Kris A. wotipka
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I think Don summed up the answer pretty well. If it is done through FCP, then it for all practical purposes is a video project. Just because it is made of up stills and there is no moving video it is still a “video” timeline. Compressing it to something like h.264 or any other motion compression codec will make it a bit smaller because of all the redundant frames but it is still video. Also, since it is being directly played out of the computer, 30, 25, 24, 15 fps shouldn’t technically matter. However if you are going to a NTSC DVD, you will need to make sure that your pullup from 23.97 to 29.97 looks good.
kw
kris@wotipka.com
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Although I know quite a few people who “playout” via FCP, I think it is too much overhead for a live production situation. You didn’t mention what your timeline format is. If you did this as say a DV project, then the timeline is 780×486. No need to upscale the video when QT is going to do it for you. If you have a ProRes or other resolution greater then 1024×768 then you should downscale it to at least that. Deinterlace the video because the playout via VGA will be progressive. On that random note, don’t forget the DVI to VGA adapter for your MB/MBP. SO, to answer your questions (and others, please feel free to weigh in on this):
1) Just export “Quicktime>Current Setings” (Why downgrade if you don’t have to)
2) I understand that there was some issues with the deinterlace being broken (any other comments?)
3) If you shot 4:3, then it should be fine since 1024×768 is 4:3 aspect ratio.
4) Again if your project resolution is greater then 1024×768 yes, if not, no.
5) ALWAYS have a least common denominator backup. IF all else fails then you have something that you know will work. Also, test, test, test!
let us know how it works out.
kw
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George,
Just a thought but have you thought about teaming up with Joe over at Pelican across the lake. He has a 900 that makes some beautiful images. Maybe the two of you can trade off some work.
kris@wotipka.com
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Ross Ching does a lot of great motion time lapse using stills. You can check them out here:
He also has some behind the scenes footage of how he does it.
I have been playing with a Cannon i720 Powershot with the CHDK firmware. You can see some low quality results here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wotipka/2582500660/
kris@wotipka.com
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Really really reaching here. I understand that there are some CCTV megapixel cameras out there. They use a 1″ C-mount. The data can be saved via FTP or on a memory card. It can also be remotely monitored. I cannot vouch for the quality. Worse case, maybe you can remote something like a Nikon D series via a computer that will FTP you the files. Just a thought.
kris@wotipka.com
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OK, so I am going to reach here. I am going to assume a couple of things:
1) You are using the same firewire chain for the drives and the camera or
2) You are using a MPB or some other card where say the 800 port and the 400 port are on the same bus.
Although I have never had this particular problem, I understand that a camera and a hard drive do not like to share the same bus. Now for personal use I have a M410 audio interface and my camera looped together and have never had any capture problems. My drives are on a dual channel Slot34 eSATA card.
Hope this helps.
kw
kris@wotipka.com
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Well, first thing, contact the Hotel/Venue A/V dept and find out EXACTLY what they will have. Now most projectors are native 1024×768 which is a 4:3 format. Depending on what your timeline format is, it might be better to just playback the video via quicktime. Also, don’t let your audio suffer. Make sure that the A/V dept has the proper interface hardware so your project sounds as good as it looks.
kw
kris@wotipka.com
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If you need free and have access to a windows machine, save it out as a best quality .avi file. Download Windows Media Encoder or if you are in a bind, use Windows Movie maker. Play with it until you find what works for you.
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I would recommend looking into the eSATA ExpressCards. eSATA is amazingly fast and you can get off the shelf drives with multiple interfaces. I am using some iOmega relabeled drives that have USB2.0, FW400/800 and 3.0G eSATA. I use one for source and one for scratch so I am not always pounding on the same drive or my system drive for my MBP.
kw
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If you want to export one or the other separately, then just select audio or video when you export the footage.
kris@wotipka.com
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