Don Greening
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Hi Matt,
There isn’t a stock camera flash plug-in per say but you should be able to create the effect fairly easily. Click on the Effects tab in the Browser then go to: Video Generators>Matte>Color Solid. Double-click the effect to load it into the viewer. Click on the Controls tab in the Viewer and change the colour from the default blue to white. Set your in and out point points to about 30 frames (or one second of video) then create a new video track in your timeline. Drag your color solid into the track above where you want the flash to occur in your original clip. You can adjust the opacity of the flash so that some of the picture in the track below will show through, just like a real camera flash. Keep in mind that a real camera flash rarely lasts more than one frame of video. Now you can reduce the time the flash occurs by editing its length. You may want to have the flash occur over a couple of frames so folks notice the effect more.
Most video editors try to get rid of camera flashes 🙂 Now you’re on your own.
– Don
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How the heck did I miss that one? *smacking forehead* David, For some time now I’ve been Cmd-selecting clips from the same camera in a multiclip timeline in order to paste attributes. Since there are usually 3 separate angles in my multiclips and they sometimes last upwards of a hour each this “selecting all the same camera cuts” can take awhile. By using the “find all” command instead you’re probably going to save me a ton of time during the next edit.
And I thought I’d seen all of Martin’s toots. Thanks, David.
– Don
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You’re welcome.
– Don
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[Elijah Lynn] “I also read here that turning the detail off can help this problem as well. By turning it off he actually means -25 and not 0. “
I don’t recommend trying to solve excessive edge detail simply by turning the setting off because by doing so you’re also turning off other settings that can be beneficial to your picture adjustments. You can still dial down the edge detail settings until they’re basically not doing anything but still leave aperture correction and crispening active in case you want have those settings available. You can read the explanation here:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/142/862796
– Don
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[Bryan Deuchar] “How would clients with isolated computers see my/their footage? “
By making sure they have a copy of Sony’s Browser on their computers. You could even include it on one of the data DVD’s you give them with instructions (from you) on how to install the program and view the clips.
You didn’t mention what version of Premiere you’re using. With CS3 you need the last Premiere update before CS4 came out to edit EX footage. CS4 editing should be a piece of cake. I don’t know how Premiere handles BPAV folders since I’m not a user but with on a Mac computer the BPAV folders have to reside within their own parent folders before Clip Browser or Sony’s Transfer Tool app. (Mac only) will recognize them. You also cannot change the actual BPAV name.
While there are experts of the various NLE’s that visit this forum from time to time and are more than willing to share their insights you might consider asking your questions about Premiere Pro in the appropriate Adobe forum. You might get a faster response.
– Don
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Apparently the new MK II only shoots video at 30p.
– Don
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[John Cummings] “so is it a cmos artifact or simply a shutter fix?”
Since CMOS chips get scanned from top to bottom as opposed to CCD’s that get scanned all at once I would suspect that CMOS technology is partially to blame and instances of electrical frequency mismatches will be more obvious in the viewfinder. I just fired up my EX1 under fluorescent lighting and couldn’t get it to do the rolling. I’m in NTSC land with 60Hz power. My camera was in 30p mode with a fixed shutter of 1/60th sec. The picture was rock solid. If you set your ECS to automatic more than likely you’ll have the problem for a few seconds when you first start up the camera and then it goes away. That’s been my experience with ECS set to auto.
There are some folks (including myself) that have experienced the rolling frequency thing in broad daylight when the camera is first turned on but it goes away in less than 10 sec. Not that I’ve tried it but I’ve heard from reliable sources that the EX optical image stabilization is also partially to blame for the funky picture (if it happens at all) in daylight shooting. Maybe turning OIS off will help the fluorescent issue as well.
– Don
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Both the EX1 and EX3 cameras have an ECS (extended clear scan) shutter mode to deal with lighting frequency issues, especially with fluorescent fixtures. This is also the same adjustment used when shooting a TV or computer monitor to avoid scan frequency mismatches. For setting the EX1 ECS shutter go to page 43 of your owners manual. I don’t have an EX3 manual so you’re on your own there.
– Don
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[Ronald Thomas] “Any thoughts? “
Yes. Although I can’t advise you because I’ve no experience with heavy FX filters on the EX cameras, my reaction to your intention is to caution against using anything but a UV/protector filter or a IR filter if the situation requires it. My reasoning is because these days you can do so much to your picture in post production that it’s better to shoot clean instead, thus giving you the most options and leeway after the fact. I think FX filters are a hold over from the days before NLE’s evolved to what they are today. This is, of course, just my personal opinion.
– Don
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[bob carden] “But that same footage, downloaded to a external drive will not play in Clip Browser, Clip Browser recognizes the hard drive in its menu, but when I double click, nothing happens. “
Make sure you’ve copied the entire BPAV folder to your destination drive; not just the contents of the folder but also the folder itself. The folder name must continue to be called BPAV. Create a new folder on your destination drive. You can name it whatever you wish. Use Clip browser to copy the BPAV folder to this new parent folder. When copying is complete navigate to your new parent folder on your destination drive using Clip Browser’s upper window. Clip Browser will “see” the BPAV folder inside and your clips will be automatically be displayed in the upper window.
– Don