Jay Shelton
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Have you looked at/considered the Panasonic SD9? We have one for vehicle mount / crash cam. It makes a very nice picture. It records to SD cards and uses the AVCHD codec. It shoots 1080i or 1080 24p. We have been really happy with ours and price is great. We even have a wide angle we slap on when needed. I have some footage if you want to see it in action. Hope this helps!
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Excellent advice given above! I second everything mentioned. An SD lens was not preferable for myself either, but the majority of my clients do not provide the budget needed to justify the expense. For me rental will probably be the near future solution. I think you will find the work arounds will give you solid results (SD lenses will differ of course) until you can take that next step into HD glass. The HPX500 is a great cam, I think you will be pleased. I look forward to the day I can put the high end HD glass because it will almost be like getting a whole new cam!
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Jeremey @ DI -
Shane, would you mind expanding on how to shoot the slow mo internally? I just received my HPX500 and have not done this yet. It sounds like it would be a wonderful “shortcut”. Thanks in advance!
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Am I mistaken, or can’t you dump the P2 data straight from the camera to an external enclosure (as long as it has it’s own power supply)? Is there any benefit to transferring to the external via a computer versus the cam?
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Jeremey @ DI -
I was under the impression (mistaken apparently) that the Intensity had component HD in that could be used with the HPX500.
My goal was exactly that, for green screen shoots in particular. I didn’t know if capturing by that or a similar method would increase the color info, bits, or just bypassing the minimal DVCPROHD compression you could “squeeze” even more out of the cam. Thanks!
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No, actually it is not LaCie brand. That is good to know though that their power supplies are sometimes prone to failing.
Right now my plan is to back up to bare drives and store them for further use, or to restore should a drive fail.
I do appreciate all the feedback and ideas.
Thanks!
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Jeremey @ DI -
Ok, so after 4 hours of troubleshooting, pulling the drives out of the enclosure, etc. I think I have found the problem. It ended up being the external power supply. I just so happened to have another identical drive, and tried to plug in that cord instead, she fired right up. I guess I will be purchasing another power cord for the second unit.
The most important lesson learned was that I really need to backup to either another drive or start using a mirrored raid set up. Looks like I will also be on the market for a backup drive. The few bucks you save just doesn’t add up to the real cost of the data lost!
I just wanted to post the status, so the thread wouldn’t be left twisting.
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Jeremey @ DI -
Hey there, Douglas! Welcome to the COW! Feel free to send me an email (jeremey at digital innovations dot tv), I think I can help you out. Talk to you soon…
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Sadly enough, I am just flat out getting a better key in FCP using the Matte Pro plugin (which isn’t made for AE or I would just use in there). I have tried Keylight (toiled for several hours) trying to make it work but it just couldn’t get the results I needed. I tried the various tips from discussions on here (blurring green channel, overlaying and using track matte, etc.). The footage is shot on DVCPRO 25. So I am dealing with 4:1:1 (stinks I know, but I haven’t been able to get a new camera as of yet). I will try to export a TIFF sequence and see what kind of results I can get that way too.
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Jeremey @ DI -
Sounds to me like you just need a graphic of a button it various states. You can create those in Photoshop. Then merely place them in your project. Have the “PRESS” button either cut or dissolve or whatever transition you like to the “LOADING” button and then again to the booklet.
As for the booklet portion I think you just need to figure how long you would like each page to stay up on screen. Which is tricky because everyone reads at different speeds and you don’t want them to go by too fast or stay up too long thereby losing your audience’s attention. I am not sure how your Flash movie that you exported is setup as far as timing goes, I am taking a wild stab but you might be able to use Time Remapping to get the pages to turn as you see fit.
I have no idea what you mean by a “Submit” box, but obviously you cannot have the viewer submit anything. So it would sound as if it would be a pointless element unless you will just place some sort of contact info there.
What is you final destination of your project (forgive me if you stated it, I may have missed it)? If it is web why wouldn’t you just create all of this inside of Flash? If it is for a video presentation, TV or the like then I guess the above would apply.
Someone else might have a better grasp on what you are asking or know how to incorporate those graphic elements better than I.
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Jeremey @ DI