Richard Cooper
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You will pay more for the LHi but the advantage is the AJA service….. The best in the biz. period. Up to you how important that is… but for me it is priceless.
Richard Cooper
FrostLine Productions, LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
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“Unfortunately, this particular camera records video in a long-gop codec, which makes for painful — if not downright impossible — FCP editing.”
Well… if this camera records to the standard XDCAM format like it says, this really is not an issue. FCP and XDCAM work very well together, long GOP and all. Just remember to set your render codec to ProeRes, which FCP allows for XDCAM and HDV. Then renders are fast and efficient while the need to trans code everything to ProRes is bypassed.
Another option with this camera (that we are looking at) is recording directly to KiPro Mini via HD/SDI which will of course allow recording directly to ProRes, bypassing the XDCAM codec all together. This would definitely give you better results all around.
…of course all of this is speculation until the F3 actually ships… which to my knowledge, it has NOT.
Good Luck!
Richard Cooper
FrostLine Productions, LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
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I think that if you have the option to do your screen capture to 720×480 this would be the best approach. When you put your 600×800 file on the 720×480 time line everything would have to be rendered and most likely down scaled slightly, which Final Cut is notoriously NOT good at.
Also, once you have the screen capture at 720×480, depending on the file format you are able to capture to, I would trans code this file to ProRes 422 before editing, if it is not already. This will enable you to edit without rendering and will give you a much smoother work flow.
Hope this helps.Richard Cooper
FrostLine Productions, LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
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“I had to speed up shutter speed one stop…”
You cant do this…. you effect the brightness of the images and your time lapse will look bad…. like you changed your iris in mid shot. You need to plan ahead, if needed the day before, to know what your exposure and shutter should be at full daylight and set it to that… the next morning, DON’T CHANGE IT…. it will be a dark frame to start with but that is the point, to capture the progression of the sun rising from darkness, right?
“…I also stopped shooting 30 minutes after sunrise for fear of the suns damage to my lens…”
This is not an issue, the sun wont damage your lens or sensor under normal working conditions…. I do these all the time, with no damage yet.
Good Luck!!
Richard Cooper
FrostLine Productions, LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
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There are so many things that can lead to so many different “quality issues”…. Give us some more info on the “quality issues” you are having.
Richard Cooper
FrostLine Productions, LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
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“Sorry, but both of you are unnecessarily running scared,…”
Actually I never run scared… 😉
“No one, especially a professional, should ever update the OS or FCP without having a fresh bootable system clone on stand by. It’s that simple…”
If you re-read my post this is exactly what I advised him to do, although not in so many words. As a working professional I learned this lesson early, and thankfully not “often”… I agree with you completely. A fresh clone of a clean working OS drive is essential to a professional shop staying online and making money.
Thanks David!
Richard Cooper
FrostLine Productions, LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
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ProRes 422 should be fine for this. Not sure about (LT) but you could do a batch recapture at regular RoRes 422 and all should be good. Anything over that is overkill for straight HDCAM unless you are working in HDCAM-SR then you could use the ProRes HQ 444
Good Luck!
Richard Cooper
FrostLine Productions, LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
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Updating QT, as in the past, always has the “possibility” to really screw things up. and usually, if it does, there is no way to get back to where you were without wiping and re installing EVERYTHING from your OS on up. I have been through this and it is not fun.
We are running QT 7.6.3 (630) here and have no issues so I cant tell you if there are issues with 7.6.9. I would at least get confirmation from someone, that does video as a profession, and has made the update with success.
You could always clone your working (OS Drive) configuration as a back up then do the upgrade. Then if it throws Color or Final Cut or any other Pro apps into a tail spin you can easily get back to your stable config.
Good Luck!
Richard Cooper
FrostLine Productions, LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
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Yes, I agree with Noah…. and to add to that, NOTHING, including shutter or f/stop should be auto when shooting video. Do everything manual and your footage will be nice and consistent. Nothing worse than having your camera “decide” to bump the iris mid shot.
As far as shutter goes, in my experience, you don’t have to ONLY shoot at 50 or 60. But you do need to decide what shutter to use before you shoot and not change it mid shot sequence. Some Directors I have worked with like a high shutter look under certain situation when they want that specific look. Do some tests and check out the different looks you can achieve by using a faster shutter and then you will be well prepared to make a good decision in the field to attain the look you, or your Director are looking for.Hope this helps
Good Luck!
Richard Cooper
FrostLine Productions, LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
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Hi Pamela, Chris is correct, cutting in h264s what is causing it. I tried this (only once to save a little time) and got the exact same result. Never again!
Trans code your h264 file to a ProRes 422, edit with this file and your flash frame issue will go away.Richard Cooper
FrostLine Productions, LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
http://www.frostlineproductions.com