| | | | Re: Tips on using the unsharp mask
by Dave LaRonde on Oct 20, 2012 at 4:54:10 pm
in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum
[Elliott Powell] "Don't people use it instead of in camera sharpening? Or do they use the regular sharpening filter? "
For best results any time, pictures need to be sharp in the first place. The subject needs to be in focus. Likewise, proper ex | | | | |
| | | | Re: Canon XH A1 Import: Horrible grainy footage
by King Law on Oct 19, 2012 at 10:45:03 am
in the Apple FCPX Techniques Forum
i have a mac pro , canon xha1 and i capture all my footage using firewire input just like you are doing and im running Final Cut X.Now idid notice grainy video clips after or during capture/import, for some reason the video doesnt look great when pre | | | | |
| | | | Premiere Pro with NXCAM LPCM Volume too low
by Dominic Liu on Oct 18, 2012 at 3:14:28 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
Hi there. I'm using a Sony FS100 which outputs AVCHD and LPCM to MTS files. When these files are played using media players, the volumes appears to be normal. When imported Premiere Pro, the volume is much lower. If I raise the level in Premiere the | | | | |
| | | | Re: BMCC for wildlife or other camera???
by Humberto Ramos on Oct 18, 2012 at 9:41:00 am
in the Cinematography Forum
Thanks Peter,
Yes, I mean pre order now and after a fs700...
I also have another solution, that is buy a PMW-EX3 with a sigma 120-300mm and nanoflash, It´s a solutions that many wildlife filmographer have, so I think the the quality must be goo | | | | |
| | | | Service: NM studio - (Nikhil Mathur)
by Nikhil Mathur on Oct 17, 2012 at 5:06:32 am
in the COW - Services Forum
Professional Experience
Pacific Controls (in Dubai) as Senior 3d Designer (Nov2009-present)
Responsibilitya
Visualizing the client requirement
keep sharp eyes on deliverables quality
Designing virtual simulations of actual mechani | | | | |
| | | | NM studio - (Nikhil Mathur)
by Nikhil Mathur on Oct 16, 2012 at 10:06:32 pm
in the Forum
Professional Experience Pacific Controls (in Dubai) as Senior 3d Designer (Nov2009-present) Responsibilitya Visualizing the client requirement keep sharp eyes on deliverables quality Designing virtual simulations of actual mechanism User Interface De | | | | |
| | | | Canon VIXIA HF11 $350
by Ray Tragesser on Oct 15, 2012 at 7:49:38 pm
in the Classifieds, Personal Forum
The Canon VIXIA HF11 Dual Flash Memory camcorder is light, compact and delivers stunning video with the ease and convenience of Flash Memory. With Dual Flash Memory, you can record to both the camcorder's large 32GB internal memory for up to 12 hours | | | | |
| | | | How do I increase the segments of a spline circle?
by Jamie Walker on Oct 15, 2012 at 5:15:08 pm
in the Cinema 4D Forum
hello all, I need to create a ring with a bevel edge for a badge I'm making, I've tried using a tube and turned on fillet but it doesn't give me the sharp bevel/fillet I get with extruded filleted text for example... I've now tried using a spline cir | | | | |
| | | | Blades Of The Gods
by Thomas Samson on Oct 15, 2012 at 1:22:16 pm
in the Forum
A film about Master Blacksmith Empu Ketut Mudra, his family and "Blades of the Gods". The cooperative was founded in 2009 by Bernhard Leiner, Thomas Samson and Empu Ketut Mudra to help preserve a 1100 year old tradition. With the knowledge and the he | | | | |
| | | | Re: Export Data Rates
by Lawrence Richards on Oct 14, 2012 at 12:56:17 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Sorry, you're right. I'm exporting a lot of 30 and 60 minute shows to be aired by numerous television networks who, with the exception of HBO, aren't very forthcoming with the exporting specs they'd like to have. Each show comes to me @60-70 gbs.
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| | | | Video on external monitor looks bad
by Henrik Helms on Oct 13, 2012 at 6:36:23 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
Hi!
