Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
September 27th, 2005, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,084
One thing I have found useful, if you can find...
One thing I have found useful, if you can find someone to sit through it, and if you are willing to show... have someone disconnected watch as much of your raw footage as possible. It may be boring,...
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Forum: Panasonic DV / MX / GS series Assistant
September 27th, 2005, 08:00 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,367
Leigh,
You can light up white card, frame...
Leigh,
You can light up white card, frame it up, and open the iris until you start to see zebras. Record a second or two, bring it into an NLE and pull up a vectorscope. It should show you the...
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Forum: Panasonic DV / MX / GS series Assistant
September 24th, 2005, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,367
Leigh,
It differs depending on mode...
Leigh,
It differs depending on mode (NORMAL vs. PROCINEMA / PICTURE ADJUSTMENT or not). In NORMAL it's 100%. In PROCINEMA, I believe it showed as 110% in one of my tests. With PICTURE...
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Forum: Taking Care of Business
September 24th, 2005, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,035
Steven,
I shot a short film this year in...
Steven,
I shot a short film this year in the main branch of the Phoenix Public Library here in Phoenix, Arizona. The library is five stories high and bigger than a football field (go Eskimos?)...
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Forum: Final Cut Suite
September 23rd, 2005, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,750
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Forum: Panasonic DV / MX / GS series Assistant
September 20th, 2005, 12:27 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,367
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Forum: Panasonic DV / MX / GS series Assistant
September 16th, 2005, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,367
That article was interesting, but it references...
That article was interesting, but it references some mostly the Varicam, and only very briefly the DVX100A. I'm going to be very skeptical that Panny would include such an advanced function into the...
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Forum: Panasonic DV / MX / GS series Assistant
September 15th, 2005, 03:58 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,367
You can get lots more latitude from a GS400 by...
You can get lots more latitude from a GS400 by simply turning the CONTRAST PICTURE ADJUSTMENT down (see my article (http://www.matterofchance.com/gs400/")). You don't need to use PROCINEMA mode for...
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Forum: Photon Management
September 15th, 2005, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,579
Brian,
For "exteriors and landscapes," wide...
Brian,
For "exteriors and landscapes," wide shots I'll assume, you will want progressive scan for the higher resolution to capture the details.
What model is the little Panasonic that you have?...
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Forum: Photon Management
September 15th, 2005, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,942
Kelly,
If you have morning and afternoon...
Kelly,
If you have morning and afternoon shots in the same location, you can't forget about the directionality of the sun, which will likely be opposite at those times of day, shadows going one...
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Forum: Panasonic DV / MX / GS series Assistant
September 15th, 2005, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 19,765
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
September 14th, 2005, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,535
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Forum: Panasonic DV / MX / GS series Assistant
September 7th, 2005, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 19,765
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Forum: Panasonic DV / MX / GS series Assistant
September 6th, 2005, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,109
Kyle,
B&H Photo Video...
Kyle,
B&H Photo Video (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=NavBar&A=FetchChildren&Q=&ci=75) has tons of 43mm filters. As guy says, though, better to get a step-up ring (also...
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
September 2nd, 2005, 11:36 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,535
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
September 2nd, 2005, 10:43 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,535
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
September 1st, 2005, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,535
Jason, it seems I am actually in the same...
Jason, it seems I am actually in the same discussion on this topic on a number of forums simultaneously. You can check out some of my arguments on this thread at pana3ccduser.com...
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Forum: Panasonic DV / MX / GS series Assistant
September 1st, 2005, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 19,765
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
September 1st, 2005, 08:48 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,535
Jason,
Deinterlacing is one of my first...
Jason,
Deinterlacing is one of my first steps. If you plan to do any color correction or effects, it's cleaner to work with full, deinterlaced frames. My workflow is as follows.
1. Capture...
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Forum: Panasonic DV / MX / GS series Assistant
August 31st, 2005, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,934
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
August 29th, 2005, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,737
Jon, you might try deleting the two or three...
Jon, you might try deleting the two or three preview and conformed folders in your project folders that Premiere creates. These can become corrupted and cause problems on previews and renders. ...
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Forum: Panasonic DV / MX / GS series Assistant
August 24th, 2005, 08:55 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,143
An interesting thing about the sharpening, and...
An interesting thing about the sharpening, and you can see this in the images, is that it makes everything look like it's in focus. Now, these cameras already have incredibly deep depth of field,...
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Forum: Panasonic DV / MX / GS series Assistant
August 23rd, 2005, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,143
Emre,
Here is a page I put together for...
Emre,
Here is a page I put together for the Picture Adjustments on the GS400, very similar to the DV953: http://www.matterofchance.com/gs400/
I think lately I have been using Color @ -3,...
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
August 23rd, 2005, 08:13 AM
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Replies: 123
Views: 29,280
Ash, the efficiency is significant for DVD's...
Ash, the efficiency is significant for DVD's since the extra bits from fewer frames can be used to make the other frames look better. That's always a good thing. I can tell the difference in...
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Forum: Panasonic DV / MX / GS series Assistant
August 18th, 2005, 02:13 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,156
Leigh,
It was this link...
Leigh,
It was this link http://dvdf.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=34365&highlight=GS400+16%3A9. The statement doesn't make any sense, but it's what the moderator at that link was saying. Yikes.
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