[Richard Van den boogaard]

Hi,

I figured it out. Turns out that I had my camera move in Ae set up wrong. If you start off in the East (e.g. -90 degrees), then go South, West, North, you have to keep adding 90 degrees of rotation in the proper direction, otherwise the camera spins backwards.

Can be mind-boggling none the less when you overlook such simple stuff…

Cheers,

Richard

Richard van den Boogaard
Freelance cameraman • Glidecam Operator • Editor • YouTube expert

[Richard Van den boogaard]

I really, really need this feature (and yes, Todd, I have put in a request). Hopefully this will be offered with the upcoming next edition.

The sequence markers are just cumbersome, because they stick to the position of the clip. You just want to be able to move/rearrange clips on the timeline after you’ve sync’d up the audio and added commentary to them.

Richard van den Boogaard
Freelance cameraman • Glidecam Operator • Editor • YouTube expert

[Richard Van den boogaard]

– Use of VariND/FaderND filters. In what situations you should and should not use those.

– Difference it makes by adding a bit of sharpness (or unsharp mask) back in to the edit at the end of your editing process

– How to set up your camera when shooting with a Beachtek for on-board audio

Richard van den Boogaard
Freelance cameraman • Glidecam Operator • Editor • YouTube expert

[Richard Van den boogaard]

Hi Johannes,

The more detail is recorded in the image, the better your key will perform when doing green screen work.

Therefore, if you record in ProRes 4:2:2 or better yet 4:4:4, it will work better than a 4:2:0 encoded file. What will not help you much is transcoding of compressed 4:2:0 footage to 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 ProRes. As far as I know, there are not a lot of cameras that allow for native ProRes recording (ARRI Alexa does), although some cameras offer a 4:2:2 SDI output signal which can be recorded on a separate recorder.

I don’t have experience yet how DSLRs perform with green screen work. Maybe someone here on the forum does…

Richard van den Boogaard
Freelance cameraman • Glidecam Operator • Editor • YouTube expert

[Richard Van den boogaard]

Hi Robert,

You can apply any of these effects directly in PPro as well, or use a combination of them if you have the whole MB suite.

I was just viewing a tutorial from Simon Walker that was just released on the very topic of using combinations of these filters: https://www.redgiantsoftware.com/videos/redgianttv/item/57/?utm_source=constantcontact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20110104-MBS10&utm_content=textlink-rgtv49#

You don’t have to use Adjustment layers to apply your grade, you can apply the effects directly to the source footage. However, if you want to affect parts of the sequence differently (i.e. work on a shot-by-shot basis), you should first consider breaking it up on your timeline – best approach is to do it in PPro using the CTRL+K (or Command+K) function. You can then build an effect preset which allows for fast application to multiple clips, followed up by more detailed enhancements on a clip-by-clip basis.

Good luck.

Richard van den Boogaard
Freelance cameraman • Glidecam Operator • Editor • YouTube expert

[Richard Van den boogaard]

If you want to take advantage of CS5’s Mercury Playback Engine, you really want an nVidia graphics card with at least 1GB memory and 96 cuda cores. No need for the more expensive Quadro FX line, some GeForce gaming cards may work as well, although you have to change a little text file inside CS5.

More info here: https://bit.ly/unlockCS5

Richard van den Boogaard
Freelance cameraman • Glidecam Operator • Editor • YouTube expert

[Richard Van den boogaard]

Who’s Phil? 😉

Richard van den Boogaard
Freelance cameraman • Glidecam Operator • Editor • YouTube expert

[Richard Van den boogaard]

I totally second that. Thanks for that amazing tip!

Richard van den Boogaard
Freelance cameraman • Glidecam Operator • Editor • YouTube expert

[Richard Van den boogaard]

That, and QT also has a tendency to just loose a full stop of light when you encode with it…

Richard van den Boogaard
Freelance cameraman • Glidecam Operator • Editor • YouTube expert

[Richard Van den boogaard]

I honestly haven’t had that much experience with cross-platform exchanges of PPro files, but I am guessing fonts may be an issue. Also, if either one of you decides to transcode the footage before working on it (e.g. your mac buddy may not have a fast nVidia card to take advantage of PPro’s Mercury Playback engine), you have to decide upon a common format. Although PPro can decode ProRes, you can’t encode it on Windows (AFAIK). Another deal-breaker might be the plugins you may have used.

Trial and error, I guess…

Richard van den Boogaard
Freelance cameraman • Glidecam Operator • Editor • YouTube expert