As many others I am new on Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 - comming from FCP7.
My setup is a Quad Core Mac with 24 GB of Ram and system 10.7.5. I have an aja kona3 card and an nvida 4000 graphic card. My signal to my external monitor goes through Blac | | | | |
| | | | Service: Kevin King
by Kevin King on Oct 10, 2012 at 10:46:59 pm
in the COW - Services Forum
2005-2012 Lead Editor, Director of Photography, Stories of the Sharp Experience
A medical documentary television series. Responsible for organizing over 100-hours of footage, working closely with the director creatively, structuring stories dramati | | | | |
| | | | Kevin King
by Kevin King on Oct 10, 2012 at 3:46:59 pm
in the Forum
2005-2012 Lead Editor, Director of Photography, Stories of the Sharp Experience A medical documentary television series. Responsible for organizing over 100-hours of footage, working closely with the director creatively, structuring stories dramatica | | | | |
| | | | Re: Brush strokes
by Neil Schollick on Oct 9, 2012 at 7:32:29 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Thanks guys , yeah i know its really cheap to buy but I kind of like knowing how to do these from scratch.(Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime)
Anyway will give both techniques a try alt | | | | |
| | | | Re: Mac Sound Forge available now
by Oliver Peters on Oct 8, 2012 at 3:55:40 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
I've actually run some tests with Vegas 10 or 11 (can't remember now) on a 17" MBP under VMWare virtualization and Windows (not Bootcamp). I only tested it with DV footage, but it was pretty responsive. By comparison, I tried the same thing with EDIU | | | | |
| | | | blurry DVD menu problem
by Agris Čaurs on Oct 8, 2012 at 1:31:25 pm
in the Adobe Encore DVD Forum
I created widescreen PAL DVD menu using Encore and Photoshop. While previewing in encore it looks sharp, but when burnet to DVD or created DVD image the menu becomes blurry. And I noticed the bluriness is not even. It gets more blurred on some spots | | | | |
| | | | Smoothing object issue? Cinema 4D R12
by Emil Straher on Oct 8, 2012 at 9:39:38 am
in the Cinema 4D Forum
Hi my name is Emil. I have a slight problem in Cinema 4D R12. It's a smoothing problem of a object.
I'm working on a short intro clip for my Youtube page. Over the past month I've worked on this truck model in a program called Zmodeler. It's a p | | | | |
| | | | Re: PREMIERE or AVID
by Steve Brame on Oct 5, 2012 at 11:05:54 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
I learned editing in a professional capacity on Avid. Mind you, it was the first iterations of Media Composer, and Avid has made some headway into the FCP/Premiere editing style. After years of Avid, I switched to Premiere when they offered the initi | | | | |
| | | | NewBlue Titler Ex Fuzzy Title Problems
by Darrin Smith on Oct 4, 2012 at 10:26:53 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
For some reason, the titles that I'm writing in Sony Movie Studio Platinum while using NewBlue Titler Ex are fuzzy and not sharp at all! They look crisp and clean in titler but in viewing it in the output monitor on top of some HD video, it looks ver | | | | |
| | | | Re: Canon HDV 30F
by Steve Mason on Oct 4, 2012 at 9:58:24 am
in the HDV Format Forum
Hi Roger,
Thanks for reviewing the YT footage and getting back to me.
“As expected, you didn't see the "strobing" on your tv either. The camera records for tv display.”
Well, technically 30F is designed for playback on progressive displays | | | | |
| | | | Re: Camera Lens Blur
by Walter Soyka on Oct 3, 2012 at 4:32:05 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Can you post a shot of your depth pass?
C4D requires a bit of work to get a proper depth pass -- it's really a blur map (black is sharp, white is blurry). If you want a depth pass, you need to set the C4D camera's focus distance beyond the last, d | | | | |
| | | | Sony F3 has no real film look
by Christian Mathis on Oct 2, 2012 at 10:40:45 pm
in the Sony XDCAM - EX & Related Forum
Sorry for the stupid tittle
We shot a short this spring on the F3 (mostly in 422) that was shown on bigger Festival (Locarno) and the picture was mostly really nice but sometimes it had this videoish sharpness in it.
