Send (back) to FCP (wrong sequence) by David Cape in the Apple Color Forum Hi dear friends, I have color graded a sequence which originated in FCP. When color grading was completed I sent to FCP. Color shut down and the rendered files disappeared from the render queue and no green bands under the clips in the time line when Color was relaunched. This... 18 minutes agoread more
HDCAM problem? by Emmet Reddy in the AJA Kona Forum Hi All im working on a project using HDCAM but i seem to be only able to capture at 10bit uncompressed 720-576 i need to capture at HDprores but i can figure out how to get footage from the HDCAM deck HDW-S280 to my system? I just got this deck,... 44 minutes agoread more
Re: JVC GY-HM700u and FCP 6 by Jurgen Hoppe in the JVC cameras/decks Forum There are no propper settings, only a variety of choices. It all depends on what format you want top shoot: 720p24 or 1080p24. Without that information not even a JVC guy can tell you how settings should be in FCP.... 1 hour agoread more
Compressor 3.5.1 ProRes422 preset issue by Phil Muri in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Howdy Cowpokes, I have been instructed to export my 1080p show using the Apple ProRes 422 HQ codec and the production house wants the movie interlaced. My colleague (running Compressor 2.x) simply used the preset from Compressor's setting list– Apple Pro Res422 HQ (For interlaced materiel). The result was an... 3 hours agoread more
Re: Avid - Mac or PC? by Antony Christie in the AVID Editing Forum Ed's right; that's exactly wot I'm looking for! Thanks Scott, Baz, Shane, Ed and David - time to get myself a book on OSX and start preparing for the change!!! Sony HVR-Z5, Avid Media Composer v3... 3 hours agoread more
Re: Canon XL1 - Need help fixing image by William Busby in the Canon Cameras Forum need a lot more info than what you've given (it's like leaving a mechanic voice mail, telling him your car doesn't run well and asking if he can repair it). from what I can tell, this green screen shot isn't anywhere near properly lit (talent is about as flat as... 3 hours agoread more
Re: Compression Confusion by Daniel Low in the Compression techniques Forum Are they both the same length? __________________________________________________________________ "There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance." Steve Ballmer To USA Today: 30 April 2007 "We and Apple are neck and neck and we're chasing the two other players," Steve Ballmer, referring to Nokia... 4 hours agoread more
Re: Creating Depth (Where None Exists) by Steve Roberts in the Adobe After Effects Forum Yikes. Trees. Bad idea, but let's see what we can do. Here's what I imagine: layer 1 (top): the large foliage at left-to-center of screen. Use keying to pull out the dark tree trunks, masking to kill everything to the right of the right trunk. layer 2: tree trunks. Fill... 4 hours agoread more
Re: Mocha Squeezing Image by John-Paul Smith in the Imagineer Systems Forum OK, you're slightly restricted in how the AE Corner Pin effect works, but you can get the right result. If you have Red Giant Warp, you can achieve this without the Comp 2 step. First make a new comp that has the same dimensions as the vertical screen. Drop in... 4 hours agoread more
Re: Vegas 9c still with rendering issues by Or Tal in the Sony Vegas Forum I'll tell you what I do, and It's working for me 1. before you render, clean the project media (remove unused files) this is the lightning icon on the project media tab/ 2.after that save the project to a new file. it removes all unused media from your ram. 2.... 4 hours agoread more
Re: Frame Blending Jitter in 2K RED by Uli Plank in the RED Camera Forum Yes, please post an example. RED is not doing any frame-blending, at least as I know the term it's referring to slo-mo (or other speed changes) done in software. Could it be an artificial light source @60 Hz? 100 fps doesn't fit too well with that… Regards, Uli Director of... 5 hours agoread more
Re: Where is the import p2 option by Job ter Burg in the AVID Editing Forum Hi, File->ImportP2 Clips/Media is the "old" way to get P2 stuff into Avid. With MC 3.5, AMA was introduced. With AMA you can immediately use the P2 footage for editing. The "old" way is still available to you in MC4, but you will need to turn off AMA in the... 5 hours agoread more
