| | | | HD & SD footage in FCP
by Jaysen Wynn on Nov 23, 2009 at 1:41:37 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Can anyone help? I recently shot a short film using two cameras: a Panasonic DVX100a shot in 24p and a Sony Z1U shot in 1080i/60i.
I am editing using FCP 4.5
I have captured all the SD footage.
Do I downconvert the HD footage?
How can I marry th | | | | |
| | | | Best Settings For a Narrative with the HPX170
by Matthew Sonnenfeld on Nov 21, 2009 at 9:22:56 pm
in the Panasonic HVX - HPX (P2) Forum
Hey Fellow Cow Users,
So I'm planning a narrative short film for the Columbia Universtiy National Undergraduate Film Festival (CUNUFF) and the Ivy FIlm Festival, and I'm trying to figure out the best settings that I could use on my HPX170.
So f | | | | |
| | | | Sony EX-1 Color Depth
by Tyler Leisher on Nov 20, 2009 at 5:09:26 am
in the Sony EX Series XDCAM Forum
Hey everyone,
I produced a short film earlier this year on the Sony EX-1 based on my Director and DPs request/Suggestion.
The images came out looking great, but some of the scenes were darker and some were brigher.
I've been looking into DPX | | | | |
| | | | Video looses quality in timeline
by Markus Krug on Nov 19, 2009 at 10:00:46 am
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
Hi,
I am currently working with PAL video files for a short film-student project. I have captured videos into PAL widescreen files and they look great in the preview window. BUT, everytime I move them into the timeline, they loose quality and get ve | | | | |
| | | | 3D & Visual Effects Artist for Hire
by Adam Benson on Nov 16, 2009 at 11:52:18 pm
in the JOBS Wanted Forum
Sleep Deprived Productions – 3D/2D Visual Effects and Post Production
Sleep Deprived Productions, LLC is an independently owned and operated VFX, Motion Graphics and CG studio that specializes in melding realistic CG elements with your footage. Our | | | | |
| | | | Re: Background Images playback Extremely Slow
by Fernando Briamo on Nov 16, 2009 at 1:35:42 pm
in the particle Illusion Forum
Thanks in any way for your support.
I hope that as soon as possible one day will be there a solution because I'm shooting a short film and Particle was essential to the success of the project.
Now maybe to found an alternative but Particle is ve | | | | |
| | | | Pro Video editor Final Cut Pro
by randy zalewski on Nov 15, 2009 at 1:55:08 am
in the JOBS Wanted Forum
Pro Video Feature, Montage, Documentary editor Final Cut Pro available for hire.
http://www.randyzalewski.com/
Randy Zalewski
Final Cut Pro editor. I am a high end editor on Final Cut Pro, with a flair for cinematography, and editing for film-m | | | | |
| | | | Better,
by Fred Jodry on Nov 14, 2009 at 8:30:28 am
in the Film History & Appreciation Forum
One of my favorite parts in a good short film is amount of work. One of my favorite short films (cartoon) accordingly, is "The Eight Minute Midsummer Night`s Dream". I saw an Italtoon where one scene had an entire room of animals as people with no sh | | | | |
| | | | Conforming audio to locked sequence
by Uli Kunkel on Nov 12, 2009 at 3:46:20 pm
in the AVID Forum
I have a locked sequence for a short film that was shot dual-system audio where the dailies are synced with a stereo LR mixdown track from the sound mixer. The film was shot in HD and there is no TC sync with the audio track, just a conventional slat | | | | |
| | | | morph shot needed in arty short film
by Joost Zoetebier on Nov 11, 2009 at 2:48:31 pm
in the JOBS Offered - Low/No Pay Forum
A while ago I shot an arty short about film making and how the advent of the digital age is changing this process. It features an actress doing a two minute monologue standing in front of a green screen.
One particular shot in the film is a close- | | | | |
| | | | Producer wanted for short student film
by Fiona Coveney on Nov 10, 2009 at 3:50:44 pm
in the JOBS Offered - Low/No Pay Forum
I am currently a student at the University for the Creative Arts about to shoot my third short film. I am currently seeking a producer to help fund my film. The budget I am looking for is between £100-£150. Producer will be credited and I can offer a | | | | |
| | | | Adobe Premiere CS4 Exporting HD Issues
by Fraser Coull on Nov 8, 2009 at 11:14:31 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
Hello,
I'm at my wits-end completely here.
