| | | | 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: 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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Credits include multiple Emmy, Telly, Aurora | | | | |
| | | | 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 | | | | |
| | | | 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 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
Paul Harb-Producer/Director
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: 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: 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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Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author.
Credit | | | | |
| | | | 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: 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.
"
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: 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: 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
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author.
Credits include multiple Emmy, Telly, Aurora and Peabody Awards.
Owner, Biscardi Creative Media featuring HD Po | | | | |
| | | | AJA Kona output to tape
by Hrabba Gunnarsdóttir on Sep 13, 2009 at 5:47:55 pm
in the AJA Kona Forum
Hello
I am just about to attempt to output my timeline to Beta SP from FCP. The original timeline is in AppleProRes 1920x1080 and I am wondering what the best way to do this is? Is it possible to output directly to tape or do I have to convert the | | | | |
| | | | Re: The future of colorists/color correction
by walter biscardi on Sep 13, 2009 at 1:37:07 am
in the Apple Color Forum
[Shawn Larkin] "2) A computer that can run Color and FCP; preferably with a GFX card optimized for it and at least 4 GB of RAM; so this could be an iMac. "
Not if you really want to run Color on a day to day basis. The iMac is not what you want t | | | | |
| | | | Re: The future of colorists/color correction
by walter biscardi on Sep 13, 2009 at 12:57:53 am
in the Apple Color Forum
[Rick Turners] "Grading suites are much more extensive then editing suites. "
Now THAT I would disagree with. You need a quality monitor, a good desk, proper lighting and Apple Color software with the proper computer setup with proper video card. | | | | |
| | | | Re: The future of colorists/color correction
by walter biscardi on Sep 12, 2009 at 7:34:00 pm
in the Apple Color Forum
[Stuart Ferreyra] "There will always be a place for the bedroom guy and the professional guy. They both target different demographics "
That was true even 5 years ago, but now the bedroom guy may also be the professional guy. I know of a few "big | | | | |
| | | | Re: Blu Ray
by walter biscardi on Sep 12, 2009 at 10:38:38 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
[Ben Holmes] "One caveat - always check the client's player can play your burnt disks. Not all will have the correct hardware or firmware (think DVD-R a few years ago). If you need total compatability you will have to consider a more pro setup, as Wa | | | | |
| | | | Re: Matrox MX02 Vs AJA LHe
by Andy Mees on Sep 12, 2009 at 1:43:32 am
in the Matrox Video Systems Forum
Hey Mike
I'm VERY impressed by the newly announced MXO2 LE, it looks really very nice indeed. It's smaller footprint makes it very much more portable for field work and it keeps all the most important functionality of its bigger brother (its miss | | | | |
| | | | Re: Blue Ray
by walter biscardi on Sep 11, 2009 at 11:52:52 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
[Steve Tamou] "Is it true that you can not burn a blue ray disc using DVDSP?"
Yes.
[Steve Tamou] "I was just wondering if thats true and if so, than how could you burn a blue ray disc after building your movie in FCP. Thank You. "
With Stu | | | | |
| | | | Re: Final Cut 7 renaming cuts
by walter biscardi on Sep 11, 2009 at 11:22:40 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
As a follow up, I just had the same sequence change names three times as I was collapsing tracks. Really weird behavior going on now.....
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Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author.
Credits include multiple Emmy, | | | | |
| | | | Re: Final Cut 7 renaming cuts
by walter biscardi on Sep 11, 2009 at 11:18:47 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
We're now seeing the exact same behavior here when pasting material from one Sequence to another.
We're using one of Shane's methods to work on a large project and when compiling all the timelines together, the main Sequence changes name each time | | | | |
| | | | Re: P2 Editing with FCP 6.0.6 & Kona LHe
by Shane Ross on Sep 11, 2009 at 10:16:37 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Then you have ProRes footage, 1280x720, 10-bit ProRes. Look for the AJA KONA 720p 23.98 10-bit option and use that.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD...don't miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def | | | | |
| | | | Re: P2 Editing with FCP 6.0.6 & Kona LHe
by Nolan Reese on Sep 11, 2009 at 10:05:02 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
I'm guessing that you are then shooting AVCIntra, as that imports as ProRes by default. If it were DVCPRO HD, that would come in native.
--Not totally sure, but the two options it gives me in the log & transfer window are Pro Res 422 & Pro Res | | | | |
| | | | Re: P2 Editing with FCP 6.0.6 & Kona LHe
by Shane Ross on Sep 11, 2009 at 9:45:07 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
[Nolan Reese] "It seems, however, that in importing, the files are converted to Apple Pro Res 422 23.98."
I'm guessing that you are then shooting AVCIntra, as that imports as ProRes by default. If it were DVCPRO HD, that would come in native.
