Derek Boettcher
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if you are able, try making the precomp using the “leave all attributes” option selected. Now that I think about it, that might do what you want. I hardly use that feature myself though.
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Derek Boettcher
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Well, from reading further down, I think your money would be better spent on what Richard Herd was suggesting. I was under the impression of higher course level than high school. I wouldn’t trust the kids around that camera! But to better answer your question, it can be used by a single person, but an AC is always helpful. Just get it on a rail system and a follow focus and you’re golden. The only thing to watch out for is recording 4k eats space on your recording medium, so shooting 4k for any length of time can quickly fill your cards and drives.
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Derek Boettcher
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Okay, so here is how your comp is setup: null with tracking, adjustment layer with magnify, and then your tracked footage. On the adjustment layer, place the magnify effect to where you want, using the options titled “center”. It has a cross hair and z,y values to the right of it. After you put it where you want, hold alt and click the stop watch next to “center” and that will activate you expressions options for “center” next, grab the pick whip that has now appeared,and drag it to the x,y position data in the tracked null (not the null itself, but the position suboption). There you go! Hope that clears it up.
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Derek Boettcher
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Hey Santiago, this is something I do on a daily basis. A good trick, if you want to run both cameras in tandem for either a speedy workflow or syncing timecode, is to position them almost right next to each other. Have your long lens be the one with the teleprompter and your wide lens be the supplemental. That way when you cut wide, it is harder for the audience to see that the subject isn’t looking at the current camera.
Another option is to shoot both with a telephoto lens, having your wide shot just be a slightly wider angle, ie a 200 and a 300mm. This way, you position the cameras further back and again, the audience will have no idea that the subject is not look directly into the wider shot. This method can cause issues as then the subject is further away from the teleprompter.
Again, just make sure you position the cameras directly next to one another and experiment until you figure it out.
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Derek Boettcher
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Try and see if a displacement map would work. Place your 2d projection on the top, 3d object below, and have it cross. Add a displacement map to the video feed (which should be on a screen or lighten mode) and then point the 3d object (or a precomp of the object) to be the displacement map, then adjust the displacement properties. Voala.
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Derek Boettcher
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Well, to put things in perspective, the camera itself, for what it gives you is actually relatively inexpensive.
its competition is the Canon c3/500, the REDs, etc. with a base price for only the body and no monitor for 15k+. Attaching everything you need for the camera could got past 50k. The Ursa is relatively expensive at 5-6k.
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Derek Boettcher
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really the only accessory you need is lenses and a tripod. If they have broadcast studio equipment, I would assume that they have a field fluid head you could utilize. For lenses, you don’t necessarily need to get cinema lenses, although there are some decently priced ones made by Rokinon (you can get a 24mm, 35mm, and 85mm for like 1200 bucks). You can utilize Canon EF mount or PL mount lenses as well, just be sure to get the right camera. No need for a monitor either, the camera already has a 10″ screen built on, plus other screens for adding metadata and viewing focus scopes, histograms, and other menu options. Its a great camera, and I would highly recommend it.
So with that, you can get what you would need for 7600 or so and still have enough for a shoulder mount and a shotgun mic + SLRs, according to your 10k budget.
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Derek Boettcher
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I know your pain and it can become cumbersome. It may just as well be a good time to start clicking the layer you want to edit before you try to move it on the screen. That will help after effects know which you are trying to manipulate.
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Derek Boettcher
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I would suggest the black magic Ursa camera. It is their 4k cinema camera designed for a full production use. Its got the same 13 stop dynamic range (which is ludicrous) and has some other great features. In terms of low light, while I understand the tendency to want to push less is better, I would highly suggest that if you are wanting to teach them cinematography that you teach them full blown cinematography. That includes properly lighting your scene for your desired effect (which a lot of the time can be done utilizing the same lighting equipment in a broadcast scenario). A cheap alternative to prime lenses would be a good quality zoom, but still a set of primes, as you know, would be good to help facilitate your point. Cinematography isn’t just about the camera, but the utilization of set, lights, motion, lenses, depth of field, framing, etc, etc, etc.
Just my two cents.
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Derek Boettcher
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I’m with Dave on this one. You can manually do it after the precomp is made by changing its composition settings, but I highly recommend you leave it the same. Why do you feel you need to change the precomp size?
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Derek Boettcher
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BTH Media Group
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