Joey Korenman
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I’ve had this problem before too. The solution is to render the AE project as “Lossless” and just render it to DV in Final Cut. It has something to do with the fact that Apple’s DV codec automatically adds a gamma boost to footage so that it will look “correct” on computer monitors. It’s a feature that Apple added in the beginning of FCP since most people who used it were not professionals and wouldn’t have a broadcast monitor. I don’t think that QuickTime 7 fixed this either.
This is an excerpt from http://www.adamwilt.com, very interesting.
“Unlike every other DV codec I’ve seen, the Apple codec gamma-corrects imagery to compensate for the difference between a video display’s 2.2 gamma and the Mac’s standard 1.8 display gamma. Apple does it so that what you see in on the Mac’s screen translates well to video and vice versa (unless, like me, you’re already running your Mac at 2.2 display gamma for working in Photoshop and Illustrator, and with all the other video codecs available!).
It makes side-by-side comparison between Apple DV exports and other DV exports very difficult unless you
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All of the playback settings are on High, so that’s not the issue, and setting the footage setting to “lower-field first” didn’t fix it either.
Seriously, setting the motion filtering quality to “fastest” fixed all my problems. I guess I’ll have to wait to see if the 2 “better” qualities are all that great since for now they are unusable.
joey
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I found a solution (I think). I went to the sequence setting > video processing > motion filtering quality options and set it to “Fastest.” Everything had to re-render, but it looks like it did in Final Cut HD, which is good enough for me. I guess the “Normal” and “Best” Settings are screwed up.
Let me know if this works for anyone else.
joey
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I’m having the same issue. Switching fields-dominance to none fixes the image quality problem. It’s a bug, it should get fixed soon enough.
joey
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I remember when we had the CineWave with Final Cut 3 it couldn’t do mixed timelines, but it only took a driver update to fix that. I’m sure AJA will be able to do it too if the BlackMagic can. I hope it’s sooner than later!
joey
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The Kona 2 only has SDI in, and one analog out which is switchable between Component, Composite, or S-video. If you don’t mind manually rewiring the Kona 2 each time you need to switch your analog output, this is fine. If you have everything wired into a rack, however, you might want to get the IO (full version) which can do analog / digital conversion both ways (in and out). The IO LA can only ingest analog sources, so you can’t go from the Kona 2 to the IO LA and out to a Beta deck. It all depends on your situation, are clients going to be around while you lay off? Do you want them to see you on your hands and knees under the desk rewiring stuff? It’s about conveniance.
joey
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Anyone know how stable the K2 and IO are with final cut 5? Since we’re doing an HDV show soon, we really want to upgrade, but we still need stability.
joey
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Marc,
That was out biggest concern. The K2 has an analog out that is switchable between component, composite, and Y/C. It’s great if you have one system and can switch out the cables as needed, but if you have all the wires hidden away and patched into a rack, it just won’t work. The IO makes everything very simple. All you need to configure are the software control panels and you’re good.
Walter,
As far as profit margins go, I’m a salaried employee… but thanks for the thought! Seriously though, thanks for the insight. I feel like editing digital video is such a complicated, technoligical feat that I’m AMAZED that anything works at all. it’s like magic. i really appreciate the help.
joey
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Alright, we’re going with the Kona 2 AND the IO. The IO will just act as an A/D converter for now, and if we wanted to we could move it to another system later on.
Thanks for all the help guys! If any of you want to buy a cheap CineWave card with analag and pro digital BoB’s, lemme know. I’ll definitely be back if I have questions once the thing gets here.
joey
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Thanks all! It looks like the solution might be to get the AJA IO (full version) so we can just use it as a converter for now. If I run one of the SDI-outpuuts from the Kona to the input of the IO, i can then get composite, s-video, and component out to whereever I need. I can also convert analog sources to SDI. Sounds like it should work, and in the future we could move the IO to another system if we want. For now it’ll just be an A/D converter.
Walter, you’re definitely rigth about the PVM monitor. It’s crazy how many different variables you have to deal with just switching capture cards!!! Our rack and everything are all configured for the Cinewave, so we’re basically trying to avoid re-wiring the rack at all costs.
Are there any other products that can accomplish the same thing as the IO, with the same ins and outs, that cost any less? I’m just asking because my boss will ask me this tomorrow, so if the answer is “just buy the IO, it’s worth it” then let me know.
Thanks again for all the help!
joey