[Khashyar Darvich]

Thank you very much, Bryson.

Yes, of course work and clients come first 🙂

Also, I wanted to compliment you on the great job you did on the Youtube CatDV talk that you gave.

Khashyar

Producer-Director
Wakan Films
Hollywood, CA
http://www.wakan.com

[Khashyar Darvich]

Hi Everyone,

I think that I found the answer in a March 2011 thread in this forum:

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/278/926

“You normally need a license for each machine that’s running CatDV, whether actively logging or just searching the database. However, if one person has two machines they’re the main user of (for example, one laptop and one desktop, or one at work and one at home) and they only use CatDV on one or the other at a time then you’re allowed to share a license between the two machines.

The upgrade from CatDV Pro standalone to the Workgroup Server is very seamless. It’s the same desktop application, the only difference is whether you save catalogs to a local file or publish them to the server so they’re available to everyone.

(The only slight inconvenience with buying one then upgrading a short time later is you might end up with separate license codes to manage, eg. a single user and a 4-user license. If you think you’re quite likely to go for a server but aren’t 100% sure you want to commit to that until you’ve tried it, just drop us a line requesting a fully functional temporary evaluation code while you try it out.)”

Producer-Director
Wakan Films
Hollywood, CA
http://www.wakan.com

[Khashyar Darvich]

Thank you, Bryson.

Yes, hopefully neither dies for a long while 🙂

That’s exactly the case with my G5 Quad… I thought it would be perfect to use for logging, since I have a MacBook Pro for editing.

Do you think that with this configuration, that performance will be so slow as to not be practical?

Or, do you think that the specs of a Mac G5 Quad is fast enough for normal logging with CatDV?

Also, do you happen to know the answer to my other Catdv question in this forum regarding whether you can install Catdv on a laptop and desktop owned by the same licensee?

Thank you again.

Khashyar

Producer-Director
Wakan Films
Hollywood, CA
http://www.wakan.com

[Khashyar Darvich]

Thank you Nick and Jason, for your suggestions and ideas.

I will look into catdv.

Producer-Director
Wakan Films
Hollywood, CA
http://www.wakan.com

[Khashyar Darvich]

I received an email from a Creative Cow member, who recommended an After Effects script to recreate the 3 missing frames:

https://aescripts.com/pt_framerestorer/

I appreciate his email and suggestion.

Producer-Director
Wakan Films
Hollywood, CA
http://www.wakan.com

[Khashyar Darvich]

Excellent suggestion, Joseph…

Unfortunately, the three identical freeze frames occur in the middle of a pan, but your suggestion is a good one to using motion tracking to each of the 3 freeze frames, and then add an additional fill layer using a second existing frame.

I appreciate your thoughts.

Producer-Director
Wakan Films
Hollywood, CA
http://www.wakan.com

[Khashyar Darvich]

Hi Joseph…

Regarding your idea of putting “a motion map on the freeze frames to try to follow the pan”…

Since the freeze frames are also full size (1920×1080), if you moved the positions of the freeze frames via motion mapping, what would you do with the resulting black areas that will appear in the area outside of the moved frames? You can’t really zoom in on the frames and still match the before and after non-freeze-frames.

Or perhaps I am not understanding what you are suggesting.

I appreciate your ideas and suggestions.

Khashyar

Producer-Director
Wakan Films
Hollywood, CA
http://www.wakan.com

[Khashyar Darvich]

I appreciate your feedback, Mark.

I am not sure what caused the issue in the 7D footage. Although I have read that some other Canon 7D and 5D users have occasionally experienced the same issue.

It may have been caused by using some auto settings (instead of purely manual settings) in the camera, or… it may have been caused by using a shutter speed of 125 (instead of 60).

Thanks for the suggestion about Twixtor… Can you do a 3 frame SloMo shot with Twixtor using only two source frames?

Creating 3 frames in Photoshop would be time consuming, but worth the effort if nothing else works.

I have read that After Effects can do it, but I am trying to stay away from AE for this.

What do you mean by a “DVE” move? I’m sorry, I don’t know what “DVE” means.

Thank you again for your input and suggestions.

I feel more hopeful now than when we first saw the clips and I felt disappointed.

Producer-Director
Wakan Films
Hollywood, CA
http://www.wakan.com

[Khashyar Darvich]

Yes, that’s right Joseph…

Thank you for your feedback.

It’s a little disappointing to have the issue on otherwise stunning pans that were filmed with a crane 🙂

But, I do feel that the pans can be saved with the right technique to replace those 3 frozen frames.

Would you suggest a morphing plugin or program that works with FCP (as opposed to Motion).

Thanks again.

Producer-Director
Wakan Films
Hollywood, CA
http://www.wakan.com

[Khashyar Darvich]

Thanks for your response, Brett.

I converted the 7D video file to prores 422, then imported it in Final Cut Pro, and the 3 freeze frames in the pan were still there.

I have read in different forums that it has been an issue for other users.

And, it’s interesting that I had 3 freeze frames in the video clip, and the 5D user in the link above also had exactly 3 freeze frames.

From what I am reading, suggested reasons for the issue might be:

1) If you use any auto settings at all on the camera (you reportedly should use all manual settings)

and 2) if your shutter speed is anything but double your frame rate (i.e., for 30 fps, use a shutter speed of 60).

I think that at times, there were some auto settings used, and the shutter speed used when the camera was on a crane was sometimes 125th of a second.

Is there anyone who can confirm that they have experienced any issues when using auto settings on the 7D?

Thanks again for your thoughts.

Producer-Director
Wakan Films
Hollywood, CA
http://www.wakan.com