[John Delaney]

https://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-SxS-32Gb-Memory-Card-NEW-UN-OPENED-BOX-/150589383928?pt=US_Camcorder_Tapes_Discs&hash=item230fd3a4f8

[John Delaney]

Thanks guys. That’s the answer i expected … planning to get the full FCS Maintenance Pack so I just wanted some feedback first.

[John Delaney]

Thanks again.

I normally do everything other than cuts only elsewhere for this exact reason, but I just needed what I thought would/should be a very simple move of a composited logo to match a camera move. I understand what you mean about adjusting speed, etc., but that’s not the issue … as soon as I apply ease, the positions all change … it’s completely changing the positions I had already painstakingly and precisely set instead of just easing in and out of them.

[John Delaney]

Thank you very much, John. I could’ve sworn I had smoothed position keyframes in the viewer before since I’ve rarely used the wireframe view. I right clicked and chose ease in/out on each of the 3 keyframes, but now the movement is erratic and all over the place … instead of just smoothing out the movement between the positions I had already set, the object is in completely different positions.

[John Delaney]

Center point (position) with 2-3 KFs.

[John Delaney]

OK, thanks. I meant “smooth” … just used the wrong term since I had After Effects on the brain. I’ve tried everything and it’s just not working in my FC for some reason. When I right click a keyframe, the only option I get is “clear”. Is there another way I can smooth keyframes so I can get through this edit until I have time to figure out what’s going on? Any ideas? Already restarted, trashed prefs, etc.

[John Delaney]

Mark, so much for taking the time to offer thoughtful and thorough advice … it is greatly appreciated.

The only reason I didn’t just go for the Hall Research model you mentioned is it’s not available from our “approved vendor”, but I think we’re gonna have to jump through some hoops and buy it anyway.

Thanks again!

[John Delaney]

Thanks very much, Mark. Any ideas about how to flip the image?

Since the more basic “Scan-Do Select” is discontinued and the only ones Communications Specialties seems to offer anymore are $4000 (SD) and $6000 (HD) at the B&H link below, we’d like to first try the $250 device below since we only need a preview image, rather than to convert VGA for broadcast.

Scan-Do
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&Ntt=scan+do&A=endecaSearch&InitialSearch=yes&Q=&N=0

Smart-AVI
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=WishList.jsp&A=details&Q=&sku=741238&is=REG

[John Delaney]

Thank you, Ian. Yes, that does help … under deadline pressure, I flipped through the Help frantically and stared at the interface in disbelief until I gave up and went to a machine with XD-Cam Transfer.

I must say, it sure is a good thing Sony “fixed” that darn XD-Cam Transfer … it just made capturing way too simple … who wants to edit when you can have hours of fun trying to get footage into the NLE!

[John Delaney]

[Mark Suszko] “when we do satellite live shots, the cable news folks don’t bother to send you a back-haul image to look at, to do so by satellite would double your costs is the main reason, however, we could just patch in a return video off the local cable TV box and then you could “see” the nwes anchor asking you questions, slightly delayed, while you make good lens/eye contact. However, though we can offer that function, very few custoeres ask for it, finding it too distracting and not what they have grown used to, which is to stare down a lens without any return video, and just have the audio in the IFB earpiece with a mix-minus feed.”

You just described the exact scenario, along with the pitfalls like the high cost of doing it right and the extremely distracting result of doing it wrong. And, in addition to the do-what-we-tell-you attitude I described, it’s also do-it-for-less-than-costs. So, that, along with this being a one-man-band operation, makes building a custom contraption out of the question. At the end of the day, they want what they want so watching the end of the commercial from 5 seconds ago while expecting to see the interviewer is unfortunately exactly what I have to give them. I’ll bet you a dollar they try it a few times than go back to staring at the lens like everyone else does … after putting a match to a couple thousand, of course.

Anyway, thanks for the great ideas … they’ll come in handy when I’ve got a better situation to work with.