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Re: OT: An Editor's Lament - 11 years ago
Jude Cotter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You realise, of course, the PROPER pickup line > goes like this: > > WOMAN AT BAR: So, what do you do? > ME: Uh, I work in film and TV. > WOMAN AT BAR: Oh, cool! So what specifically? > ME: I'm a cameraman. Sorry to disagree, Jude, but after 40 years in the biz, one thing I've learnt iby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Testing DVD output from COmpressor prior to burning - 11 years ago
Not quite sure if this does what you want, but maybe it'll help: If you scroll about halfway down the page you'll see the relevant bit. Mikeby Mike Hardcastle - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion
Re: Final Cut Pro X - still Pro - 11 years ago
Well - as this is already one of the longest running threads in the history of the known universe, I might as well add my 2 cents worth. On the whole, I agree with Grafixjoe and others who are saying that it's just too early to make a judgement about FCPX. I've watched the video of the SuperMeet presentation right through and been intrigued by "Auditioning" and "The Magnetic Tiby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA - X
Re: Working on multiple projects scratch disc - 11 years ago
Well - it's Jon Chappell and Digital Rebellion you should thank ! I pretty much fell in love with FCP from the first day I laid my hands on it. After 7 or 8 years working on Avids, I found something about FCP which was just intuitively right for me. But the one thing that really bugged me was that scratch disks were set at the program level rather than per project. Like you, I often have mulby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Working on multiple projects scratch disc - 11 years ago
Joe - are you using the brilliant Preference manager from Digital Rebellion ? If you do project backups it takes care of this sort of thing perfectly. An indispensable tool - and free to boot. Mikeby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Spinning Newspaper Headline Effect - 11 years ago
I particularly liked the bit in the tutorial where it said: "You already feel good about this." Channeling Douglas Adams, Harry ?by Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Film Light leak effects - free. - 11 years ago
bluey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > just go to streamclip (free download app just > google it) open the url, download and then export > to mov 'Strewth ! I've been using streamclip for years and didn't realise it could download from youtube. > for starters you could try typing in youtube > search 'strange things found at the end of vhsby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Film Light leak effects - free. - 11 years ago
Nick Meyers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > one memory of video f/fwd i have is of the image > sort of multiplying as the speed increased. > double speed would give me two versions of the > image squished horizontally to fit, > double again and i'd get 4 images, etc, etc. > also a lot of tearing abd skewing of the image. Yes, yes, yes -by Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Film Light leak effects - free. - 11 years ago
My apologies for the late response. I had to go away for a few days and didn't have access to the web. Bluey - thanks for your suggestion. While you say it's not rocket science, I have to say I can't find anything on youtube that looks remotely useable. I've searched for "VHS textures" and "videotape fast forward" - etc - but no luck. Anyway - how do you get the file ofby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Film Light leak effects - free. - 11 years ago
That's great, Harry. Thanks. I hardly ever use effects like this, but these are perfect for a job I'm working on at the moment. Just wondering if anyone knows of anything similar which creates the effect of those rolling white lines you get when you fast forward videotape ? Mikeby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Let's play... Guess The UI Element! - 11 years ago
Yep - same here in Enzed as in Oz - down is on. Of course, we've got twice as much power to deal with - 240V rather than the measly 110 you guys have in the US.by Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: general question about subclips - 12 years ago
I use ctrl-v all the time. In fact I use it so much that I've re-mapped my keyboard so that the 'c' key does it for me in one stroke. By default, 'c' is 'crop', but I hardly ever use that in comparison. With my fingers perpetually over j-k-l, the 'c' key is very handy for my little fingerby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Exporting a sequence of still images from FCP to DVD Pro - 12 years ago
Nick Munning Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What is the best procedure to remove FCP5 from my > present MacPro and reinstall from the original > disks that I purchased prior to Intel based Macs? Nick - this forum is a really fantastic resource and the moderators (and many others) donate their time and vast experience with astonishing generosity.by Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Exporting a sequence of still images from FCP to DVD Pro - 12 years ago
Nick Munning Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So let me ask you this. Are you saying that my FCP > Studio 5 version for which I have all the disks, > because I bought it new, will not work in my new > Intel-based computer even from a fresh install? What Derek and the others are saying is that you cannot get a proper install of FCP by either impoby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Exporting a sequence of still images from FCP to DVD Pro - 12 years ago
Can I ask a very basic question ? Have you ever exported a QT from another project in the past ? In other words, is this the first time you've hit this problem ? regards Mikeby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Exporting a sequence of still images from FCP to DVD Pro - 12 years ago