Best slow-mo settings shooting 720p by Adam Smith in the Panasonic HVX - HPX (P2) Forum I have a shoot this weekend where I will want some slow-motion shots and I'm trying to select my workflow. I'll be shooting 720p on my HPX-500, so I can shoot 720pN24 at 60fps for built-in slow motion, or I can shoot 720p60 and conform to 24p later. Anybody have... 5 hours agoread more
Re: HDV to DVCPROHD by Jeff York in the Apple Final Cut Pro basics Forum To echo what David said, you're going to want to get your footage into the appropriate ProRes codec for editing. Before loading anything into Final Cut, take all of your digitized files, drag them into Compressor, attach the appropriate setting and destination, and "submit" the job. Going the AJA route... 6 hours agoread more
Re: See yourself in this clip? by Scott Sheriff in the Art of the Edit Forum Mike, What about checkerboard auto assembles? Even harder to explain. I once had a producer insist that I didn't know what I was doing because (on 1", way before pre-read) he only had an A reel and wanted to dissolve from a shot we just laid (on the record machine)... 6 hours agoread more
Re: Hardware for FCP 7 by Jeff York in the Apple Final Cut Pro basics Forum Being a former Windows guy myself, let me say welcome to the Mac clan. It took me about a week of completely immersing myself into the OS before I could rate myself a power user. Everything had a fast ramp up and I was completely void of any desire to... 6 hours agoread more
Re: Depth Mattes by james gervais in the Apple Shake Forum Les thank a whole lot. the script u did is awesome and is going to save my hide from the producers and director. there's nothing like jumping into a new software you've never really used right in the middle of project that has a crazy and almost impossible deadline. also... 6 hours agoread more
Re: Black Magic audio capture by Jeff Markgraf in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum That was the first thing I tried to do. Didn't seem to work. Still got a clip with 16 channels of nothing. Of course, this was some time ago, and I've been using mostly clips digitized elsewhere lately. I'll try it again, as the system was just updated a couple... 6 hours agoread more
Re: capturing audio by Neil Sadwelkar in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Can you capture or see the incoming video or audio in the capture window? Is the ADVC set to be in analog to digital mode? You need to press the silver switch so the analog in light is on. Is the camera that's feeding video, on and feeding video? And... 7 hours agoread more
Re: Tape Alternatives by Neil Sadwelkar in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum While LTO-3/4 tape is more secure than hard disks, you need to know that LTO tapes can be written in many different and often incompatible formats. What I shudder to think is that one may delect a format that may become invalid in a few years, so even if one... 7 hours agoread more
Compression Confusion by Andrew Crittenden in the Compression techniques Forum Is there a place anybody knows where I can study up on everything about video compression? I'm constantly baffled. For instance, I just exported from a QT movie to FLV. The first movie was compressed at 400kbps (medium quality) The second at 700kpbs (high quality). The final file size for... 7 hours agoread more
Re: Estimated time to online feature film? by Arnie Schlissel in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum [Rick Turners] "3 months to do the finishing? What type of finishing work does that include?" If you're conforming a documentary with different formats of footage at different frame rates. Or an indie feature shot with multiple cameras that don't match. Or a film with a lot of VFX shots...... 8 hours agoread more
Re: Truly saving a project so you don't lose it by chris gorman in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Although this doesn't answer your specific question, it's a suggestion for additional safety when backing up a project. I keep a minimized window of a folder on a different drive with backups of fcp projects. While editing I navigate to the minimized view of two folders: one is my working... 8 hours agoread more
