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Two plugins that can be helpful are the Lyric Shadow highlight which both brings down blown highlights and also can stretch black detail.
https://www.lyric.com/fcp-plugins/index.htm#shadowThe other problem is that blown out shots can have a horrible effect on skin tones. There is a plugin which I know about but haven’t tried call “Captain’s Blowout Fixer”
https://pistolerapost.com/pluginz/index.html
Scroll down to the second last plugin. There is a tutorial on how to apply it. -
Do you have reference video feeding both the Digi and the Kona?
I have only once had issues with FCP and RS422 control of a digi beta deck and that was a Decklink driver and an update was required. I haven’t heard of people having that same issue with Kona but non referenced RS422 control can cause random frame errors during lockup.
Video machines are designed to report their status at the beginning of the second field of a video frame. FCP as the controller is meant to ask for status at the same time. If the request and transmit of status is out of sync becasue there isn’t a reference signal to lock both together then frame errors can occur.
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An EDL is not going to bring across a lot of info like text or any grade tweaks or fancy transitions. Surely it is better to hire or buy a Premiere system than recapture or try relinking converted files. If the timecode goes astray then reconnecting converted files will not work anyway.
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Have you tried adding the shift fields filter? You shouldn’t need to deinterlace to solve a field order issue.
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“As for Nattress’ deinterlace plugins, I assume you are referring to the Standards Conversions plugins.”
No the Deinterlace plugins are different. They are part of the film effects bundle. Try the Smart Deinterlace.
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The effect is edge fogging and as as someone who learnt on film, it was usually something that either got the clapper/loader sacked or questions asked about the camera magazines.
Although I have the Nattress film effects plugins, I must admit, I haven’t looked to see if they do edge fog. Hopefully someone who knows this effect can help, but in the meantime a Google on film edge fog will get you started. Many plugin developers have demo version to try out.
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David,
I am guessing you want mostly to deinterlace to create a progressive look. The Nattress film effects are designed to do a lot more than just deinterlace, including weave, grain & scratch FX. Also by going from 60i to 24p the plugin is playing with cadence on purpose which is going to make fast action look choppy.
I suggest you just use the Nattress deinterlace plugins and see if that is the look you are after.
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[Russell Lasson] “You could shoot at 24P, digitize the footage, then use Cinema Tools to conform the footage to 25P”
That sounds like trying to make a sows ear out of a silk purse.
If the camera shoots 50i then shoot with this and make 50i DV files if that’s what the client wants. No need for convoluted speed conversion which will also change audio pitch if the camera is switchable.
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The color correction is not a big deal. Without seeing the other camera angle, I don’t see an issue with matching.
The drop-outs can be fixed either manually or via a plugin. CHV make a drop-out fixer which I have used. As the shot is locked on a tripod it is an easy fix. (Digital Heaven also have a dropout plugin).
To fix manually put a copy of the clip on the layer above (with the same grade of course). Crop the image to the area where the drop out occurs and put the frame before or after over the drop-out. You only leave one frame of the copied clip to cover the drop-out.