like the one you describe. The knob holds a round disk which covers the vent… probably could remove if you want to dissipate any heat buildup.
Dave Speace
Producer/Director/DP
DZP VideoWindows 7, 64 Bit, i7 8 Core, 16Gb Ram, GeForce 4800
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That 5th light in a 5-point lighting setup! That’s the light that is on the floor shining up on the face, presumably filling in the wrinkles and bags under the eyes…and creating an unnatural shadowless neck and jawline… the one that makes the older subject look “younger”! I’ve mentioned this before on this forum… I call it the Katie Couric light! Try this when you are lighting an interview with the 5-light setup… START by turning on the floor light first with the subject in the chair, then check the monitor to see what this light is doing! You now have to turn on the other lights, to not only light the subject’s face… but, ALSO to overcome the “ugly” effect this light has created!
Dave Speace
Producer/Director/DP
DZP VideoWindows 7, 64 Bit, i7 8 Core, 16Gb Ram, GeForce 4800
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Daniel,
So you are editing Premier on a Mac. Not sure if that makes things more complicated, but I think you should edit natively and then you could export the whole thing to Final Cut. Or, export the timeline to Quicktime and you should be set!
Dave Speace
Producer/Director/DP
DZP VideoWindows 7, 64 Bit, i7 8 Core, 16Gb Ram, GeForce 4800
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Yes… Premier has built-in scopes. Just open up the dropdown menu on the Program screen…
Dave Speace
Producer/Director/DP
DZP VideoWindows 7, 64 Bit, i7 8 Core, 16Gb Ram, GeForce 4800
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The past couple of months I have sent commercials to 5 different tv markets… multiple stations in each market including using DG Direct. This is what you need to do. Open up the Export Settings box and select Quicktime from the format dropdown menu. When you do this you will see that the preset menu only gives you DV settings. Not a problem. Go down to the Video Codec menu and pick H.264. Next scroll down and you will see the frame size is still DV 720×480… change that to 1920×1080. Next change the aspect to square pixels! Now go to the bitrate settings and check the box… you will notice that the file size shows up at the bottom of the window… maybe about 3 MB, quite small. You will change the data rate to 50,000 and the file size for your 30 second commercial will change to around 178 MB! You can also set the key frame distance… I usually do 15 frames. You can also check off the box… Render at Maximum Depth. Not sure if that is necessary. Hit export and you are all set. If you choose 30,000 the file will drop down to about 100 MB. The file will take a while to upload. You might render at both data rates… and play them back… you won’t see a difference in how they look! Good luck with it.
Dave Speace
Producer/Director/DP
DZP VideoWindows 7, 64 Bit, i7 8 Core, 16Gb Ram, GeForce 4800
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Well… if you decide to pass on it… I’d be happy to do the edit…lol! I’ve been editing with Premier for years… anyway, not sure why you are editing on a laptop when the desktop should work perfectly with no hangups or rendering needed!
Dave Speace
Producer/Director/DP
DZP VideoWindows 7, 64 Bit, i7 8 Core, 16Gb Ram, GeForce 4800
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You might try adding a light pink or magenta filter to the camera. Do this after you set your white balance. We use to color correct this way when doing “old fashioned” photography under florescent lights shooting ektachrome film! It would be interesting to see if this works.
Dave Speace
Producer/Director/DP
DZP VideoWindows 7, 64 Bit, i7 8 Core, 16Gb Ram, GeForce 4800
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No… I don’t think they were using a scrim or diffusion material. It was definitely wide open f-stop in the f/1.4 to f/2 range. You can watch the video on abc’s website.
Dave Speace
Producer/Director/DP
DZP VideoWindows 7, 64 Bit, i7 8 Core, 16Gb Ram, GeForce 4800
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Blackmagic’s Hyperdeck Shuttle would answer you question! There is a review of it in Post Magazine.
https://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2011/December-1-2011/Review-Blackmagics-HyperDeck-Shuttle.aspxDave Speace
Producer/Director/DP
DZP VideoWindows 7, 64 Bit, i7 8 Core, 16Gb Ram, GeForce 4800
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Thanks, John… I will look at some of the shows you have been shooting. I directed the comment at Dennis, knowing that one of you guys lights and shoots for abc. Anyway, the segment was on pregnant Afghan women and the interview was between Diane and Nick Kristof of the NY Times. I shoot for 6abc in Philly and 2-weeks ago I had a first! I shot a segment for FYI Philly and did no lighting at all! 6abc is considering using dslr cameras, too! The world of tv magazine videography is changing!
Dave Speace
Producer/Director/DP
DZP VideoWindows 7, 64 Bit, i7 8 Core, 16Gb Ram, GeForce 4800