Re: HI-Resolution Still from Footage???? by Roland R. Kahlenberg in the Adobe After Effects Forum 8x9 inches isn't a video aspect ratio and hence, should be the size of the entire poster. Either you double-check with them or go with the 100% incremental scaling with the layer set to draft quality or look for a Photoshop plugin. I recall a Photoshop plugin that does up-sizing... 8 hours agoread more
Re: Comp Markers by Roland R. Kahlenberg in the Adobe After Effects Forum First off, you're alluding to Layer Markers and not Composition Markers. What you want is very achievable but you'll need Expressins or even Soundkeys from Trapcode. It helps if you can prep your audio file. But honestly, since layer marker creation is done in realtime, I don't see how you... 8 hours agoread more
Re: Stabilize Precomposed Layer by Roland R. Kahlenberg in the Adobe After Effects Forum [Dale Paquette] " Here's where I get lost. Where do I add the expression? I'm thinking the null's position (because the anchor is different for a null than a regular layer). Also, it's not clear if I'm to copy your expression verbatim or if the references to pick-whips means to... 8 hours agoread more
Re: Creating Depth (Where None Exists) by Chris Wright in the Adobe After Effects Forum You should be able to use the photoshop patch tool to clean plate the trees by adjacent pixels and when parts are revealed. Mocha in cs4 is great, but luma and alpha mattes are still much faster. These few tutorials should take a few hours to digest, but will save... 8 hours agoread more
Re: outputting timecode on HD110U by Scott Sheriff in the JVC cameras/decks Forum Quick help Menu-other ouput char set to on When the output char is set to on, the composite video out mimics the VF/LCD display. Toggle the display (display toggle button)to show the TC if it isn't up. Make sure the TC/UB menu the TC is also set to ON. Set... 8 hours agoread more
Vegas 9c still with rendering issues by Scott Francis in the Sony Vegas Forum Hello, I am still getting "not enough memory" errors when rendering MPEG files. Settings are for M2T 1440x1080 60i which is my native resolution. Cannot render to the same file type without often having the memory error. I have seen that numerous other have the same issue. I can render... 8 hours agoread more
Re: Ever get this error message? by Sharon Knight in the Apple Soundtrack Forum Hi All - I just logged in to say THANK YOU!! to a fellow named Charles Manson for solving a problem that I could not figure out for days and had given up out of sheer exhaustion. Apparently Charles' post got deactivated for some reason so I am reposting his... 8 hours agoread more
can you preview HDV on SD monitor? by Milton Hockman in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum bought to buy an HDV camera, like the HV20 or HF10. Can i preview when editing on an SD monitor? Owner Plus More Media Group Website Design - VA, Corporate Web Site Design - PlusMoreMedia.com Marketing designs and videos that do more for your business!... 8 hours agoread more
Comp Markers by Eric Jordan in the Adobe After Effects Forum Hey all, I typically spend hours and hours creating comp markers in my composition timelines for all the bass-kick hits, etc, that occur in my soundtrack layer so that I can later synchronize animation elements to those markers. Is there ANY possible way to automatically generate comp markers by analyzing... 8 hours agoread more
Re: PSD import problem by Todd Kopriva in the Adobe After Effects Forum From the "Preparing and importing Photoshop files" section of After Effects Help : "Layered Photoshop (PSD) files need to be saved in RGB or Grayscale color mode for After Effects to import them as a composition and to separate the layers. CMYK, LAB, Duotone, Monotone, and Tritone color modes are... 8 hours agoread more
Re: outputting timecode on HD110U by Scott Sheriff in the JVC cameras/decks Forum Matt Are you trying to record video out from the camera right to a DVD recorder? Give me a call or email if you can't find the #, I have this cam and a BR-50 deck. I'm sure I can help you out. probably just the switch settings.... 9 hours agoread more
another flash form php question by shanu shukla in the Adobe Flash Forum hi guys, I have created a flash form using AS1 with 4 input fields variable names 'sender_name','sender_mail','sender_city' and 'sender_country' My submit button uses the following action to load the variables in the php file. loadVariables("http://www.mysite.com/form.php", "_root.mainmovie.responseMC", "POST"); And this is the code I am using for the php file :... 9 hours agoread more
