| | | | Re: Over/Undercrank VeriCam and the AJA by James Orlowski on Sep 15, 2009 at 8:09:30 pm in the AJA Xena Forum Yes, I've been doing a lot of reading on this, and I just don't think with our current set-up I can utilize over/undercranked footage from our tape-based VeriCam (the AJ-HDC27FP). As you said, everything is 59.94.
That said, I think I "fake" 200% | | | | |
| | | | Re: Over/Undercrank VeriCam and the AJA by Tim Kolb on Sep 15, 2009 at 7:57:28 pm in the AJA Xena Forum Everything the Varicam shoots is technically 59.94p. It doesn't matter what frame speed you're actually shooting as far as I know...the tape always moves at the same speed.
That said, I've never brought in over- or under-cranked footage via HDSDI | | | | |
| | | | Leopard instead of Snow? by marcel franck on Sep 15, 2009 at 3:18:12 pm in the Apple OS X Forum I read the post below concerning replacing snow leopard on a new MBP...
couldn't quite figure out the real answer...can I install 10.5.6 on
a new MBP that comes with Snow Leopard on it? can I partition the HD
and have both? Any help is appreciated | | | | |
| | | | Re: ibc summary on Euphonix, did anyone like it? by walter biscardi on Sep 15, 2009 at 11:16:28 am in the Apple Color Forum From the thread down below, it didn't sound that impressive. We're waiting here to get both that panel and the Tangent Wave panel to demo but so far, we're not hearing anything from anyone.
The JL Cooper Eclipse is just incredible, but I'd rathe | | | | |
| | | | Re: Monitor confusion by walter biscardi on Sep 15, 2009 at 11:14:15 am in the Apple Color Forum [Nigel Thompson] "Im still very wary of the LCD technology but i know it have come quite a long way in a short period, right now it's just which is best right now for colour critical work"
What's your total budget? There is "The Best LCD you can | | | | |
| | | | Re: FCP 7 and 64 bit by walter biscardi on Sep 15, 2009 at 10:36:15 am in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum [Ugo Danesi] "The problem is tha I have invested some money ina machine not fully used"
I really don't understand the problem here. The machine is not fully used? Just because it doesn't run 64 bit and FCP uses 2GB of RAM? Your logic makes no | | | | |
| | | | Re: RED just got some competition by Nigel Thompson on Sep 15, 2009 at 1:48:11 am in the RED Camera Forum SR may very well be around for a while but how much will it be used in years to come as everything goes more and more tape less at a faster pace then the eye can blink.
i always rented cameras when i started my own biz 11 years ago, betacams mostl | | | | |
| | | | Re: The future of colorists/color correction by walter biscardi on Sep 14, 2009 at 9:17:51 pm in the Apple Color Forum [Loren White] "(although I do like the responsiveness of Lustre much, much more.) "
I think most of us would..... :-)
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| | | | Re: The reason FCP is not 64-bit by walter biscardi on Sep 14, 2009 at 8:39:09 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Nice find Alan.
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| | | | Re: The future of colorists/color correction by walter biscardi on Sep 14, 2009 at 8:36:31 pm in the Apple Color Forum [Shawn Larkin] "So if you want to go to the Big Screen, you must have a good projector and all the overhead that getting full range RGB from disk to screen entails. I get that.
But for episodic small screen work, you might be able to get away wit | | | | |
| | | | (LF) Capture cards in a box. by Fred Jodry on Sep 14, 2009 at 8:04:22 pm in the Classifieds, For Sale Forum I`m looking for one or more capture / capture- edit booster cards for sale. AJA and BlackMagic are what friends recommend to me but it can be something else if a good type. If some (typically large edit house, news house etc.) has a large or huge bat | | | | |
| | | | Re: Are ANY pro editors using Apple Display? by walter biscardi on Sep 14, 2009 at 7:32:54 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum [William Carr] "Is there any advantage at all to an Apple display? "
It has the absolute sharpest display I've seen of any monitor so that makes it very easy on the eyes. It's definitely THE best monitor I've seen, but it's the price that holds m | | | | |
| | | | Re: The future of colorists/color correction by walter biscardi on Sep 14, 2009 at 7:31:10 pm in the Apple Color Forum [Alan Okey] "It's amazing how blind so many well-meaning producers and directors are when it comes to being critical of their own work. In my experience, if they even bother to solicit opinions about their project, they do it when it's already way to | | | | |
| | | | Re: The future of colorists/color correction by Shawn Larkin on Sep 14, 2009 at 7:29:16 pm in the Apple Color Forum Thanks for the reply Walter.
