[Lexerton]

I use the broadcast safe filter (Video filters – Color Correction)

You can set it to whatever you want but the presets are helpful. Put if after any color correction and you shouldn’t go over. Beware any kind of clamping, though, as it can do funny stuff to your pictures.

(I have OnLined 10 shows for Discovery using this in the last few months and not one has failed QC)

Alex

[Lexerton]

Hi Chris

Ah, if you’re mixing footage then things are different.

See if your system can handle editing DV in 10bit timeline without having to render (mine can as long as there are no heavy effects) then you can capture DV over firewire, mix it with your Digibeta at 10bit and before you output back to Digibeta just render all the DV footage.

If you have more Digibeta than DV then this may work for you.

If you like to digitize the Digibeta as DV and then conform the Digibeta at the end, then DV over firewire is for you, too.

I did some subjective tests with DVCam (DVCam captured 10bit over SDI, DVCam played out over SDI from card, and DVCam software uprezzed by rendering in a 10bit timeline) and found that the SDI captured footage and the Software uprezzed were indistinguishable.)

This was great news for me because it meant no conforming for the OnLine, I simply drop my final sequence in a 10bit timeline, do correction and graphics in 10bit, render (20mins for 23min show) and output to Digibeta. Bingo.

Hope this helps.

Alex

[Lexerton]

We’ve had a go in 8bit and everything is working well (realtime 3-way, quicker renders, less space needed etc) so that wil be the way for us.

thanks for the replies.

Alex

[Lexerton]

Can I ask why you’re capturing component analogue of DVCam?

I’m sure there’s a good reason but I’d have thought that going firewire would be by far the easiest method.

I work like this and have no probs. If you need 10 bit for keying then try putting a Nattress chroma smoother on your footage and do a software uprez. I’ve had great results like this. And you get the convenience of Firewire transfer.

Otherwise – check your referencing.

Alex

[Lexerton]

thanks, Eric

We’re just getting red bar at the moment – will probably have to go 8Bit.
We’re doing our first online and trying to gat a handle on what it’s capable of…

Alex

[Lexerton]

OK Will do

….but you might have to wait week or so. Sorry – a bit busy at the moment.

Lex

[Lexerton]

I work at a facility that has a

[Lexerton]

Just a suggestion –

map the ‘/’ key as add edit (no modifier)

it works well – try playing a long clip in the timeline, dropping edits as it plays by hitting the / key and when you stop playback hey presto a load of edits appear (good for cutting music)

Lex

[Lexerton]

Thanks for the replies, guys.

As always, Bob, your unique manner coupled with your indisputable knowledge is a tonic.

Although I think a bit of snow storming is forgivable (come on, we all do it from time to time.)

We had a demo of the scope from the installers (who certainly sounded like engineers) and is a lovely bit of rack candy.

I’ve seen it on the o/p of a deck and will certainly try the o/p of my dl extreme versus the o/p of the kona LH they have here just to see the difference and hopefully learn something about all this.

I have to online 13 shows in the next month and want to use the tektronix over the ‘cheap’ EV component analogue scope but at such a critical point I’d rather not be swapping video cards in my machine.

Looking forward to having a proper geek out with the facilities manager (who, by the way has finally bowed to the demand of FCP for HD online)

Thanks again for your time.

Lex

[Lexerton]

you need to grab the sequence icon from the browser and drop it onto the assemble overlay that hovers up on the ett window.

might be worth consulting the manual ’cause just pressing the button doesn’t work (this problem comes up often on all forums).

try the cow fcp forum – the issue is software not the kona

lex