Mark Maness
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What are you saving these files as?
PICT, PSD, Quicktime (what codec?)…
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Wayne Carey
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There’s your problem…. Get them to send you the 30 fps program and you’ll be fine until you have to convert to 24p.
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Let me ask you this, Tristan.
Are you really dead set on using Toast? I’m sure that is what you are used to using BUT DVDSP is so much more powerful in its DVD creation.
And to answer your original question about outputting your timeline to DVD… Yes, you can output directly from your timeline into Compressor to create your MPEG2 files, AIFF and AC3 files for use in ANY DVD program. If you set chapter markers in FCP, they will go right along into the MPEG2 file so that you can create DVD chapters in whatever program you choose.
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He’s got a real and valid point!
But as defense to use Mac users, IT guys can isolate the Macs since there is no real reason to have edit stations talking to PCs anyway. My company did this for us. Its very possible and viable. It keeps me running at full capacity and keeps my IT guy at peace with the threat of virus attack on the Mac. As for the subject of email, IT guys can setup webmail accounts within their own email servers so that Macs can access company email with the threat of virus attacks. Besides, have you looked into Microsoft Outlook on the Mac…. it doesn’t exsist anymore and IT guys hate trying to make another program work with their email system that are already seriously over complicated.
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BetaSP and SD video don’t really do anamorphic programming very well. Digital formats such as DigiBeta do, but, that is because in the digital signal sent to tape, there is a flag telling the machine or broadcast facility that this footage is anamorphic. Now, keep in mind, the broadcast facility has to be able to accept anamorphic footage for this to work. Most don’t.
So….. To eleviate your issue, it is best to edit in letterbox. What I mean is, all of you footage is captured anamorphic (anamorphic flagged checked in your bins) and then you timeline is a standard timeline without anamorphic checked in the sequence properties. This will give you a timeline that has letterboxed footage in it so that you have the correct aspect ratio for SD TV.
Or, here’s another route that you can take. You can capture all of your footage anamorphic, edit anamorphic with anamorphic graphics, and then drop your completed program into a standard timeline that is not anamorphic so that you can Print to Video on your BetaSP in letterbox.
Both work fine. Its just up to whatever workflow is best for you.
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[scalvidgal] “I recently had a chance to spend a day w/a videographer who’s work I greatly admire. He shoots SD widescreen w/the Z1U’s in cineframe30 mode for a unique look. He edits w/Premiere on his laptop. I was astonished when watching this, because when he applied slow motion to a clip (about 40%) it looked amazing. When I tried the same thing in FCP, it looked like crap… very jittery. Why is this? Is there a different codec I should be using that will interpelate between the frames better? I am just editing in the “easy setup NTSC DV anamorphic” setting.”
Good story…
My company has shot many hunting shows with the Z1U for the past year. We shoot in HDV Cineframe 30 and edit DVCProHD. The program airs in SD on the Outdoor Channel. As a matter of fact, the Golden Moose Award that we recently won was for a goose show shot outside of Katy, Texas using the Sony Z1U cameras entirely. The Cineframe 30 setting is wonderful but I will say that the image is lessened by the fact that the resolution is cut nearly in half. But this doesn’t seem to affect us that much since we are downconverting our HD signal to SD for broadcast. We are looking at replacing our Z1U cameras with the V1U so that we can shoot true 30p footage without the lose of resolution. Other than that, the Z1U footage is absolutely stunning.
As for your issue with slo-mo, FCP has never been able to produce a nice slo-mo with progressive frame footage. From what I have recently understood, the only decent method of slo-mo for FCP is to use Shake, of which, I still haven’t perfected the art of the slo-mo but I know it can be done. My suggestion to you is, do you have AfterEffects or Shake? I do know that AfterEffects can do a beautiful slo-mo but it is an extra step that you have to do when editing.
Oh well, hopefully the next version of FCP will have improved slo-mo capabilities.
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[Alfred Guzzetti] “So is HDMI a better way to bring clips into the computer than analogue component? And how does DVC100 do with fades? Do you see quantization banding in areas of mid-tone such as cloudy skies?”
Not that I have ever seen!
DVCProHD is the codec of choice on this forum when it comes to edit HDV. HDV is such a pain in FCP.
BUT, if you are making documentries and experimental films that don’t require alot of effects or graphics, editing HDV may be the thing for you. I do suggest that you purchase some type of capture card that will let you see the proper output of your timelines, firewire will not do this for you in HDV.
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Well….
Just let you know…. I had some down time to play and update.
Boy… that is a rare thing for me these days. But, its nice!
I upgraded everything in Apple Software Update three days ago. So far, so good! No issues that I have seen yet.
And YES, I did clone my drive to another before trying this update! Always a must!
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Always a good idea that you know that you have tried all you can before taking it to Apple Care.
It does sound like a memory thing, but sometimes even the Apple Hardware Test won’t catch memry errors.
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[Alfred Guzzetti] “When bringing HDV clips into FCP, would it be better to get a video card (Decklink makes one) that can accept an HDMI input? My Sony HVR-M25U has HDMI output. Would this produce a better result than bringing the clips in as analog component video?”
You could do this… But let me ask you this. Are you planning on doing more work like this? Or are you planning being and HDV shop only? This matters as to the answer. If you want to ban HDV only shop – then the HDMI card may be alright for you, but, if you really want to be a competitive post production house, you really need a capture card that is capablable converting anything.
[Alfred Guzzetti] “How do I get the edited program out of the computer? Can Compressor create a high-definition mpeg2 file that can be used in burning a Blu-ray or HD DVD disk, once the burners become available? Also, can Compressor (or some other application) turn the DVC100 files into an HDV file that can be output via firewire and recorded using the HVR-M25U?”
Easy… just drop your DVCProHD timeline into an HDV timeline. Change your Easy Setup to HDV 1080i60 and render. You can then output your program to HDV.
[Alfred Guzzetti] “3. Using DVC100, can I work with 10 or 12-bit files? I’d love to reduce the quantization artifacts that spoil many fades in SD DV.”
What is your final output headed for? Broadcast or DVD? This matters alot, too. If its broadcast, how do you know where the artifacts are? It could be the broadcast facility or the satellite facility. Besides, you’ll loose enough signal that it won’t be very noticeable at all. Yeah, we all want the best but sometimes its best to think in terms of reality (what really airs). DVCProHD is a very clean codec. Yeah, its compressed but it handles most everything beautifully.
Oh, by the way… HDV is much better than DV. Worlds better in terms of quality!
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Wayne Carey
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