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Re: Not OT: No coffee breaks any more ... - 14 years ago
Hmm i think if you have multiple sequences you want to export from inside of one project, then you need unique FCP licenses. I remember reading into this a while back and finding that, i know QMaster is open but i think something about coming out of FCP required licenses somewhere But yes building a cluster is def a dark art, and surprisingly not all that effective, i think due to the stitchinby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Not OT: No coffee breaks any more ... - 14 years ago
What he said...but in addition to fast shared storage you have to have unique licenses for each of the machines in that cluster or no dice. And again, this only works for exporting, not rendering, as Compressor doesn't touch render files, only the source media. Actual rendering inside a timeline is tied to your machine, only programs that require massively complex renders like Shake and Maby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Downconverting HD to SD in Compressor - 14 years ago
If you want the best quality, don't use a SCQT, export directly from the FCP timeline through Compressor to your SD master. And use ProRes works beautifully in SD, just make sure you use ProRes HQ. Some people don't like this method as it locks up your FCP while exporting but for true quality, this is the only way to go. When you export from FCP through Compressor, it goes to the source mediaby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: add Blur to Secondary (Digital Makeup) - 14 years ago
You have to go into the color FX room. Build a node tree with a HSL key and blur. Feed the blur into the HSL key and then combine that to an Add node and use the alpha. It will soften your skintones...by Scott Erickson - Color
Re: Resize in Compressor or FCP? - 14 years ago
I must caution you not to export from FCP using a virtual cluster. It won't work and will only cause headaches. You have to export from FCP using a single instance and then take that high-res master back into FCP. I've never had much success with Job Chaining either, although I wish i had. The good part is that this master can be used with your virtual cluster and then you can let you're coreby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Resize in Compressor or FCP? - 14 years ago
He's saying Compressor gives you options while FCP only has one option for scaling. And it's not a very good one. Resizing your media is key for a good encode. Asking h264 to properly scale and encode source media for web is too much for one pass. Here's a visual example i did on my blog to show you what i mean. If you don't want to make a master copy or do the two stage process, you canby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Surfers Point - New HPX300 Prototype Clip - 14 years ago
Yeah looks really great. I know those dull overcast up here in Ventura very well and you still pulled a lot of color out, the beige dog on the beach still stands out compared to the sand. What lens was on this, btw? Do you have any experience shooting with the 500? How does that compare? I'm def interested in this camera and can't wait to get my hands on a test unit...by Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Canon 5D Mark 11 footage - 14 years ago
"The whole idea of converting to an intermediate format is to get out of GOPsylvania and into I-frametopia. " Holy crap....best thing i've read all week!by Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: The batch from hell - 14 years ago
Bringing in multiple machines isn't as fast as you think, especially over ethernet. The real problem is data management. Unless you have some proper high speed shared storage, you're going to waste all your time saved on processing in file transfer. You also have to build a proper cluster inside QMaster, as virtual clusters only work on a single machine. Additionally, Compressor takes a whileby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Codec Levels - 14 years ago
Thats a really good point Jeff. A lot of people use animation as an end all for quality but shifting YUV to RGB is a big deal. That's not a conversion to take lightly if you're trying match footage or exact colors.by Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: The batch from hell - 14 years ago
Open Compressor In the Compressor menu, select Reset Background processes. It should help. If you submitted to your virtual cluster, you'll have to delete the qmaster spool as wellby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Compressor aspect ratio problem - 14 years ago
That's because QT knows that hdv is anamorphic and will treat it accordingly so, such as displaying hdv in QT player as widescreen automatically. Compressor always deals only with the source media, which is why it's the best way to export for your final master copy. The trick is you have to pay attention to your media and it's actual pixel dimensions and your end destination.by Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: HD to Anamorphic SD DVD revisited - 14 years ago
Ahh Compressor resizes things just without frame controls on, you just need to resize it to a HQ codec first, not resize and compress to DVD or web in the same step. I shoot and edit all HD and only delivery on dvd or web so i do this all the time. The best results and workflow i've found is going out of FCP through Compressor to ProRes SD Anamorphic or my web delivery size. Once i have my deby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: sound frame lost to Compressor bug - 14 years ago
FCP filters and generators all process at 4:4:4 initially, and then to the sequence codec. So if you go straight to QT, you're stuck with the sequence codec. Say if you make titles in Motion or have some cool intro clip from AE thats in Animation, once you render your sequence, you're stuck with that crappy DV color space. But when you go out through Compressor, it starts off at that pristineby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: BE AWARE: yes, Yes, YES this is great Pixelmator - 14 years ago
Photoshop is def a required part of my edit toolset. I wouldn't be without it. There are also a lot of Photoshop for Video training titles around that can help get the NLE editor and PS acquainted. The other great reason to suck it up and learn PS, is that when you learn how Adobe thinks, it's easy to swap that knowledge into other Adobe apps. AE wasn't too hard to pick up because the interface wby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: sound frame lost to Compressor bug - 14 years ago
