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Click HERE to register now Re: How do you upscale (slightly) your SD ? - 16 years agoGraeme SD, even with minor rescaling turns out way too softy for me with just Fcp I've try Instant HD, it's all a process, with the progressive etc, but very interesting. by the way didn't you mention a few months ago that you were working on something like that ?by Francois - Café LA Re: How do you upscale (slightly) your SD ? - 16 years agoCasey well ... go progressive from interlaced (Pal in my case) would be an another thread/topic ... very much discussed in this forum already . you don't have to wait for answers you can do a search the authority in that case would be Graeme Nattressby Francois - Café LA Re: How do you upscale (slightly) your SD ? - 16 years agoPhil, yes Instant HD is the right direction since I can read on your link Scale SD video for pan and scan adjustments. thanks well regarding events in Paris ... we had the Olympic Torch yesterday and it was somehow fun, let's see in San Francisco can do better. I'll ask around... & let you know we don't have a Paris Final Cut Pro User Group but we are thinking about it. We bby Francois - Café LA How do you upscale (slightly) your SD ? - 16 years agoDv, Beta I mean improve a clip you want a littler bigger, more def ? not make it HD ! like some solution (Instant HD ... or this new thing that you might want to give a look at: The super-resolution demo just improve it, (I've heard BCC 5 have some filter )... a plug like Au Natural can improve 25% without noticing but if you have any movement in the clip it's a messby Francois - Café LA Re: So Many Choices......... - 16 years agohey there any thoughts about the Sony HVR-Z7 ? real progressive HDV - (even 1080p) - interchangeable lens - 1/3 inch CMOS Sensors yes DvcPro HD is better (color space, compression ...), but the P2 workflow for a lonely documentary maker is heavy, and it is over priced in Pal version !!! so, assuming that you would convert the Hdv as ProRes when capturing* ...what about that Z7 ??by Francois - Café LA Re: dupe frames - 16 years agoif you have a few long QuickTimes give each one a tape number in the Browserby Francois - Café LA Re: dupe frames - 16 years agoCorrect me anybody if I am wrong but I always took for granted that dupe detection works with a tape number and a TimeCodeby Francois - Café LA Compability ? - 16 years agolet's make sure it doesn't interfere with plugs with their very own management like fxfactoryby Francois - Café LA Re: My old Quad Core vs. My new OCTO unoffical benchmark tests. - 16 years agoMotion uses Graphic card to render - even when back in Fcp TimeLine - so that's why you don't triple in this case, like you do when using procs intensive renders.by Francois - Café LA Re: Aja IO HD, beyond ProRes... - 16 years agoin a practical way Aja web site ( spects, data sheets etc) are uselessby Francois - Café LA Aja IO HD, beyond ProRes... - 16 years agoA new client want's me to work in his brand new studio for a 90' doc in far east Asia. (I should fly over there from France) Says proudly he has a MacPro along with a IO HD ... nice... He's been shooting for the project in DvcPro HD, (on tape, with shoulder cam: lots of tapes) and Hdv (on tape), for the handy cam ( hum ? yeah - don't ask ... ) so I tell him... ok , let's capture everyby Francois - Café LA non UB Plug ins in MacTels ? - 16 years agoMy non UB plugins seems to all work fine in a Mactel That's not what I read from some contributors at the time Do they somehow use Rosetta ?by Francois - Café LA Re: Can I AutoSave more frequently than one minute in Fcp ? - 16 years agoPinnacle/Avid I confirm ! and that's a permanent news chanel ! sometimes they edit with rushes still "ingesting" meaning ... the file is still coming to them / or live events still going on, like a royal wedding... thank you for the linkby Francois - Café LA Re: Can I AutoSave more frequently than one minute in Fcp ? - 16 years agoyes you are right on that, I told them it takes resources, I just wanted to check... People are so afraid of changes, when they have something that works poorly, they want to stick to it , because it ... works, poorly but worksby Francois - Café LA Re: Can I AutoSave more frequently than one minute in Fcp ? - 16 years agoI am not talking about me or the way I work or the way I consider One should work I am talking about people who consider passing from Liquid to Fcp and who think they could'nt live without their "all the time saving" they are so used to freeze all the time : they have network problems also, EVN from all other the world never mind... but on one point you are both wrong, forby Francois - Café LA Re: Can I AutoSave more frequently than one minute in Fcp ? - 16 years agoyes that's what I think to (to both) thanxby Francois - Café LA Re: Can I AutoSave more frequently than one minute in Fcp ? - 16 years agoyeah I know all that , I am an FCS instructor ******* ! (swearing not necessary - edited by Moderator) but those people want like every second autosave, they do news on a news 24/24 channel you can't toggle autosave less than one minute I wonder if anybody ever found a work aroundby Francois - Café LA Can I AutoSave more frequently than one minute in Fcp ? - 16 years agoIt's just that I am demonstrating Fcs to some people using Pinnacle/Avid Liquid at the present time and they have some kind of permanent auto save (they better dispose of it because they freeze all the time ! ) so, besides Command+ s, would there be a work around ?by Francois - Café LA Re: FCS centric review of Mac Pro - 16 years agogood job ! ( THIS is a Fcs centric review) Color should improve a great deal with it's "real" integration into Fcsby Francois - Café LA Re: 8 Core Macs vs. Quad core should I upgrade? / graphics card upgrade? - 16 years agoGreat Jobby Francois - Café LA Re: 8 Core Macs vs. Quad core should I upgrade? / graphics card upgrade? - 16 years agothank you both for your reactivity Mike, (AKA bscene), could you have an eye on the Cores when doing your tests ? What you say Jeff about the new SSE-4 instructions might be the opening of a new era (I am on the market for a 2008 MacPro)by Francois - Café LA Re: 8 Core Macs vs. Quad core should I upgrade? / graphics card upgrade? - 16 years agoJef, Did you ever watch the activity of your procs with activity monitor during a FCP render ? or even real time playing ? Compressor uses the whole set of Cores... what about Fcp now ? some multi threading ? or still just a little part of the power available?by Francois - Café LA Re: Capture Card - 16 years agoAJA claims that the Kona Cards line helps fastening work with HD low cost codecs, (besides the capture & outing ability) has any one experienced that with the IO HD so far ?by Francois - Café LA Re: POLL v2: Does HDV actually suck or not? - 16 years agoAND...only if you capture as ProRes and avoid the HDV codec in post. Shane do you capture it as Pro Res through AJA IO ?by Francois - Café LA Re: Color artifacts from a pin stripe shirt - 16 years agoDefinitely Joe's filterby Francois - Café LA Re: Apple Certification - 16 years agoCertification is useful when you plan to train the others something I do occasionally for Motion otherwise... I don't know, but its never a bad thing to spend some time with others editors and /or graphics guys and a trainer. You LEARNby Francois - Café LA Pro app 4.0.2 and G5 ? - 16 years agoThe last Pro app 4.0.1 has been a disaster with G5 I wonder if that brand new 4.0.2 will do better if anyone has taken the plunge ... ?by Francois - Café LA Re: no HD for 15 " G4 PowerBook ? - 16 years agoThank You Shane this will be done tomorrowby Francois - Café LA |
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