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Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems January 8th, 2010, 01:33 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,733
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Cool! Looking forward to it.

Cool! Looking forward to it.
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems January 5th, 2010, 07:29 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,733
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Hey Giuseppe. I can repeat the TrueColor setup...

Hey Giuseppe.
I can repeat the TrueColor setup for any camera that has adjustable controls at least at the level of the HD-100. In some cases the results vary, like for the HD-200, but the process...
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems November 26th, 2009, 06:41 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,359
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Yes, and here is another one for ya. Project the...

Yes, and here is another one for ya. Project the green screen!
For small areas like interviews it's perfect. You save yourself a lot of trouble in lighting the BG and it's perfectly even! You can...
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems November 26th, 2009, 02:46 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,359
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Hey Brain, good to see you too. Nobody connected...

Hey Brain, good to see you too. Nobody connected me to Obi Wan before, that made my day :)!
If you look carefully in the article on my site there is a link to the full video so you can judge the...
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems November 26th, 2009, 08:58 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,359
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Thank you Marc. Yes, it's often hard to make the...

Thank you Marc. Yes, it's often hard to make the client realize how expensive it can be to produce something like a good interview. One thing that I didn't mention is that you can use the focus ring...
Forum: Digital Compositing and Effects November 25th, 2009, 01:56 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 9,662
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
A way of gaining speed in AE is to precomp an...

A way of gaining speed in AE is to precomp an effect-intensive and stable portion and then set up a proxy for that. Configure the proxy to be of the highest quality, render to either QT with PNG...
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems November 24th, 2009, 05:14 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,359
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Thank you Jonathan. Yes, the day was great...

Thank you Jonathan. Yes, the day was great despite the scorching heat, which was even worse with about 2,000 watts of lighting and a running projector :)
It's all about the planning.

All the...
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems November 24th, 2009, 03:44 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,359
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Ho to shoot 18 interviews in 8 hours with the HD-100

Hi all.
It's been I while since my last post in this forum. Recently I did a shoot for a client that required to interview a pretty large amount of people in a very short time. Ah, the thrill of low...
Forum: Final Cut Suite September 18th, 2009, 12:02 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,298
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Hi Christopher. Yes, I'm well aware of the...

Hi Christopher.
Yes, I'm well aware of the procedure, I used FCP for years before moving to Premiere. The codec is not at all the concern here. The workflow is. Once you load a few thousand PNG...
Forum: Final Cut Suite September 16th, 2009, 04:35 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,298
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Thank you Christopher, I forgot to mention the...

Thank you Christopher, I forgot to mention the mode of importing, didn't think of importing as a series of independent pictures. I do a lot of work in 3D animation/modeling and for that we usually...
Forum: Final Cut Suite September 16th, 2009, 03:57 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,298
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Q: FCP 7 and image sequence

Hello.
It's been a while since I looked at FCP and I was wondering if users of the latest release can tell me if FCP now supports image sequences directly, i.e. no conversion via QT Pro, straight...
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems September 28th, 2008, 09:28 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,205
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Hi Dan. Skin tones are the most crucial part...

Hi Dan.

Skin tones are the most crucial part of my settings and, unfortunately, the HD200/250 series don't get as close to the right setup as the HD100 can. I discussed this issue at length before...
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems September 25th, 2008, 08:28 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,748
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Take a look at SheerVideo...

Take a look at SheerVideo (http://www.bitjazz.com) It's a lossless compressors (QT plugin) with alpha support and size at about 1/2 the size of Uncompressed. It's also very fast. They have a trial...
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems September 22nd, 2008, 12:25 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,050
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
And way cheaper than loosing your project/footage...

And way cheaper than loosing your project/footage especially with the modern emphasis on tapeless workflow. I have one drive dedicated to backup, every day. One drive is my current editing area,...
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems September 22nd, 2008, 12:20 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,050
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Take a look at FirmTek, LLC...

Take a look at FirmTek, LLC (http://www.firmtek.com), the 5PM is a SATA enclosure, that means that it run as fast as the disks inside the computer. It has thermal monitoring and it uses Port...
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems September 19th, 2008, 06:47 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,050
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Very true and if you use a Mac they are even...

Very true and if you use a Mac they are even easier with the Automated Time Machine. That saved my butt several times already.
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems September 19th, 2008, 03:48 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,050
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Hi Stuart. Yes, my experience has been with...

Hi Stuart.

Yes, my experience has been with 4 drives. 2 250GB, one 500GB and a 1TB. The 1TB broke with no option but to send it to a drive recovery company for thousands of dollars in repair. For...
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems September 19th, 2008, 01:23 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,050
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Hard Drive failure is actually lower than DVD....

Hard Drive failure is actually lower than DVD. Get a Firmtek enclosure, stay away from stuff like Lacie, they have a failure rate, in my experience, around 50%, and buy Hitachi or Wester Digital...
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems September 18th, 2008, 08:10 AM
Replies: 148
Views: 163,918
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Hi Rob. You're very welcome. If you mean that...

Hi Rob. You're very welcome. If you mean that PAL uses the SD color space instead of the 709 standard for HD then yes, there is a tiny difference but I don't think that it should account for much...
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems September 17th, 2008, 08:48 AM
Replies: 148
Views: 163,918
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Hi Rob. My site is back up. Clueless host...

Hi Rob.

My site is back up. Clueless host moved to physically a new machine and forgot to mention it to me. Apologies to everybody who tried to connect in the past hours.
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems August 28th, 2008, 06:19 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,891
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
The still shows one of the typical problems of...

The still shows one of the typical problems of HDV cameras: they are a bit "red happy", there are reds in the girls' skirts that are too rich and cause the characteristic edge problem. You can...
Forum: JVC GY-HD Series Camera Systems August 28th, 2008, 11:52 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,891
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Steven, you're dead-on correct in using AE for...

Steven, you're dead-on correct in using AE for Color Correction, probably one of the best tools in the business. Unlike what other people said, the CC built in in most NLEs, including FCP's CC3Way...
Forum: Final Cut Suite June 23rd, 2008, 08:37 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,752
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
Well, the of= parameter has to be adjusted to the...

Well, the of= parameter has to be adjusted to the path of your disk and the name of the file of your choice. If you type

dd if=/dev/zero of=/Volumes

and the press tab you will see the list of...
Forum: Final Cut Suite June 23rd, 2008, 08:24 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,752
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
dd is part of every Unix installation, and Mac OS...

dd is part of every Unix installation, and Mac OS is Unix. It's one of the greatest tools available to all Unix users. /dev/zero is a pseudo-file that returns an infinite stream of zeroes. The...
Forum: Final Cut Suite June 23rd, 2008, 08:05 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,752
Posted By Paolo Ciccone
open a terminal window and type: dd...

open a terminal window and type:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/Volumes/Your5PMdisk/filename_of_your_choice

Rindse, repeat :)
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