Scott Sheriff
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Jiri
I have the JVC-HD110U, which is the 24/30 FPS version of your camera. I think your referring to the 110E, European version.
Our normal workflow is to shoot at 30fps, capture via Firewire in HDV, keep it native mpeg2 for post, since we mostly compress to make SD DVD’s, and the occasional ‘print to tape’, or stock footage upload. While we do use the BR-50 deck, we have used the camera on occasion for capture.
I know a lot of people go ProRes for HDV, but for our workflow we have found no real advantage, possibly due to the small (6 frame)GOP of the JVC camera.
For video monitoring I use the internal scopes and a GeForce 8800 driving two Apple Cinema WS displays.
The system is a 8 core 2.8Ghz w/16GB, 4x1TB HD’s non RAID, the system is a Hitachi, and the video drives are WD Blacks.
While this is not the typical system set-up or workflow you will see here on the board, it’s worked great, plenty fast even with a ton of filters on the clips and we haven’t had any complaints.
One of my partners has an identical system, including camera with the exception of a AJA I/O card.
IMHO, the card seems to slow the system down compared to my system, and the external output to a waveform and broadcast monitor, are not worth the trouble. We mostly use the card to get Beta in. The internal scopes and system monitors, compared to a external scope and a blue channel calibrated monitor are so close it doesn’t seem to be worth the extra expense.
I think the monitoring situation is really dependent on the type of clients, budget, and your own personal experience, but this is what is working for me.
So far my only real complaint with the whole system is that on long continuous recordings, like you would do to make a time lapse, you get ‘start/stop’ clip breaks, where there are none. This is a know JVC/FCP issue that has been around for a while, and is really just a minor annoyance. -
Misunderstanding
I meant ‘you’ in the collective sense. I figured you would practice what you preach.
Great debate!
Scott -
I think we agree to disagree.
Intellectual property rights are complex and not that simple.
Claiming a CR is not the same as actually having one, and big companies have lost major cases because they did not take steps to protect their work, and it was deemed ‘Public Domain’. Having the manual in the clear, even with the ‘circle c’ on every page, when other items are protected by requiring a password may be a defense.
And even the 10% rule would be subject to interpretation. 10% of what? If it was just the FCP manual, and the CR was on the FCS Suite, the pages from FCP may be only 10% of the total.
As I said, “I would claim Fair Use”, and not sweat it.
You wouldn’t.
(slightly OT)
So my next question is for all of you that publish screenshots of the Final Cut UI in tutorials, either on the web or DVD’s that you are selling, have you asked for permission from Apple? That UI is a CR item, and if you are using more than 10% of it, then that would be a violation. Are you not worried about that?
Like I said, just offering the instructions and the link to the software could just as easily get you in the proverbial hot agua, so if your going to do that, why not just put the PDF up and be done with it.
I do agree unless you have more money than Jobs, it might be good to have copyrightaphobia, win or loose, especially if your worried.
Sorry this thread seems to have gotten hijacked onto the copyright tangent, when it should actually be about the lack of FCS3 PDF’s. -
“He shouldn’t do that. It would be a copyright violation.”
All the best,
Tom
IMHO
If Apple is offering it for free (in HTML), but all your doing is changing formats, then I think that would fall under ‘Fair Use’, and I would claim it as so. Lots of gray area in ‘Fair Use’ clause, especially when the material has been made available for free in a public forum by the CR holder.
If you believe that providing a PDF is a CR violation and isn’t ‘Fair Use’, then he has already violated the CR by providing the means (links to software) and instruction for use, with the intent to distribute CR protected material.
All the more reason for Apple to put out the PDF. -
Great,
Sounds like Alex has got a handle on this.
How about ‘taking one for the team’ and just posting the working, searchable PDF version somewhere for download. -
Apple needs to wake up and smell the coffee. PDF’s are a must for those of us that take our work seriously. Being able to search efficiently is a real benefit.
A possible reason they (Apple) don’t seem to care about the manual is when they read the forums and see people ask ‘FCP 101’ questions, like how do I dissolve, key, matte, send…blah, blah, blah. These entry level questions that are quite easily found in the PDF (if anyone would take the time to look) might be giving the impression that good manuals are a low priority for a lot of users.
Besides giving the impression that manuals are not important, these questions are quite frankly, annoying. I’m glad to see that the ‘big guns’ on the forum have started to put their foot down regarding these types of questions. This forum, while not as bad as the Apple FCP forum, still has a lot of people that post questions because they are too lazy to read the book! -
So if I have FCS on my Macbook Pro that I bought in the US, and I’m working with it in London or Paris and need tech support, it will be refused? I’m not so sure about that. I don’t even see why they would care as long as you had a valid ser #. Seems like the only people that would care would be the VAT tax collectors.
I don’t remember seeing anything in the documentation regarding that.
I understand hardware makers don’t like gray market gear, but this is software and as far as I know it’s all the same no matter where it’s sold. And doesn’t Apple tout it’s support as ‘world wide’? Beside, you could just call the US support number if you were somehow worried that you might not get European support for a US purchase.
I may be way off base here. Just my 2 cents worth -
Not a deal breaker, but I agree that a down-loadable PDF would be a good option.
I have the FCS2 manuals on my (windows) laptop, and refer to them often when I’m not in front of the Mac, often to answer questions.
Also very handy when teaching. It allows me to look up things I can’t remember without disrupting the session. -
Check to see if the ‘Range Check’ function was on during color correction. The range check seems to clip the levels when on, giving false scope readings.
Scott