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| | | | Re: ProRess 444 Alpha channel?
by walter biscardi on Sep 11, 2009 at 2:41:24 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
did you set the alpha correctly for the clip in Final Cut Pro?
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Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author.
Credits include multiple Emmy, Telly, Aurora and Peabody Awards.
Owner, Biscardi Creative Media featuring | | | | |
| | | | Re: Apple Display alternatives
by walter biscardi on Sep 11, 2009 at 2:15:46 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
[Jeremy Garchow] "I will look at the FSIs as well, but since we go through the effort of shoot/post in 10 bit, I'd like to check a true 10 bit monitor first."
Yeah our next set of monitors in a few years will be true 10bit, but right now I didn't | | | | |
| | | | Re: FCP crashing constantly
by walter biscardi on Sep 11, 2009 at 2:07:56 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
[Bob O'Brien] "Thinking I may have had a corrupted project file, I opened an Auto-Saved project file. It crashed too. (Both project files link to the same media though - corrupted footage a possibility?) "
I think you have corrupted media. When | | | | |
| | | | Re: Apple Display alternatives
by walter biscardi on Sep 11, 2009 at 1:58:01 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
[Jeremy Garchow] "I've read it. I haven't purchased it yet."
Just heard from my VAR that he will hopefully have one very soon and if he does, he'll bring it out here to look at. I'll give you a shout if / when it's here.
Walter Biscardi, Jr | | | | |
| | | | Re: Apple Display alternatives
by walter biscardi on Sep 11, 2009 at 1:15:32 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
[Jeremy Garchow] "I will be getting a DreamColor paired with an AJA HDP2 as a demo to finally replace my trusty HD CRT. I'll let you know how it goes. True 12 bit monitoring for about 3K US. Too good to be true?"
Be sure to look over the very LONG | | | | |
| | | | Re: Apple Display alternatives
by walter biscardi on Sep 11, 2009 at 1:06:41 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
[Rafael Amador] "Thanks Walter.
No hurry but I have to start to save for an HD monitor. "
I won't be using for that if I were to purchase it and I don't recommend those either. They were designed for animation and 3D work, not video playback. | | | | |
| | | | Re: Apple Display alternatives
by walter biscardi on Sep 11, 2009 at 12:43:23 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
[Rafael Amador] "What do you think about the HP Dream Color?
Have you tried or had any feedback? "
Haven't even seen one. Some folks in the Color forum are trying to use it as a color reference monitor but it was not designed for that. When t | | | | |
| | | | AJA Kona | Up-Converting SD for HD Projects and HD Cross-Conversion Using AJA Kona 3
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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| | | | 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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| | | | Business & Marketing | Heavy Iron
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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| | | | AJA Kona | Cal Digit S2VRHD
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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| | | | 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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| | | | 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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| | | | 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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| | | | Apple Final Cut Pro | SAS RAID from Dulce Systems
Creative COW Contributing Editor Bob Zelin talks about the latest step in the Serial Attached Storage revolution: full RAID 5 protection with read speeds over 350 mb/sec. from Dulce Systems. At least that's what Dulce claimed. When he heard the rest of what Dulce had to say, Bob simply didn't believe them. When he put those claims to the test, he got a lot more than he bargained for. Will you?
Review
Author: Bob Zelin |
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| | | | HDV Format | High Definition for the Road
Thanks to formats like DVCPro HD and HDV, High Definition can now be edited pretty much anywhere on just about any computer. Yeah, this is cool and you can really make your friends jealous just cutting away with your super slick laptop. But you know what's really slick? Editing Uncompressed High Definition anywhere. How about an Uncompressed editing workstation in a 25'' square box? No way? Way! Read on to find out about Wally's Traveling Box of Mystery and Intrigue...
Tutorial, Feature
Author: Walter Biscardi |
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| | | | G-Tech | The G-Tech G-Raid
For years Medea Corporation has been the hallmark of reliability when it comes to storage for the media industry. If you wanted big, fast storage with mission critical reliability, Medea was the drive array for you. Now comes its little brother, G-Technology Corporation. In this article, Creativecow leader reviews the G-Tech G-Raid and concludes...''This is the most versatile unit I've ever used with its ability to work seamlessly with anything up to 10bit uncompressed and just remain solid no matter the situation or machine it's connected to. '''
Review
Author: Walter Biscardi |
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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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| | | | Apple Final Cut Pro | Recapturing HDV, Can it be done?
CreativeCOW.net contributing editor and leader, David Battistella, explores the question of recapturing HDV. He'd seen so many posts, so much talk about HDV format and the problems incurred, so David has taken the time to test a couple of workflows. Here's David's report.
Tutorial
Author: David Battistella |
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| | | | AJA Kona | Bob Zelin Looks at The AJA GEN10
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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