Del Holford
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My Sony 9000 Edit controller (and the current 9100) was capable of assigning multiple record decks which would then roll and record in sync. The same could be done with 5 playbacks at one time if they were selected to roll with the edit. This is how we did digital video effects in the old linear days. Non-linear systems don’t need to do this so they usually only control one deck at a time. If you could get your project to a linear edit suite you could do it easily. Grass Valley 151 and 251 editors and Ampex ACE editors did this as well. Oh, and so did CMX editors. HTH
Del
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You are actually working with two standards so you would need a DA to feed each standard. We use Tri-level for our HDCam and D5 VTRs and HD Production Control Room and black composite for our SD equipment. We have separate DAs for each.
Del
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[quicksilver8907] “would they get me real experience in after effects and other editing???”
I can’t answer that, but their Director of Production can.
One of our interns this summer did promo tags for us on Discreet edit. Not the newest system but it works for us and the Inscriber CG bundled with it is fine. So hopefully their answer will be yes. Good luck.Del
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[dingdubsrdun] “The Chicken is in the mail.”
Great! Walter can use it on the next episodes of Good Eats.
Be sure to include at least one side, though. Protocol is important 🙂Del
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The Public Television station in Fresno might offer internships and you’d have a relatively short drive to get there. PTV stations always need free help but also offer the chance for hands-on experience in various production areas.
We had several high school interns this past summer at my PTV station and a couple college students as well. One college student was back for his third summer and has learned a great deal from our Director of Photography who is a talented teacher as well as a very good DP.Del
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I’m fortunate to not have to deal with billing but I’ve worked with local animators/motion graphics artists on the recieving end of HD projects.
Since the files sizes will be 6 Mb per frame instead or 1 Mb, consider the amount of time it will take to render your projects. It isn’t linear – more likely about 3 times longer.
The output can be tif or targa sequences or Quicktime movies. That too will take a bit longer but delivering files is much more convenient than videotape. If you factor that into your project quote you should be in the ballpark.Hopefully other COW sages may wish add to this post to give you an enlightened answer. Good luck.
Del
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Well, now that Joe opened the door to Harvey Dubner, from whence the Deko is derived, I’ll open one to Pixel Power. We’ve had a 2 channel Clarity 2 HD which is on Windows 2000 in our HD studio control room since 2001. It will do animations and text manipulation as well as convert Chryon templates. The newer version – Clarity 5000 – is extremely fast and works with very few glitches or crashes. In our older version we have two independent channels and a preview/edit channel plus two queue channels visible. You can do two rolls or a roll and a crawl or whatever, as fast as you can get from one channel to the other (hotkey is the minus key on the keypad).
We looked at the Duet back at NAB in 1999 and it wasn’t working properly in their booth. It was glitching and wouldn’t pass video. But since the original poster has to use it, these observations may be moot. Best of luck.
Del
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https://forum.chyron.com/vbb/
Website for their forum which includes Duet. Chryon hasn’t had a great product since the 4100EXB, as limited as that was.
The name is so strong people buy the product which doesn’t match the quality of the name. Anyway, targa files or sequences with alpha channels are the best output from your systems. People who use them on the forum will be your best help. Good luck.Del
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Hi again
ITVA is the Industrial Television Association and is associated with the Media Communications Association International. I think the DC chapter encompasses Philly. SBE it the Society of Broadcast Engineers. The major network stations in Philly are guaranteed to have SBE members. You referenced Philadelphia so I guess you are somewhere in the area. I googled “post production” for Philly and found Shooters Post & Transfer and Cubist Post, both very strong creatively and the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, which is a gold mine of info. The The Annenberg School for Communications at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and the Art Institute of Philadelphia are excellent resources. Knowing of Shooter’s Post and Cubist, they have major suppliers so if you talk to their President/CEOs, you can get a lot of help and information. You may need to do this in person to establish who you are and to share your vision. Don’t be afraid to tell them what you don’t know because they probably will be more willing to help a teacher who is ignorant but sincere than one who appears to be faking it. The same is true for SBE engineers. They are looking for young talent and could be a big help. While you are interested in production, you also indicate a need for engineering support.
I love the english language – the recently released on DVD movie “Music and Lyrics” is a really well written one and I think writing is the greatest skill in Television and communication. I got my degree, many years ago, in Political Science. That didn’t teach me how to run camera, direct, etc., but it gave me a good world view that relates to what television is all about: communication. The clearer you can communicate what you are trying to get across the better the piece will be. It is all about the story.
Keep at it. The COW is a great resource and Google will get you information on just about any topic.
Del
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Hi
Your profile doesn’t say much about you. In what city are you located? Does your community have a film and video society or an ITVA or SBE chapter? Is there a university or college nearby? Are there video resellers and corporate vendors in your area? How much film and video production goes on where you live?All of the answers to these questions will indicate sources for donated or heavily reduced pricing for equipment. The answers also indicate if there are mentors available for you and your class, both on the engineering and production sides. These people can also help you with system layout and design if you show them respect and appreciation. Krispy Kremes and Dunkin’ Donuts make planning sessions go well. 🙂
It sounds like you are pretty creative. Use that creativity to get outside the box and come up with ideas that not only create video but create infrastructure to make that video something of which you can be proud.
Your Adobe Production Suite is a valuable tool for your students to create motion graphics, 2D graphics, edit segments and just have a ball. I’d use that heavily because you can output to the web or DVD or tape, which eliminates the need for some other equipment. For narrowcasting to the school you might look into grants from your state or the federal government to fund equipment for that purpose.
Don’t worry about HD – you don’t want to go there yet. It is a time and resource hog and your end users can’t see it. You can teach 16×9 framing in SD and you will save on storage and equipment, as well as a time factor for production of about 3 – 4 times slower on HD. In a few more years developments in compression and production of HD video will make it much more accessible to educational facilities. Until then, keep an eye on its progress but leave it alone.
Others on this COW forum will join in as I certainly haven’t got all the answers but I hope this little bit gets you thinking. Best of luck.
Del
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