John Young
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You question isn’t clear. What do you mean by “a particular part of the video”?
I am assuming you are talking about a poster frame, a single frame that represents a preview of the video before it is played. If that is so, then no, there is no way to set the poster frame other than the three options YouTube gives you. Vimeo gives you the option of using any frame of the video as the poster frame, or you can upload a separate image file for that purpose.John
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Depending on the value you place on that file… Treasured has saved me on two occasions, but it isn’t too cheap, $50 per file, I think.
By the way, I think I have determined that the cause is starting & stopping recording too fast. At least that is my suspicion. It is the only time I have ever had that error happen.
John
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Dave and Tom, Thank you.
You are probably right on the color correction. I do really like the Color Finesse interface and toolset. There are a few shots (the interviews with the window in the background, I pulled some saturation out of the green leaves out the window because they were disctracting) that do have Color Finesse’s secondary correction tools. And I did have to do some matting and tracking on a few faces and to tame down some overexposure coming through windows.
Those are the reasons I went to AE for those tools.
Thanks for the feedback.
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How about working the whole clip eight different ways (one for each section) then using opacity to blend all 8 into one seamless clip.
What you are wanting to do is totally doable. I think it is just a matter of controlling the transition from one graded section to the next.
John
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No. The 5DMIII does not have clean output through HDMI (and HDMI is the only output that camera has). Sorry, but you are not going to be able to do what you are wanting to do.
John
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Steve might be right. It does have the feel of a troublesome job.
I would make sure you and the client are both on the same page about what is expected and how you are going to achieve it (including how much it will cost to achieve that).
Wes Anderson’s style is heavy heavy heavy on Art Direction and Production Design. The Windmill emblem on the actor’s shirt matches the Windmill pattern of the wallpaper behind him which matches the Windmill knick-knacks sitting in front of him, which match the actual Windmill you can see out the window.
I don’t think the Wes Anderson style is something that can be done very cheaply. The camera moves are smooth and deliberate and everything in front of the camera is deliberate and very intricate.
It is a very distinct style, so also be sure that you are doing it for the right reasons.Now that we have thoroughly thrown cold water on any exitement you might have had for the project, I will say this. It is a FUN style, so play around with and make it FUN. And please share the results.
John
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[Bob Cole] “Is this a solution in search of a problem or a real issue?”
I have never had an issue with this, although I can imagine situation where it could be a problem. If it is any clue, Zacuto has one of these, called the Pincher. https://store.zacuto.com/pincher.html . When I first saw the Pincher (at a whopping $130) I thought it was a luaghable price for what I thought was a small problem. Small HD’s $49 price tag at least seems much more appropriate.
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Also, you describe your image as “muddy/not clear”. Could also be a result of your image having a lot of bright highlights and a lot of dark shadows and not much in between. You could try shooting in more even light and then evaluating your image.
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What exactly are you trying to achieve? What do you mean by “sharp, critical focus”?
My hunch is that you are trying to achieve the shallow depth of field that so many people want out of DSLRs. Do some research on f-stop and how it relates to depth of field. You are not going to achieve a shallow depth of field with your f-stop at 16 or even f-8.
John