Re: Importing video onto Premiere cs4 by Danny Winn in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum Hey Corey, I shoot everything in 30p, I would use 24p if I were going for a movie look but 99% of my stuff is commercial oriented. I also export all of my HD stuff as an Mpeg2 with the HDTV1080-30p, your will be HDTV1080-24p. With that setting you will... 9 hours agoread more
Re: How do you bill for iTunes downloads? by Jeff Bonano in the Business & Marketing Forum Well, we could consult the Magic 8 ball.... *shakes it and turns it over** "Concentrate and ask again later" Well that's no good... *shakes it and turns it over...again** "My sources say use royalty free music you have rights to and bill them for that to be placed in the... 9 hours agoread more
Re: Frame Blending Jitter in 2K RED by Noah Kadner in the RED Camera Forum It's really hard to tell without actually seeing an example- flicker is one of those terms that means different things to different people. Can you post a short H.264 example? Noah Check out my book: RED: The Ultimate Guide to Using the Revolutionary Camera! Unlock the secrets of 24p, HD... 9 hours agoread more
Re: Ingesting DVCPRO HD as Pro Res 422 In FCP by Noah Kadner in the Panasonic HVX - HPX (P2) Forum Not with DVCPROHD as far as I know. Noah Check out my book: RED: The Ultimate Guide to Using the Revolutionary Camera! Unlock the secrets of 24p, HD and Final Cut Studio. Call Box Training now featuring the Sony EX1 Guidebook, Panasonic HVX200, Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon 7D,... 9 hours agoread more
Re: Avid - Mac or PC? by Ed Cilley in the AVID Editing Forum [Baz Leffler] "So maybe I too am a little biased." Isn't that what this is all about? :) That's what Anthony is looking for - your biased opinion. Go ahead, buy the Mac and enjoy using Leopard print or Snow kitty (once Avid approves it). Avid and FCP Preditor _________________________________________________... 10 hours agoread more
Re: Demultiplexing by Rafael Amador in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum [Alphonso Montgomery] "Is there a way to have the audio file rejoin the “new” (for lack of a better term) video file? " You can "Mux" them again with ffmpgx. rafael www.nagavideo.com... 10 hours agoread more
Black Magic audio capture by Jeff Markgraf in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Hello Cows FCP 6.0.6 MacPro Quad processor OS X 10.5.8 Black Magic DeckLink HD Extreme (2009 version, current driver) Most of my work is with DigiBeta in & out, via SDI, in uncompressed SD The "BlackMagic NTSC-8 bit" uncompressed easy setup only gives me the option of capturing all 16... 10 hours agoread more
Re: Avid - Mac or PC? by Baz Leffler in the AVID Editing Forum FWIW - I have a Mojo SDI/MC 3.1.2 which I use on both MacBookPro and a Vista Quad core system. It runs more reliably (and I think faster) on the Mac but I haven't really done the tests; just a feeling. But I have been a PC user most my... 10 hours agoread more
Re: Creating Depth (Where None Exists) by Zak Ray in the Adobe After Effects Forum I actually shot the clip twice, once with the actor in frame and once without, so I do at least have a clean plate for him. I understand it's going to take a lot of time, but if you can just steer me in the right direction, I'd be grateful.... 11 hours agoread more
Re: ADVC 1000 problem by Baz Leffler in the Broadcast Video Forum Paul - I have a MBP and an ADVC1000 in my facilities here. If you haven't sorted it out yet I can hook them up here and see if I can replicate your problem. Just let me know. Baz What would I do without the 'UNDO' button!!!!... 11 hours agoread more
Re: Estimated time to online feature film? by Scott Sheriff in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum I don't think 3 months is out of line for a 90 minute feature. As everyone said, there are so many variables, but heres an example. Did a low budget western this summer, about the same length. Source was 42 HDV (miniDV) tapes, that were A-B, so 21 per camera.... 11 hours agoread more