I have edited a short film, 7 minutes long, in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. The footage was shot on a Sony WEX3, HD, with the video files being mp4.
When I try to export it as either an AVI, a WMV or an | | | | |
| | | | Best export settings for HDV 1080 50i from FCP to DVDSP
by Chema Gomez on Nov 6, 2009 at 12:30:06 am
in the DVD Authoring Forum
Hi!!
I'm new in this world and I find this website very useful since I start to work in video, today i have a small problem for some of you but a big one for me and I decided to became a member and post my first question, I just want to say thanks | | | | |
| | | | Conform from FCP EDL
by Nancy Kiang on Nov 4, 2009 at 4:04:57 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Hello, I am posting this to both the FCP and Avid forums, because I think this question is relevant to after editing is done, and the final conform is done at the post-production house, so it should not matter if the editing was done in FCP or Avid, | | | | |
| | | | Conform from FCP EDL
by Nancy Kiang on Nov 4, 2009 at 4:04:15 pm
in the AVID Forum
Hello, I am posting this to both the FCP and Avid forums, because I think this question is relevant to after editing is done, and the final conform is done at the post-production house, so it should not matter if the editing was done in FCP or Avid, | | | | |
| | | | Uncompressed 10-Bit Gamma Shift
by Adam White on Nov 4, 2009 at 4:01:04 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
The short film I'm producing is currently being color graded at a post-production house.
I need to pull the graded film back into Final Cut Pro for audio mastering e.t.c. They can only provide a 10-bit uncompressed QuickTime as final output, but h | | | | |
| | | | Shot on HDV - Help required
by Anantha Krishna on Nov 3, 2009 at 12:26:46 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
Hi Guys
I'm an amateur Filmmaker and i just shot my short film with SONY Z7 HDV (PAL 1080/50i)on tape. The problem now is that i cannot afford to give my short to an editor and hence i decided to edit it myself on Sony Vegas Pro 9 on a friend's PC | | | | |
| | | | smoothing out cuts between clips
by Raymond Tarry on Nov 2, 2009 at 6:35:29 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
Hello, I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 to edit my short film and I've got some clips that have noticible "blips", or seem rough when when put together. The reasons appear to be:
1. Clip A has a light background and Clip B baackground is dark
2. Cl | | | | |
| | | | best settings for cinematic look
by Murat Ozturk on Nov 1, 2009 at 8:59:25 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
Hi,
I've been editing a short film i shooted. I use Sony Vegas 9 to edit the film. Could you give me hints to reach at best settings for my project file so that i get a cinematic look.
My current settings:
Field order: Progressive scan
Moti | | | | |
| | | | Music licensing legal question
by Chris Taylor on Oct 30, 2009 at 6:58:07 pm
in the Music - Creation | Composition Forum
I'm going to keep everything anonymous here so I don't get in trouble before doing anything.
I work for a video production house who has a contract with a music licensing company to use several hundred songs of our choosing over the next couple ye | | | | |
| | | | Re: Photo Illustration artist wanted
by randy zalewski on Oct 29, 2009 at 4:05:25 pm
in the JOBS Offered - Higher Pay Forum
Take a look at my web site and see what you think.
http://www.randyzalewski.com/
Randy Zalewski
Final Cut Pro editor. I am a high end editor on Final Cut Pro, with a flair for cinematography, and editing for film-making. My unique inborn skill is | | | | |
| | | | Re: Are Apple Loops Royalty Free?
by Morten Ranmar on Oct 28, 2009 at 8:17:32 pm
in the Apple Soundtrack Forum
Beware that many folks use these loops, so your work will likely not differentiate as much as you like.
Once I used some nice violin loops on a short film, only to find out that the next film that was screened after mine had used the exact same so | | | | |
| | | | Visual Effects & Compositing Post Production
by Adam Benson on Oct 28, 2009 at 8:08:30 pm
in the JOBS Wanted Forum
Sleep Deprived Productions – 3D/2D Visual Effects and Post Production
Sleep Deprived Productions, LLC is an independently owned and operated VFX, Motion Graphics and CG studio that specializes in melding realistic CG elements with your footage. Our | | | | |
| | | | 2.35 ag-hpx171e
by Bendik Løvbrøtte on Oct 24, 2009 at 10:50:25 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
hello
I am going to be filming a a short film for my video class tomorrow, i was wondering if anyone knew of a way to export a clip with an aspect ratio of 2.35 to a P2 card so that i could use that to mark up my lcd display so that i can compose | | | | |
| | | | Re: Multicam Editing transitions
by Eric Buist on Oct 24, 2009 at 3:51:56 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
I had already done that, I was just hoping for a quicker way.
