| | | | Re: Artifacts on Compressor
by Daniel Low on Nov 2, 2009 at 7:44:07 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
Sorry, I was looking at the wrong thing, I needed to look at the full sized picture.
I've never seen anything like that before and can offer no solution.
Have you tried a lower quality upsizing method?
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| | | | Re: Artifacts on Compressor
by Daniel Low on Nov 2, 2009 at 7:38:44 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
Looks like dirt, like something on the lens to me. Why are you up-rez'ing them?
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| | | | Re: Suggested bitrate for H.264 streams
by Daniel Low on Nov 2, 2009 at 7:36:43 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
[Adam White] "What are your thoughts on what would be the ideal kbps to enable streaming on a range of Broadband connections - is 1,000kbps still too high to play smoothly on a variety of connection speeds"
What exactly do you mean by streaming? D | | | | |
| | | | Re: mp4 crypt streaming
by Daniel Low on Nov 2, 2009 at 6:40:58 pm
in the Web Streaming - Audio|Video Forum
[Marco Favagrossa] "I need to play and decrypt video inside a web page"
You can't as far as I know.
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| | | | Re: can telestream help realize a dream??
by Craig Seeman on Nov 2, 2009 at 6:11:09 pm
in the Telestream Wirecast Forum
[Matt Rice] "can I select one audio [out of three camera feeds] to rule them all, so to speak?]). "
Absolutely!
[Matt Rice] "With that budget, I should be looking toward upgrading my current duo core mac to something a little more beastly?"
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| | | | OT XLR into iPhone and shallow depth of field
by Peter Wiggins on Nov 2, 2009 at 11:01:41 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
All,
Slightly off topic, yes, but inspired by the rather long thread about DSLR's below I thought I'd offer this up to show the lengths that people are going for shooting video.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/01/owle-hacks-the-iphone-to-make | | | | |
| | | | Making Movies Cross Platform Friendly
by Brian FitzGerald on Nov 1, 2009 at 1:00:30 pm
in the Web Streaming - Audio|Video Forum
I am an Apple Power User after and before the phrase came into and went out of vogue.
I have included Quicktime movies on my website since it was possible.
I am not stating these things to brag but because I am trying to give my bona fides in short | | | | |
| | | | Making My Video Cross Platform Friendly
by Brian FitzGerald on Nov 1, 2009 at 12:25:50 pm
in the Web Streaming - Audio|Video Forum
I am an Apple Power User after and before the phrase came into and went out of vogue.
I have included Quicktime movies on my website since it was possible.
I am not stating these things to brag but because I am trying to give my bona fides in short | | | | |
| | | | Re: Storyboard app for iPhone
by Frank Siegel on Oct 31, 2009 at 8:51:26 pm
in the Apple iPhone Forum
I have used Hitchcock. While it does have its limits, it can be a great handy tool. I am currently working on a TV spot and wanted to give the client an idea of the pacing of the shots. I put images into Hitchcock, timed the shots, added a few zoo | | | | |
| | | | Re: mp4 crypt streaming
by Daniel Low on Oct 30, 2009 at 10:07:21 pm
in the Web Streaming - Audio|Video Forum
Did you read this?
http://gpac.sourceforge.net/doc_ismacryp.php
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| | | | Re: slow motion on to a live feed
by Daniel Low on Oct 30, 2009 at 9:18:35 pm
in the Web Streaming - Audio|Video Forum
[breht o'hearn] "is there a way to make a live feed be in slow motion"
Only if you do it in production i.e before the encoder
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| | | | Re: Charging iPod nano
by Zane Barker on Oct 30, 2009 at 6:38:29 am
in the Apple iPod Forum
[Jim Moore] "I just bought my first iPod. (Nano 5th Gen. 8 gb) I have an iPhone 3Gs with a couple of plug-in chargers. Can I use those chargers to charge the iPod nano?"
YES!
There are no "technical solutions" to your "artistic problems".
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| | | | Re: What happened to Cinema Craft MP?
by Daniel Low on Oct 27, 2009 at 10:16:21 am
in the Compression techniques Forum
Thanks for letting us know!
