It turns out I was mistaken. The issue is that my camera for some reason no longer exports HDMI at 1080p. Once I chose 1080i, it exported through the Intensity Shuttle just fine to my computer. I’m capturing singe frames on my computer for animation, so it doesn’t matter if the output is interlaced or not. Just thought I’d close this thread out!

Correction: What I meant to write was: “my guess is that the latest BMD Desktop Video Setup software would not be supported by my old OS (10.9.5).

Thanks for the reply, Gary. I’ve learned more since I posted, but it’s still a mystery. I know the problem isn’t with my software, Dragonframe, as I get no video signal in Zoom either with the Intensity Shuttle. Neither do I get a signal when I run Media Express with either my old Intensity Shuttle or the new (used) one I just bought. My video…

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This is a long shot, but I figure it’s worth a try. I’m on a Mac running 10.9.5 (still using this for many reasons) working on a long-term animation project. I’ve been using a USB Blackmagic Intensity Shuttle to bring camera images into Dragonframe animation software from my SONY NEX-VG30 since 2016. Suddenly all I get is a black screen. I…

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Thanks Ben. Really good to know. What about longevity though? Doesn’t H264 shot on an iPhone degrade much faster over time than something less compressed? I hate the idea of working on a project only to find it degrading in just a handful of years.

Thanks Craig, this is very helpful. I’ll check out Sony FX cameras.

Hi Mads,

Thanks for the detailed reply. It’s been a super busy week at work, thus my delay in responding. To answer your questions:

1) Final master will be shown both online and projected in small halls for art performances.

2) Haven’t bought a slow motion camera yet as I kept hoping one would come out that output to something other than H264.

3)…

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Hi Everyone. I couldn’t find anything about slow motion that wasn’t 10 to 17 years old, so I’m posting. I originally posted in Cinematography, but it looks like no one replies to most of those recent posts, so I’m posting here.

Seems like the only prosumer cameras that shoot 1080p 240fps or higher all only output to H264. My understanding is…

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Hi Everyone. I couldn’t find anything about this in my search, so I’m posting. Seems like the only prosumer cameras that shoot 1080p 240fps or higher all only output to H264. My understanding is that heavily compressed video, like Mp4, is no good for production, for editing or for archiving. So what are productions doing? Is there a…

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Thanks Graham!

Thanks for the reply, Mark. Yeah, my main concern is long-term integrity, AKA archiving, with the final video file. Well, that and practicality. No point in making a prores 422 file if it is largely “empty” (sort of like making a prores archival file from an h.264 file). I think I’m going to switch to Dragaonframe as I can capture in .tiff,…

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Hi All,

I’m doing stop motion animation with a software called iStopMotion. It captures stills in JPEG format and then gives you the option to export image sequence video from the captured still images. I’ve been exporting in Apple’s ProRes 422, but have since realized that the JPEG files, due to their compressed format, may have alrea…

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Tero, Eric and Patrick, Thanks for your comments. I thought I posted this at the time last fall but see now I didn’t. Your input has been very helpful!

Hi All,

I’m doing stop motion animation with a software called iStopMotion. It captures stills in JPEG format and then gives you the option to export image sequence video from the captured still images. I’ve been exporting in Apple’s ProRes 422, but have since realized that the JPEG files, due to their compressed format, may have already lost the…

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Hi Rainer,

Thanks much for your reply. Not what I was expecting at all, but good news. And it makes sense.

With appreciation,

Tim G

Hi CC Community,

I have a question about archiving in H.264. I manage the archive of a small non-profit, and we have decades worth of videos of retreats that we want to archive. Of course an Apple ProRes codec would be the best codec for archiving once the video tapes are digitized. Unfortunately though, the videographer (an independent… Read more