Color/tangent Wave bug or oversite? by Baz Leffler in the Apple Color Forum I have mapped 'Toggle playback' to a function key. I use this in conjunction with 'Mark in' and 'Mark out' to 'loop playback' over a scene change. So when I have finished this 'loop playback' I need to go back to full timeline playback. But I have noticed that the... 11 hours agoread more
Re: How to capture video best for keying by Todd Kopriva in the Adobe After Effects Forum The "Keying introduction and resources" page includes links to several good resources about acquiring footage for keying. There's also a link to the KeyerforDV animation preset, which helps a bit with keying DV footage. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated putting the 'T' back in 'RTFM' : After Effects Help... 11 hours agoread more
Re: Creating Depth (Where None Exists) by Chris Wright in the Adobe After Effects Forum For the price it will take to do this in post, you could greenscreen, 5 minutes later after key, drop fading foilage in and be finished. But for the sake of argument, let's try the hard way. After you have perfect mattes which I discussed in the above post, you... 11 hours agoread more
Re: Copying "E" Series P2 cards onto a MacPro by Helmut Kobler in the Panasonic HVX - HPX (P2) Forum I really like my PCD-35 5 card reader. It attaches to a Mac Pro via a PCIe card and is blazing fast. Might be overkill if you're not transferring a lot of cards at one time, though, but if you are, it's hard to beat. http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technology/pvr/ROI-Review-Panasonic-AJ-PCD35_11176.html... 11 hours agoread more
Re: Sony HDR FX1 problems by Brian Louis in the Sony DV Forum Dirty heads usually cause banding, you should clean the heads about every 50hrs, run the cleaning tape for 3-5 sec periods with a cool down period in between each cleaning, if that doesn't clean it you may have tape debris stuck in the head and need a pro cleaning. The... 11 hours agoread more
Re: Creating Depth (Where None Exists) by Zak Ray in the Adobe After Effects Forum Answer #1: Completely stable, yes. Answer #2: I need to make each foreground layer disappear sequentially-- first the small trees, then the forked tree, then the actor, then the background. The issue therein is that even when I perfectly isolate the planes, I still have gaps in each layer that... 11 hours agoread more
Re: Creating Depth (Where None Exists) by Chris Wright in the Adobe After Effects Forum question #1, is this a very stable locked down shot on a tripod? qu#2, why do you need to layer it? is it to move like a cardboard pop up, or to rack focus? If its locked down, you can get the moving objects matted with difference matte. Other things,... 11 hours agoread more
Re: Why External Monitoring? by Shane Ross in the Broadcast Video Forum [Eric Harnden] "So really it's just if you're going to TV?" HARDLY! [Eric Harnden] "What about film?" A computer monitor doesn't compare to projected film at all! The same thing applies for film...same monitors. [Eric Harnden] "Is that why they have DI/color correcting sessions?" DI is just ONLINE...just getting things... 11 hours agoread more
Re: Truly saving a project so you don't lose it by David Roth Weiss in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Jeff, You should asking how to repair your comptuer so you don't have this issue. If you ask I will give you several tips. David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productions, Inc. Los Angeles POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY A forum host of Creative COW's Apple Final Cut Pro, Business... 11 hours agoread more
Re: Sony DSR-40P capture problem in Premiere Pro CS4 by Brian Louis in the Sony DV Forum [Rick Mcleod] " borrowing the DSR-40P, Of course, the unit isn't listed in the settings of CS4 Premiere Pro, typical " The DSR-40 is listed under the Sony presets in the device control settings. You don't need the "P" that only tells you its a PAL recorder, you need to... 12 hours agoread more
Re: Avid - Mac or PC? by Shane Ross in the AVID Editing Forum Avid 4.0 is only supported on Leopard print...Snow Kitty is a no no. Shane GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD ...don't miss it. Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def... 12 hours agoread more