I also did some shorts with the | | | | |
| | | | Re: Green screen and projectors
by Tudor "Ted" Jelescu on Oct 2, 2012 at 6:16:02 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
If you have actors/objects in front of the projection a green screen will help. I would suggest a real green screen the size of the projected frame. If you have camera moves make sure you have other objects in the shot that you can use to track the c | | | | |
| | | | Re: Wirecast and UltraStudio 3D
by Robert Lipop on Oct 2, 2012 at 3:11:07 pm
in the Blackmagic Design Forum
Is the ability to only record a single SDI stream still true? Is this a wirecast limitation? The BMD media express advertises the ability to record 2 streams. Isn't this the point of the 3d model?? Was this a limitation that was part of a partial re | | | | |
| | | | Food and Water Chemical by Shankar Chemicals Vadodara
by Sourabh Paul on Oct 1, 2012 at 10:08:22 pm
in the Forum
[http://www.shankarchemicals.net/] Manufacturer and trader of industrial chemicals, Food Chemicals, Animal Feed Chemicals, Water Treatment Chemicals. These are renowned for high end features such as effectiveness and stable under diverse environment | | | | |
| | | | Warp Stabilizer making my pan jerky
by Matt Mills on Oct 1, 2012 at 9:16:49 pm
in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum
Hi all,
So, I'll be the first to admit that I'm an AE newbie, but this Warp Stabilizer seems like it's supposed to be fairly straightforward even for a beginner. Yet I have tried it with multiple times with different pan shots, and seem to be runn | | | | |
| | | | High Carbon Ferro Manganese 65/70 by Sharp Ferro Alloys Ltd
by Sourabh Paul on Oct 1, 2012 at 7:25:40 am
in the Forum
[http://www.sharpferro.com/] Engaged in manufacturing of High Carbon Ferro Alloys since 1997. Its plant located in the industrial belt of Durgapur, West Bengal, India, a city blessed with favourable infrastructure facilities i.e. availability of chea | | | | |
| | | | Steel Products by Sharp Ferro Alloys Ltd. New Delhi
by Sourabh Paul on Oct 1, 2012 at 7:20:30 am
in the Forum
[http://www.sharpferro.com/] Engaged in manufacturing of High Carbon Ferro Alloys since 1997. Its plant located in the industrial belt of Durgapur, West Bengal, India, a city blessed with favourable infrastructure facilities i.e. availability of chea | | | | |
| | | | Strapping Machine by Sharp Engineering, Maharashtra
by Sourabh Paul on Oct 1, 2012 at 1:25:40 am
in the Forum
[http://www.sealersindia.net/] Offering quality industrial packaging machines & conveyors. Our machine comprises Shrink Sealing Machine, Band Sealer, Industrial Strapping Machine, Strapping Machine, Tapping Machine, Automatic Packaging Machine, Semi | | | | |
| | | | Re: Dissolves
by Jeremy Garchow on Sep 27, 2012 at 6:09:07 pm
in the Apple FCPX Techniques Forum
[James Ewart] "The "select both edges tool" (backslash) only seems to work for me in the Primary Storyline and will not play ball with connected clips unless I create a secondary storyline "Cmd - G".
Then those tools all play ball. I suppose this | | | | |
| | | | Re: After Effects Render out HD to DVD problems
by Nathan Rice on Sep 27, 2012 at 4:04:58 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Hello Mr. Cuevas,
Thank you for the reply. Like I said, inside AE the footage is very nice, but after export its very lossy even on my comp. screen. I have a Samsung 3D blu ray Player, and Vizio 55" 3D tv. I am a little afraid. I usually conve | | | | |
| | | | Re: Illustrator raster files loss of quality in AE
by Joseph W. Bourke on Sep 27, 2012 at 1:33:30 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Hi Enrico -
I think the fact that some of the files are raster based could be the problem. When you turn on Continuously Rasterize do they improve? That's the little icon that looks like a sun to the right of the layer name in the comp. I wonde | | | | |
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