Jonathan Ziegler
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Normally, I’d recommend a dslr because I am so In love with them, but I think for on-the-fly shooting, you’re better off with a higher end consumer camcorder or a lower end pro camcorder. I like the canon vixia series and the hmc150 by panasonic for both of those – they won’t break the bank and they still give you good quality.
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I always forget about this site: https://prologue.com/ – they show you how they did it all. Stephen thanks for the reminder. 🙂
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I think the straight-ahead look makes it look a little flat. Think of movies like I Robot which used the look extensively with a moving holographic display that moved with the camera. Try putting some small tracking points on screen with a slow camera move.
Check out: https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/887617#887691
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Do you mean you are literally flying with the camera (ie: taking on a plane, blimp, balloon, etc.) or did you simply mean you were using a DSLR (flying as a metaphor)?
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Do you have a specific one in mind? Generally speaking, you will be customizing final output to suit the board and whomever you are doing the job for or with should have those specs.
For example, I did a search for “led billboard specs” and this is the second link:
https://www.oosdigital.com/digital-led-static-billboard-specifications.html
I think any footage can be used – a higher quality original will always give you a better final output. If you’re comfortable using DSLR video and can reliably make good footage on that technology, you will make a good final output, but no one specific technology is going to automatically make your output on an LED billboard better. Only YOU can do that and the secret is in the same principles of making a good video on any media. 🙂
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Hi there, I have an older MacBook Pro (dual 2.33 with 3GB on 10.5.8) running FCS2 (FCP6) with 2-3 FW800 drives. I transcode my DSLR footage to ProRes422 or 422 HQ (I don’t care for LT) and I have issues with long render times (older machine, sigh), but no issues with scrubbing the timeline once renders are done. Could be an RT issue?
Also, check your Activity Monitor. Where’s your biggest memory/CPU hog? There are tons of tricks for freeing up memory. Maybe you need an RT box?
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Hey there, just in case you mistyped (the whole G5/Intel thing) – FCP 6 works with Intel Macs. I run it on an older Intel Mac here as well as on a G4. Basically running FCS2. If you are planning on getting a new MacBook Pro, consider getting FCS3 instead.
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No, a thunderbolt is a dictionary term for one. Also, the two terms are separate – one refers to a new technology for transferring data and the other refers to a cell phone product name. You’ll also notice both say “TM” in reference to a trademark, BUT neither has the telltale circled “R” which refers to a registered trademark (anyone can put a TM for a company trademark, but only a trademark registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office can use the circled “R”) – odds are they are both pending formal federal registration since both should be well aware of intellectual property laws effecting their respective businesses. If you’ve ever gone to nissan.com to find a car, you find an interesting and long-standing trademark infringement case and a computer company called Nissan Computer Corp.
Since cell phones are here today and gone tomorrow, it’s not likely to be an issue, but Intel and HTC can fight it out if they want to. Also, “Firewire” and “iLink” (Apple and Sony, respectively) both refer to the same 1394 technology as I’m sure Thunderbolt refers to a technology that someone else will give their own name for the same thing likely designed to compete with the faltering USB 3.0 which doesn’t seem to have taken off like it was supposed to and eSATA. Since there are hardly any peripherals for it yet and it has only been recently announced, I’m pretty sure people won’t be going around asking for a cell phone when they mean Intel’s new connector or vice versa.
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Ok, it’s been stated many times already, but I’ll jump on the bandwagon. If FCS3 will do what you want right now with the hardware you have or plan to have, then go for it. You can always get the upgrade price for anything new unless you’re getting an educational version (it’s not worth it in the long run, just get the regular version).
With the release of the FCP, there could be new hardware requirements (for example, Thunderbolt was just announced, though I’m pretty sure new versions will still support Firewire). What about 3D? What about the increasing number of HD formats?
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Basically you want to avoid whip pans, jarring camera movements, and I don’t personally care for handheld with dslrs. Now, if you follow the old advice from the days of film, you can move the camera, but keep motions fluid and natural and avoid vertical lines and objects, small, tight patterns, etc. Visit https://www.nofilmschool.com in the dslr section for tons of great info. Using a longer shutter will work to help smooth out rough edges, but good camera work in general will help you out a lot.
Jonathan Ziegler
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