Help Scaling Full HD to 720p by Declan Smith in the Apple Final Cut Pro basics Forum Hi I have raw footage that is Full HD (1920 x 1080) but is badly framed. The final project format is 1280 x 720. What I want to be able to do is drag the Full HD clip into the sequence and be able to effectively reframe it (as the... 12 hours agoread more
Re: Avid - Mac or PC? by Scott Cumbo in the AVID Editing Forum these days Avid runs great on both platforms, so it's really which you like to work on, mac or PC. I prefer PC, just because the mac OS annoys me. by the way if you've been working on XP once you get to vista/windows 7 or a mac with whatever... 12 hours agoread more
Re: Avid - Mac or PC? by Shane Ross in the AVID Editing Forum To say that historically Avid is associated with PC seems odd. I have cut on Avid for over 15 years, and in all shows but TWO, I was on a Mac. Avid MC 5.5 back in 1994...on a Mac Quadra. Then on Powermac 9600s, then on G3's, then G4's with... 12 hours agoread more
Re: After Effects CS4 Mac Fast Previews not working by Kevin Camp in the Adobe After Effects Forum if you are talking about live update, where you see the preview window updates as you scrub thru the timeline, there is a toggle at the top of the timeline that switches this option on/off (looks like square overlapped by another square with an x in it). try switching that... 12 hours agoread more
Re: 1080p24 to 720p60 by Shane Ross in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Yeah...get a good HD capture card and do the conversion on the fly as you output. Shane GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD ...don't miss it. Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def... 12 hours agoread more
Stream Error in Log and Transfers by Alex Stephens in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum I've been working in the Log and Transfer window in FCP 7.0.1 and I have come across a batch of MFX files that I'm unable to Transfer the file into FCP. The files show up in the window and play in the monitor without issues. Then when I send them... 12 hours agoread more
Re: Clips have turned red on the timeline in 9c by Norman Willis in the Sony Vegas Forum Well, it's off. In AVG, one just disables Resident Shield. And I never go anywhere online with my desktop except hunting for .jpg's on three websites, and uploading to three other websites. And I only answer emails from my laptop. I don't even get email from anyone else. It just... 12 hours agoread more
Re: Centering a horizontal spy menu bar by Fernando Mol in the Adobe Dreamweaver Forum Your menu is inside a container. That container must be divided by 5 to a square number. That is the number you must give to the width of each menu element. Considering boders. I'm not telling you exactly where to put the numbers, but it's a trial and error process,... 12 hours agoread more
Re: virtual midi to link vegas to acid by Dave Brandt in the Sony Vegas Forum Hi Did you try http://www.midiox.com ? I'm not sure it works in 64bit, but I did have it going in 32bit vista. I had nuendo slaving to vegas, I was able to use nuendo to play the audio multitrack in perfect sync with vegas By using this technique. Once your... 13 hours agoread more
Re: Animating website screenshots by Stephen Smith in the Apple Motion Forum I use Snapz Pro to capture my screen and then animate it's 3D space. Here is an example in my Creating a Hologram tutorial. Hope this helps. 600 ? 600: true);" src="http://www.lonepeakproductions.com/img/cow/Steve_COW.jpg" align="right"> Stephen Smith Utah Video Productions Check out the Graphics Demo Reel I did. Check out my Motion... 13 hours agoread more
Re: Magic Mouse by Amir Abed in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum I haven't used it with FCP yet but for everyday computer use its been just as good as any other mouse. Its 2 button only and gestures function is cool but if you don't like it you can turn it off.... 13 hours agoread more
Re: Moving with Motion by S. Smith by Stephen Smith in the Apple Motion Forum Sorry Bruce, the Sales Manager said that everything is working and that it most be something with a discrepancy with your account. The DVD will go off of sale I think tomorrow. You may wan to try using a credit card instead or click on this link to ask Pay... 13 hours agoread more
