Rennie Klymyk
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Also the audio quality suffers from the compression. MP3 is lossy compression and is a delivery format. (intended for final use) As most of it’s compession occurs outside the human hearing range it is very good sounding and probably quite usable for low budget projects and home use but for serious work 48khz/24bit and above is the norm. Simply bumping it up to CD 44.1khz/16 will not restore it to it’s original signal at that level, there will be artifacts which can magnify with more effects and mixes applied in the editing process.
It’s like using vob files from a dvd for editing video. If it’s all you have then you gotta go for it but these are far inferior to professional aquisition formats in use today.
The project at hand determines just how low you want to go. These days we are seeing large companies running huge ad campaigns on u-tube which you could probably film with a cell phone.
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An interesting experience I had was with an old school sign painter. He did everything by hand with a brush. He took one look at my business card (which I proudly created myself complete with logo) and he literally tore it apart! In 5 minutes he took all the info and rearranged it and I saw instantly the logic behind his suggestions. He then walked through my studio muttering under his breath “what do I see, what do I see” He created a logo with a grahiic of a focusing spot with barn doors and an umbrella which blew me away. I used it for everything and people often said to me “we picked you because we liked your ad in the yellow pages the best”
In these modern times manufacturers bombard us with ads compelling us to buy their computers and software so we can easily do just about everything ourselves. Prior to the release of said software there was a 5 year aprenticeship required to learn the skillset. I’m with the other posters here in saying “work with a professional”
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Hi Chris, have you noticed that Ben Vista just released PhotoZoom Pro 2 on October 8th.?
It looks like a $49.00 upgrade but if you look at the trial download it says it will upgrade older versions automatically. -
Abraham, Martin and John, yeah, you’re right up there!
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Great suggestion!
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[gregstrange] “I’m considering purchasing the HVX-200 now”
There’s no time like the present! (I just took delivery of an HVX200 this wednesday) In spite of what comes down the pipe in the next year or two or three for that matter, it’s a great little camera and it will be usefull for many years.
[gregstrange] ” Does anyone have the 411 on what might be coming onto the market within the next year?”
The only thing that is in the crystal ball that people are comparing to the HVX200 is Sony’s PMW-EX1. It’s a proprietary format (XDCAM) though, so not so versatile and it will cost more when it is available. It captures higher resolution albeit useing cmos chips which are much easier and cheaper to manufacture. Sony is describing them as “reworked” so perhaps they have made some improvments on the noise levels inherant with cmos chips. Speaking of Red (who also is using cmos technology mind you, super 35 size!), if we wait long enough, I predict we will see a “Kieslowski” trilogy (in reverse) where in they will release a “White” which will have 3 chips followed by a “Blue” which will be 70mm 3 chip IMAX format.
The point is if you wait long enough you will never buy a camera. You should buy a camera like the HVX200 a month before you need it so you can become familiar with it and be competent with it in the chaos of a work enviroment. -
[jonereb] “So you’re saying the 200 can handle SD shots on tape with no problem?”
Yes, the HVX200 is excellent for dv quality on tape, comparable to any 3 ccd camcorder.
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Also, as Shane often points out, this camera shoots something like 81 different formats on P2 media. Just moving from DV to DVCPRO 50 is worth the money. Previously this move would cost about $20,000.00 and up for dvcpro 50 cam, lens and deck. With P2 it is no longer an absolute neccessity to have the deck for the format you are shooting in.
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[jonereb] “I think they’re saying you can only record to miniDV tape in SD 16:9 or 4:3. If you want HD, use P2. Did I interpret that correctly?
“Yes that is correct.
[jonereb] “how does the SD footage look compared to a descent miniDV cam?”
As far as DV goes this camera is way overkill! However it will do a fine job for you from the get go. If you add some P2 cards and shoot the important stuff in HD you can down convert to sd, When the client comes back 6 months later and says “wished we’d shot that project in HD for release on blue ray or etc etc.”….you know the rest of the story.
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Humm, someone should write a script for that. Maybe the next version of Streamclip.
I don’t know if there was any time/space issue when bit budgetting and determining data rates for their dvd but if you did re-encode from your master you would have more space for a higher data rate.
Once video is processed to mpeg2 original data is discarded for the sake of compession and filled in with averaged data by the dvd player decoder on playback. Even I-frames are compessed with mpeg2 lossy compression. Slipsteam or any other program can not magically replace it or demux it to the original master video. All it can do is decode it like a dvd player does, by substituting what was unique and original with averaged pixels based on previous frames and surrounding pixels.
DVD mpeg2 is a great viewing experience, efficient enough and fast enough for our human brains and eyes to not notice any flaws (usually). Reprocessing these files will eventually cause problems.
Streamclip and similar programs are valuable apps and they have saved a lot of our bacon but there is nothing like original full frame masters when they are available.
and speaking of bacon, Charlie, you’ve saved mine in the past so I’m sorry if this info is redundant and you merely want to get on with your approach to the situation.
best,