[Russell Lasson]

Plus the h.264 files are so compressed to start with, trying to see if there is any difference at all between the compression of ProRes HQ and SQ would be very difficult.

-Russ

Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net

[Russell Lasson]

If you created the text in FCP’s text tool, make sure that the Y value under position in the FCP motion tab is on an even number exactly.

-Russ

Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net

[Russell Lasson]

[Chi-Ho Lee] ” I wonder if an eCinema semi-critical is just as good as other brand’s monitors. “

We have a eCinema FX monitor at our facility and I would consider it semi-critical. I think it stacks up favorable with other companies “semi-critical” monitors. JVC and Flanders Scientific both have similar. There’s also a new Panasonic monitor that would compete. If you really need a monitor for critical analysis of color, you’ll easily spend $10-25K for it. So what’s your budget tolerance for buying a monitor?

https://www.shopfsi.com/product_p/lm-2450w.htm

https://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/features.jsp?model_id=MDL101857

-Russ

Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net

[Russell Lasson]

[dan luke] “If I export the motion graphic using the dv codec, no shift. Whats up with that? “

DV is a superior codec to ProRes 4444…… jk

When you export to ProRes 4444, try changing the gamma correction on “none”.

-Russ

Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net

[Russell Lasson]

I would suggest using a program like REDRushes or Clipfinder to render out ProRes Proxy versions to edit with. In these programs, you can adjust the aspect ratio and also add a crop to the image to get to your 2.40 frame size. So you’ll still render out at 16:9, but the footage will be letterboxed within that frame to 2.40.

Plus, editing with the QT proxy files stinks when compared to editing with ProRes Proxy files (at either 1080 or 720P).

-Russ

Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net

[Russell Lasson]

Yes, QT Player has a read-only codec.

-Russ

Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net

[Russell Lasson]

If you try to raise it too much, you’ll introduce quite a bit of noise. I’ve had good success using Neat Video’s Noise Reduction plug-in. It helps a lot.

-Russ

Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net

[Russell Lasson]

Using two graphics cards is problematic. I would suggest the Blackmagic Intensity Pro if you’re on a budget. The HDMI port on the card will send a broadcast signal to your plasma.

-Russ

Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net

[Russell Lasson]

I would only add that if space is an issue for you, depending on the amount of footage you have to work with, you might consider doing an offline/online workflow with ProRes Proxy as the offline codec, then onlining with ProRes LT or SQ.

You likely won’t see any difference between using LT compared to the bigger SQ or HQ codecs. HDV is already so highly compressed, it would be difficult to see any added compression that LT might add.

-Russ

Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net

[Russell Lasson]

If you find a drive that does 5GB/sec, I’m in!!!!

-Russ

Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net