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Joe Cinquina
August 15, 2008 at 8:48 pm in reply to: Cineform – Premiere to After effects to Premiere workflow

Steven – Thanks for your fast response.

I do understand how the Dynamic Link works and its limitations due to PC performance.

I was must interested in how to export the “edited” green screen footage from premiere, when using Cineform. Should I exported as a quicktime or cineform file to keyout in AE? Then once done is it important to export as a cineform file to bring back into Premiere? How do you preserve the best quality? I guess Im not sure how that works with the Cineform intermediate AVI codec.

Also, the output will be SD DVD. Is this a factor?
Joe Cinquina
October 29, 2007 at 6:51 pm in reply to: problems with Vista and Premiere?

DO NOT GO TO V I S T A ! !

How was that for being emphatic? I am s survivor (barely) of the whole XP Pro to Vista process. I bought into the initial hype that vista / Direct-X 10 would be better for video editing. So I bought the ultimate version and a NVIDIA 8600 card.

It was a nightmare! It took me a good month just to try to get my applications to work. I was using PP2 at the time and I never got it to work totally. Scroll bars and other user interface navigators didn’t work. Once CS3 was released I bought that in hopes that it would play much better with Vista. The truth is that it does behave better, but there are still major performance issues. I have invested so much time in trying to make everything work and even though it does, with less capability (like vista doesn’t support a second monitor for viewing your edit in full screen), the lack of performance makes me want to go back to the days of XP pro and my old wimpy ATI 256mb card.

If I can ever get a break between projects, I will go back. It just seems like I am always caught in between projects and can not afford the time it will take to go back. So for now I am stuck in Vista Hell!

Regards,

Joe
Joe Cinquina
October 25, 2007 at 4:34 pm in reply to: What is better for editing HDV

Thank you for your input. My question now is; To me it seems almost impossible to Roto or do anything that requires frame by frame percision using an “I-Frame” codec. Every frame counts… Dosen’t it?

Joe
Joe Cinquina
October 25, 2007 at 3:59 pm in reply to: What is better for editing HDV

Wow! I hate to be fikil, but those are some extreme strengths. Can the captured files be used in partical illusion and what about the work flow with in AE. Re-render?

Thanks

Joe
Joe Cinquina
October 25, 2007 at 1:52 pm in reply to: What is better for editing HDV

Jerry – Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences and your practical application of the product. To me that speaks volumes! I am pretty much convinced that Aspect is the way to go for me. I have been blessed in the sense that my company has bought me everything that I have asked for: CS3, Canon XH-a1, lighting, etc.. I am now asking for a PC that is going to allow me to edit HDV like I am use to editing DV. I want to make the right decision. So far I am leaning in the direction of a Dell Quad Core with 4 gb mem, a nvidia 8800 Ultra that comes with the PC and Aspect from cineform.

Will I be able to use Aspect here at work and at home with the same license?

Thanks.

Joe
Joe Cinquina
October 25, 2007 at 12:18 am in reply to: What is better for editing HDV

Is there any quality difference if you use PP preview engine versus Aspect / Prospect, when you encode the final output? Is Aspect/Prospect only used for editing the project? Which by the way is very important to me…

How does the codec hold up in After Effects?

Thanks.

Joe
Joe Cinquina
October 24, 2007 at 10:33 pm in reply to: What is better for editing HDV

I am considering getting a Dell XPS overclocked Quad-Core processor with 4 gb of memory. It comes with a Nvidia 8800 Ultra Video Card with 768MB of memory. It is expensive, but according to what you are saying is probably a good way to go as long as a use Aspect HD codec versus a middle of the road PC with a Matrox RT.x2 card?

Joe
Joe Cinquina
October 5, 2007 at 6:51 pm in reply to: What is the best way to down convert?

Perry – Thank you for your reply. I just have one question, why would I edit first? I thouight it would be better to edit in SD and use all the normal tools and performance and compatibility would be better.

Thanks.

Joe
Joe Cinquina
September 19, 2007 at 8:16 pm in reply to: How to price a car dealership commercial

What a wealth of information! You guys are great. This by far is the best forum here. One can learn so much from the contribution.

I guess I feel some what humbled and maybe a bit ignorant on how this business works. I have been given this opportunity because I made a demo reel of the work I have done and they like what the saw. As far as equipment goes, I have just a Canon XH A1 HDV camera, basic light kit, tri-pod and a whole lot of passion. I know have another question; Do you believe my equipment is not up to snuff for this job? Will I have to rent?

Thanks.

Joe
Joe Cinquina
September 17, 2007 at 4:33 pm in reply to: How to price a car dealership commercial

Thank you for your reply. I just have one problem, this is my first job like this where I have to think about procing those elements. What should I charge for the day-Shooting, the editing? the animation?

In the past i have done corporate for my company.

Thanks.

Joe

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