[Missdivagirl]

Thank you very much… I will try that now. Should I export the mpeg4 to FLV then to SWF, or uncompressed QT to FLV and so on?

Cheers!

[Missdivagirl]

Walter,

The sizes of the projects vary… some are considerably large but also happens to small :30 second spots with only two files imported in.

I will trash prefs and try that but have done this recently for another problem.

Thank you!!!

Angelina

Cheers!

[Missdivagirl]

Walter,

Thank you! Greatly appreciate it!

Best,
Angelina

Cheers!

[Missdivagirl]

Thank you… you are right, never say never!

Cheers!

[Missdivagirl]

Tony,

Thank you for all of your input. It was eye opening and very much appreciated.

Take care,
Angelina

Cheers!

[Missdivagirl]

Bob,

That did it. I mastered to beta yesterday and all was fine.

Thank you so much for your time and patience. It is greatly appreciated. Thank you for not giving up on me and seeing it through.

Best always,
Angelina

Yes.. I already shut down and restarted. Yes.. I have googled and searched for my problem.
Yes.. I already called the support line
and
Yes.. I read the manual.

Cheers!

[Missdivagirl]

Tony,

I have been working with this set up for over a year and have had no problems. I do understand that does not mean it was ever correct. That is what I am trying to find out now. Nothing has been changed and that is what is puzzling me. Ofcourse I will hire a video engineer if I cannot solve the problem. I do not feel I am wasting my time trying to learn about the set up and “fix it myself”. My productivity is not at a halt and the suggestion AJA offered does work when I need to dub masters, but I know it is incorrect. I should not have to switch around settings. That is what my boss believes to be true, but you stated he is incorrect in a previous post and AJA is correct. Bob Zelin is saying I should not be switching, never should. Is he incorrect also? Or did I misunderstand your post?

I REALLY appreciate your posts and help. It is hard to relay this through written text… but I do appreciate the help. That is why I am here posting in this forum. I want to learn… I need to learn… how else will I be the hero and not just the editor? 🙂

Thank you,
Angelina

[Missdivagirl]

Hi Bob,

You are so generous with your help… it is greatly appreciated. I spoke with my boss, Bob, and he told me he spoke to you not too long ago about other stuff… and you are exactly who I should listen to 🙂 We are here in South Louisiana… so if you ever are in the area, please let me take you to suppper! 🙂

I wanted to get the monitor info to you asap.

We have a Sony Trinitron PVM1944Q. The beta deck is a Sony BetacamSP PVW2800. I am working with a G5 Quad 2.5 with 4.5 ram. We also have an AJA IO. I have a flow chart of the set up if you would like to see it.

As for your message and thoughts, your assumptions are pretty accurate. My NTSC monitor has 4 inputs… A, B, Y/C VTR, and Analog RGB Component. I have been here for over a year and we have always switch inputs to view in FCP or Betadeck. Input A is for the VHS.

Would you suggest I redo the actual set up? Or redo the easy set up through FCP?

Thank you!!!
Angelina

[Missdivagirl]

Bob,

My problem has not been resolved yet and I am hardpressed to find a solution. My video playback is set to US Betacam 10bit and everything is fine. I view my FCP timeline on the NTSC monitor using the Analog RGB Component mode. When I need to watch anything using just the beta deck, i then switch the monitor to VTR mode. This works fine. The problem is when I print to beta. When printing and viewing on CPU monitor and NTSC monitor, using RGB component, it looks fine. When I rewind the beta tape and switch to VTR to watch and make sure all is well, it isn’t. There is a purple overlay. I called AJA and that is when I was told to switch video playback to YbPBr before printing to tape. Once I do this, there is a green overlay when vieweing in component mode and nothing appears when switched to VTR mode…. but when I playback the tape it is right.

I am the production manager here and my main concentration is 3d and motion graphics. I have been editing for almost 5 years now, but not on a system like this. Our head editor took care of most of this and to be honest, I do not recall us ever having to switch anything… in fact, the week before i made dubs for many tv spots i finished and never switched anything and all was well. Unfortunately our head editor is no longer here so I cannot ask him. I am now the head editor and having to figure it out myself.

Is there anything I can do to show you my set up or talk to you by phone? My number is 800.809.2725… Ask for Angelina.

Thank you!

[Missdivagirl]

Mark,

Thank you! I am asking this question before I actually search, so please forgive me, but I am needing as much as I can find on keying green screen using Motion. What are your recommendations?

Angelina