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Eric Grush
April 16, 2009 at 4:17 pm in reply to: mixing frame rates and aspect ratios

Thanks Shane,

I know what you mean regarding the planing and workflow. The director knew what she was doing, but was shooting overseas with several camera people and there seems to have been a breakdown along the way. Totally get that this is the offline. What is the best way to get a 29.97 to 23.98 without artifacts in the motion? FCP capture as 23.98 or use Cinema Tools to Reverse Telecine to 23.98. Is turning the whole thing 29.97 and opting for a DigiBeta output the better choice?

And what about aspect ratio? Cause there wasn’t enough for me to worry about already. Oy vey! I love editing. Just wish I could spend more time actually doing that part of the job. But, then I wouldn’t get to have so much fun here on “The Cow.”

Thanks again.

Eric Grush
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Eric Grush
March 20, 2009 at 1:51 am in reply to: QT losing sync on import

Thanks for the time remap suggestion. The clip was actually an FCP export from a sequence timeline. The clip was exported without adjustment as a master QT to go to Compressor. That side of the process worked fine. When the clip got reimported into the same FCP project to pull scenes for the trailer and the web it was losing synch. Since I am only pulling small sections I think your time remap may work fine, but it is such a strange problem I thought someone might be able to help me figure out what happened, or is it just one of those things.

Thanks again,

Eric Grush
Eric Grush
January 30, 2009 at 1:55 am in reply to: Light leak look

One of the best ways I use to create lightleaks and other old or damaged film effects is to overlay footage of actual damaged film. This creates a much more realistic looking effect than utilizing many plug-ins or filters. I was able to get film damage footage in DV resolution for free by searching the web. G film also has a nice set of plug-ins that create other types of film damage, but for lightleaks, roll-outs and other effects of that sort I would go with compositing actual footage.

Good luck.
Eric Grush
January 21, 2009 at 1:44 am in reply to: P2 Log and Transfer issues…”incomplete files”

Thanks Shane,

I always appreciate your tips and help. I reviewed your demo on working with P2 cards before we wnet to the shoot and that has really helped the workflow. I’ll have to check with the DP about dumping bad takes. That would certainly explain the extra clip names. I was wondering if a program like Raylight does a better job of converting the files for FCP or if FCP works then that’s the best way to go. Just wanting to get a handle on mastering the P2 workflow as it has become more and more dominant in my world as an Indie and Doco editor.

Thanks again,

Eric
Eric Grush
May 5, 2008 at 5:37 pm in reply to: chroma key export

Thanks everyone for the great information. The tup on the Chroma Smoothing filter really helped as well. I will explain the to client all of the reasons why they were mistaken in their requirements and send them the Animation files as you have all explained.

Your insights have again been hugely helpful and are much appreciated as I learn more every time I read and use the Cow forums.

Thanks again for keeping this community thriving and supportive.

Eric Grush
Eric Grush
May 2, 2008 at 7:48 pm in reply to: chroma key export

Thank you all very much. I will explain the delivery issue to the client and export unrendered .mov files with the animation codec using millions of colors to preserve my alpha. I really appreciate all the help.

One more question.

What is the best alpha setting for chroma keyed material? Straight, so that it does not interfere with any black or white material in the image?

Thanks again,

Eric GRush
Eric Grush
May 2, 2008 at 5:26 pm in reply to: chroma key export

Ah…the fuzzy edges are before export, without a background. When I try with a background the composite looks clean. As for export, the client wants a full size (1920×1080) H.264 so they can use it in various backgrounds in flash. Somehow my alpha settings aren’t translating when I export this way. Is is best to use straight, black, white? Suggestions.

Thanks

ERic GRush
Eric Grush
January 21, 2008 at 11:57 pm in reply to: Help, need to know if anybody is doing 1080 on PPC with Tiger

I have a Dual 2.7 Ghz powerPc G5 with 6.5 GB DDR SDRAM and an ATI Radeon 9650 graphics card with 256 MB VRAM.

Hope that helps as I don’t think there are faster cards for the G5s.

Eric Grush
Eric Grush
January 21, 2008 at 11:40 pm in reply to: Help, need to know if anybody is doing 1080 on PPC with Tiger

Yes, the graphics card tends to be the big issue when dealing with older machines. Processing power really makes the difference in real-time and render times, but the graphics support is a make or break situation. Best of luck and hope you can make it work for us in the G5 world.

Thanks
Eric Grush
Eric Grush
January 21, 2008 at 10:47 pm in reply to: getting the best resolution with the DVX and FCP…?

If you’ve got the KONA 3 why not play out upconverted to tape and then ingest the higher-res footage?

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