Stephen Pickering
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Thank you Eric!
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Hey Noah, thank you for the input! I know I notice a lot more “technical” issues that most audiences don’t notice, but this particular client asked about it. It’s not that they are upset but simply asked what it was. I explained to my best ability but I did notice that this particular case was much more noticeable, or maybe I’m just imagining it because the client asked about it. But I can’t put my finger on why it’s different- maybe it was the frequency of the strobe or maybe I was just too close because of the tight-space we had to work with.
This is why I was curious if there were post work-arounds, but also advice to help minimize it for future shoots.
Thank you again,
-Stephen
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Non to get off topic, but which camera would you recommend? We purchased two of the HMC40s because of their price and good reviews but never really noticed the flash band as an issue until this reception.
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Thank you Guy and Noah,
I’ll take a look at NEO SCENE. It turns out that the post production house has CS5 which was able to open the “raw” AVCHD footage without a hickup. I just copied the file structure to a DVD and dropped it in the mail.
Thank you again and I’ll definitely check out that software!
-Stephen
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Ok, I finally found out that ProRes is Apple only. I am on a PC running AE CS3 and CS4. It sounds like a “lossless” Quicktime “Animation” is the best setting to use. Any reason not to use it? I am just concerned about keeping as much color information as possible as I know how valuable it is for keying the green. Just to be clear, I am not editing anything on my end, just trying to get them as close to a 1:1 copy of the captured footage for THEM to key, edit, etc.
Thank you again for any help!
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I’ve been trying to figure out where ProRes is but I have had no luck. A different Cow forum post said it was a Quicktime codec but even following that I cannot find it anywhere. Am I doing something wrong or am I just missing something?
Thank you again!
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Export FROM AE to ProRes? I’ll try that! Thanks!
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Just tried importing the .MTS files into AE CS4 but it crashes when trying to view them. I then imported the .mxf files and exported as MP4 files but the quality is terrible. I can’t put money into CS5 so that is not an option.
Please, any ideas?
Thank you!
-Stephen
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Thank you Noah,
Shooting anything progressive (at least with this camera) changes the file size allot. Instead of 3+ hours with HE1080 60i I get only 49 minutes with PH720 24p. If this is the case I should probably shoot it at 1080 24p for the best quality, right?I was able to take a look at the test footage and it actually does not look too dark when shooting in the lowest quality (3+ hours) as the lights are pretty hot on the dancers. There is some more noise but it’s not bad… should I still stick with 24p (and get more SD cards)? I’m guessing more cards and 24p would be the safest.
Also, there is a “spot light” setting. Is this actually any use? I just came across it but have not had a chance to try it. The low-noize seems to be a little help but not too much.
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In the example from Video Copilot (the project I’ve been learning from) the image being projected onto the geometry is the wall photo. Without this photo it will be solid shapes. Though I suppose I could project the footage onto the flat image (no 3d) then pre-compose that composition to use as the source image file to project onto the 3d geometry… That might work.
Here is my first attempt (before I had posted on the forum).
https://reels.creativecow.net/film/projection-1