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| | | | Re: Adding image sequence to OpenEXR ?
by Daniel Low on Oct 27, 2009 at 9:57:33 am
in the Compression techniques Forum
[Christopher Rotter] "Correct me if I'm wrong. With this plug-in I can take a sequence of images and add them to an existing OpenEXR file"
I have no direct experience with the plug-ins but it would appear that the they enable you to work with Open | | | | |
| | | | Re: Adding image sequence to OpenEXR ?
by Daniel Low on Oct 26, 2009 at 11:50:31 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
Any use?
http://www.fnordware.com/OpenEXR/
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| | | | Re: Adding image sequence to OpenEXR ?
by Daniel Low on Oct 26, 2009 at 10:20:50 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
[Christopher Rotter] "What I mean is if you have already a OpenEXR file format, and you want to add a image sequence into the existing OpenEXR file format"
I don't quite understand. Do you mean you have an OpenEXR image sequence and you want to ad | | | | |
| | | | Re: help
by Daniel Low on Oct 26, 2009 at 10:31:47 am
in the Compression techniques Forum
? - I responded to your post:
http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/20/863728
[Francesco Glavina] "Can I maintain a single line of pixels perfectly when all other is compressed? "
[Me] "No."
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| | | | Re: Adding image sequence to OpenEXR ?
by Daniel Low on Oct 26, 2009 at 10:10:05 am
in the Compression techniques Forum
Certain 3D animation packages including 3DS Max and Blender can perform this.
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| | | | Re: Adding image sequence to OpenEXR ?
by Daniel Low on Oct 25, 2009 at 6:43:38 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
Yes.
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| | | | Re: Setting x264 for best color
by Daniel Low on Oct 24, 2009 at 4:11:26 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
Chris is right and to add to his post the other problem is that no two screens are calibrated the same, so even with the same video using the same player, it'll likely look quite different on different PCs.
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| | | | Re: I weep for our industry
by Bob Cole on Oct 24, 2009 at 12:29:34 pm
in the Cinematography Forum
a couple reactions:
1. They'll sell thousands. There are, what, 30-40 million iPhones out there? But some entrepreneur will come along, make something similar for $30 retail, and sell hundreds of thousands.
2. Women, watch out. Wear pants.
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| | | | Re: VBR Encoding WMV with Sorenson
by Daniel Low on Oct 22, 2009 at 9:52:54 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
I don't use Sorenson but usually you set an average and a peak, the peak is usually not more than twice the average.
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| | | | Re: Setting x264 for best color
by Daniel Low on Oct 22, 2009 at 9:16:24 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
If the difference in colour saturation is that drastic (and not the simple gamma shift most people refer to) then simply compensate by adding a saturation colour correct as a preprocessor step in compressor.
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| | | | Re: VBR Encoding WMV with Sorenson
by Daniel Low on Oct 22, 2009 at 9:13:50 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
[Andrew Saliga] "My math is right though correct? 7mbs=7168kbps "
To most people 7 Megabits per second = 7000 Kilobits per second.
I you want to do VBR I'd aim for a peak of 14Mb/s rather than 18
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| | | | Re: VBR Encoding WMV with Sorenson
by Daniel Low on Oct 22, 2009 at 7:51:24 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
[Andrew Saliga] "I'm trying to encode the video at 7-18mbps"
Wow that's pretty high, are you encoding 1080p?
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| | | | Re: Setting x264 for best color
by Daniel Low on Oct 22, 2009 at 7:50:06 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
If you want quality results get a quality encoder like compressor or Episode, you can't rely on Quicktime's exporter to deliver high quality results.
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| | | | Re: Worlds Smallest Edit Suite
by Dan Archer on Oct 22, 2009 at 7:39:32 pm
in the Art of the Edit Forum
Great. Now every dilbert with an iphone will be cutting agency spots and feature films.
A cut is a cut & a dissolve is a disolve, and not just anybody with a system is a pro. | | | | |
| | | | Re: how to get x264 to open?
by Daniel Low on Oct 22, 2009 at 7:04:26 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
From the Readme:
How to use:
* Put x264Encoder.component into /Library/QuickTime folder.
* Relaunch some application with movie export feature.
