Gary Milligan
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Hi Michael,
You seem to have ruled out the variables in what you’re viewing the Blu-ray on so it must be somewhere in the settings. Let us know what you find when you try the MPEG-4 setting in Toast… and when I get a chance I’ll try the MPEG-2 setting to see if there’s an obvious difference. I have no real reason as to why I chose the MPEG-4 setting over MPEG-2 – the results look great to me so I’ve never bothered to change. I really should try MPEG-2… I hate to think I’ve been accepting less than the best (with the tools I have to work with).
[Michael Slowe] “I was advised by Floh to export as ‘other’, set to ProRes in the Options window, not to leave gamma at auto but have ‘none’ and in the Color Range box set to Computer (0-255).”
I’ve never known Floh to give bad advice and I don’t see any flaws in his suggestion on this… but perhaps he (or anyone else) can clear something up for me: as I understand it, a self-contained export is an exact duplicate of the media files – no compression involved. Is that the same when exporting as ‘other’ using the same codec?… or do the files get compressed again, even if they are already the same format? In other words, a ProRes timeline exported as ‘other’ using ProRes compression – isn’t that double compression? If I export using ‘other’, Color Range set to 0-255, and set the compression to ‘none’ is that the same as exporting a self-contained file? Floh?… anyone?.
I’m also confused by the line – “set to ProRes in the Options window, not to leave gamma at auto but have ‘none’ ” – when I follow those steps on my system I don’t see any kind of ProRes setting for gamma. I’m in NTSC-land and I assume Floh works in PAL… does that make a difference? Michael, are you PAL or NTSC?
Gary
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Hi Michael,
I suppose the variables to consider are: what are you using to view the Blu-ray on? Is it set up correctly? What are your settings in Toast? I must admit that I’ve never tried the MPEG-2 setting (I’ve only used the MPEG-4 AVC at 24 Mbps Average Bit Rate) so I don’t know what difference that might make. I can’t say I’ve ever been disappointed with my results from Toast – I certainly haven’t noticed any significant picture contrast difference.
Gary
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[Colin Grimshaw] “A common problem for us is finding a suitable export option out from Media100. Very often we’re asked by broadcast TV companies to “just send us a file of that video”. But what format should I use?”
There’s no one format you SHOULD use – it depends on what format your client wants. To get the most out of an export from Media 100, export as a self-contained file and then use that as your “master” to transcode into any flavour you and your clients want/need. In my case, I’m generally working with 1080i ProRes, so my export as a self-contained file is a ProRes.mov file that I can use to compress for SD DVD authoring using BitVice, or as a .wmv file using Episode, or as a .H264 file using Compressor, or drag it into Toast Titanium for Blu-ray, – whatever is needed, using whatever application does the job. You may even want to archive the self-contained file to be able to provide any file format needed (including master to tape) long after the project is completed and the original media erased from your drives.
Gary
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[mike butir] “..but for some reason it still looks bad in my preview window.”
Viewing ANY footage on your computer monitor will never look as good as it does when it’s viewed on a HDTV… that’s why professional editors use an external TV monitor which is fed by an AJA or Blackmagic card (or the equivalent).
Gary
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Hi Chris,
Check out VueScan by Hamrick Software. I’ve been using this to run various scanners since 2002. The developer is continually updating to accommodate new scanners and address any requests/problems that users may have, but I for one, have been totally satisfied. I can’t say for certain whether or not your particular scanner is supported – if it’s been around for a while I would guess it is. Once you buy the product (and it’s relatively inexpensive – I paid $40 in 2002), you never have to pay for upgrades. I’m in no way affiliated with the developer – just a satisfied customer.
HTH
Gary
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One thing that I have not seen in this thread is info about your hardware – are you running an Intel machine or an older Power PC? You will need an Intel machine to run Snow Leopard.
Gary
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What format and codec were used to build the spot? What are you viewing it on?… an external TV/monitor?
Gary
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You might be able to get away with trashing only the NTSC pref – I think that’s what worked for me. If that doesn’t do it, then do as Matt suggests.
Gary
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I’ve also had this happen to me recently – trashing the prefs worked… until I changed the import settings to SD for a project and then back to HD… then it crashed again… until I deleted prefs again. Working NTSC, from tape via firewire, Suite 1.5.1
HTH
Gary
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Have you tried each key in its own layer of video on the Media 100 timeline?
HTH
Gary
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