I read a review somewhere of a new Elmo lipstick camera. Looked interesting. I think it recorded to a small hard drive. Found the link. The Elmo SUV. Not sure how it plays with FCP.
Try this and see if it works. In Photoshop go to Image>Adjustment>Levels. In the Output Levels boxes type 16 in the first and 235 in the second. Click OK bring the file in and see if that helps. If that corrects it create an action and batch all of your files.
December 24, 2006 at 3:36 pm
in reply to: Vegas to FCP
On thursday I imported avi files exported from PPro as DV/NTSC into FCP 5.0.4 G5 DP 2.7 and Decklink card. Set the timeline to DV in FCP and the files played without rendering. Give it a try and see if it works for you.
In FCP go to User Preferences and the Editing tab. Set your duration in the Still/Freeze Duration section. Grab your stills from the browser and pull them into the timeline.
If you are buying a new Apple computer and you say you use DVD Studio Pro you will have to upgrade. FCStudio is the only path when upgrading so you will get FCP. If you don’t like it upgrade your M100.
I think the only way to get uncompressed from those cameras is to connect the camera via HDMI to a Blackmagic Intensity card. Once the information hits the tape or hard drive in the camera then it is compressed.