Matt Larson
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If you have version 6.5 Pro you have the color finesse plugin which will do waht you want.
Also, in the adjust filters, you can use Curves and Levels like Photoshop
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Try this:
Logging Clips in Excel (taken from: https://www.ryerson.ca/rta/handbook/vpp_guides/FCP_offline.htm)
The ideal way to log clips is to create your batch capture list at home and then import the file into FCP. This saves you a lot of time in the suite.
You can create your batch capture lists at home in a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel and then import it into FCP. You can log clips while in the suite but it is ideal to do this at home. To create your batch capture list at home you must have the exact same column headings in your spreadsheet as you have selected in your Browser Window. This isn
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And for Final Cut Pro, make sure your alpha channel is set to Straight (Unmatted) otherwise you’ll have a nasty outline around the keyed person
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Hook up a waveform to the output of your camera while your lighting–you’ll be surprised to see hwat looks evenly lit to the eye isn’t. If you don’t have a WFM, you can use the zebra stripes in your viewfinder if you’re out on location. I always like my screen lit between 60-70% for Keylight. Then light the foreground once your iris is set for the screen
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It’s not online, but it sounds like you need Richard Harrington’s Photoshop for Video Editors book: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1578202094/103-7711638-2503036?v=glance
I bought that when I got Photoshop and it was a huge help. Set up very well around things you actually need to do as an editor, good DVD included too.
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Any chance it’s bad media? Can you export a reference movie and then export it in Compressor or Quicktime? Maybe there’s a filter or transition that’s crashing it out? Does it happen to other long sequences or just this one?
That’s what I would check atleast-
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THere are better pople on this list to answer this than me, but I’ll take a stab: Animation codec isn’t really a capture codec. It’s older and it’s made more for computer animation than video with fields.
FCP has ben developed to work with 8 and 10 bit Uncompressed in real time. Also, I think Animation is limited to 8-bit, so you can get a lot more color info into a 10 bit image. So Uncompressed is better suited for capturing video, and Animation is great for interim renders or any animations that don’t have fields.
All of this is irellevant if you’re shooting DV though, because all 3 are MUCH less compressed than DV.
Anyone else?
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If I were doing this, I would change my codec choice for the sequence to Animation, Best (Right click the sequence then go to sequence settings) Animation is lossless and is much smaller than 8 or 10 bit. Everything you render then will be animation instead of DV (which is horrible for graphics/images).
Now, depending on your computer, you may not be able to play back full screen animation from your timeline (even though you’ve rendered it). If that’s the case, you may want to WORK in DV resolution, and then once you have your sequence exactly how you want it, you;ll want to switch to Animation BEFORE YOU EXPORT to Compressor. You’ll have to rerender everything, but you’ll have all the benefits of animation codec on your DVD.
As far as everyday editing, you could use the same workflow as the above paragraph for working with video. Remember though: DV in DV out. Rendering to another codec won;t make your DV VIDEO any better, it just won’t recompress it and make it worse. Your graphics will look much sharper though if you don’t render them to the dv codec.
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I have the ADVC-110 at home and it works well for DV stuff. As long as your system is set up correctly, there will be no sync drift through the box (it’s one of the only converters at this price range to offer locked audio I think).
If you’re looking for more horse power in a converter, it’ll cost you more but there are definitely options: look at the ads next to this page….all converters practically!
Check out Aja, Promax, Blackmagic, etc, they all make HD solutions