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Output to 4K television - 9 years agoHello Quick question - I would like to output to a 4K television in 4K resolution - not upscaled from 1080 - what video card is recommeded to get this done? Thanks Seanby mindsnare - Café LA Blue artifacts after adding color correction - 9 years agoHello I am using an older version of FCP 6.xxx The issue I am having is that after color correcting footage from a nikon d600, these blue artifacts will show up if I reduce/increase the black levels using the color corrector. The files are prores HQ files that have been transcoded from the d600 footage. Is there a better way to transcode / format d600 footage for editing? The end resultsby mindsnare - Café LA Saving BPAV files? - 10 years agoHello I have a load of BPAV files sitting on my hard drive and was wondering if I really need to keep these? I already have all the transcoded MPEG2 files off the ex3 - What would be a justification for keeping these files? just trying to clear up some room Thanks Seanby mindsnare - Café LA - X Transcoding 30 / 29.97 to 24 FPS - 11 years agoHello I have a bunch of clips that I need to Transcode from 30 / 29.97 to 24 FPS - what is the best way to do this? Thanks Seanby mindsnare - Café LA Converting D800 DSLR footage - 11 years agoAnyone have any tips on coverting dslr footage from a d800? I have been just adding the footage into compressor and created prores files and working from that - It that the correct process? Thanks Seanby mindsnare - Café LA Importing Nikow Raw NEF files in FCP / AF - 11 years agoHello I am having an issue opening D800 Nikon NEF files on FCP Ver 7 and After Effects as well. I also tried PS and it said it could not support this file format. I looked and found the nef codec for win - but nothing for mac I was able to do it on my MPB - but that crashed last week. I dont remember installing any codec for that. - any suggestions? Thanks Seanby mindsnare - Café LA Anericana - A short time lapse film I created showcasing the natural and man made wonders of the United States. - Happy 4th of July! - 11 years agoHere is a short time lapse film I created. Our goal is to create a visually stunning and collaborative work of art featuring the submissions of visual artists from across the globe, capturing many cultures, countries and natural and manmade wonders in time lapse, slow motion, tilt shift and other cinematography techniques. The end result will be a vibrant film that showcases the wonders and beauby mindsnare - Show and Tell Off topic - what is a good font for a web address on project - 11 years agoHello I need to watermark a project with a simple web address. What is a good font? I am adding the address to the top right hand since it is going out as a press release and leave space on the bottom for station id - is that correct? Thanks Seanby mindsnare - Café LA Re: Need encoding help - Compressor error - 11 years agoJ - thanks for the quick response. The media in the tl is a mixed soup of prores / photo jpeg / xd cam footage - I was able to export before. So you suggest that I export then send to compressor? - what format should i export at? - I am exporting now in prores 422 HG - would that do the trick? - Thanks again Seanby mindsnare - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion Need encoding help - Compressor error - 11 years agoAloha I am having issues exporting from compressor. I exported the project to compressor from FCP and I get an error half way through. The question is would i get the same quality encode if I exported the project in prores HQ and then sent to compressor? What is the best way to export a project since there are so many options? export using qt conversion / compressor, etc PS - LAFCPUG.coby mindsnare - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion Memory Error / Better Encode - 11 years agoAloha I am getting a memory error when I try to export out a 10 HD minute file to a H.264 file. I am on a G5 tower 2.66 quad / 3 GB of mem / running FCP version 7 / OS 10.5.8 - Any suggestions? Also will I get a better encode using Compressor then exporting from FCP? Thanks Seanby mindsnare - Café LA Re: Best Format / audio level for news stations. - 11 years agoJude Thanks for the reply. We are not sure what stations are going to pick it up since it is a press release. We want to create a downloadable press file should any stations want to pick up the story. I guess I am asking what would be a good all around encoding setting for general broadcast format. I am thinking MPEG or Pjpeg. Also would it be a good idea to add tones and bars? Thanby mindsnare - Café LA Best Format / audio level for news stations. - 11 years agoHello I am editing a short vid that will be attached to a press release. I was wondering what is the best export format for news stations for a short one minute media clip? What about audio levels where should I be at for db's? Thanks for your help Seanby mindsnare - Café LA Re: Interlace Issues - 11 years agoOk thanks for the help. Yes you are correct that I mislabel de-interlaced with non interlaced. Ok so I checked the timeline settings and it was set to Lower Even field dominance. I changed that to none . I noticed that I can not change the project to 30 fps. It is at 29.97 for an editing timebase. When I try and change to 30 it tells me Frame Rate change Ignored - use the editing timebaseby mindsnare - Café LA Interlace Issues - 11 years agoAloha I am working in a 1080 P /30 FPS prores time line with 30 FPS files that were rendered out at 30P fps in AE then imported into FCP version 7. Am I correct to assume that these clips should be automatically de interlaced since they were created in Progressive not Interlaced? The