Keith Hamilton
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Rajarshi: If you can’t re-capture, then use Media Manager or Batch Export in Final Cut to convert your original footage to ProRes 422 or DVCPRO HD. (From what I’ve read, ProRes 422 is the better choice if it’s available to you. If you have Final Cut Pro 6, you’ve got ProRes 422.)
Here’s a short video about converting your project to ProRes 422 using the Media Manager:
https://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/?movie=prores422——————————
H. Keith Hamilton
Fellowship Bible Church (Day Job)
SkyGate Studios (Freelance)
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Another alternative is to buy Automatic Duck. It’s 500 bucks, but you won’t have to export a Quicktime from FCP since After Effects would import your original footage. If you plan on doing a lot of color correction/compositing with After Effects, I HIGHLY recommend getting it. It’ll be worth it in the long run.
Or, if you can’t afford it, I’d consider re-capturing like Dave suggested. Actually, even if you can afford the Duck, I’d consider re-capturing. I’ve never worked with HDV footage, but from what I’ve read in the forums, your render times will be quite long when you get around to exporting color corrected HDV footage.
Here’s a great article I found on when to capture native and when to capture in another codec.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/when_to_stay_native.html——————————
H. Keith Hamilton
Fellowship Bible Church (Day Job)
SkyGate Studios (Freelance)
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AVI is a container file format like MOV (Quicktime). It’s not a codec. Since your camera records DV encoded video you should capture it as DV. If your capture software has settings for quality, set them to the highest possible.
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H. Keith Hamilton
Fellowship Bible Church (Day Job)
SkyGate Studios (Freelance)
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Hmmm. The only other choices I can think of besides ProRes are DVCPRO HD or uncompressed HD. If you’re scaling down anyway, DVCPRO HD might be the most viable option. Anyone have any other opinions?
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H. Keith Hamilton
Fellowship Bible Church (Day Job)
SkyGate Studios (Freelance)
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I’m currently running AE CS3 and CS3 Web Premium Bundle on my 20″ iMac G5 with 2 Gigs of RAM that I bought in 2005. It’s my home computer that I use for occasional freelance work, and so far, I would say that AE CS3 runs fairly comfortably, depending on the complexity of the project.
I just completed some VFX work for a short film and built a graphics heavy Web site for the film on that machine. I didn’t have anywhere near the performance of my work machine (2 x 2.66 GHz Dual Core Xeon with 8 GB RAM), of course, but the project went rather smoothly. (Go to http://www.masterpiece.com to see the site and the film. Web site, VFX, and Flash encoding were all done on my home iMac.)
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H. Keith Hamilton
Fellowship Bible Church (Day Job)
SkyGate Studios (Freelance)
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Here’s a great article for your situation, especially if you intend to follow Dave’s advice. (Which I agree with.)
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/when_to_stay_native.html
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H. Keith Hamilton
Fellowship Bible Church (Day Job)
SkyGate Studios (Freelance)
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My apologies. Scratch my reply. I missed the part about the quicktime taking just as long as the FLV. Considering the effects you applied, I wouldn’t think it would take that long, but I’m not sure what your issue could be.
Did you try re-starting your machine? Trashing your preferences? Running a maintenance program like Onyx?
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H. Keith Hamilton
Fellowship Bible Church (Day Job)
SkyGate Studios (Freelance)
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The render time does seem too long. I’ve exported a 2 minute project shot with an HVX-200 and color corrected and stabilized in After Effects to FLV, and it took only a few minutes. Granted, I’ve got an 2 x 2.66 Ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeon, but I wouldn’t think a G5 Quad shouldn’t take that long.
Do you have a Flash encoder like Adobe Flash Encoder, Sorenson Squeeze, or Episode Pro? If so, I’d export a Quicktime using the Animation codec first and then make the FLV from the exported file with one of those programs.
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H. Keith Hamilton
Fellowship Bible Church (Day Job)
SkyGate Studios (Freelance)
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“The DV Rebel’s Guide” by Stu Maschwitz describes how to do this “strobing” effect in-camera. If your SteadyCam allows you to adjust shutter speed, an Excel spreadsheet included on the DVD that comes with the book helps you calculate the proper shutter speed depending on your frame rate.
I’ve read this book almost cover to cover and highly recommend it for anyone shooting low-budget films on DV cameras. It’s a great guide for the entire pre- through post-production process. Stu’s blog is here (https://prolost.blogspot.com/) if you want to learn more.
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H. Keith Hamilton
Fellowship Bible Church (Day Job)
SkyGate Studios (Freelance)
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Can you give us an example?
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H. Keith Hamilton
Fellowship Bible Church (Day Job)
SkyGate Studios (Freelance)
kham4002@mac.com