I get that there are a lot of smart people looking for the cheapest/best way to get the job done.
We have new MBPs and iMacs and Towers at my work and I have NOT done comprehensive testing of each piece of gear. Bu | | | | |
| | | | Re: The future of colorists/color correction by walter biscardi on Sep 14, 2009 at 7:18:45 pm in the Apple Color Forum [Arthur Puig] "I'm working as a colorist for a post house in Los Angeles, and I'm glad Color can give me the flexibility to take jobs as a freelancer, not only that, I know if I ever get laid off I have a source of income."
Absolutely and that's a | | | | |
| | | | Re: P2 1080 30i down-convert is UGLY by walter biscardi on Sep 14, 2009 at 7:02:40 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum [John-Michael Trojan] "I really just want to get it into a 720x486 29.97 NTSC sequence - or at least master out that way using the aja kona 3 to add pull-down. "
Then leave it in the HD timeline and let the Kona do the downconvert to SD. Do Not p | | | | |
| | | | Re: P2 1080 30i down-convert is UGLY by John-Michael Trojan on Sep 14, 2009 at 6:52:37 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum yes - it is getting rather ridiculous.
I was mistaken in my original post. The footage is not 29.97i, it is 30p running at 29.97.
I really just want to get it into a 720x486 29.97 NTSC sequence - or at least master out that way using the aja k | | | | |
| | | | Re: AJA Kona SD 10 Sep 3 SD by Paul Harb on Sep 14, 2009 at 6:51:00 pm in the Classifieds, For Sale Forum It has all the original cables that it came with, in perfect working condition everything.
Paul
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Wrong Beach Multimedia
Dual 3.2 GHz Quad/10.5.5/8GIG RAM/FCP 6.0.4/QT 7.5.5 | | | | |
| | | | Re: The future of colorists/color correction by walter biscardi on Sep 14, 2009 at 6:42:22 pm in the Apple Color Forum [Shawn Larkin] "It's ironic that lots of the guys that embraced the Final Touch > Free Color App (via FCS) model, are not willing to at least test using non-standard hardware (and software) configurations as an alternative to the obvious, more expens | | | | |
| | | | Re: Trouble outputting video by Shane Ross on Sep 14, 2009 at 6:41:47 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum This is a tip for seeing your footage on an external monitor, but all the tips work for your issue too.
Shane's Stock Answer #8: External Monitor Viewing
If you are working with DV, this is simple. First connect your computer to a camera or de | | | | |
| | | | Re: P2 1080 30i down-convert is UGLY by walter biscardi on Sep 14, 2009 at 5:40:21 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum [John-Michael Trojan] "My delivery is a standard NTSC d-beta and I'm trying to down-covert the two by setting up a standard NTSC timeline and rendering before output. "
As Shane says, use a capture card to do this, we use the AJA Kona 3's here. I | | | | |
| | | | Re: P2 1080 30i down-convert is UGLY by Shane Ross on Sep 14, 2009 at 5:17:01 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Software downconverts of footage aren't always good. Going from 720 to 480 might be fine, but 1080 to 480...that is a BIG distance. Having capture cards that do this via hardware is always best. AJA, MATROX, Decklink all do this.
Shane
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| | | | Re: Cant Export says Access Denied by walter biscardi on Sep 14, 2009 at 4:20:46 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro basics Forum Are you trying to give it the exact same name as the previous export? Change the name slightly and try again. Add a REV or something at the end of the file name.
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| | | | Re: AJA KUMO forum ? by John Fishback on Sep 14, 2009 at 2:55:17 pm in the AJA Kona Forum Cool product.
John
MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.5 QT7.5.5 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24" TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 2 (FCP 6.0.5, Comp 3.0.5, DVDSP 4.2.1 | | | | |
| | | | Re: Importing DV footage at highest quality by Norman Willis on Sep 14, 2009 at 2:11:41 pm in the Sony Vegas Forum Hi John.
I apologize. Is 'capture' the wrong term? Is 'record' a better term? I am still relatively new at all this. Please forgive me if I do not know all of the terminology.
Yes, I agree with you completely. Compression is like putting a | | | | |
| | | | Re: Aja Kona (ORGINAL) by Bob Zelin on Sep 14, 2009 at 1:21:31 pm in the AJA Kona Forum here is a post on ebay for a PCI-X Kona LH for $399
http://cgi.ebay.com/AJA-Kona-LH-Video-Capture-Card_W0QQitemZ200383893113QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea7cf8e79&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
I suggest that you purchase this, and sto | | | | |
| | | | Re: How long did it take you..... by walter biscardi on Sep 14, 2009 at 1:11:06 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum [peter pop] "How long did it take you folks when you first switched over to fcp? Am I too long in the tooth to be taught new tricks? Are there any ex-edit*ors (I am seeing a good few names in here that I know from the edit* days) that have 'that' dyn | | | | |
| | | | Re: Importing DV footage at highest quality by John Rofrano on Sep 14, 2009 at 10:37:43 am in the Sony Vegas Forum > If you really want uncompressed, the thing is to capture uncompressed using an AJA or a BMD card.
