[Murforama]

Any chance you can post a link to the commercial on the internet so feedback can be a little more constructive?

DV’s main problem (and there are many) is that it is a 4:1:1 format and you’re losing quite a bit of color information. Color correction would be the first place to start but it is difficult if not impossible to recreate what wasn’t there in the first place.

That being said I’ve seen a number of commericals shot in DV and creatively speaking they look quite nice. Usually, they are filmlooked and color-corrected to death with lots of fast cuts and time-remapping. From the sound of it you’re commercial is already cut, now it’s just a matter of resolution – would that be an accurate assessment?

Murf

[Murforama]

Hi,

The DVW-A500 is setup to playback analog and digital betacam tapes but usually only one flavor – either PAL or NTSC. If you’ve got a PAL tape you will need something that plays back PAL like a J3 or JH3. You will also need PAL sync running to both the Adrenaline and the deck.

You cannot use Compressor standards convert (at least to my knowledge). Compressor will compress both PAL and NTSC but not convert – for that you need a standards converter like Terranex. There are some workarounds to create a poor man’s standards converter using something like AE but the results are not stellar.

If your Senior Editor says that the A500 will handle both PAL and NTSC then, you must have some additional card to make that happen. But I believe that Sony sells either one flavor or the other…

Murf