Rob Grauert
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has anyone ever thought to compare emergence of cameras like the Flip to the emergence of all the cheap, high quality digital still cameras?
There is still a lot of work in the photography industry, despite all the cheap cameras. I don’t think the Flip camera will really hurt many professionals in the video industry either.
…just my two cents.
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oops, sorry. didn’t know you responded.
No, MPEG-4 won’t work on a DVD.
You need to make an MPEG-2 file for the image and a .ac3 file for the audio.
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Also, in my opinion, that was kinda silly to record directly to your computer just to save the heads of your camera. They’re not THAT fragile.
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This is my understanding of 24p with Panasonic
24pA uses a pulldown pattern that allows for easier removal so you can edit in a native 23.98 timeline. This pulldown patter actually duplicates full frames to fill 29.97 on tape.
24p uses a pulldown pattern that is hard to remove, but duplicates frames AND fields for a better blend to 29.97, but it still maintains the 24p look. This footage can be treated just as you would treat regular 29.97 footage. Just ingest as 60i (because that’s what it is with the pulldown) and start editing.
So really, neither one is better than the other. You use 24pA if you need to work in a 23.98 timeline. You use 24p if you don’t need to work in a 23.98 timeline. Do you NEED to work in a 23.98 timeline? If not, capture the footage as 29.97 and begin editing
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my friend did something similar to this in high school. all he did was show a few frames of each clip and alternate them. if it’s done fast enough, i guess your brain just sees it as one image.
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
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“That’s a perfect analysis Jerry. I agree with everything you said. ”
Really? I thought monitoring from the display port was a big No-No. Isn’t it still a computer graphics signal going to the Matrox if that’s what he decides to go with?
Anyway…to answer the original question, I think the AJA I/O HD allows for capturing and monitoring through FW800, and you can transcode all your stuff to ProRes too, which is nice.
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
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If you’re going to DVD, you’re 1920X1080 file is almost useless. DVDs are standard def and only read the MPEG codec.
what software do you have available? What do you plan on using to burn your DVD? Do you have Compressor and DVD Studio Pro?
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
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that should be right.
8mbps = 1MBps
so 220mbps = 27.5MBps.
i think you’re confusing mbps and MBps. mbps is megabits per second, while MBps is megabytes per second. the difference is 8 bits = 1 byte
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just to butt in and add to what Shane said:
In addition to providing enough preroll on the tape, bars and tone from the camera is used to calibrate a monitor if you’re connection a monitor to your camera in the field. It’s not really intended for post production – at least that’s the impression I’ve always had
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If this is a still graphic:
Bring your graphic into Photoshop.
In the Actions Palate,bring up the Video Actions Folder. If you don’t see the video actions folder, there is a hidden button kind of thing in the top right corner of the palate that looks like 3 horizontal lines, click on that and choose Video Actions.
Once you open video actions, Click on Alpha Channel from Visible Layers. This puts a perfect alpha channel on your graphic, even if there is gradual/fading transparency. Make sure you click on the play button at the bottom of the palate to actually perform the action.
Go into the Channels Palate and turn on your alpha channel to make sure it looks right.
Then save it as a .tif. DO NOT check the Save Transparency box in the options window that appears. That will confuse it and the alpha wont work
Then bring that tif into FCP. The tif is great because you can still save the layers, so if you need to edit the file, you still can.
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
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