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Re: 24P Normal to Film - 18 years agoAs far as I know, HDCAM has a native rate of 23.98 fps, not 29.97. SO no pulldown removal is needed. It is already 24fps.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Do I need to de-interlace an edited video master? - 18 years agoThe telecined tape is the best possible image you are going to get, interlaced as it is. Those half frames are the result of the 3:2 pulldown that occurred. converting 24 frames to 30, you will have some frames that are full frames, and some that have one field of one frame, and another field of another frame. This is all completely normal. This is what happens with any film footage transferrby Shane Ross - Café LA Re: 24P Normal to Film - 18 years agoIf you capture dvcpro 50 at its native resolution, it is at full quality. The only "onlining" you will really have to do is color correction. And no, reverse telecine doesn't degrade the image one bit, all it does is remove frames by making another digital copy of the footage without them. And no, there isn't a card out there that captures this footage and removes the pulldown. Wellby Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Cameras that work well with FCP recommendations? - 18 years ago24PA footage is NOT DESIGNED for tape useage. It shoots 24fps on a tape running at 29.97 fps. It needs to be captured using the Avdanve Pulldown option, or reverse telecined after capture. That option was created for those who wanted to make film prints of their DV footage, or to do directly to DVD or the web. If you want the "film look" but are still going to tape, use the 24P settby Shane Ross - Café LA Re: 24P Normal to Film - 18 years agoCapture normal then reverse telecine using Cinema Tools. Then talk to the Post Facility that will be doing the transfer and get all the skinny on how to do things THEIR way...That is the best solution.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Cameras that work well with FCP recommendations? - 18 years agoI'll Second the DVX-100a. While I don't own one, I have worked on several projects using footage from it, and it is great. Best DV camera out there sub $5000. Just be CAREFUL with the 24P settings. Only use 24PA if you have no intention of going back to tape ever.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: FCP starts, then stops...urgent - 18 years agoTrash your prefs. DOwnload FCP rescue to perform this task:by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: choosing university/college that use mac - 18 years agoDitto. But I would like to point out UCLA...great film program, great medical and nursing program. Although it doesn't fit in your CHeap catagoryby Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Digitizing Beta SP - 18 years agoIf you have a lot, it might be best to invest in the equipment yourself. You can get a Decklink SP for $595 (www.decklink.com), a G-Raid 500GB FW-800 drive (required for 8-bit uncompressed) for $550 (B&H Photo) and a beta deck rental (Wexler video) for about $600/week. $1800 and you can do it yourself. Cheaper than ANYPLACE that Ican think of that will do it for you.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Setting music tracks to same volume - 18 years agoYou have to mix each track individually. There is no automatic setting.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Slaved TC - 18 years agoLog and capture one tape. Then copy and paste the MEDIA START and MEDIA END TC into the LOG & Capture window and Log each clip one at a time.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Squeeze mode acceptable? - 18 years agoTricky to edit..for the panasonic footage is still 4X3...by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: where's the best help? - 18 years agoI troll...er...visit many FCP forums. This one, the Apple one, the one at Creative Cow, 2-pop (although the amount of ad space on that site is getting so nuts as to make it nearly impossible to view the few posts that are their. Seems I am not the only one frustrated with it) and proapptips.com. And Like Bogie said...post on one and wait a bit, because we often see the same post on three sitesby Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Print to Video - 18 years agoEither mix down the audio, or export a self contained movie, then re-import, then print to video. FCP is workaround Hell..by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Beta deck to G5 - 18 years agoIf you have a camera with the ability to pass thru a signal, or a deck, or buy the Canopus ADVC-110 then this works. But...BIG BUT...you compress your footage into the DV color space: 4:1:1 at 5:1 compression. To retain quality you are better off getting a Decklink SP or AJA LA capture card, and a G-Raid FW 800 drive...by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: installing fcp studio upgrade issues - 18 years agoLet me get back to you after this weekend. I finally got my G5 back and was able to install the OS (both Panther and Tiger, each on their own partition) and will be loading Studio later.