Scott Davis
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“My sequence is set at 29.97 ndf and the tape is a ndf tape.” 29.97ndf is a contradiction 29.97 is drop frame ndf is 30 fps. Tape is neither drop nor non-drop. What exactly are you doing. What do you mean by drifting. Are you losing audio synch?
Scott Davis
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One annoying thing with 1200 is that if you use FW to monitor (like a DV system) your NTSC monitor will have horrible flashes. The only way around this is to monitor out via a 3rd party card. I’ve gotten to the point I don’t use my NTSC monitor except to color correct.
Scott Davis
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A couple of things to try. Use the three band EQ set the gain to the maximum negative and sweep up and down till you notice a reduction (start at around 60Mhz). Soundsoap from Bias Inc usually works well for removing noise. You can do the same with an EQ filter and some knowledge. If you are trying to boost volume levels try to double up the audio clip. That way you can raise each clip less but; get an increase in overall volume.
PS- ask someone who know something about audio. Audio is tough; I have the greatest respect for the audio guys.
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Thanks guys.
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If this is true; great. I still think hardware downconverisons will yield better and faster results than Compressor.
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In my experience (take this with a grain of salt as the HDV I’ve seen is shot terribly with very little concern for image quality) is awfull. This is off the little JVC camera. Any kind of camera movement and it feels like you are on a roller coaster built on a barge that is in the middle of a typhoon. Weird strobing and motion blur and an odd look to it I can’t pin down. Colors are terribly washed out. I would stay away from the little JVC. The Sony and the newer/better JVC’s I don’t know. I think DV shot well will look better. But again I have a skewed perspective. DVCPRO HD coming from the same guys is not much better than run of the mill DV footage I’ve seen.
Scott Davis
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In my experience the software downconversions look terrible. I’ve tried both FCP and AE (AE’s being the slightly better looking downconversion). I’ve found that using a 1200A with SDI to a DV deck with SDI yields the best results. You can have the TC synched so that if you ever want to master from the HD you can. Downside is the cost of the dubs.
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Or you could work with the DVCPRO HD footage, master to DVCPRO HD and off your master do a D-Beta SDI downconversion. That way you would have both an HD and SD master. And eliminate the cost of the D-Beta dubs (but incur the cost of rental or purchase of the DVCPRO HD deck). I quese it is six of one half dozen of the other type of thing.
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First open your scopes so you have something to measure by (along with a properly calibrated monitor). Theres two ways I would start. First use the color corrector (not the 3-way) and adjust the hue to change the overall color balance. Second, use the 3-way (take the regular CC off) find something white in the frame and after clicking on the little eyedropper tool under the “whites” of the 3-way tool; click on the white element in the frame. Do the same with the “blacks” except click on something that is supposed to be black. Mids are tougher, if you have something that is grey then great or try skin tones. I’ve found its a matter of tinkering with the CC tools till you get what you want.
BTW there is a great book by Steve Hullfish about CC with desktop tools.Hope this helps.
Scott Davis
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What the difference between an assemble edit and crash record?
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