Oh wow, you guys are hurting me here. I always use Export using Compressor, for just about everything I do other than laying off to tape, which i haven't done in years. That said, i only use it for my master export. Simple checks and rough cuts i go straight through QT but for quality and flexability, Export through Compressor can't be beat. First reason, it goes to the source media foby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: how to capture at 59.97 for slow motion using dvx100a - 14 years ago
30p is actually pretty slick for the web, is that's your sole distribution format. It's clean, the motion is a nice blend between the overly real 60i and cinematic 24p, plus you never have to think about interlacing on graphics, etc. Basically, if im shooting something in a controlled studio environment that is meant for web, podcast, interview, etc, we use 30p to get the live-studio type feeby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Q about flash playback using quicktime? - 14 years ago
Get Perian, its a QT component that will playback FLVs in QT Playerby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: [OT] Dealing with deadbeat clients/getting paid - 14 years ago
For billing, Joe's got it right. We've gone a step further on our bigger client's and had signed contracts stipulating rates and scope of work, etc, etc. Just to clear the air ahead of time and to protect us later. Had to get a lawyer friend to write us a few letters and make a few calls to one client, you won't believe how that changes peoples tones. It cost us a couple hundred bucks and weby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Zooming in a timelapse image sequence - 14 years ago
There's another piece of software that everyone already has that does the same thing, it's called Automator. In addition to allowing you to script actions, it had a pretty slick batch rename ability that does the trick real well. But yes, all Image Sequences must have 3 characters throughout. And view image as collapsed tab treats the images as one source file, at whatever dimensions the fileby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: saving a file , file does not exist - 14 years ago
Where are you saving to? a shared server? Try saving to your local machine first, i.e. desktop, and then moving that file to the server. It sounds like a permissions issue. FCP creates permissions in a different manner than Finder does and often creates problems. Going to your local machine and then replacing in Finder can eliminate thoseby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Zooming in a timelapse image sequence - 14 years ago
Well, first, it has to be formatted properly, ie 001-002-003 at the end of the filename and so on, and they all have to be the same frame size. In the Import Menu, there is a button that you can check that says Image Sequence, if it's greyed out, click on the one of the images and it should become clickable Also, at the bottom of the file browser inside Motion, not the import menua, you can teby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Gradient and Solid Add Blends in FCP - 14 years ago
You original method would work, you were just using the wrong blend mode. You should use multiply, which will ignore the white areas. You also can tone down the effect by not using blacks and using greys, or dropping the transparency of the clip in the timeline. I use this method with the custom gradient generator quite frequently, especially to make nice looking vignettes inside of FCP. Hereby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Shane, other Pana P2 VHX200 gurus.... - 14 years ago
Im not sure you want to take your DV tapes to card, i can't think of any real reason to do that. To get to card, you have to dub your tape. why not just capture to FCP at this stage? If you dub to P2, you then have to transfer that disk and then pull you clip out from that card data through Log & Transfer. P2 Cards are really just a transfer medium from camera to harddisk. Log and Captby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Computer screen recording to HDV project - 14 years ago
Well you're first post was accurate, you can't scale up without doing an interpolated enlargement. You can however make the image larger than what appeared on the screen without falling apart. The trick is you have record to Animation, ProRes, TechSmith, or some other lossless codec. You are most def interpolating the image when you scale but this isn't video, it's screen capture. It's got prby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Compressor keeps crashing! - 14 years ago
Same point in the timeline usually indicates some problem with the media. Export a Self-Contained QuickTime and see if it works. If it does, you can make your DVD m2v from that file. Also, what's worked for me in the past is to export the first half, and then the second half and splice them together in QT Player. But yes, Compressor Repair is a great first step,by Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Timeline resolution of graphics? - 14 years ago
make sure your Canvas is set to 100% resolution, anything else will not playback as crisply as possible. Also, make sure you render of course and if all else fails, export to QT and see what it looks likeby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: Computer screen recording to HDV project - 14 years ago
The trick is to record with Camtasia not in HDV, but in a high end codec like Animation or even EnSharpen from Techsmith. Also, record in as high of resolution as you can on your monitor, at least 1920x1200. Also, if you're not delivering HD, why edit HD? downres your footage first to DV50 or some other highend SD codec and edit there. Then your HD sized screencapture will have plenty of roomby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: seeking codec / color space advice to achieve clean compositing - 14 years ago
I'm a big Panasonic fan so i'd recommend the HMC-150. Great chips, great lens, shoots AVCHD on SD cards which are cheap. The codec is 4:2:0 color space but it's far better quality then the long-GOP MPEG-2 of HDV-XDCam etc. It also has HDMI out which when you combine with a cheap capture card like the Intensity from BlackMagic allows you to capture straight off the chips to whatever high end cby Scott Erickson - Café LA
Re: paste settings to all open sequences...? - 14 years ago
you can use the find command to find just that clip name it will find and select all the clips in that sequence. Then you just paste attributes from the first clip. You have paste on a per sequence basis but it's a great way to color correct a lot of clips after the factby Scott Erickson - Café LA