Weddings are not really my thing, simply for that reason. The rules change entirely. I really do not like dissolves (and never would think of using them in a short film except for the r | | | | |
| | | | Re: FCP and Additional Monitor
by Adam White on Oct 23, 2009 at 9:42:48 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
David,
Thanks for your enlightening post!
I've heard a bit about reference monitors, and saw a little bit about how they worked when the short film I produced was colour graded at a post-production house a few weeks back. Marvellous it was, too | | | | |
| | | | Best audio "speed" for Canon D5 mark II HD
by Leonardo Hallal on Oct 23, 2009 at 4:48:40 am
in the Audio Professionals Forum
Hi,
We're going to shoot a short film this weekend with the Canon Mark II camera. It's a 30FPS progressive camera, for all I could find and we cannot choose 24, 23.98, 25 or 29.97 speeds.
We're recording the sound separately and we need to know | | | | |
| | | | Re: DP wanted for Feature Comedy jeremy
by jeremy obertone on Oct 23, 2009 at 12:59:08 am
in the JOBS Offered - Low/No Pay Forum
Hey Dan, If your still in need of a cinematographer, i might be interested. I live in San Francisco as well. I have some feature and short film experience, and have won some awards on 4 short DV comedies i did in SF. I can definitely make that hpx se | | | | |
| | | | Cropping for widescreen effect
by Barney Batchelor on Oct 21, 2009 at 8:20:56 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
I'm in the middle of editing a short film I have made and one of my friends who uses Premier Pro crops the top third and bottom third of his films to give a cinelike ultra widescreen effect. Is this possible in Final Cut Pro? Or do I have to do this | | | | |
| | | | Re: The Hitchcock Zoom
by John Gleason on Oct 19, 2009 at 9:13:07 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
I can attest to the difficultly in pulling off a good dolly zoom. A couple years back I was the camera operator in a short film in which which we needed to use this effect on a MCU shot of an actor's face. We laid out straight track and put the cam | | | | |
| | | | Re: conversion issue;
by Chris Blair on Oct 17, 2009 at 4:52:16 pm
in the Compression techniques Forum
Phillip's tutorial says you MUST have the original 30p audio in a separate timeline to make this work. So I think I do have the answer. Stop wasting your time and try to get the 30p original cut. That's the only way it will work.
His tutorial also | | | | |
| | | | nasty gamma bug survey
by Michael Rampe on Oct 15, 2009 at 5:21:09 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Hi all interested readers,
I have been investigating the nasty gamma issues present in FCP/QT/AE/COLOR for over a year now and have made an interesting little discovery.
Recently, I have taken on the job of editing a short film that was shot on | | | | |
| | | | Stereo Tracks don't Sync
by Matthew King on Oct 14, 2009 at 5:30:27 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Hi,
I am currently syncing sound on a short film that was shot a few weeks ago now. When sound was recorded on a mono track, the sound and the footage sync up just fine, no problems at all; however, when I have stereo tracks (they are stereo becau | | | | |
| | | | Re: First film with dvx-100
by Maxime Michaud on Oct 14, 2009 at 2:51:37 am
in the Panasonic DVX100 - HMC150 Forum
Hello, I make a short film with a DVX-100.
I shot in 24p standard.
As editing software, I Premiere CS4 and Vegas 9.
I know the best properties to transfer my video camera to my computer ?
I know the best properties to complete my project.
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| | | | Sony 8.0 24P Workflow:Render
by Marlen Mathers on Oct 13, 2009 at 6:42:24 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
Hello -
I'm having some problems deciding which direction I need to go to get the effect that I'm looking for. I searched throughout this forum for answers and picked up a lot of great info, but I think I may have gotten myself more confused wit | | | | |
| | | | Editor questions
by bruno silva on Oct 12, 2009 at 2:54:50 pm
in the Art of the Edit Forum
Hi guys, I may be taking on the job of cutting a short film for someone. He simply asked me to do it and I said yes, that's where I am so far.
