[Justin Freeman]

Thank you Vince and Jeff for your timely suggestions.

I tried selecting Maximum Quality Render to no avail. It looked the same. I also tried increasing the bit rate to 50Mbps before I ever posted to the forum. That didn’t help.

However, after explaining my efforts to a local colleague, he suggested the solution. Apparently we should have been applying Occam’s razor; the simplest explanation is more likely the correct one.

I simply nested the HD sequence in the SD sequence and scaled it down. Viola! Talk about a simple workflow. And it looks great. It’s still not quite as good as playing out from the HD sequence. But it looks worlds better than what I was getting with all my other efforts.

Thanks again guys,

Justin Freeman
Alaska State Troopers
Visual Information Specialist

Story Rock Media
Owner

[Justin Freeman]

I just finished a film lighting class at Maine Media Workshops. Our instructor was Mo Flam, a gaffer of 30 years, who has lit films like “I Am Legend” and “All the Kings Men”. He talked about correcting the color of various lights.

Todd is right about using the 2900K bulbs. They match tungsten. To correct the 3200K bulbs for tungsten, you need to use 1/4 CTO gel, which is #3409 Roscosun 1/4 CTO (color temperature orange). If you use a color temperature meter, you will see that tungsten is actually a bit warmer then 3200K.

Justin Freeman
Alaska State Troopers
Visual Information Specialist

Story Rock Media
Owner

[Justin Freeman]

I produce DUI and Click IT or Ticket ads in Alaska. We were recently informed we need to include Closed Captioning in our ads (not captions). What is the best way to include Closed Captioning? I edit with Premiere Pro 2 and have Encore and After Effects as well. The folks at one of the local affiliates told me it is included during editing and is interlaced into the video. Our TVs decode it.

Thanks…Justin