[Judy Singh]

selecting the clip and using alt+L turns stereo on and off

(you can tell its on by the little arrow like markers at the beginninf of the clip)

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[Judy Singh]

yes, playing back on my monitor.

but it’s not consistent. that’s what boggles me. my video is always the same DV format, but the way it behaves changes from project to project. sometimes my graphics and text are really horrible and changing the dominance works and sometimes it’s not so bad.

another problem i have is with slow motion and i’ve been trying to nest my clips and slow mo from there (as suggested in a previous post) but again. that’s worked with some clips and not others.

i can’t troubleshoot inconsistancy!

now i’ve switched back to lower dominance for improved slow mo and right now it’s working for my text so i’m going with it.

i was just wondering how no field dominance would affect my video and so far i’ve deduced that it will NOT work with slow motion.

i really just don’t think there’s any logic to my machine!

j

experience is tough teacher
she gives the test first
and the lesson afterwards

[Judy Singh]

hi,

yes i’m using a monitor, it’s just a TV right now but a monitor nonetheless.

text and imported pictures often look like crap even though i’ve set my sequence render settings to render everything in full resolution (instead of just RT). applying blur and flicker filters helps my pics but the text is hit and miss. i know all about having even numbered position point settings and applying a slight gaussian blur but i definitely get aliased text and funky graphics (especially with motion) when the field dominance is set to lower and it clears up when i set it to none. i’m just wondering if setting it to none could affect the video in the sequence.

( and what’s the deal with the boris text? i don’t find it any better at all, in fact, i find it somewhat worse! is there something i need to know about using the boris CG? )

but i digress…

experience is tough teacher
she gives the test first
and the lesson afterwards

[Judy Singh]

if i’m understanding you correctly…

yes, you should reverse your thinking about stereo – stereo means each channel, left and right, seperated whereas ch1 and ch2 (not in stereo) automatically mixes the audio — but just in the timeline. it’s still in channels regardless of how it was set when you captured it.

i do the same thing all the time and shoot with the main mic on ch1 and the camera mic on ch2.

all you have to do is option + click ch2 to selcet it and delete it. then option click ch1 to selct it, and then option drag it to copy it down to ch2. this way you will have “ch1” on both ch1 and 2. remember to re-link all the channels. at this point stereo or not doesn’t matter because its the same thing on both channels.

alternatively, you could centre pan ch1 and pan down ch2 or delete it all togehter.

hope this helps!

experience is tough teacher
she gives the test first
and the lesson afterwards

[Judy Singh]

try option + X

it clears the in and out markers in both the timeline and in clips in the viewer

experience is tough teacher
she gives the test first
and the lesson afterwards

[Judy Singh]

the fix is nowhere near what i was hoping it would be. the blacks really get crushed. i tried making the opacity of the multiply layer to tone it down a bit but it still looks pretty wonky. guess there really is no substitue for doing it right the first time. thanks so much for your help.
j

[Judy Singh]

Thanks for saving this! I haven’t been able to find any info anywhere on how to deal with this problem.

When it says to isolate the highlights with the chorma key, it means to then use the multiply filter after applying the chroma, right?

I’ll give it a try and let you know how it works.

thanks,
j