Jeff Brown
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If the rose is the only red object, you can do Mike’s method with an inverted chroma key (on red) instead of an animated matte.
-jeff
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I have a JVC monitor also. I find you should let it warm up for an hour to be sure the backlight is at full brightness. The fluorescent lamp takes a while to warm up completely.
You may find it useful to first calibrate your JVC, then use bars and some full-range footage to match your computer graphic displays as best you can to the JVC. That way there’s not so much “disconnect” when you look from one to the other.
Also, proper ambient lighting can really help the appearance of a properly calibrated monitor. Ideally, a 6500K lit medium-dark grey background around the monitor. I think there’s a SMPTE spec for that… here’s a commercial, home-theater type possibility:https://www.cinemaquestinc.com/ideal_lume.htm
-jeff
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And if you are working in the NTSC realm, which i suppose your are, as that’s only where we worry about 3:2 pulldown, I’d still echo John’s comments: don’t do it.
My opinion: really good video looks more like “film” than mediocre film looks like film. Spend your energy on editing, color grading, and making sure your dialog can be heard.
-jeff
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Another question is : what kind of AVI file are you rendering to? AVIs come in all kinds of flavors.
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How are you monitoring your image while editing? i.e., do you have an “external” video monitor?
-jeff
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Unfortunately, to reduce render time the only real option is a new CPU (and so probably new motherboard).
-jeff
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Graphics cards will not reduce rendering time, no matter which card it is.
-jeff
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I also have a problem with “”Network Error 1603, reading drive C:Windowsetc…”
My system is WinXP 32 (SP2).
-jeff
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You may be able to de-noise and smooth the offending bits via Adobe Soundbooth. I’d work with copies of just the bad segments. It will still sound awful, just not quite as awful.
-jeff
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For where you are heading, (more people), I would suggest AfterEffects. As you seem new to both programs, the learning would be about equivalent at this point. But be forewarned, it will take time. For AE, you will need to develop a new way of thinking about visual elements, unless you have some experience with Photoshop, silkscreen printing, or a similar multilayered graphic arts process. But it’s fun ;>) If you do know Photoshop fairly well, then AE is akin to Photoshop for moving images.
After you succeed with your 2 person shot, here are 2 terms to look up:
Greenscreen
Rotoscoping.You will probably want some combination of both when you want a dozen of the same person moving around.
-Jeff
Jeff Brown
Fire Mist Media
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