What are some important questions I should ask regarding footage ect. I'll be cutting on my MacBook pro. | | | | |
| | | | First film with dvx-100
by Maxime Michaud on Oct 12, 2009 at 4:46:46 am
in the Panasonic DVX100 - HMC150 Forum
Hello, I make a short film with a DVX-100.
I shot in 24p standard.
As editing software, I Premiere CS4 and Vegas 9.
I know the best properties to transfer my video camera to my computer ?
I know the best properties to complete my project.
Model | | | | |
| | | | resizing subtitles in dvdstudiopro
by stian Walter gabrielsen on Oct 11, 2009 at 9:54:20 am
in the Apple DVD Studio Pro Forum
I've encountered a problem: I've done subtitles for a short film in dvdstudiopro and didn't pay attention to the preset size of the font because I figured I could change it later. Various other features like fades and formating have the 'apply to str | | | | |
| | | | Can you get 24p to look like 24pA?
by Ryan Jones on Oct 11, 2009 at 7:32:38 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Hello. I'm using the Panasonic DVX100 B and have inadvertently shot a one tape in 24p, and another in 24pA . Clips from both are to be used in the same short film.
I recently learned in the forums that you must use two different methods to get bot | | | | |
| | | | 3d/VFX Artist needed
by John craven on Oct 9, 2009 at 2:44:29 am
in the JOBS Offered - Low/No Pay Forum
Hi,
I am looking for a 3D/VFX artist to help collaborate with me on a :30 second short film. It centers on a man that gets frustrated with nothing being on the TV but, subsequently, gets overcome with a superpower that makes him able to lift the T | | | | |
| | | | Compressing RED Footage for Web
by Seth Fisher on Oct 7, 2009 at 6:16:53 pm
in the RED Camera Forum
I've been playing around with different compression settings for a short film I shot on the RED and edited in ProRes 422 HQ. So far, all my H.264's are really flat and noisy. Anyone have any tips for compressing for the web? I'd like the quality of t | | | | |
| | | | Red 2k workflow
by Sean Davison on Oct 6, 2009 at 7:50:21 pm
in the RED Camera Forum
Im working on a short film shot on RED at 4k 2.1 - laying back to HDCam SR.
Offline has been done using pro Res 422 HQ clips converted using RED Rushes to 1080x1920.
The plan is to convert the xml of the fnal sequence using clipfinder to poin | | | | |
| | | | Broadcast Video | Improvising Visual Effects
On-set circumstances changing fast? Improvise! In this Creative COW Magazine article Mark Allen discusses how he overcame the complications in a recent short film production by improvising the visual effects.
Feature, People / Interview
Author: Mark Allen |
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| | | | Adobe After Effects | Building Cinematic Composites: A Creative COW Magazine Extra
Building cinematic composites takes more than software. It takes careful planning, understanding the drama in every shot, and a sense of magic. In this Creative COW Magazine extra, we share our conversation with director Mark Allen, discussing his short film, Least Likely, a 60-second science fiction epic. Weve got the film here, along with some HD images from it. Prepare to be amazed.
Feature, People / Interview
Author: Tim Wilson |
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| | | | Autodesk Combustion | Morphing Smoke into Text
When I was working on a title sequence for a short film, I needed some help creating a particular effect; smoke morphing into text. Not knowing where to turn, I wrote a post in the Combustion Forum. Lucky for me some people were more than happy to help out. Lee "Rod" Roderick, Discreet Training Specialist, helped me out. This tutorial was created from his original file. In this tutorial, we will use Combustion's Particle effects and text operators to create a cool effect suitable for your home or office.
Tutorial
Author: Adam Tracksler |
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| | | | Indie Film & Documentary | DreamSpeakers On Tour: Budding Aboriginal Filmmakers
In this article, VASST's Douglas Spotted Eagle, takes COW members inside the DreamSpeakers On Tour. DreamSpeakers is a three-weekend project where students meet with professionals in the film/video industry and learn their craft, beginning from the ground floor of film making. Budding Aboriginal filmmakers and Dreamspeakers work together to produce first films for youth, by youth, and the program has kicked off to a great start.
Feature, People / Interview
Author: Douglas Spotted Eagle |
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