While I'm not an FCP expert like the moderators here, I notice from one of your screen shots (second to last) that it appears you are trying to import an FCP Project file into DVD Studio. Is the screen shot wrong ? I mean, obviously you need to import the QT.... regards Mikeby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Sony EX3 HDCam footage - 12 years ago
You should have no problems as long as you don't have multiple video tracks running. I have been editing XDCam on a G5 running FCP 6.0.6 for a couple of years. You will need XDCam Transfer from Sony which is available free here: cheers Mikeby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: AVDHC mts files skip frames once transcoded to PRORES 422 - 12 years ago
Jude Cotter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh, wait, what computer are you using? Is it an > Intel? From memory non-intel computers can't > utilise the AVCHD transfer. This is absolutely correct. FCP 6.0.6 L&T will import AVCHD on an Intel machine, but not on a PPC. You have to use Clipwrap (or similar) to convert the mts files to ProRes.by Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: FCP continues to crash - 12 years ago
It's actually not that big an issue for me. I do most of my work at outside facilities where they do have up-to-date machines. I bought the G5 second-hand a couple of years ago when an old friend (the sculptor, Chris Booth) asked me to look at putting together a film from his archive (80 hours of tape, going back over 30 years). Most of the archive is DV - the earlier stuff is V8, Hi8 or VHS.by Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: FCP continues to crash - 12 years ago
Ben King Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ProRes was and is not officially supported on PPC Crikey ! Talk about ignorance is bliss. Thanks, Ben.by Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: FCP continues to crash - 12 years ago
Thanks for that Strypes. Very occasionally I have had dropped frames in playing HD, but it's only ever really a problem when I'm playing back in Digital Cinema fullscreen. It's very erratic though - some days the problem's there and on others the same sequence will play perfectly. Oddly, I've found that when a sequence is dropping frames in DCD I can get it to play fine if I expand the canvaby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: FCP continues to crash - 12 years ago
Ben King Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There are issues when using G5 PPC computers with > ProRes as it is not officially supported by any > PPC other than the last Quad core G5 and certainly > yours is pretty old now and I wouldn't be > surprised if that is contributing to the issue. Don't want to hijack here, but can you enlarge a littlby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: FCP Filters - 12 years ago
My machine at home is an older G5 PPC which doesn't support AVCHD, so FCP's Log and Transfer doesn't work with MTS files. I tried Voltaic - I didn't think it was a bad as Derek found it, but it was still agonisingly slow. I'm now using Clipwrap and converting to ProRes 422. It's pretty consistent at 5:1 - ie 5 hours to convert 1 hour of footage.by Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: A piece of history - 12 years ago
I realise that this thread is pretty much finished, but I'm currently unemployed and at a bit of a loose end, so have a bit of time on my hands. Just found this and thought it was brilliant... From: "The US directors are very interesting to see so young and unguarded (even nakedly enthusiastic), but Herzog comes in and just completely blows them all away. It's like seeing priests intby Mike Hardcastle - Show and Tell
Re: HD to SD downconversion for the best quality - 12 years ago
DM Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > About capturing in Pro Res, do you know of a quick > link to that procedure for HDV? I've never set up > a tape capture to Pro Res. Always used the native > format of whatever I shot with, then created a Pro > Res sequence to drop it into. Maybe this would help ? Mikeby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: A piece of history - 12 years ago
Shooting that interview with Herzog was one of the scariest moments I've ever had behind a camera. At one point he turned and looked straight down the lens and said (paraphrase) "Ze kamera is ze cold eye of death." That look he gave was simply electrifying and felt like the cold eye of death itself. I had the camera on my shoulder and I think the involuntary lurch I made is clearly vby Mike Hardcastle - Show and Tell
Re: A piece of history - 12 years ago
So glad to hear you liked it. My own role in making the film was small and I've always believed that the real stroke of genius about the film was the selection of those particular film-makers - because at that time they were just on the cusp of becoming famous. And it's not as though we shot another 5 or 6 who never made the cut. I particularly love the bit where Herzog pulls up his shirt toby Mike Hardcastle - Show and Tell
A piece of history - 12 years ago
Just thought some people may find this interesting. It was made 35 years ago, shot (by me as it happens) at the Cannes Film Festival, but has only very recently become available on the web. The film itself is probably a bit obscure today. It was made as a plea for government assistance in getting a New Zealand feature film industry off the ground. The NZ Film Commission came into existenceby Mike Hardcastle - Show and Tell
Re: how to avoid chinese box in relation to resetting scratc disks - 12 years ago
bethany Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >will i always have ti reset the scratch disks The brilliant Preference Manager overcomes this problem perfectly: And it's free.by Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Charging clients fees - 12 years ago
Glad to hear you liked it ! This is a bit OT, but here's another hilarious '60s Calvin offering... Mikeby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
