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Re: Have you seen this? Apple Event at NAB on Wednesday - 14 years ago
Unfortunately iDVD cannot make a 24p DVD. It adds very bad stuttery pull-down upon encoding and messes up the whole works. I love iDVD for sending cuts out, but I have to use DVD Studio Pro to make a real 23.98 DVD.by Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: Best method for importing Hi-Def tv recorded broadcasts - 15 years ago
Jeff is right. Both the professor and I are speaking of *ethical correctness* on the issue. But that doesn't mean that the *law* may not match the ethical correctness on a Thursday just because it does on a Tuesday. Disney is trying to change some of the laws right now. The law can, and does get changed and I am no legal expert or lawyer. The *cultural ethics* are what are clear here, anby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: Best method for importing Hi-Def tv recorded broadcasts - 15 years ago
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Re: Best method for importing Hi-Def tv recorded broadcasts - 15 years ago
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Re: Best method for importing Hi-Def tv recorded broadcasts - 15 years ago
Additionally, Professor, If you include a short bite (that you are commenting on) in a larger work, then add an extra inset frame around the image, or even within an icon of a "TV screen". This also helps the audience distinguish that you are quoting a clip, and not endorsing it.by Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: Best method for importing Hi-Def tv recorded broadcasts - 15 years ago
Hi guys. Economics professor is exactly right. I had a little debate with some of you here a few years ago about this (or was it back in the 2-pop days?). Citing ANY works in ANY medium for critical social or cultural commentary reasons is a KNOWN part of our democracy. The precedents for it are a mile long and even if there was not a legal history then it would have to forced into place byby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: Mac OS 10.5.6 install problem and solution - 15 years ago
Yeah, over on tuaw.com MBP owners seem to be doing OK. G5s too. Its the Intel towers. I counted eight exact same complaints plus my own.by Christopher SJ - Café LA
Mac OS 10.5.6 install problem and solution - 15 years ago
Many Mac Pro tower owners are unable to install the new Mac OS 10.5.6 via Software Update, including me. It looks like the solution is to download the combo installer. Worked for me. I'm between projects so Im just updating away...by Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: OT: 120hz HDTVs. OY VAY!! - 16 years ago
bigbossbmb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- a 120hz refresh rate HELPS film/24p > sources by showing it without a pulldown. With > these sets, people can see the true 24fps image > (each frame 5 times) without any mixed pulldown > frames. Once you turn off the Motion Enhancer, > 120hz TVs are great for film sources. > > It's unfortunby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: OT: 120hz HDTVs. OY VAY!! - 16 years ago
Derkmok, I totally agree: things change and being 40 years old does become a liability at some point. Hopefully I am not the one to ever unfairly poo-poo emerging art and media forms. But I do expect this: I expect that if my show is going to be presented mostly in "Motion Enhanced" mode, then I should edit in "Motion Enhanced" mode. Things like this can influence a cutby Christopher SJ - Café LA
A better analogy - 16 years ago
Here is a better analogy to me: Charlie Chaplin never intended for us to see those silent films sped up. They were filmed to show a natural speed, but today's transfers show them at an accelerated rate. And its true, we accept it as is. This effect is much closer to the issue at hand than LP vs. CD. -Christopherby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: OT: 120hz HDTVs. OY VAY!! - 16 years ago
derekmok Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And vinyl LP fanatics will scream that it's not > about sound quality, it's about sound "character" > -- warmth. > > They're analogies. No need to beat them to death > looking for flaws and little mismatches. No beating going on here. Maybe my tone is not coming across as intended.by Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: OT: 120hz HDTVs. OY VAY!! - 16 years ago
wayne granzin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > to be honest, i dont think most consumers will > even notice - unless you point it out to them. > and if so, we'll all just shoot 1080i and be done > with it... > > lp vs 8track > beta vs vhs > and now this... It is possible that some consumers may not notice, but your analogy wiby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: OT: 120hz HDTVs. OY VAY!! - 16 years ago
Thanks for the feedback and thoughts guys. I've been hanging around these parts since the first 2-pop.com days and wanted to send along a friendly warning to my peers. Don't be too surprised when you see this effect on a client monitor or a producer's home HDTV. -Christopher S. Johnsonby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: OT: 120hz HDTVs. OY VAY!! - 16 years ago