Re: Importing H.264 HD encoded files?! by Brian Louis in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum You ought to try Cineform's Neoscene, your computer is underpowered for processing native AVCHD, and you should use a intermediate codec, your computer specs are just over the minimum requirements for Neoscene, you can download a trial, if you like it you can purchase a key to unlock it. you... 13 hours agoread more
Re: Change DPX header/frame rate by Noah Kadner in the Apple Color Forum Glue Tools- though I'd imagine there's also some sort of command line or hack you could find if you searched hard enough. But you can also simply change your frame rate in Color and DPX will fit to fill. Noah Check out my book: RED: The Ultimate Guide to Using... 13 hours agoread more
Re: Advice on cms/quicktime by David Kelsen in the Adobe Dreamweaver Forum Joomla has a number of free plugins that can handle flv's. It's actually a pretty powerful cms. Make sure you use Joomla 1.5. The "Simple Flash Video Player Module" works really well on shared servers. But if you have a dedicated server and can mod the php.ini file, "AllVideos Reloaded"... 13 hours agoread more
Re: Estimated time to online feature film? by Aaron Neitz in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum [Arnie Schlissel] "IOW, you really need to take a long, hard look at their project & see how messed up it is before you can reasonably estimate this. And then add at least a couple of days for unexpected problems. Kind of like a painter needs to come into your... 13 hours agoread more
Re: After Effects Artifacts during "Make Movie" rendering by Kevin Camp in the Adobe After Effects Forum hey michael, since other formats are not effected, have you tried rendering a .mov then convert it to an .avi using a different piece of software? quicktime pro will do it, mpeg streamclip (free) may, adobe's media encoder probably will (but may have the same problem as ae)... i'm sure... 14 hours agoread more
Re: 16:9 and 4:3 by Joey Burnham in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum No, it's 33% down on the y-axis. Load your footage into the viewer, go over to the motion tab. In the distort pull down change the aspect ratio to -33. That will give you a 4x3 letterbox. Joey... 14 hours agoread more
Re: Panasonic GH1 vs Nikon d90 by Peter DeCrescenzo in the Canon Cameras Forum Hi Austin: Links to sources for relatively inexpensive lens mount adapter rings for the GH1 are in the GH1 FAQ on DVXuser.com and in my l-o-n-g thread on Cinematography.com, which I linked to in my post above. DVXuser.com has several DSLR video-related forums. There are also lots of folks here... 14 hours agoread more
Re: How do you bill for iTunes downloads? by Shane Ross in the Business & Marketing Forum Well, to play devil's advocate here...let's assume that the said music will NOT be in the final. What you all mention is very very bad if the music that is downloaded is used in the final. Unless you license that music from BMI or ASCAP and pay the hundreds to... 14 hours agoread more
Re: AVID Project in FCP by Shane Ross in the Apple Final Cut Pro basics Forum [Duane Fulk] " Is it possible to open AVID projects with all the timeline and effects that are in the original?" No. You can export an EDL of the cut and then use Automatic Duck to import, then recapture. Or export an AAF of the cut, and then FCP can... 14 hours agoread more
Creating Depth (Where None Exists) by Zak Ray in the Adobe After Effects Forum So I have a relatively complicated (at least for me) VFX shot to pull off; if you look at the image linked below, there are three or four planes involved: the small trees nearest the camera, the large forked tree, the actor, and the trees in the background. What I... 14 hours agoread more
Re: creativity by grinner hester in the Art of the Edit Forum you can't teach creativity anymore than you can quinch it. It's not something that is created but something that one is born with. Some like to excercise it in brighter ways than others, that's all. Know that and it will be easier for you to allow each of your students... 14 hours agoread more
Re: Advice on cms/quicktime by David Modijefsky in the Adobe Dreamweaver Forum Here's a little update. I've spend weeks trying searching on forums etc. It turns out that most cms-es don't like flv's. A lot of them say they can handle flv's (in the sense of changing them by cms) but in the end, they can't. Cms from Scratch is one of... 14 hours agoread more
