[Kent Beeson]

I meant the orange cloth business in my reply above – but thanks also David.

One time in the past I white balanced under similar conditions under the tungsten and the flesh tones were very orange, horrible…so I needed other pro advice this time…thanks.

Thanks

K
http://www.effectivevideo.net

[Kent Beeson]

Very interesting – would’ve never known to do what you just suggested. Appreciate your reply.

Thanks

K
http://www.effectivevideo.net

[Kent Beeson]

Thanks for the info – I just bought Quick looks actually, should be here in a week, will try that (as secondary).

Thanks

K
http://www.effectivevideo.net

[Kent Beeson]

Thanks for all the good advice – I’ll at least have a look into MB’s LOOK – yes I have COLOR but at first approach have had trouble even properly importing a mov file to play with – I need to learn this thing from maybe Walter B’s DVD, we’ll see.

Thanks

K
http://www.effectivevideo.net

[Kent Beeson]

Thanks for the thoughts – I use FC Studio 3 but have never played with COLOR, at all…guess I’ll have to get some tutorial on it… it’s another $200 to spend, but I am just beginning to color correct so maybe Colorista is better for me.

Thanks

K
http://www.effectivevideo.net

[Kent Beeson]

Very helpful info – thanks much…probably go with the PHYX keyer and I’ll post back after I give it a try.

Nice comparison sheet here:

https://www.phyxware.com/NI_Keyer_comparison.html

Thanks

K
http://www.effectivevideo.net

[Kent Beeson]

That is interesting, and I do notice that XDcam capture is about 1/4 of drive space needed than Pro Res…but seems like Pro Res is way to go if have the drive space since, from what everyone is saying, we get cleaner GFX and renders…

Also, I’m probably going to log and transfer straight from FCP 7 rather then XDcam Transfer, though I have both. Hopefully FCP L&T works just as good or better. In fact why use XDcam Xfer if one has FCP 7?

Thanks

K
http://www.effectivevideo.net

[Kent Beeson]

Thanks for advice everyone – simple: use Pro Res.

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K
http://www.effectivevideo.net

[Kent Beeson]

Since Pro Res is 4:2:2 does that mean the 4:2:0 picture from EX1R is up resed and better quality? If so why would any one edit in XDcam?

Thanks

K
http://www.effectivevideo.net

[Kent Beeson]

Thanks for advice….RE: camera, I would’ve thought that I’d shoot the highest quality possible (1920x1080p HQ) and edit in highest quality then out put from FCP 7 Apple Pro res timeline into what ever we need, in this case for a SD DVD, but we’d have the high detail in the can for future use.

So Pro Res must be about 4 times the file size over XDcam, yes? Even though it’s 4:2:0 not 4:2:2 will pro res still be better quality than XDcam?

Thanks

K
http://www.effectivevideo.net