True, but it's not that simple. This must be done while you are shooting! Once the DV footage is shot, the damage is done. It has already been comp | | | | |
| | | | Re: Importing DV footage at highest quality by Norman Willis on Sep 14, 2009 at 7:04:04 am in the Sony Vegas Forum If you really want uncompressed, the thing is to capture uncompressed using an AJA or a BMD card. Once it undergoes compression it loses bits of information that you won't get back, even if you increase the file size.
BMD does not officially supp | | | | |
| | | | Re: Aja Kona (ORGINAL) by gary adcock on Sep 14, 2009 at 5:52:16 am in the AJA Kona Forum [Jason Finnigan] "I Have one of the AJA Kona card (v1), I've downloaded the deck link drivers from BMD. but I can't seem to get the my G5 to recongize it not matter what.
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First off the very first Kona Cards were PCI and would not install in a | | | | |
| | | | Aja Kona (ORGINAL) by Jason Finnigan on Sep 14, 2009 at 1:44:41 am in the AJA Kona Forum I Have one of the AJA Kona card (v1), I've downloaded the deck link drivers from BMD. but I can't seem to get the my G5 to recongize it not matter what.
System:
G5 1.8Ghz SP (PCIX)
3.5GB RAM
OS 10.5.7
FCP 6.06
Any Ideas? | | | | |
| | | | Re: Kona 3 vs Teranex box for SD to HDCam - side by side? by Bob Zelin on Sep 14, 2009 at 1:14:18 am in the AJA Kona Forum the DSR-11 (a now discontinued model) was a piece of crap when it was introduced, and it's really a piece of crap today. (no different than the Sony HVR-M10U HDV VTR when it was introduced - it's no match for the modern HVR-1500A, which is a piece of | | | | |
| | | | Re: FCP 7 and 64 bit by walter biscardi on Sep 13, 2009 at 10:16:49 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum [Ugo Danesi] "My Apple resellers is assuring that upgrating from leopar to leopard snow and FCP 7 I will fix thi problem, but I am not trusting in him. "
I don't understand, where is the problem? Just the fact that FCP is not running 64 bit? T | | | | |
| | | | Re: backup to LTO in the field? by Kim Rowley on Sep 13, 2009 at 7:13:11 pm in the Panasonic HVX - HPX (P2) Forum JBOD ...duh! Thanks Noah..reminds me of one of my first jobs way back when, when after a shoot I was told to be sure to remove the "LRB"... I found out later it stood for "little red button" under the Umatic cassette :) Thanks to all for the comment | | | | |
| | | | Re: The future of colorists/color correction by walter biscardi on Sep 13, 2009 at 6:59:02 pm in the Apple Color Forum [Shawn Larkin] "Look at it this way:
Your broadcast FSI monitors are only 8 bit; I understand that they do a good 10 bit to 8 bit conversation in the monitor, but you are getting the same 16,777,216 colors on that monitor that you are getting on | | | | |
| | | | Re: The future of colorists/color correction by Shawn Larkin on Sep 13, 2009 at 6:40:19 pm in the Apple Color Forum The obvious limitations of running Color on an iMac is the lack of expansion used for I/O and Monitoring.
My point wasn't that you should use an iMac. But you COULD USE an iMac with the ATI Graphics Card Option and additional display and use The | | | | |
| | | | Re: AJA Kona output to tape by walter biscardi on Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15:31 pm in the AJA Kona Forum http://forums.creativecow.net/faq/applefinalcutpro#42
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Need SD upconversion for HD projects, and HD cross-conversion? Broadcast editor and Final Cut Pro community leader Shane Ross recently had a DVCPRO HD project shot with the Panasonic Varicam and HVX-200 at 23.98 that had to be converted to 1080psf 23.98 for delivery on HDCAM. After long research and experience with many FCP-compatible cards, he concluded that the AJA Kona 3 was the way to go. It even handles SD upconversion too, all in real time. Read why he chose this specific card, and how he got the job done. Tutorial, Feature Author: Shane Ross |
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The AJA GEN10 is a cost effective and flexible Blackburst and Tri-level Sync Generator. While reminding you of why blackburst and sync are very, very good ideas, Creative Cow leader Bob Zelin takes you through the GEN10's ins and 7 outs. Review Author: Bob Zelin |
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| | | | AJA io | The long-awaited AJA Io HD!
