Scott Sheriff
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Try the search function in the forum. I’m pretty sure this has been covered.
Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.comI have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
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“I was wondering how much would I pay to replace the processor on a g5 or g4 with an Intel Core i5 or i7 so it can run FCP 7. I wanna see if I can save money. Thanks.”
$1199. The cost of an entry level iMac.
Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.comI have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
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Mark,
“This has to be the most pretentious piece of art “BS” that I’ve seen in a long time.”
Yeah, I got that vibe from the first couple of seconds, so TL;DW for me too. I wish people would just post the section with the problem so I don’t have to waste a bunch of time.
Just waited for it to buffer up, and watched 2:10-2:14.“All that’s missing is Yoko Ono!”
Yoko, and the fly.“Rolling shutter? Puhleeze! I didn’t even get that far.”
Saw the “NOT rolling shutter” bendies, and also some tearing, which made me think h.264 timeline, since they didn’t know about the CMOS shutter either.
But other than all those artifacts, the 5DII makes a great picture right?Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.comI have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
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H.264 in the timeline?
Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.comI have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
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“I know there maybe another can of worms waiting when I try to print to video the JVC HDV footage in HDV to a Sony deck.”
Never tried that, but I doubt it will work. Different GOP structure, different frame size, different pixel aspect, progressive vs interlaced.
Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.comI have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
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Sony HDV and JVC HDV are two different formats.
They are not cross compatible.Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.comI have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
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Bill,
“We keep telling anyone and everyone who owns a spiffy video camera that it’s NOT the camera that makes a great video – it’s the experience and talent of the person USING the camera.Make-up is EXACTLY the same thing.”
“You don’t see the worth in that, fine. Buy yourself some powder and have at it. Just don’t complain when the next video client tells you that their brother-in-law with his new handycam can do YOUR job as well as you. The thinking is precisely the same.”
I don’t disagree with your basic sentiment, but in the real world it just ain’t happenin’. I have been doing this for going on thirty years, and I have seen DIY camera, lighting and editing ruin a shoot. But I have never seen crew, or talent self applied make-up ruin a shoot, or had anyone complain. It’s pretty hard to mess up the basics, and certainly better than letting someone go on with a big grease shine, when that can be fixed pretty easy.
Many of us do our own directing, camera operation, lighting, sound, editing, mographs, etc. This does not make us any less than professional. In an ideal situation I would like to have a crew of at least 20 plus all necessary support services on every shoot. But there are a variety of reasons that this isn’t in the cards. For many projects this would be out of the budget, or just total overkill.
Having some basic make-up items is no different then having dull spray, or gaff tape. I don’t need to employ a gaffer, to use the tape.
Quite often you may be shooting ‘average joe’s’, and they will not consent to a full sit-down make-up session. Your lucky if you can sneak up on them with a quick dusting with some powder to bust the shine. And while a dedicated make-up person would be able to make them look great, often it isn’t that important to the subject. At least not so important that I want to risk making them uncomfortable, or feeling intimidated. Just being on camera is often pushing the limit for some of these folks.
Another reason to have some basics is you also find yourself working with folks that are use to doing their own. It is not unusual for them to show up empty handed. Having some basics in case they need to do some touch up is just good sense.
So your point about fixing dark eyes, blotchy skin is well taken, and I wouldn’t even attempt that type of thing DIY. And sometimes the talent requests a professional make-up artist. But I’m really talking about some basics that just about anyone should be able to do.
And of course we can always just fix it in post with several different plugins.Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.comI have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
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Get a Wacom tablet and assign two of the function keys to zoom in and out of the timeline.
Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.comI have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
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Mark,
“…libertarian desert-dweller…”
Hey, watch it, I resemble that remark!Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.comI have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
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Chris,
Sony portable DVD player
“Not likely a HD monitor.”
Correct, not HD. Just a 9″ 16×9 AR screen, most likely at DVD resolution.“Does it have SDI input?”
No, just composite input. This is a consumer device. Can’t be calibrated either. It is what it is.“SD monitors are cheap.”
Yes, that is true. My suggestion is also reasonable priced, often available for well under 180 USD, including a 7 hr battery.
I offered it as a low cost alternative compared to the FSI and smallHD dot com. Those are all really nice, but I would be bummed out if a 1,300 dollar monitor got stolen/trashed.
Laugh if you want. Not every gig has the budget or needs a lab grade monitor.
Just sayin’Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.comI have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
You should be suitably impressed…