[Sascha Engel]

I think, that wouldn’t be a problem, since it’s all 25p footage, no interlaced material at all.

Sascha

[Sascha Engel]

So many replies! I’m sure that wasn’t expected by the author- to cause this kind of wave. Now, I read them all, and as usual – something I learned here in the Middle East – the truth lays in the Middle of the extremist. On one side: yes, there is sometimes, an I know it better, preaching from up to down tone in some replies, which I also had to face already. I do understand the frustration / bitterness though – but hey that’s life, I met already 14 year old wiz kids, who learned in AE to composite, like I needed 8 years for to master. That’s life and that is reality! Let’s get used to that. But to say, that’s bitterness that makes them write is a not fair attack. I am down with Raphael on that one, those people sacrifice a lot of their private time to help other people out – and they did help me many a times!!!
Coming to the teaching questions – in general I’m a learning by doing believer – rob Rodriquez style – I was never in a film school and learned all by myself. And I was teaching already as well. But I do believe, the main ingredient you need as a teacher – beside of course the knowledge about the subject u are teaching – is confidence and charisma and passion. And by the Qs u are asking and the way u do so, I am doubting those a little.
Just some thoughts from a German Goi in the Holy Land.

Greetz,

Sascha

[Sascha Engel]

Hi Shane, thanx a lot. DV ProRes it is.

Sascha

[Sascha Engel]

Happy to hear. Good luck with the project!

Greetz,

Sascha

[Sascha Engel]

…ah and final output:

Projection on a big screen during a theatre show – most likely from a computer or DVD Player.

Sascha

[Sascha Engel]

HI Shane,

yes, you are right, I thought already ProRes, but I never worked with GoPro footage before – and wanted to be sure.
The Material is for 60% SD DV-PAL Footage and 40% GoPro and ProRes Converted Footage from a Consumer HD Camera.
I know, that Compressor had a Batch Capture, but I just read a lot about Speed & Quality issues in Comparison to e.g. EPISODE – tried Episode on a friend’s machine and I was blown away – the speed difference is mind blowing. EPISODE versus Compressor is like Ferrari versus VW Beatle!

Greetz,

Sascha

[Sascha Engel]

WOW!

[Sascha Engel]

🙂

[Sascha Engel]

If you manage to get a hold on EPISODE (unfortunately not the cheapest), but man, that thing is faster than light – beats the crap out of compressor. Very good results in no time. And Raphael is right – do not convert to WMV – most PC users can read the QT files by now.

Sascha

[Sascha Engel]

Hi,

first of all, why do you have to feather the matte? You are keying out a greenscreen, just cutting of unnecessary objects. Do you need to feather at all?
2nd I am not very convinced of DVMmatte Pro – if I were you, I would switch to AE and do it with Keylight – it might be more work, but the result is definately worth it. Besides, if you shot pretty much in the same light conditions, you can copy/paste your tweaked keylight filter to the other clips and then run a Batch.

Greetz,

Sascha