Todd Beabout
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We use Animation codec quite alot to go from AE to Avid or FCP, and it works fine with footage as well. If you want a way to get your final product output to tape without the DV compression this could be the way to go.
You could export everything, once completed, to a QuickTime with Animation codec and burn that to a data DVD or CD (or even an external FireWire drive if it won’t fit) and bring that to a post house or TV station that would make the dub for you from an uncompressed Avid or FCP box. Unless you know what system they have, Animation would be a good choice for delivery. Another option would be an image sequence. If they do happen to have a FCP box, then Shane’s suggestion of the 10 or 8-bit Apple codec would be ideal.
Good luck, and post back with your results!
-Todd Beabout
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I use PSPWare to convert to video to the PSP format. I just tried it using a reference movie from FCP, and it encodes pretty good. It’s a free download at:
https://www.nullriver.com/index/products/pspware
Check ‘er out. Go to the video tab and click the “+” to locate the movie you want to convert. From there it will convert in the background, then the program offers a sync function. Note this will delete anything that you currently have on the PSP, because it is doing a “sync” and will sync what you have selected under each tab. I lost my bookmarks because I didn’t realize that it was going to sync that as well. And photos. If you want to just find your converted movie file (to send to someone else or whatever) it is located in your documents folder in a PSPWare sub-folder.
-Todd Beabout
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Put a tape in the camera. That’s what that message means anyways.
-Todd Beabout
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Once you drop your AE render into your DV Final Cut timeline, you are essentially dropping the resolution from uncompressed to DV compression. That is the big drawback to DV: graphics.
If resolution is an issue for you, you should look into upgrading to an uncompressed system, which is quite expensive when you look at I/O options, broadcast quality monitoring, not to mention decks, audio boards, etc… But DV sure is cheap to get into, huh?
-Todd Beabout
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This depends on your setup. I have a G5 Dual 2.0 and I was able to work with it in realtime. You probably won’t get quite the realtime support that you get with DV25, but that is to be expected. As resolution increases, realtime capabilities decrease.
-Todd Beabout
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You can capture HDV through FireWire, either from the camera or a deck with FireWire port (which they all should have).
-Todd Beabout
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You will need QuickTime 7 in order to view HDV on your computer. I just checked, and HDV works in AE 6.5 running on Tiger.
A workaround would be to either buy QT7Pro and export an image sequence, or get the guy that has FCP5 to do it for you. Then pull the image sequence into AE and run with it.
-Todd Beabout
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You can do all of this in either the “Print to Tape” or “Edit to Tape” windows that pop up. Click the “Mastering Settings” tab and enter both the duration and dB of your Bars, and the duration of black before the program starts.
OK wait. I’d just have the post-house add bars and tone to those specifications when they output to tape. Those guidelines are more for them than you if you are not doing the mastering yourself.
-Todd Beabout
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Actually, in my case I don’t have to worry about clipping. I just leave the audio exactly as it was prepared by the audio post facility. Part of their job includes ensuring just that. The other reason is that no one wants their DVD to not sound as “hot” as the next one.
Just my $.02
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Don’t know how your workflow is, but when I get audio from the audio post facility we use, I always pull it down 12dB (based on our in-house mastering standards) for output to tape. Digital tape needs a little head-room, but for DVD you can master right up to 0dB. So, in my case I export the audio at 0dB (the way I got it) for DVD and that works. If you don’t use an audio facility, I suppose you could bring the master audio level up in your FCP sequence until the audio is PEAKING at 0dB and then export via Compressor. Be sure that you listen to the whole sequence first, and make sure the audio doesn’t clip.
BTW, I used to leave the audio down when exporting until I realized my error, but I did not receive any complaints regarding the audio levels on those DVDs.
-Todd Beabout
Vazda Studios