* Export to movie.
* (ex. QuickTime Player) At export dialog, Click option button, Click Video Sett | | | | |
| | | | Re: Client requesting these settings..help!
by Daniel Low on Oct 22, 2009 at 4:49:58 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
[bruno silva] "so what codec would you suggest to run at 6 mbps? Right now its only running at 4.7 mbps according to the client. "
That's kind of the wrong way of going about this.
The client has specified how many frames they want.
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| | | | Re: Client requesting these settings..help!
by Daniel Low on Oct 22, 2009 at 4:25:39 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
[bruno silva] "So for the frames part, thats actually physical frames. so I may be able to add slug to the front and back of the spot. "
That's one solution.
[bruno silva] "as far as bit rate. I set it to 6000 in the video settings after applyi | | | | |
| | | | Re: Client requesting these settings..help!
by Daniel Low on Oct 22, 2009 at 3:34:09 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
[bruno silva] "The spot is currently 960 frames but needs to be either 450, 900, 1350, 1800, 2250, 2700, 3600 frames."
?? if it's 860 frames long, then it's 960 frame long! You can't add and if you deleted 60 frames then you content would either s | | | | |
| | | | Re: Compression for Rendered animations
by Daniel Low on Oct 22, 2009 at 3:03:19 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
[David Dustin] "We typically export from AE as an uncompressed MOV"
[David Dustin] "the file fails to play smoothly"
[David Dustin] "My suspicion is there is something in AE and exporting as an un compressed MOV that is introducing the stutte | | | | |
| | | | Re: Compress a 30min movie to a 10mb file?
by Daniel Low on Oct 21, 2009 at 9:40:27 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
10 Megabit or 10 MegaByte file?
Even if it's 10MegaBytes that only leaves 45Kbits/sec for the video (no audio obviously)
Forget it:
P.S. Use this in future:
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| | | | Re: still some flicker from compressor
by Daniel Low on Oct 21, 2009 at 8:43:35 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
[mark wilkinson] "strange that even the apple presets aren't 856... "
Much as I love Apple, they can't even come out with a decent H.264 CODEC, theirs being one of the lowest quality and performing ones out there.
P.S. Never rely on a preset | | | | |
| | | | Re: blank / white movies out of compressor
by Daniel Low on Oct 21, 2009 at 8:39:58 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
Something strange going on with your system that may be very deep routed.
In the mean time try the PhotoJPEG codec at above 75% quality
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| | | | Charging iPod nano
by Jim Moore on Oct 21, 2009 at 6:37:46 pm
in the Apple iPod Forum
I just bought my first iPod. (Nano 5th Gen. 8 gb) I have an iPhone 3Gs with a couple of plug-in chargers. Can I use those chargers to charge the iPod nano? | | | | |
| | | | Re: still some flicker from compressor
by Daniel Low on Oct 21, 2009 at 5:56:59 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
One rule of thumb with video is to never ever use odd number frame size dimensions.
The next rule is to aim for a frame size with both sides equally divisible by 16, if that's not possible, aim for 8.
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| | | | Re: blank / white movies out of compressor
by Daniel Low on Oct 21, 2009 at 5:28:23 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
Ok, well I can see nothing wrong with the settings you gave me. Can you preview in compressor? Maybe there's something else you have applied in compressor which is causing the issue.
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| | | | Re: blank / white movies out of compressor
by Daniel Low on Oct 21, 2009 at 4:36:34 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
Nothing wrong with those settings, there might be something wrong with your source.
Compressor will always be better than out of QT
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| | | | Apple iPhone | iPhone, iTouch, and Playing for Keeps
In this article from The Creative COW Magazine, Bob Stevenson, Chief Creative Officer for ngmoco (Next Generation MObile COmpany), imagines what's possible when iPhone and iTouch are seen, above all, as very advanced game devices.
Editorial, People / Interview
Author: Bob Stevenson |
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| | | | Apple iPhone | First Week with an iPhone
Creative COW Community leader Gary Adcock provides a thorough overview of what you'll find in a new iPhone, plus what he'd like you to see in a future release. This is among the most thorough looks at iPhone you'll see anywhere, from one of the industry's most popular pundits, and a proven Mac maniac.
