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Re: OT: Ken Burns - The War - 17 years ago
Interesting thread guys. I am a documentary editor by profession as well. I think that some of this debate about "what a documentary is" can be cleared up by realizing that the term "documentary" is a very broad container-word to begin with. Almost all of you are right in your definitions. Some words are like that. "Automobile" is a container-word. Both a solby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: I think I found how to eliminate artifacts in HDV - 17 years ago
I dont have an answer for you that comes from experience because I have only used DVCPRO-HD as an editing codec. I really need to try the HVX with the hard drive before I make a real informed opinion. But I do kn know the cards just arent enough space in the field for docs. My real intention for my comment was this: It does look like the XDCAM-EX will have significantly sharper chips thanby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: I think I found how to eliminate artifacts in HDV - 17 years ago
This is a cute reply, and I get your point, but I wonder how the new sub-$10,000 XDCAM -EX will do? And even more importantly, Mike, tell us about the behavior of the 35mb XDCAM codec under movement stress compared to HDV (dark, red, detailed, motion, for example). Is it a little bit better or a lot better? On paper, this is beginning to sound like the sweet spot in this cost/performance ratby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: I think I found how to eliminate artifacts in HDV - 17 years ago
By the way, something I have no experience with is XDCAM at 35mb/s HD. I'd love to hear some comments about it in light of the discussion on this thread. I'm eying that new small Sony XDCAM-EX about to come out and feeling a rise.. - Christopher S. Johnsonby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: I think I found how to eliminate artifacts in HDV - 17 years ago
I think I have a reasonably balanced view of this format for documentary. I am aware of its pitfalls and also know that it can be superior to a SD production. Here is an example of a penny-wise and pound foolish production decision for a doc series (bit-rate-wise): "This American Life" on Showtime has great photographic compositions and clever editing. Undoubtedly they were worrieby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: I think I found how to eliminate artifacts in HDV - 17 years ago
Well, Graeme already did, but here, I will as well. Keep in mind that this is a worse case scenario with DARK RED MOTION going on. There were some actually nice shots from this same doc. This still is from an FX-1, color corrected and rendered on a DVCPRO-HD Sequence, a Field Blender filter was also used, then saved as a jpeg highest setting. So even a less compressed format wouldnt lookby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: Prores 422 and Firewire 800 - 17 years ago
Someone else can back me up on this but I dont understand the need for Lumiere in this day and age. Doesn't "Batch Export" in Final Cut Pro achieve the same goal? Maybe Im missing something. And is your G5 a dual? here is the minimum of what you should have Mac-wise when doing any kind of HD: A dual 2.0 Ghz G5 with 2 gigs of RAM. I make this evaluation based on my own experience.by Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: I think I found how to eliminate artifacts in HDV - 17 years ago
Yep, fast movement on darkish red foliage -- the worst case. I EXPECT bad-ness there in HDV. So I ask, if any of you had a choice: you just received the go ahead from funders for a low budget doc series for television. The station may or may not launch an HD simulcast station later this year, and they do not have the same hard specs as Discovery Channel. And you were going to choose betweeby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: I think I found how to eliminate artifacts in HDV - 17 years ago
Wayne, this is an oooold and over stated position now. You were right about the limitations of HDV, but documentary and HD news gathering are benefiting from HDV in all of its limited-ness. You are incorrect about pros not benefiting from the format. Thats just wrong. I've been editing documentaries here in Los Angeles for eight years and today about half of the programs are shot with HDV camby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: I think I found how to eliminate artifacts in HDV - 17 years ago
Right its the down-rezzing, man. But at least its good to know that there is "better" and "worse" down-rezzing, and this gentleman has found his. As for reasons for shooting HDV if your just going to SD anyway? 1.) future use of footage 2.) I think down-rezzed HDV footage looks like it came from a relatively expensive SD camera -- which is nice. 3.) you can blendby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: HD Workstation/Workflow questions... - 17 years ago
Does true, raw 23.98 frames per second play out to an HDTV? Or does it need to be captured into the TV kind of 24p thats really 29.97 because of the added 3-2 pulldown? - Christopher S. Johnsonby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: Prores 422 and Firewire 800 - 17 years ago
Right, there are some advantages to editing in anamorphic standard def DV. While the file size is about the same, DV footage can fly on an older or less capable Mac and with less RAM. You need at least 2GB of RAM to edit HDV comfortably. Additionally, you can easily view your edit on a production monitor or television with DV. With HDV you need buy at least the $250 Blackmagic card for moniby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: FCP to DVCAM not working - 17 years ago
This is tough because your problem doesnt really come up as a usual thing. It sounds like it might be the deck. Is there even a cheap DV camcorder laying around that you can use instead? Even a $600 DV camera should give you "perfect" results. How did you monitor your edit from the timeline on a TV during the edit anyway? - Christopherby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: XDCAM vs HVX200 720p - 17 years ago