issue I am having is that some of the clips appear to be interlaced. Would de-interlace fix this or is it sby mindsnare - Café LA Lines on Video - 12 years agoAloha - Its been some time I am having an issue with lines on video - let me explain. I am importing large vids 4000 x 3000 into a 1920 x1080 30 fps project. The vids are time lapse sequences also at 30 fps. I get the weird lines like refresh lines - or like a bad edit on a vhs tape - wow remember those? I am using a DVI out to a lcd tv set for a preview. My graphics card is a GeForce 8600by mindsnare - Café LA Dual Monitor - 2nd window as preview - 12 years agoAloha I am on a dual monitor MBP. How do I get the preview window to show up in a 2nd screen without the control bar, etc. so one window edit, 2nd full preview, Using pre X Thanks in advance Seanby mindsnare - Café LA Green Line at the bottom of the encode. - 12 years agoHello I batch converted files in Compressor (ver 3.0.5) from 1920x1080P Prores to cropped 640x480 Pjpeg clips. At the bottom of the encoded files is a green bar about 5 pixels high and 50 pixels long. I cant seem to get rid of it. Any suggestions? Thanks Seanby mindsnare - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion Correct Encoding Workflow - 12 years agoAloha I have about 1000 clips I need to edit / color correct and reencode to Photo-jpeg. The original clips are from a sony ex3 - mpeg-2. In the past I would edit/correct and then export each clip using prores codec. I would then batch export using compressor to Photo-jpeg. I understand that I can just export to photo-jpeg using fcp - the reason I created a prores master was incase I nby mindsnare - Café LA Re: Help - Have issue with the media manager - need to backup project in 48 hours - 12 years agoHey guys Thanks for the help. As a side note my 4 day old brand new backup drive failed 24 hours before I left. I had to rush to Frys and get another drive and back up essential data. The good news is that I made it back to base with all the data. Thanks for all the help. Seanby mindsnare - Café LA Re: Help - Have issue with the media manager - need to backup project in 48 hours - 12 years agoHello Yes the external is formatted to MAC OS Extended Journaled. The project with all the media / renders is almost 800 GB. I am using both 35 MB XD-CAM and prores files. The prores files are big 1-7 gb - due to being almost 6k in size timelapse sequences. So Derek - what you are saying is to copy all the media and just save the project.fcp file and then use the reconnect to media optioby mindsnare - Café LA Help - Have issue with the media manager - need to backup project in 48 hours - 12 years agoAloha I am in dire straights. I have a film that I have been working on for about a year now. Every so often I make a backup using the media manager. A few days ago I tried a backup using media manager - it said it would take 17 hours to copy all the assets, etc. After about 12 hours it locked up. I figured that the system went to sleep and never woke up. I then tried it again last nighby mindsnare - Café LA Video Format - Work Flow - NanoFlash - 13 years agoAloha I am a proud owner of an EX3 - I started out shooting HQ1080/60i then thought I would be artsy and switched to 24P - big mistake since most of my footage end spec is 29.97 MJPEG as I found out when i tried to convert 24 or 23.98 to 29.97. Most of my footage ends up on stock sites. Soooo - my question is should I switch back to 60I or should I try the 30P - what is the most universal fby mindsnare - Café LA Re: 24 FPS TO 29.97 Conversions - 13 years agoDave Thanks for the help - I look forward to the results, In the mean time I am trying out the JES software. Thanks Seanby mindsnare - Café LA 24 FPS TO 29.97 Conversions - 13 years agoAloha What is the correct workflow to convert 24 fps footage to 29.97? Here is what I have. I currently have 24 FPS footage shot with a Sony EX3 at 35 Mbs CBR - I need to edit in/out points and color correct the clips. Then I need to convert the footage to 29.97 either Motion jpeg B 85 percent or Photo Jpeg clips. I have around 500 clips i need to convert - any suggestions? - What codec iby mindsnare - Café LA Re: Converting Canon 5d/7d footage for fcp - 13 years agoShane When you convert the footage - do you lose some of the quality? or is the prores settings so high that it does not matter? In the encoding world when you transcode you always lose quality. Thanks Seanby mindsnare - Café LA Playback / Exporting Issues - 13 years agoAloha In the past I would take my ex3 footage shot at 24fps and place it into a custom profile - 1920x1080 / mjpeg / 29.97 for exporting for pond 5 - It would always work. Now when I do it - after rendering it plays back choppy and exports choppy - like most of the frames are missing, I then tried to create a default profile for the ex3 footage xdcam,- just drop in footage - asks wouldby mindsnare - Café LA BluRay burner / software recomendations - 14 years agoAloha everyone I am in need of a bluray burner and software to burn off some HD vids. Any recommendations for an external? I am using a mac quad core tower. Also what software burns bluray? I dont think the idvd can do that. Thanks in advance Seanby mindsnare - DVD Studio Pro Letus Ultimate vs Letus Elite - 14 years agoAloha Just wondering if any here has used the Letus Ultimate or the Letus Elite? Any reviews on real life quality? - Is the ultimate really worth the extra $2000.00. I am considering purchasing one of the other for my ex3. Then again I have heard that the whole concept is trash. Still on the fence - it looks like it gives a nice picture. What are the downfalls to using this? Sorry if iby mindsnare - Café LA |
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