Review
Author: Gary Adcock |
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| | | | Apple Final Cut Pro | Final Cut Studio 3 is here, and all is good!
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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| | | | Apple iPhone | Up in the Sky! Its a Phone! Its a Platform! Its The Future!
The Apple iPhone is more than just the best- and fastest-selling phone of all time. It has recently become the proving ground for the technologies that are making their way into the rest of the Apple product line...and far, far beyond that. Creative COWs Tim Wilson takes a look at Apples recent iPhone announcement as he -- and Apple -- look at what the future might hold.
Editorial, Feature
Author: Tim Wilson |
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| | | | Gridiron Software | Gary Adcock's MacWorld 2008 Wrap-up
Creative COW Community leader Gary Adcock was one of many COWs at MacWorld. He shares his impressions with us, including one product that will be shaping things for a long time to come. And because it's MacWorld, something cool for your iPod and iPhone.
Feature
Author: Gary Adcock |
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| | | | Apple Final Cut Pro | Compression with Turbo
In this Final Cut Pro tutorial, Richard Harrington take a look at the elgato turbo.264. This is a USB add on device that accelereates the h.264 encoding you can do on your Mac. The turbo.264 comes with its own compression software with presets for iPod, iPhone, Sony PSP, Apple TV and YouTube.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Richard Harrington |
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| | | | DVD Authoring | Blu-ray Today and Beyond
Feel like Blu-ray's getting the better of you? Here are some of the tools that pro authors are using today, some that are coming soon - and at least one that might not be coming at all.
Editorial
Author: Eric Pautsch |
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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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| | | | Compression techniques | Jim Harvey reviews "Creating Web Video"
A DVD about compression gets an enthusiastic 5 Cow rating? Really? Really! CreativeCOW.net Contributing Editor Jim Harvey takes you inside the new Creative Cow Master Series DVD by Aharon Rabinowitz, "Creating Web Video: Internet Killed the Video Star." See why Jim thinks this is one of the most essential --- and enjoyable -- training DVDs you can buy.
Review
Author: Jim Harvey |
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| | | | Compression techniques | Radical Approaches to Mini - Media
Portable media is quickly becoming one of the most popular arenas for video production and broadcast. In this Creative COW Magazine article Tim Wilson discusses the insights about multi-platform media revealed from his interview with Evan Schechtman, CTO of Radical Media and explains how to get the tools to utilize this expanding marketplace.
Feature, People / Interview
Author: Tim Wilson |
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Episode #043 - October 01, 2008
Episode 043 - Engaging the Audience with Norman Hollyn, head of the editing track at USC Film School; Avid goes RED; Cakewalk Sonar 8; Windows Cloud OS; iPhone; YouTube updates; and more creative tech news, interviews and reports - www.creativecow.net | | | | |
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Episode #080 - June 15, 2009
History of 3D Movies with Ray Zone, ILM does Nuke, Apple Snow Leopard, Swift 3D v6, Acrobat.com ends beta, Music2Hues, iPhone 3G S shoots video, updated Macbooks and more creative news and interviews - creativecow.net | | | | |
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Episode #081 - June 22, 2009
Future of Desktop 3D with NVIDIA's Andrew Fear, Maxon Cinema 4D special, Daz 3D updates, Luxology modo 401 launches, Fusion 6.0, iPhone 3Gs launch, Autodesk developers reach 70 and more creative news and interviews - creativecow.net | | | | |
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Episode #077 - May 26, 2009
Building a Studio with Walter Biscardi, Bella HD mouse, Open Effects Association, Glee on Fox, Arts Beats Birth, Twitter TV show, Toon Boom Animate Pro, New Yorker iPhone cover and more creative news and interviews - creativecow.net | | | | |
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Episode #079 - June 08, 2009
Motion Graphics with Scott Frizzle, Adobe BrowserLab, Boris 3D, Avid and Final Cut share, stereographic 3D comes to iPhone, nVeil SVG, Sony Blu-Code 3.0, GPU Flash acceleration, Twitter income with SuperChirp, Panasonic HDC series debut and more. | | | | |
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