Is the HVX for Me?
I produce local and regional commercials and the occasional corporate video. The picture on my beloved 20 year old Beta camera just turned blue and I can not find it in my heart to repair it. I don't do a lot of shooting but it is necessary evil that I own a camera.
I edit on an Avid Xpress Pro with Mojo on a PC, I have heard that there are issues with the files from the HVX, will I have problems working with the files from the HVX with my PC Avid Xpress Pro? |
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. There's a downloadable upgrade from v. 4.x to v. 5.2 (HD) for $49.95 for the PC. I downloaded that, upgraded my dongle and I was off editing my DVCPROHD files. A slight hassle is involved in getting the MXF files to a place that Xpress Pro can recognize them. Basically you have to copy the audio and video MXFs into the "*:\Avid MediaFiles\MXF\1" directory - where * is your drive letter. Only then will Xpress Pro recognize your files in Media Tool. |
Thanks Chein,
I also do a lot of work in Aftereffects, do I down convert to SD for my work in aftereffects and also for output to Beta SP? And if I am going to do that should I just shoot in DV? Or is it the quality going to be better to shoot in HD and Down Convert it in Post? |
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I don't know much about After Effects. Though unless AE supports HD you'd probably have to downconvert. |
Down Convert after you have done your compositing in After effects, you have much more resolution to work with... keying, rotoscoping. Why not shoot in HD and downconvert afterwords so you have a HD master sequence? This would have been a nightmare to do roto work in DV..
http://www.motivitypictures.com/hvx2...composite.html But maybe your just throwing titles on things, and DV will be fine. I have never shot any DV, after seeing and working with HD resolution. Quote:
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I am currently using Aftereffects 5.0 will that recognize HD files?
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