Ryan Mast
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I just finished a project that I did a lot of retiming on, hit this same issue with optical flow analysis. So, before sending the retimed clips to Motion, I used Media Manager on the sequence to make a copy of the footage and trim to just the media used.
For all the flak people give the Media Mangler, it worked perfectly for this. Kept all the retiming information almost perfectly, and left only the media actually used in the timeline, so the optical flow analysis went far more quickly in Motion.
If you don’t want to media manage your whole sequence, copy your retimed clips to a new sequence and just MM that. Just make sure that it’s copying, not deleting your media…
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Wojtek,
How are you planning to telecine your film? Send it to a company that does telecine, or project it on a wall and shoot it yourself?
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If you like the video, I highly recommend his book, too. Or Walter’s DVD. Get Walter’s DVD first to learn Color, then get the book to learn more specifics of creating looks and fixing bad footage.
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To answer your question, Mark…
For colleges, there was one or two that I applied to that wanted the letters of recommendation sent directly to them, but a couple wanted the letters included with the rest of my application. I understand your concern of context and sending it yourself, but the college might not actually see any value in that — it might make the process more annoying for them.
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[Chris Bryan] “Awhile ago I saw a video on a site that detailed different ways to hold a camera showing how the bad technique looked on video and how the good technique looked on video. I’ll have to dig around for that video again and then I’ll post it here.”
Thanks, I’d love to see it!
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People act differently than normal around giant cameras and gear. I generally chose to not use tripods in live events like that — dynamic events where the subjects are not professionals. Not so much for mobility, but because of social quantum mechanics — observing something changes its state. Yes, less camera shake does make you look better than Uncle Bob, but so does framing, audio, color balance, content coverage, and editing.
To answer your question, Chris… Try a cheap monopod; see if it helps. If you like using the monopod, buy a nicer, sturdier, lighter one. Personally, I think it doesn’t provide enough stabilization to replace a tripod, and isn’t small enough to be better than going handheld, but YMMV. Find ways to use your body or the environment to support the camera in three places — ex., hold it with two hands on top of your head for high shots, hold it with two hands on your shoulder, on your leg, against a wall, etc. Set it on a table or some other flat surface and support the lens to get the correct tilt for what you need. Hold it against your chest. Get intimate with your camera and hold it close! And then use SmoothCam to clean up whatever jitter is left — at least clean up rotation; translation shakiness is more forgivable than rotational shakiness. Rotational shake makes people feel seasick.
You’ll definitely get better with practice, too. Good luck!
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Awesome, thanks for the heads-up, Mark.
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Compressor doesn’t come with FCE; it’s part of Studio (and, previously, DVD Studio Pro when it was sold separately). Export directly from FCE or QuickTime Pro instead.
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It looks like it’s just time remapping with frame blending turned off. If you want to make it look more realistic (like a person is genuinely that fast, replicating the shutter speed), turn motion blur up to about 50%-100% (adjust samples to taste).
If you want to make a person singing look like that, have them lipsync to the track played at 50% speed (or less), and then speed up the video so the audio matches the original speed.
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[andy shnikes] “but there is also an elitist attitude on here that gets on my nerves. The whole industry of entertainment has a whiff of it, like somehow because they have this “power” to semi-immortalize people they think they can do say and act any way they want, and the rest of the world has to kiss their feet because of it.”
Dude, this is a forum run by pros. If you want to learn how the pros work, this is an awesome place to be. I’m still a student, so I’m here to learn and get smacked around and corrected sometimes because that’s how I get better. You asked their opinion. Chill. If you want advice for amateur/consumer level production, try the Apple forums or something.
To finish answering your question, your TiBook probably won’t be able to handle anything higher than FCP 5 or FCE 3. You’ve probably got the best software for your hardware right now. If you want to upgrade, plan on at least $4,000 to upgrade to current consumer/prosumer gear (new consumer HD camera, MacBook Pro, FCS 2).