Creative COW Community leader Gary Adcock has also worked closely with a number of industry manufacturers over the years, including AJA. Gary offers a guided tour through the features of the much-anticipated Io HD, and its promise of portable, hardware-supported ProRes editing in virtually every frame size and frame rate. Review Author: Gary Adcock |
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| | | | AJA Kona | AJA Kona SD v2.1
CreativeCOW leader, Marco Solorio reviews the new AJA Kona SD v. 2.1. For those seeking the latest uncompressed capture card for your Final Cut Pro system, this may be the answer you're looking for. With version 2.1 in public release, this system has unique features that other capture cards can only dream of. Review Author: Marco Solorio |
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| | | | AJA Kona | AJA HD10AVA Converter
CreativeCOW's Bob Zelin discusses how to turn your HDV VTR into a professional product using the amazing AJA HD10AVA converter. It takes the analog component HD signal from your Sony or JVC HDV VTR, and converts it to an HD-SDI signal that can go right into the HD-SDI input of your capture card. Review Author: Bob Zelin |
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Our man in Nepal, Jiggy Gaton, likes to live for danger. He installed a major software upgrade mid-project, with virtually no preparation, just to see what would break. Lo and behold, it all worked! And the more Jiggy works with it, the better he's liking it. Join him in this Creative COW, Real-world, Real-time Report on Final Cut Studio 3. Review Author: Jiggy Gaton |
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| | | | HD High-End | HD Unleashed
In this review from The Creative COW Magazine, Charles Papert, SOC, sets his Steadicam free with wireless, uncompressed HD using the IDX CAM~WAVE. Review Author: Charles Papert |
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How can a creative business survive, much less prosper, these days? DigitalFilm Tree's Zed Saeed offers a possible solution that combines embracing new, disruptive, low-cost technologies, and investing wisely to add value. Editorial, Business Author: Zed Saeed |
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| | | | HD High-End | Shane Ross Reports: IBC 2007
Creative Cow leader Shane Ross saved you a trip to Amsterdam -- further for some Cows than others, but pretty far for most. As always, you can count on Shane to tell you exactly what he thinks about what he saw: AJA, Sony XDCAM EX, Edit Share, and That Other Camera. Feature Author: Shane Ross |
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CreativeCOW's Bob Zelin tests a Cal Digit S2VRHD with a host card for a PCI-X computer, and a PCI-E computer. He used the incredible AJA Kona System Test, to evaluate the drive speeds. He was determined to 'break it.' Did he? No. He determined that...''If you want to do uncompressed HD, for a fraction of the price of an Apple Xserve RAID, or other hi end SCSI or Fibre Channel drive arrays, THIS IS YOUR BOX.'' Read the rest to find out why. Review Author: Bob Zelin |
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Brand new to the market and loaded with high-end features, Flanders Scientific has introduced four high definition LCD panels specifically developed for the pro market. With the help of the COW's Walter Biscardi, Jr. and senior telecine colorist Ron Anderson, Nick Griffin offers a first look at these high definition broadcast monitors from FSI. Review, Feature Author: Nick Griffin |
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You bought a new Final Cut Pro system to go with your Avid Media Composer or your other Final Cut Pro systems. You have an After Effects system with an AJA, Blackmagic or other card in it, so you can capture video and audio on this station as well. Your neighbor in the next office has a ProTools or a Logic system, and he wants to tie into some of your machines. You're on your way to becoming exactly what you didn't want to be – a facility. Oh no! Tutorial Author: Bob Zelin |
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| | | | Telestream Episode | Telestream Episode Pro
Recently, Creative COW leader and business owner Walter Biscardi needed a very flexible and fast compression tool that also provided extremely high quality end products for his clients. Oh, and it needed to be easy to use. Enter Telestream's Episode and Episode Pro. In this review, he's using Episode Pro 5.1.1 and he'll explain the differences between the two at the end of this article. Review Author: Walter Biscardi |
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| | | | Creative COW Magazine feedback | One Team. Three Network Shows. Every Week.
Creative Cow Contributing Editor Zed Saeed has helped create pioneering Final Cut Pro workflows for major feature films and episodic TV production. This year, he and the team at DigitalFilm Tree faced their biggest challenge yet: posting 3 major shows, for 3 different networks, every week -- with the same small team that used to do just one. How do they do it? World-class workflow management. Feature Author: Zed Saeed |
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