Seth Hancock
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Thanks. I will just have to wait until we purchase the MOJO. I was hoping to get a jump on the software to speed up the learning curve. I appreciate your quick (and painless) responses.
Seth
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison -
Well, the I/O HD connects to decks and such via SDI but it connects to my Mac via Firewire. Does that make a difference? Can AMC NOT see the I/O HD even though it connects via Firewire?
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison -
Sorry Gary,
I would like to post more but I am extremely busy with work and shooting six days a week. I try to get here when I can and offer advice or ask questions when I can or have the time. If that makes me part of the problem then so be it. Although, I have no idea what you mean by that statement.
You want advice then here it is…
Clearly Zach is stating that he is having problems with the De-Interlace filter in FCP (hence that’s why he posted it here instead of starting a new thread – that’s simply my deduction). He says that there is an artifacting issue regardless of 24p or 60i shooting modes. Yet, many people here get fixated on this 24p thing. I have deduced by reading and comprehension that he is concerned about the crappy de-interlace filter in FCP and is looking for a solution to this problem as it seems to plague ALL footage and not just 24p footage.
Somehow this becomes a conversation about 24p, combining footage, sending a still at 100%, etc. All the guy wants to do is get help. Now, I have not experienced this before so I cannot comment on this EXACT situation. However, I have had experience with capture settings, presets and Kona settings that have altered my footage. Since I don’t have his computer in front of me then I cannot say exactly what the problem is but I can guess since this artifacting is affecting ALL of his footage that it is a capture/preset/Kona problem and I would want to get into that more rather than argue about 24p issues!
And, the last time I checked, I get paid for the work I do, the clients I answer to and the awards I win. I don’t get paid for the number of posts I make on this site. So, yes, JeremyG has me beat in the posting category. I am completely fine with that at this point in my career as I am far too busy to spend my free time explaining myself.
Oh… Snap!
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison -
WOW! Reading this ENTIRE thread is like watching a monkey screw a football!
The people here who are “so-called” forum leaders are ignorant or don’t read and can’t comprehend the scope of the situation. Instead, they would rather talk down to someone when trying to answer a question or make the other person feel stupid (e.g. JeremyG asking to have frames sent to believe it is de-interlaced). This is such crap! And, if you go back to the VERY first post and read all the way through you will see that the experts or forum leaders didn’t answer the question and are doing now what the did then… dance around the issue and change the subject.
Zach, it was EXTREMELY clear to me that you have to know what you are doing if you are changing your shooting modes from 24p to 60i. As someone who has used the SDX-900 to shoot and produce over 40 television commercials, 100+ television episodes and countless other videos, I know you have to know what you are doing with that camera to really make anything look good and get what you want. That said, it is clear to me (and I don’t need any additional frames rendered at 100% or proof about de-interlaced footage and determining whether you are telling me the truth by posting more and more frames here) that this is a capture issue/matter.
If your footage is having the same artifacts regardless of the mode in which you are shooting then you may want to look at how you are capturing via FCP or your deck. I think you said you have a Kona card. I would talk to the people at AJA or completely re-evalute your setups in FCP rather than continuing to waste your time here with these people who don’t believe what youare saying and have no clue as to how to help. If you need them to make you feel stupid for trying to solve a problem then feel free to come back here… Or, just cut yourself with razor, pour hot sauce into the wound and then roll around on a fire ant mound. Either way you will get the same thing accomplished!
My $.02!
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison -
Thanks Mike. I will use both methods and see how well things develop, um, er turn out.
Seth
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison -
In Illustrator, save your document as a PDF then bring it into FCP via Motion. That will do the trick of keeping your artwork as a vector image.
Seth
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison -
I found the Freeze Mask tool and now can do exactly what I want with these images.
Seth
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison -
Darby,
Thanks for the reply. I have that box checked so I don’t know the issue. I do know that this is the only file of all that were sent that causes this problem. I need to talk with the creator about this file and see what we can do to revise it. All other files worked as expected.
It looks like it is just a glitch in this particular file.
Thanks again.
Seth
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison -
My Activity Monitor is telling me that AE is using 100% of the CPU. This is just from importing paths???? Something must be wrong. Is there a way to test my RAM. I have 8 gigs.
I can send the AI file and comp if anyone wants to test. This is just a test comp with one solid and me trying to import paths.
Seth
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Thomas A. Edison -
So after really digging into the Crash Log and trying to understand it fully, I noticed that the problem was the Digieffects plug-ins that were the culprit. I completely uninstalled all DE plugs and…voila… no more crashing. I have since re-installed the same plugs and everything seems to work just fine. I have not tried to apply any of these plug-ins just yet so that could be another issue altogether. If I discover anything else, I will let you know.
Thanks for your insight and help.
Seth
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison