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Blackmagic Decklink HD Extreme Card for sale
by Frank Di Bugnara on Nov 6, 2009 at 8:25:56 pm
in the Classifieds, For Sale Forum
Blackmagic Decklink HD Extreme HD and SD digital and analog I/O support The ideal solution for connecting to any camera, deck or monitor, all with the same card. DeckLink HD Extreme is the first DeckLink card to feature both SDI and analog I/O co
Re: RED Announcement - Screw you Scarlet Wanters
by Uli Plank on Nov 6, 2009 at 1:29:18 pm
in the RED Camera Forum
The complex situation is that optical printing would never preserve this, so DI became the norm. But hardly any feature film is getting finished with a DI in 4K… Director of the Institute of Media Research (IMF) at Braunschweig University of Arts
Re: Light created Shadows on a Transparent Plane?
by Luke di Rago on Nov 5, 2009 at 6:11:08 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
I was looking for the same effect, and after thinking a while how to achieve that in AE, I've found a simple workaround: If you make a white solid in 3D, and the shadows are projected with a light, you can use that as an occlusion pass; a white pl
Re: Blackmagic Decklink Extreme Card Still for Sale!
by Frank Di Bugnara on Nov 4, 2009 at 5:40:54 pm
in the Classifieds, For Sale Forum
Hi Dan, We sold the Blackmagic card we had posted on Creative Cow, but we have another for sale and since you responded, I wanted to pass it by you in case you may still be interested. Here is the info: Blackmagic Decklink HD Extreme HD and S
Re: AG HPX5000 Field Offload Directly To Drive
by John Fishback on Nov 2, 2009 at 4:49:51 pm
in the Panasonic HVX - HPX (P2) Forum
I didn't realize it was so expensive. I had Googled it and found the following: "Shopping results for Nexto Video Storage Pro Nexto Video PRO 500GB Hi-Speed OTG Digital Backup Storage $533.99 new - Amazon.com Nexto DI Nexto eXtreme Pro (128G
Re: Blur / defocus
by Darin Wooldridge on Nov 1, 2009 at 12:29:25 am
in the Apple Color Forum
Thanks Bob, Great info I will try it. Darin Wooldridge DI Colorist Technicolor DI
Re: HD question
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 31, 2009 at 11:05:17 pm
in the Art of the Edit Forum
Few considerationss... I come from PAL world (H=576) and not from NTSC world (H=480) and I think there are differences in converting down from H=108 (pal is 1,875:1 ratio NTSC is 2,25:2) In the article there are at least TWO things I think are
Re: Still Store Fixed Apparently
by Darin Wooldridge on Oct 31, 2009 at 5:56:39 pm
in the Apple Color Forum
I just checked it. It's much better but not perfect. I still see a very slight shift looking at the scope going from live to still. Darin Wooldridge Colorist Technicolor DI
Re: 4k - 2k transfer costs
by David Battistella on Oct 30, 2009 at 9:34:53 pm
in the RED Camera Forum
[gary adcock] "which stock, is the DI complete for the stock at hand. but start about $65K USD and go up very very quickly. " Also, prep is different for a film out as there is a right (grading in log space) and and no as good way (convertin
Re: 4k - 2k transfer costs
by gary adcock on Oct 30, 2009 at 9:16:44 pm
in the RED Camera Forum
[David Battistella] "To vague. How long is the program, etc. " which stock, is the DI complete for the stock at hand. but start about $65K USD and go up very very quickly. gary adcock Studio37 HD & Film Consultation Post and P
Re: way to flip clips before dropping them in timeline, working with footage shot with a red rock le
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 30, 2009 at 7:45:38 pm
in the AVID Editing Forum
I think he needs to do some batch before to all the clips. As I said you if you happen to use Cineform you can use FIRSTLIGHT that will flip all the clips instantly without re-rendering. If you don't use Cineform you have to re-render. You can
Re: way to flip clips before dropping them in timeline, working with footage shot with a red rock le
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 30, 2009 at 7:23:07 pm
in the AVID Editing Forum
FIRSTLIGHT from Cineform does it.. but you need to be working with footage in one of Cineform's formats siRoma di Marcello Mazzilli Corporate video productions in Italy www.siroma.com
Re: m2t files opening
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 30, 2009 at 7:21:09 pm
in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum
Instead of converting, try just re-wrapping. Is faster and you'll lose no quality. Try CLIPWRAP software.. It will rerap m2t footage to mov footage (keeping m2t format inside). It might be easier for AfterFX to work with it. siRoma di Marcello Mazzi
Re: PLEASE -Suggest Best Editing Book (( No history-just the meat of where and when to cut ))
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 30, 2009 at 4:01:10 pm
in the Art of the Edit Forum
This is a must... http://www.amazon.com/Technique-Film-Editing-Second-Reisz/dp/0240514378/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256918246&sr=8-1 There is also some history... but this is really a classic siRoma di Marcello Mazzilli Corporate video
Re: Best/Fastest SDHC Card reader for FCP, 400/800 Firewire?...
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 30, 2009 at 1:42:24 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
If it costs more than 200$.. I'd just use a second consumer camera through USB2 siRoma di Marcello Mazzilli Corporate video productions in Italy www.siroma.com
Re: Which viewing software to suggest to director with Mac laptop?
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 30, 2009 at 1:01:02 pm
in the Convergent Design Forum
No.. VLC is not good for scrubbing. I also tested a few other free softwares like Mpeg Streamclip but they don't open MXF. Maybe the best thing is to get a trial version of Adobe Premiere CS4.. hoping the job is only 30 days long! :) M siRoma di
Re: Which viewing software to suggest to director with Mac laptop?
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 30, 2009 at 12:17:26 pm
in the Convergent Design Forum
Viewing is not a problem. I have a JVC HM700 that gives me XDCAM MOV files and then I convert them to MXF with the nano flash free downloadable software File Converter (I actually spoke with the programmer and asked him expressly to include support f
Re: HD question
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 30, 2009 at 7:34:09 am
in the Art of the Edit Forum
Downconversion should work good on any software. If you have some problems here I should check my workflow. Usually going down from HD can increase detail. Having said this I should always shoot and edit in HD when possible. Obviously if you are d
Re: PLEASE -Suggest Best Editing Book (( No history-just the meat of where and when to cut ))
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 30, 2009 at 7:29:52 am
in the Art of the Edit Forum
While I cannot help you with a title.. I can understand your question... There are situations where you can almost get a "rule" although these are somehow related with history. Taste evolves.. and cutting a video today is much different than doing it
Re: interlaced? progressive? AE workflow
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 30, 2009 at 7:17:16 am
in the Adobe Encore DVD Forum
If you send 50i (or 60i) footage to a flatscreen it has to do in-frame interpolation (between the 2 fields) but also in-time interpolation (it creates a new frame in between two normal ones). It works this way. Good (all new) LCD TV sets use a specia
Re: Field Dominance Problem!
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 30, 2009 at 6:42:13 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
After FX "doesn't know" what you will need until you render.. so the best way of working is this... 1) Interpret correctly all your footage. You have to check that After FX "knows" what are the fields for each piece of footage. If it knows what fiel
Re: interlaced? progressive? AE workflow
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 30, 2009 at 6:34:35 am
in the Adobe Encore DVD Forum
When it comes to output.. the question is not if it is flat screens or CRT, but if it is for PC or video. If it is to be played on a PC you can render progressive. If you want to make a normal video DVD (no matter what monitor) then you can choose in
Re: if you're tapeless, how are you archiving?
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 29, 2009 at 6:19:26 pm
in the Media Formats | Media Capacities Forum
I shoot with a JVC HM700 (35 mbit). As soon as I finish the shoot I archive to Blueray all the clips and put them away. The I edit and when I finish I compact the project removing unused footage and trimming the used clips to the used part + a few se
Re: Motivation Needed
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 29, 2009 at 2:43:59 pm
in the Art of the Edit Forum
When I have long repetitive jobs, where no actual creative effort is asked, I try to see it as a factory making a car. So I split up the jobs in even more repetitive steps until my job is more about optimizing, organizing, etc.. than actual editing.
Re: Pricing for an event
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 29, 2009 at 2:33:45 pm
in the Event Videographers Forum
In these cases.. I always make a price for the event and the master plus a small price for every DVD (that includes box, printed cover, my time in recording it, etc).. So I would say something like... 1000 + 5 x dvd siRoma di Marcello Mazzilli Corp
Re: quicktime conversion tool
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 29, 2009 at 9:58:54 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
I always go out from FC in Pro-Res.. then I can use whatever I like to compress in whatever format.. .Like the free MPEG STREAMCLIP siRoma di Marcello Mazzilli Corporate video productions in Italy www.siroma.com
Tangent Wave Control Panel Review
by Walter Biscardi on Oct 27, 2009 at 9:25:27 am
in the Apple Color Forum
In this article Walter Biscardi, Jr. takes an indepth look at the new Tangent Wave Control Panel.
Re: problem with converted QT to MXF with File converter 1.2
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 27, 2009 at 9:24:54 am
in the Convergent Design Forum
No.. my files come from JVC HM700 in XDCAM Video and stereo 16bit 48khz audio... I changed the stereo to mono with Quicktime (still I have to find a batch way of doing it) but I get the same problem. Tommy from Convergent Design is doing some tests w
Re: problem with converted QT to MXF with File converter 1.2
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 26, 2009 at 8:28:31 am
in the Convergent Design Forum
I converted the file with quicktime (CTRL + J and changed o 2 mono tracks) but still I get errors in the audio so it's not (only) that. Pity. M siRoma di Marcello Mazzilli Corporate video productions in Italy www.siroma.com
Re: problem with converted QT to MXF with File converter 1.2
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 26, 2009 at 8:11:44 am
in the Convergent Design Forum
No.. I checked.. JVC HM700 has no settings for this and gives a stereo channel.. I have to find a way of doing the change with a batch software and Quicktime. siRoma di Marcello Mazzilli Corporate video productions in Italy www.siroma.com
Re: problem with converted QT to MXF with File converter 1.2
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 25, 2009 at 9:18:28 am
in the Convergent Design Forum
Doing as you said and checking FORMAT in the file info gives me... STEREO 48K This is what I am saying. Using FinalCut and switching to 2x Mono BEFORE converting works. While using Convergent Desing File COnverter doesn't (because, I guess, works o
Re: problem with converted QT to MXF with File converter 1.2
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 25, 2009 at 9:05:09 am
in the Convergent Design Forum
For me it would be fine to have the 1 stereo channel changed in 2 mono channel (like what Final Cut conversion does).. but if I use Convergent Deign utility from my original footage from JVCHM700 (that has a stereo channel) I don't find this option a
Re: problem with converted QT to MXF with File converter 1.2
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 24, 2009 at 7:21:52 pm
in the Convergent Design Forum
Rafael, I am trying to convert files for Premiere to (from MOV to MXF). Video wrks fine but the 2 mono tracks converted from one stereo track contains just silence and noise alternated every half second. Any idea? siRoma di Marcello Mazzilli Corp
Re: How to convert MOV wrapped XDCAM (JVC HM700) to MP4 ?
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 24, 2009 at 6:14:00 pm
in the Sony EX Series XDCAM Forum
Convergent Desing utility is very good.. allows batch and is fast... the only problem is that it creates 2 wrong mono tracks (with noise pulses and no sound) inside. The MXF created with FC are (if you put the right settings) correct on audio. Does s
Re: How to convert MOV wrapped XDCAM (JVC HM700) to MP4 ?
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 24, 2009 at 5:13:16 pm
in the Sony EX Series XDCAM Forum
Sorry to eerybody.. I wrote wrng my question.. I need to convert to mov NOT FROM mov. Anyway.. also this is usefull but it should be a batch.. Having to do it clip by clip makes it useless for production. Finally you need to have final Cut.. Is just
Re: How to convert MOV wrapped XDCAM (JVC HM700) to MP4 ?
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 24, 2009 at 5:10:14 pm
in the Sony EX Series XDCAM Forum
Please read carefully.. I need the other way round siRoma di Marcello Mazzilli Corporate video productions in Italy www.siroma.com
How to convert MOV wrapped XDCAM (JVC HM700) to MP4 ?
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 24, 2009 at 12:51:27 pm
in the Sony EX Series XDCAM Forum
Sony has a tool that converts MP4 wrapped XDCAM files to MOV wrapped XDCAM files. What about the other way round? Any ideas how to convert files WITHOUT actual rendering (just changing the wrapper) ? And.. with rendering? siRoma di Marcello Mazzill
Re: Help with cleaning up interviews taken at a conference!
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 24, 2009 at 12:42:26 pm
in the Audio Professionals Forum
If you give us a link to a test file.. just audio not video.. we can try to do something. M siRoma di Marcello Mazzilli Corporate video productions in Italy www.siroma.com
Re: 3 month old JVC GY HM700 with dead pixel already???
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 22, 2009 at 9:13:50 pm
in the JVC cameras/decks Forum
1280 x 720 60p HQ mode siRoma di Marcello Mazzilli Corporate video productions in Italy www.siroma.com
Re: Yet another impossible key
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 20, 2009 at 8:51:07 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
I really suggest Ultimatte.. should give it a try siRoma di Marcello Mazzilli Corporate video productions in Italy www.siroma.com
Re: blur or mask background
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 20, 2009 at 7:53:16 am
in the Sony Vegas Forum
Try to increase depth of Field on sit by going far with the tripod and shooting in TELE. If you still need to do something afetrwards, as well as duplicating layers and masking one (as described above), you could try TIFFEN DFX filters for Final Cut
Re: What codec do you use for lossless video in particular for MAC OS X ?
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 19, 2009 at 8:21:21 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
I have picked a platform.. That's MAC.. but Premiere (on Mac) doesn't use Prto-Res in realtime like Final Cut does siRoma di Marcello Mazzilli Corporate video productions in Italy www.siroma.com
Re: What codec do you use for lossless video in particular for MAC OS X ?
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 19, 2009 at 7:58:43 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Somebody found out some good solution? Pro-Res is realtime in Final Cut but not on Adobe Premiere... Is there something for Mac like Cineform Prospect HD (great realtime playback on PC/ Adobe Premiere) for Mac? I can play realtime XDCAM ( MP4 wrapped
Re: JVC GYHM700 creates multiple clips for long takes. Any way to change that?
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 19, 2009 at 7:51:46 pm
in the JVC cameras/decks Forum
Mmm .. though FC could handle nested clips also in Multicamera mode.. then.. you just have to render in Pro-Res the n timelines you have and use the prores files in multicam mode M siRoma di Marcello Mazzilli Corporate video productions in Ital
Re: JVC HD Camera Options
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 19, 2009 at 7:12:52 pm
in the JVC cameras/decks Forum
I recorded a 1hour concert , it didn't stop and I didn't loose any frames.. in 1080 50i format. if this helps... I have this camera since it came out (was one of the 1st to get it here in Italy).. around April 2009. Here is what I like and what I
Re: 3 month old JVC GY HM700 with dead pixel already???
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 19, 2009 at 6:54:38 pm
in the JVC cameras/decks Forum
I got it tooo.. You can take it away just by resetting it in the camera. If I remember you switch on the camera while holding the DISPLAY button. Then you select MENU while holding the FOCUS ASSIST BUTTON (the one on the side not the one on top).. an
Re: JVC GYHM700 creates multiple clips for long takes. Any way to change that?
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 19, 2009 at 6:45:32 pm
in the JVC cameras/decks Forum
ops.. sorry.. Ok.. I meant that you create different timelines where you put together the footage and then you create an extra timeline in where you sincronize the other ones using the multicamera function in Final cut... I was using "Aftter FX langu
Re: JVC GYHM700 creates multiple clips for long takes. Any way to change that?
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 19, 2009 at 6:16:46 pm
in the JVC cameras/decks Forum
Where? I have PRE-REC and CLIP CONTINUOS (when talking about Camera Recording Options)... PRE-REC enables you to record three seconds before you actually thougt of recording (this because it records in "ram" and writes to disk if you press the rec
Re: The Hitchcock Zoom
by Marcello Mazzilli on Oct 19, 2009 at 5:14:00 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
Don't know how it works there.. in Italy we have plenty of tine to shoot the little girl that usually brings the rings.. You can shoot her before in this way (maybe try e few times) and then edit it just a moment before she moves and brings the rings
Re: Plasma for playback
by Bruce Greene on Oct 19, 2009 at 4:36:19 pm
in the Apple Color Forum
When I did a DI this past summer, I asked the colorist what kind of monitor they used for video color correcting (we used a projector for the DI). He showed me...all Panasonic plasma displays. Of course they are calibrated and characterized by a LU
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Stereoscopic 3D - NEW !
FotoKem: 3D DIFotoKem: 3D DI

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DaVinci - NEW !
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Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
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