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Where to Save Output Files - Data Disk or Program Disk? - 18 years agoReally? Using the Disk Utility? Lemme see... Would you look at that. NICE. Thanks man...by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: DVCPRO HD sequence problem... - 18 years agoYou shoud be fine. I believe, and I might be wrong, that in order to get 720p24 footage into a 23.98 sequence you are going to have to reverse telecine all the footage. It is recorded on the tape at 59.94 (as all Varicam footage is, I am led to believe)...even the 24p stuff. Much like 24PA is recorded on the DVX-100a at 29.97, even though it has a frame rate of 23.98.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Where to Save Output Files - Data Disk or Program Disk? - 18 years agoThank you Derek. Good point. I too use a USB memory stick to back up current FCP projects. After I ZIP them...the USB sticks are PC formatted, and eat unstuffed FCP project files for lunch. At least mine does.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: DVCPRO HD sequence problem... - 18 years agoIf you clip is 59.94 fps, then your sequence needs to be 59.94. Are you sure you shot 720p24? Like Derek said, it sounds like 720P60. I have an issue myself with footage supposedly shot 720p30, and captured with that setting, yet the clips properties show 720p60 at 59.94...and a few have a rate of 29.97. Very odd, and something I am trying to figure out...by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Where to Save Output Files - Data Disk or Program Disk? - 18 years agoI usually keep my project file on my MAIN HD, then back it up to the external. Then, if the external dies I am not hosed by losing my project. Again, I am not hosed if I lose my internal as I back up nightly to the external. I use the external drive for Media only, and project backups, not the main project.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: usb2.0 vs. fw400 - 18 years agoBecause, as I understand it, it doesn't have a steady, constant stream of data, it is more variable. Video needs a constant firm reliable stream. Plus FCP can't see footage thru the USB connection, so I hear. I have tried none of this stuff, this is just rumblings I hear from others. If you have a drive that has USB 2 and Firewire, who don't you test and see?by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Glowing Text - 18 years agoI'd use Livetype for that. But then you'd need to upgrade to FCP 4.5 for that. But it is pretty easy with Livetype.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: camera - HDV vs. miniDV - 18 years agoI work in Pro environments. I guess I am too used to working in pro envirnonments that skimp on way too many things. Cable channels that don't have huge budgets...well, they do, but it is spent elsewhere like using the Varicam or hiring name talent. Oh, that and Kidnapping Insurance in Mexico. That ate a lot.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: camera - HDV vs. miniDV - 18 years agoXL2...variable frame rate...and 24P Sony's HDV...two rates...720P and 1080i. And don't go NEAR the cine settings. They will make your image into cra...er...garbage. Not that I am biased or anything...OK...so I am.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: camera - HDV vs. miniDV - 18 years agoI never consider that wasted time. If I have to hire an assistant, then yes, that is money saved, but typically on my FCP projects I am my own assistant and when I log and capture I familiarize myself with the footage I have and soak it all in. it is time well spent, and time I would spend looking at the footage had I not watched it as I captured it.by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: stupid g4 won't turn on - 18 years agoWhat did you do, STEAL the thing? Kidding...seriously...kidding. :^) Call Apple. They might sell you a replacement CD set for a few bucks (say about $30).by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: camera - HDV vs. miniDV - 18 years agoI would avoid HDV and go with the XL2, or Panasonic DVX-100a. Or you can wait until next year and get the Panny P2 and use it to shoot DV, until you can afford the hiddeously expensive P2 cards (8 min for $2Gs....what are they THINKING?)by Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Media Manager? - 18 years agoUh, because the footage is BetaSP and they want the best quality for TV. How else is he going to get it into the system? Route the Beta thru a camera or converter box and compress 5:1? Let's not backstep out TV production. DVCAM quality is "decent" and "acceptable." Even BetaSP is at the bottom of the acceptable broadcast formats. Why worsen it by going in at DVCAM qualiby Shane Ross - Café LA Re: Media Manager? - 18 years agoCapture OFFLINE RT for the powerbook. Since you are going to need a capture card for your system to do the final, you're best bet is to capture thru the card at that resolution, give the captured media to your producer, then when they give you the cut, recapture at full res (8-bit uncompressed).by Shane Ross - Café LA |
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