Nope, you are 100% right, I was forgetting the Firestore option. -CJby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: I need to specifically ID a clip in a bin back to the actual media file ... - 17 years ago
Ana, you can re-name Sub Clips in FCP all you want. Its very reliable. I sub-clip over thirty hours of material per episode and re-name stuff all day long! It is the only way I can do documentary stories. It even survives Media Manager perfectly for the Online. - Christopher S. Johnsonby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: I need info / advice re: digitizing from Beta SP deck, also ripping DVDs - 17 years ago
Yeah, use S-Video connection for the video for sure, and you will need an audio mixer to quiet down the audio. It will be wayyy too loud without one. And then you can even get deck control from USB on the Mac to the RS-422 Remote port on the Beta SP deck using two items (a RS-422 cable with one end being a round serial connector, and a Keyspan converter box): 1 2 And then you creby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: XDCAM vs HVX200 720p - 17 years ago
Oops, I meant to say: "A camera strapped to the front of a Jeep on a trail will probably look better on DVCPRO-HD, even with the lower res chips. Heh. -CJby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: XDCAM vs HVX200 720p - 17 years ago
Ive never used an XDCAM workflow before but here are a couple of factoids to put in the hopper: 1.) if you are looking at the not-yet-released, under $10,000 small XDCAM camera (which sounds awesome on paper) then you wont have discs or tapes with that either. It uses a much cheaper, larger, more ubiquitous data card than Panasonic's. 2.) Bare SATA drives are sometimes cheaper than HDCAMby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: PCI EXpress G5 ATI - 17 years ago
I wasnt sure how an open format timeline would behave on the Dual 2 G5. And then there is Color. - Christopher S. Johnsonby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: HD and SD in the same project - 17 years ago
Your producer has to understand that if you dont get everything in the same format and codec, editing will suck! You'll have to render simple cuts. At least in FCP 5 this is the case. Uprezzing is a big deal in my book. It takes lots of money or lots of time and it still looks soft. Was any of the SD shot anamorphic? That would help with the aspect ratio. HD episodes of Nova and Frontlinby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: FCP to DVCAM not working - 17 years ago
How have you been viewing your Sequence timeline while editing? - Christopher S. Johnsonby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: PCI EXpress G5 ATI - 17 years ago
Its interesting, for a while now the Dual 2.0 Ghz G5 with PCI-X slots has been considered the "minimum" HD editing Mac (one that could edit HD with a Kona or Blackmagic card and Final Cut Pro). What do you guys think: after the Final Cut Studio 2 announcement, what is the current minimum system that would allow HD capture card editing without hic-ups? - Christopher S. Johnsonby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: ProRes 422? - 17 years ago
Got it guys. Thanks. So it is NOT limited to machines that have FCP 6 installed but it is Mac only, like QT-DVCPRO-HD. Looks like Uncompressed HD codecs from AJA or Blackmagic, for cross platform work then, huh? - Christopher S. Johnsonby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: Export Question - 17 years ago
Randy, I believe that is absolutely correct. Any clip with a filter or transition will render better, and obviously you dont even need a drive fast enough to play it. Even DVCPRO-50 looks great and is 4:2:2. - Christopher S. Johnsonby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: ProRes 422? - 17 years ago
Forgive my ignorance: If I use After Effects and QuickTime Pro on a PC, dont I have access to any QT codec I put in the QT plugin folder? I really don't know. - Christopher S. Johnsonby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: ProRes 422? - 17 years ago
Why on Earth would ProRes not be available as any other codec in QuickTime, and thus available to any QT capable application? Where does this information come from that this is the only codec in the world that requires an install of Final Cut Pro? Why couldn't one copy the codec plugin to another QT folder on another machine? - Christopher S. Johnsonby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: Export Question - 17 years ago
The notes I made above are about the latest version of iDVD 6. - Christopher S. Johnsonby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: Export Question - 17 years ago
I would like to add my own opinions here. I have been through many trenches since FCP and iDVD were introduced. Perhaps you will find them useful. 1.) I only choose a Reference Movie in emergencies like I'm gonna miss the Fed Ex deadline. Otherwise, please use "Make Movie Self Contained". A Reference Movie is a very fragile thing. It really cannot be relied upon as an archive orby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: twitchy dvds - 17 years ago
Yes, it is slightly resized, but it pops back into proper aspect in iDVD. I have no earthly idea why this works. Its magic. But I do know that the results look very good, the video that was intended to be interlace stays that way, and everything is fixed when I do that. I wish I had a logical reason this works. -Christopher S. Johnsonby Christopher SJ - Café LA
Re: ProRes 422? - 17 years ago
You are right, that is the REAL topic here. I got caught in an ancient forum discussion there for a minute. This IS about the new way to edit those HDV and DVCPRO-HD media we get in our edit suites. Tanscode to one of the new modern HD compressed codecs and move on... I am thankful they are here.by Christopher SJ - Café LA
