[Ron James]

[JeremyG] “Within Compressor, there is a gamma correction filter within the ‘filters’ button.”

Oh, I spoke too soon. Duh.

Yes, this is what I’ve been using to compensate, along with some added contrast. I’ve gotten great results. I’m not sure what I thought you meant.

I wonder why only some people have a problem with this shift and others don’t??? I find you can’t really tell unless you play it out through a regular DVD player to an NTSC display. My only guess is setup is being added twice. But that’s just a guess.

Thanks again.

[Ron James]

[adkimery] “You could also give the clip a color label in the browser and it will color all instances of that clip in any sequence it’s used in.”

This is indeed a handy tip!

[Ron James]

David, thanks for the apology (I hope your sincerity is sincere!).

It was the tone of your post that got me. I love my Final Cut Suite and I love trying to help people, so I take these things seriously.

Cheers,

James

[Ron James]

Holy, I never knew that! Thanks a lot.

[Ron James]

You might see a change in boot speed (I certainly do) if that matters to you. I hit the button and the thing starts up almost instantly. It’s worth it to me b/c I’m impatient.

I know, I know, patience is a virtue.

[Ron James]

Here’s the original link I’m referring to:

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/940476?

I think I got confused with all the tabs I had open in my search. Here’s the text:

(reel2reel Quote) Compressor most definitely shifts the Gamma (which makes the colours look washed out) when encoding MPEG-2. This has been mentioned many times in the DVDSP forum. (end reel2reel Quote)

James,

I did a search, and it seems you’re the one who mentioned the gamma shift on the DVDSP Forum. And, in the thread I read your assertion was disputed by another forum member who suspects issues in your workflow. I also believe there is most likely some other issue involved, and that your criticism of Compressor is unwarranted.

For the record, I have many different tools to choose from for encoding MPEG-2 on both MAC and PC, and if Compressor were causing gamma shifts I’d be using something else. However, I’ve encoded literally hundreds of DVDs with Compressor 2 over that last two years without the gamma shift you mention.

David”

[Ron James]

I think you need to widen your search. Extend the dates. I’m just the one that wanted to investigate it and I actually resent your insinuation here.

First of all, it’s Bob Hudson that discussed this the most. Remember him?

Try a new search and stop trying to turn my comments into “criticism” for the sake of argument.

What is my criticism exactly?

[Ron James]

[Shane Ross] “With every new release of FCP, there are people that complain how Apple screwed them. I simply fail to see the point…HOW did they?”

Oh man, it’s so true. Every new release, the whiners file out of the woodwork.

I find it amazing that anyone who wants to remain on the bleeding edge whines about needing to keep their hardware up to date in order to do so.

Huh???

[Ron James]

Hi, I don’t know if you’re still looking for help, but I came across this on Amazon.com:

“If you are using Final Cut Pro or other professional non-linear editing programs on the Mac, you cannot use the camera’s native .TOD format, which is basically an MPEG inside the .TOD container. Forget about following JVC’s instructions: they are too time-consuming and don’t allow batch processing. The easiest conversion method I’ve found requires two freeware programs: The VLC media player, and MPEG Streamclip, both available on the Apple Website (and elsewhere). You’ll first need to use the VLC player to convert the .TOD into a .TS file, which takes seconds (you are only changing the container format to MPEG TS, not actually changing compression). Once you’ve changed the .TOD file to a .TS file, you can use MPEG Streamclip to change to a variety of file formats that Final Cut Pro can recognize. Of course since you are recompressing the file at this point, expect this to take far longer than the first step.

While you can use a variety of compressions, I use DVCPRO60. Files compressed using DVCPRO60 can be viewed in Final Cut immediately without a need to render. The quality of the final DVC PRO .MOV file seems identical to the original .TOD file.”

Curious to see what you think of the Optical Image Stabilization on that camera. Here’s the link, plus more posts:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/discussionboard/discussion.html/ref=cm_rdp_st_rd/105-4851266-4002840?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000MANFIC&store=yourstore&cdThread=Tx1RBOAXSB2JH8Q&reviewID=R1DK6TOCWEEQC8&displayType=ReviewDetail#wasThisHelpful

[Ron James]

Tim, thanks for the response.

I was just asking. Just trying to wrap my head around the possibilities so I can add to my post production arsenal.

Thanks again,

James