Erik Pontius
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Oh…how cool. Looks like it’s going to be a tough one to key out.
I’ve got pretty much the same software installed as you..Avid, after effects, QT pro… Seems to open up fine. Ordinarly, if you are missing a codec, QT and AE will show a white screen rather than the video. If you are getting an error instead, there is a possibility that the file is corrupted.
I downloaded the first file off the site and it was pretty close to a gig..919mb’s. So if your download crapped out part way through that might explain why it can’t open it.Erik
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We got a Mirror Image prompter a while back. Has worked for what we need. They have a variety of models.
https://www.teleprompters.com/default.html
We have their normal “scissor-lift” kind of mount that is adjustable for smaller DV cameras and a rigid mount for our ENG cameras. We also bought the EZPrompt prompter software…which is fine for the majority of simple shoots.Erik
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Actually, Aharon covered it in a tutorial called “the boomerang effect” there are two parts.
Essentially, AE thinks it should be interpolating the values between the keyframes, but since the values are the same it wobbles or “boomerangs” back and forth. Using “hold keyframes” will avoid it.
Check out Aharon’s tuts on the Boomerang effect.
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/boomerang_1.php
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/boomerang_2.phpErik
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I’m no FCP expert, but perhaps you should try exporting to a lossless codec (animation, etc…) rather than the rather brutal DV codec and then import it into another sequence to apply your final mask and then export to your SD DVD.
Also check your field order at each stage and view the SD on an interlaced display (TV), jagged edges are often caused by field order mismatch or de-interlacing deficiencies in computer software DVD players.Erik
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The AE “white screen” is indicative of a missing codec.
Possibility that the Avid QT codecs have become corrupted, moved, deleted…
Check the C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTComponents folder to check to see if you have the Avid qt components (they will all have Avid in the filename). You can download the latest Avid codecs from Avid’s support site and install them.Erik
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You might download the trial of Trapcode’s “Shine” plugin and see if that will do the trick…
https://www.trapcode.com/products_shine.html
Erik
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We often do this at the company I work for as we get event footage and other video on dvd from AV people we’ve hired, that we then need to edit down or include in other shows.
We use Canopus Procoder which handles VOB files and will properly handling Dolby Digital and other formats. We copy all the VOB files to a directory on the local hard drive, then feed Procoder the first VOB. From there we can loosely trim the beginning and end, telling Procoder to only encode the portion we’ve kept. We then encode it to a MOV using Avid or animation codecs or AVI using uncompressed or DV codec.
Works well for us.Erik
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No easy way to do it. Video just doesn’t have the same dynamic range… You could adjust the levels so that your face is lit better at the expense of blowing your outside shots out even more.
Most of the time when you see car interior shots in films, where both the outside and inside are correctly exposed, they have either lit the interior of the car or put neutral density film over the windows to cut down the amount of light coming in the window.Erik
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You might look into using AE’s “Echo” effect.
Erik
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I’ve never tried it but I’ve seen some folks speak highly of “Instant HD” AE plugin from Red Giant Software.
https://www.redgiantsoftware.com/instanthd.htmlThe difficult part, is that it is designed to work with progressive footage, so you would need to de-interlace content prior to using it…which of course they have Magic Bullet Frames another plugin that can de-interlace your footage:
https://www.redgiantsoftware.com/magicbulletframes.htmlErik