Re: Uninstall FCPro steps by Dave Klee in the UG: Arizona FCP Forum Hey Steve, why follow a procedure when you can have an application do it for you? :-) I've used this a fair amount and have been happy with it: http://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcs_remover.htm It's called FCS Remover, it's free, and it pretty much wipes your hard drive of all final cut pro components... 14 hours agoread more
Re: Clips have turned red on the timeline in 9c by Bob Peterson in the Sony Vegas Forum Hmmmmmmm. There are some things you do not do. One of those is to turn the anti virus software off. There is, of course, also the fact the the anti virus software does not seem to have the ability to be shut off. It would be better to revert to... 14 hours agoread more
Re: Embed link with FCP by James Chance in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Thanks Paul! I opted for the first method (as I don't want to have to shell out $400 for the software). Have you ever tried doing this yourself?.. I have given it a go a few times now and just cant get it to work. The instructions are very thorough...... 14 hours agoread more
Studio VideoHub by Eric Harnden in the Blackmagic Design Forum According to the blackmagic-design Videohub page: "Independent Monitoring "Because most editors love monitoring direct from the router, Videohub has up to 144 independent SDI outputs totally dedicated for monitoring. Independent monitoring outputs are great when you need to quickly look at decks and other editing systems in your facility. You... 14 hours agoread more
Re: Estimated time to online feature film? by Rick Turners in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum I guess I'm hoping that I can create an offline of the project and recapture to prores 4444 smoothly. I'm not sure on the fps used in the offline. I'll have to give that a look. I'm glad I asked here, forgot about the potential roadblocks! 3 months to do... 14 hours agoread more
Re: Black and White Conversion by Michael Szalapski in the Adobe After Effects Forum You can use channel mixer and set it to monochrome and tweak various sliders which will give you some contr over the lightness based on the hue. - The Great Szalam (The 'Great' stands for 'Not So Great, in fact, Extremely Humble') No trees were harmed in the creation of... 14 hours agoread more
Re: HD and Pro Res Workflow by Shane Ross in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum [Julien Rosskam] "The editor is very gung ho for using the pro res codec but I had hesitations because of the slight quality loss most of the footage would have" We are talking REALLY slight here. It is comparable to Avid's DNxHD codec. I mean, if you have the drive... 14 hours agoread more
Re: How to capture video best for keying by Dave LaRonde in the Adobe After Effects Forum What Bogie says is right. What Kevin says is right, too. If you have no other choice but to chroma key in HDV, you'll pretty much have to resign yourself to crummy-looking edges on your keys, as Bogie says. Why? HDV has lousy color resolution. It's just as bad as... 14 hours agoread more
Re: Can I preset .png files? by Theo van Laar in the Sony Vegas Forum You can apply your pan/crop preset to the first PNG file. Then copy this event, select all the other png files and PASTE ATTRIBUTES to apply the same pan/crop preset to all the other png events. Theo... 14 hours agoread more
Re: Estimated time to online feature film? by Arnie Schlissel in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum [Michael Gissing] "Ironically the mistakes made on low budget films are inversely proportional to the budget as inexperienced people stumble around without research. " Yup, that's the beauty of it. Now you're going to find out something unpleasant, like that they crash captured their miniDV downconverts without timecode, and you'll... 14 hours agoread more
Re: CR4 & MoGraph Help (Building blocks falling into a shape) by James Nannen in the Cinema 4D Forum I have been experimenting with different ways to achieve the effect I want. I uploaded a test here (sorry for the bad file hosting) http://www.mediafire.com/file/fyfnrjyigzh/CubeTest01.c4d This is almost what I am looking for. I have the random effector fill up the shape by animating the Sample Distance in the Falloff... 14 hours agoread more