grafixjoe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Chris, > > You are putting too much emphasis on what you see > "in the store". Different stores use different > methods. You need to find out what they use to > pump the signal into that monitor and what format > they are playing (DVD / MPEG / WMV / etc). What > you have to do isby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: OT: 120hz HDTVs. OY VAY!! - 16 years ago
bigbossbmb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is NOT an issue of 120hz televisions! > > 120hz TVs are great for perfectly reproducing film > sources by using a 5:5 pulldown so there are no > mixed/interlaced filler frames. > > The problem you are seeing is the result of the > "Enhanced Motion" setting which CAN and SHby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: OT: 120hz HDTVs. OY VAY!! - 16 years ago
Thus my surprise. The effect was unexpected for exactly the reasons you state. Trust me, this is the video equivalent of the "Concert Hall" audio setting on amplifiers. Nobody really uses it and its a gimmick that actually retards the original recording. Look it up. Check it out in person. Weep. Hopefully the setting can be user canceled.by Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: OT: 120hz HDTVs. OY VAY!! - 16 years ago
I appreciate the input, really. But as an editor for the past 10 years and a video geek for the 10 before that, I am very, very sure of the effect. It may not come from frame rate but nevertheless the effect is strikingly similar. Just Google "120hz" and "looks like video" and get ready for the flood! LOL! Without a doubt, the effect of 120hz on the consumer level brandby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: OT: 120hz HDTVs. OY VAY!! - 16 years ago
But nobody in the creative process, not the director, not the DP, not the editor, not the producer, not the studio, not the actors, not the special effects department -- nobody intended for the film/Blu-Ray/DVD to be seen that way. Why not shoot in 1080i or 720p60 for dramatic narratives from now on? Everything can look like a network soap opera! Thanks for listening to rant.by Christopher SJ - Café LA
OT: 120hz HDTVs. OY VAY!! - 16 years ago
Perhaps most of you are clued into this but yesterday I saw my first 120hz HDTVs at a store show room. They were featured as their top sets. OH MY GOD. ITS AWFUL! It makes film and 23.98 sources look like video! Like 29.97i or 60p. Like it was shot that way to begin with. The motion feels too fast, artificial, and cheap-cheap-cheap. Spiderman and Transformers were on the screen and I sby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: FCP update????? - 16 years ago
Did ajmax confirm if he was getting the ProApps updater but not realizing it contained FCP updater within it? I dont see any reference in this thread to the actual name of the installer package: Pro Applications Update 2008-02 It will never say "Final Cut" on it and that may be confusing for some.by Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: P2-Firestore-to-FCP Import issues - 16 years ago
Is the final audio 16bit 48k? Have you force rendered the audio to see if drop-outs stop? You say the video is transferring fine now, right. You seemed to indicate that. Log and Transfer had to be renamed because other card formats are not P2.by Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: G-Raid has moved from Santa Monica. Attention G-Tech/Raid owners - 16 years ago
what do they use now?by Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: FCP update????? - 16 years ago
I could be wrong, but isn't the FCP update INSIDE of a ProApps updater? It doesn't say "Final Cut Pro" but it is. -Christopher S. Johnsonby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: OT- July 4th - 16 years ago
Two words about tough Brits: Helmand Provinceby Christopher SJ - Café LA
LAFCPUG meeting? - 16 years ago
Im out of the loop. Is there no LFCPUG meeting? -CJby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: 6.0.2 update is gone forever - 16 years ago
Great advice Ben! And fortunately, my producer's system is almost an exact duplicate of mine, except mine is a Quad 2.66 and his is a quad 3.0 GHZ. So I CAN do the change out. Wow. 30hrs of testing sucks. But now I have vanilla vodka and Ocean Spray Cran-rasberry! Oh and I learned this: Apple does not keep past updates within the same major version on many applications. BEWARE! Arby Christopher SJ - Café LA
OK its done - 16 years ago
OK, the full fresh reinstall is done, minus the very latest updates. I get one good capture and thats it. After that ALL captures with the Kona card are bad and ALL files from a ten year archive play badly. If I... ? trash prefs ? uninstall and reinstall Kona Drivers ? fix permissions and then restart, then old captures are fine in FCP but new captures fail with stuttering and loooonby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: 6.0.2 update is gone forever - 16 years ago
OK I have my own archive of the 6.0.2 installer from a back-up. You know I heard on a Mac podcast recently that Apple is taking away earlier installers and this demonstrates this. It looks like a purposeful policy.by Christopher SJ - Café LA
6.0.2 update is gone forever - 16 years ago
Hi, no I haven't. I wanted to try my re-install first. Holy crap! Apple has removed the Final Cut Pro 6.0.2. update from there web sites. Completely. All of the links for it go to Pro Apps Update 2008-01, which is 6.0.3. Wow. -Christopherby Christopher SJ - Café LA
