[Richard Martz]

I personally would not want to lower the opacity. Typically we color correct scene by scene. I almost never apply a single setting to a whole project. The methods you are using seem to be correct. Lowering the Highs (whites) and Mids will lower the percieved brightness (luminosity) of a scene. You might want to use a filter such as a broadcast safe filter and see if that improves the result. But again you’ll have to apply that scene by scene. What seems to be the problem that you are correcting?

It sounds like much of the project may have been over-exposed. When we shoot in the field we reqularly under expose slightly. That way it prevents loss of detail in highlighted areas. And as a side benefit it prevents the problems you may be experiencing now.

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Duh. Yep. Use the Firewire Luke!

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I understand. That has happened to me as well on a couple of occasions. I know there is a way to remove a line from the compressor’s taks listing because I think I remember doing that a couple of times. But I forgot the process since I rarely use this function.

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I would love to know this as well. It is a frustrating lack of functionality.

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That is what letterbox is. You can’t magically invent additional areas of the screen that weren’t captured.

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And add a keystroke?!? Oh the Humanity…

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Do you mean that you are exporting stills using quicktime conversion? Or that your stills are gettting blurry after you import them into your timeline for editing?

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Interesting. If you are selling “X rated” materials to people who are not of age I may come and get you myself. If your only concern is that you not get sued, you probably need serious therapy in addition to a morality transplant.

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Just because everyone is doing it – that doesn’t make it right. In the end it is character that matters. As my mother used to say before her death… Character is what you do when no one is watching.

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Let’s see if I get this right… You are considering using a $900 P2 chip for back up?

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