Forum: Final Cut Suite
July 12th, 2002, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 1,380
Views: 267,650
CD tracks in FCP 3.0
I have had some trouble importing CD tracks directly into FCP 3.0 using the same method as I did with 2.0. Because of differences in the sampling rate, the tracks play erratically until I do a...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
July 11th, 2002, 11:24 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,842
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
July 11th, 2002, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,702
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
July 11th, 2002, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,167
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
July 11th, 2002, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,175
Hi Christine...
Generally you can just...
Hi Christine...
Generally you can just white-balance to the fluorescents and all is well; if you are using additional tungsten lighting you can add gel to those to match exactly, although it is...
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
June 27th, 2002, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 11,977
Justin:
The t-stop is an adjusted version of...
Justin:
The t-stop is an adjusted version of the f-stop that measures the actual transmission (t) to take into account the design of the individual lens, to assure that it is delivering the...
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
June 27th, 2002, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 11,977
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
June 27th, 2002, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 11,977
Hmmm...Bill...at an equivalent field of view,...
Hmmm...Bill...at an equivalent field of view, won't the depth of field characteristic remain the same? i.e. once you've taken the 7x magnifcation into account, and thus zoomed in your 1/3" lens to...
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
June 27th, 2002, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 11,977
Rob:
On "Citizen Kane", Orson Welles and his...
Rob:
On "Citizen Kane", Orson Welles and his cameraman Gregg Tolland sought to achieve frames that had actors and elements staged at multiple distances but with all remaining in focus. Generally...
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
June 26th, 2002, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 11,977
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Forum: DV Info Net Announcements
June 24th, 2002, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,580
Hi folks.
The next installment of Instant...
Hi folks.
The next installment of Instant Films gets underway the weekend of June 28-30 (see first post for details on the event). The screening will be on June 30th, here is the info:
Sunset...
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Forum: Sony VX2100 / PD170 / PDX10 Companion
June 24th, 2002, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,865
Eddie:
I'm hoping for $100/hr, the folks you...
Eddie:
I'm hoping for $100/hr, the folks you are hiring have a reel. That would be the easiest way to determine if they are achieving the look you want. If their lighting & composition doesn't...
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
June 24th, 2002, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,113
Hi Trent.
The balls being spherical, they...
Hi Trent.
The balls being spherical, they throw light in every direction. Painting the backside black will reduce the spill on the set. There are times you want an omnidirectional light, such as...
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
June 22nd, 2002, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,113
Harlan:
The plan you described, hard light...
Harlan:
The plan you described, hard light for the background and soft for the foreground, is an excellent one and very well suited for video. I would respectfully suggest that you keep keep...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
June 21st, 2002, 01:21 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,854
Agreed Jeff. As I have mentioned before, a...
Agreed Jeff. As I have mentioned before, a quality head becomes invisible. It's just you guiding the camera to the exact frame you want, effortlessly. The ideal is to have as little of your attention...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
June 20th, 2002, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,313
The sole function of a lens hood is to keep...
The sole function of a lens hood is to keep extraneous light from hitting the front element of the lens and causing flares, which it is marginally good at achieving. A matte box is much better....
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
June 20th, 2002, 07:04 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,313
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
June 20th, 2002, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,854
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
June 20th, 2002, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,313
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
June 20th, 2002, 03:19 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,854
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
June 19th, 2002, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,063
Rob,
That was the same conclusion that the...
Rob,
That was the same conclusion that the director of a project I shot a while back arrived at, after doing some tests. The short was shown on a 30 ft wide screen at Sony (I imagine it was a...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
June 18th, 2002, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,063
Even after reading the various articles in the...
Even after reading the various articles in the Watchdog I'm still sort of unclear if using the 16x9 mode on the XL1 is better than cropping the 4x3 image as described here? I know that a camera with...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
June 17th, 2002, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 6,724
Bill:
Please expound on the statement "The...
Bill:
Please expound on the statement "The Black Level Adjust on the XL1s is more than just pedestal". What else does it affect/what exactly is it doing?
Don:
I had thought that the reported...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
June 17th, 2002, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,523
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
June 17th, 2002, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,523
Josh:
Just want to clarify your results:
...
Josh:
Just want to clarify your results:
>>I reset the back focus last night and then zoomed in and out several times, and each time I came back to full telephoto, I was still in sharp focus>>...
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