Rob Grauert
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To get it letterbox, I would drop the sequence from your Browser and drop it into a 4:3 timeline. It should automatically scale down.
From there i’d sent it to Compressor and drop the MPEG setting on it and apply all the settings you listed.
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I totally get the grammar issue. If someone can’t write properly when they are trying to look their best, then how are they going to perform on the job. I must say though, I don’t think grammar should keep someone from being hired for an intern position. I read blogs of very talented editors who write with some poor grammar – worse than mine, and I went to summer school in 11th grade. But despite their poor grammar, they truly are very talented editors.
So I think grammar is a good filter if you’re hiring someone for a legit full-time position, but not necessarily an internship position. They’re interns, and we’re visual people.
But that’s all really just my opinion.
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I really have no experience with InstantHD. All I can tell you is that upconverting is best handled with hardware like the AJA Kona cards
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I wonder what makes people think they are going to be taken seriously after writing a letter or email like that.
He’s annoyed because his initial email was not responded to within a day? A DAY?! Does this kid think the world revolves around him? These days you’re lucky if you even get a response.
And then he goes on to imply that an internship is a waste of time if he doesn’t get hired full-time. Sure, an internship can be a waste of time, but it’s in the hands of the intern.
I love people like this. It just makes me think that it will be a little easier for me to find more work.
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Ok, so I read this thread and I’m a little confused.
Are you positive you shot 16:9 with your DVX? If so, then yes, you need to capture as anamorphic. If you shot with the letterbox setting, that is 4:3 and you do not need to capture as anamorphic.
Whatever you shot, i suggest you make a new sequence and change all the setting to match your footage. Changing your capture settings doesn’t necessarily mean your sequence settings are going to match, and if you just change the settings in your current sequence, the footage in that sequence doesn’t always conform (at least, that’s been the case with me in the past).
As for the images, 300dpi isn’t going to do anything for you – screens only need 72dpi. If you shot 16:9, the Photoshop document should be 720X480 and the pixel aspect ratio is “D1/DV NTSC Widescreen (1.2).” If you shot 4:3 then the Photoshop document should be 720X480 with a pixel aspect ratio of “D1/DV NTSC (0.9).”
Rob Grauert, Jr.
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Not that i know of.
It doesn’t take that long to add a chapter marker though. When you press the down arrow, it takes the playhead to the next cut. Then Press M to make a marker. Press M again to open the Marker dialog box, then click Add Chapter Marker. Then press Enter/Return. It can be done mostly without the mouse, so it’s not that bad.
If you ask me, you don’t need to add chapter markers for a client preview. Use a timecode generator
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
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What are the settings you’re exporting to? In my experience, compressing HDV has always led to artifacts, probably because it uses Long GOP compression.
I’m not sure what others around here do, but when if I have HDV footage I convert it to ProRes first to get out of Long GOP compression.
Since you’re done with your project, you probably don’t want to take the time to convert all your HDV, so I’d set your timeline compressor to ProRes or DVCPro HD since that’s an i-frame codec too. Then re-render your timeline, take it into compressor, then export.
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
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In addition to assigning settings to your file, you can apply a destination, which is where your NEW file will live.
I believe the default destination in Desktop, but it could also be Source, which means your new file will live where your original file lives. Make sense?
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I always highlight the clip add a marker at the frame that is supposed to hit on the beat. Then I move my playhead to the beat that it’s supposed to hit and use the slip tool. This way, you can line the marker up with the playhead.
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oh great, don’t i look like a chump.
Sorry, I’m out of ideas. I hate setting everything back up afterward, but I trash FCP preferences when nothing else works.
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