John Young
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AE and PP are both CS3.
Thanks.
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If your question is does the 5D have shallower depth of field than the 7D, the answer is absolutely yes it does. As Anthony mentioned, sometime too shallow a depth of field. But I think it is safe to say that most people love it.
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(clyde villegas)When using the 5D for video, I’ve read somewhere that the full 35mm surface of the camera’s sensor is not really utilized but just a portion of it.(clyde villegas)
I think we need to get our terminology straight. The “frame size” is the same for the 7D and 5D. Both record a frame up to 1920 pixels wide x 1080 pixels tall.
I’m not sure what you mean by “utilized”.
Both cameras’ sensors have many more megapixels than needed for a 1920×1080 video image. Both cameras have a compression process that skips lines to get those 18 some odd megapixels down to a 1920 pixels x1080 pixels video image.
The difference is the 5D has a bigger sensor, so it is able to get shallower depth of field and better low light capabilities on that sensor that is them compressed down to 1920×1080.
(After all that talk on correct terminology, I am pretty sure that “compressed” is not the correct terminology, but I can’t think of the right term. downsampled? I am usually one to just search for answers on the forum or just soak up information. Posting answers is fun, though, hope I got the info right.)
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Just read through this whole thread.
I understand that most of you on this forum are long time industry veterans and often work in high-end production situations, but let me put a different spin on this, using my perspective.
As technology becomes cheaper/more accessible, yes, the rich kids right out of college may have access to a high quality cameras, high quality editing software, and high quality distribution methods (1080p on the internet). But that also means that high quality video communication is now a viable option for many many more clients……
I was hired 2 years ago to do video/multimedia production for a small company that manufactures construction chemicals. My company has 70 or so employees and I am part of a 5 person marketing team. I think that 5-10 years ago there were very few companies that size that would have a full-time videographer on salary. Now, I think we will see more and more companies doing this, with the drop in price of technology and the rise of social and interactive/viral marketing.
I think my company is ahead of the curve. And (hopefully, due in no small part to my skills) they now know that video is an extremely powerful means of communication, and even a small company like them can harness that.
Yes, the industry is changing. The way I see it, the industry will be different, probably more spread out, but I only see it growing and expanding in the future.
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A couple things to think about is how you use your system now and how you want to use it in the future.
An iMac is a great machine for certain tasks, but it is limited. If in the future your needs change, it is very hard to add/modify. If it is possible in your budget, a jump to Mac Pro might save some headaches in the future.I have older iMac 5 running Final Cut Studio. It works, and I can edit on it, but it is not ideal. Now, I need to go bigger and faster and since I can’t do an upgrade of the components in the iMac I am going to go Mac Pro.
Also, I don’t see the computing needs of our industry going down anytime soon. As technology progresses it is going to put more demand for speed and storage. Might be worth thinking about that now instead of a year and a half from now.
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Yeah. All of our footage is progressive as well. So it sounds like CS5 has a better way of dealing with it now.
Thanks for the help.
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Sorry. Don’t think I was too clear in my original question. In PP CS3, you are able to put keyframes in between keyframes. Like this:
Between video frame 7;10 and 7;12 (2 video frames) there are 5 keyframes.
by Tim Kolb on Dec 10, 2010 at 11:33:10 am – “There is a reason why they call them “keyframes”… Video editing systems process video a frame at a time, so even though there isn’t anything preventing you from putting more than one keyframe within the temporally defined video frame, the software can only create one frame in that spot.”
That is what I am saying. There is nothing to prevent me from putting more than one keyframe within a video frame, whether I want to or not.
I find myself pretty frustrated when I try and adjust the parameter of one keyframe and then realize that instead I added a completely new keyframe that is within that same video frame.
In CS5 is there anything to prevent me from doing this?
Thanks.
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I also find that in certain situations shooting in 1080 for a 720 project provides a lot of flexibility.
For example, I am a one-man video production department for a manufacturing company and most the videos we produce here at my company are made specifically for the web. So sometimes 720 is high enough quality for the final output. I really like stable shots and sometimes even a stable handheld shot is too much movement for my liking. But because we are limited on budget and therefore equipment, I will often shoot in 1080 to allow for image stabilization before scaling down to 720. Like when I need to shoot low to the ground, and we can’t afford a hi hat, or when shooting very fast and I don’t have time to mess with tripod, and have to go handheld. That way when I do image stabilization in After Effect on the 1080 image, I don’t have to scale the image up and lose resolution. -
Yes. Once the text is in the timeline. You will find the same MOTION controls in the Effect Controls panel that you would a graphic or really any element.
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You might have to be more specific with “pieces were missing” and “video was messed up”, before we can help too much.