Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
May 11th, 2006, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 7,212
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Forum: Photon Management
May 11th, 2006, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,800
Javier,
Shoot tests of your locations and...
Javier,
Shoot tests of your locations and costumes in B&W to make sure that it isn't too muddy, or that your characters don't get lost in the backgrounds. It can be good to have locations that...
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
May 11th, 2006, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 16,865
Jeff,
Oh, that's about right on, depending...
Jeff,
Oh, that's about right on, depending on your computer.
Some of the is the deartifacting, some is the deinterlacing. I am using MB only for deartifacting. I have a P4 2.8 GHz with 1 GB...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
May 11th, 2006, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,454
Peter,
Premiere has a history of very poor...
Peter,
Premiere has a history of very poor deinterlacing quality. I had hoped this was improved in 2.0, but it sounds like it hasn't, especially if it was noticed by your client (a...
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Forum: Jibs / Cranes / Booms
May 11th, 2006, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,551
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Forum: Panasonic DVX / DVC Assistant
May 10th, 2006, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,630
Jack,
I checked it out. I also liked the...
Jack,
I checked it out. I also liked the camera work in general. However, it seemed like the same shots over and over again. It's a challenge to draw out consistently unique angles of a...
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Forum: CineForm Software Showcase
May 5th, 2006, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,377
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Forum: Photon Management
May 5th, 2006, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,960
Chris,
Mixed lighting is always a problem,...
Chris,
Mixed lighting is always a problem, and in general will make your footage look disturbing. Especially if it is coming from different angles. You might get a blue backlight, orange...
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
May 5th, 2006, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,918
Carl, thanks for sharing your experience. This...
Carl, thanks for sharing your experience. This highlights that in achieveing film looks, it is often best to go back to the source and find out exactly what techniques were used in the original...
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Forum: CineForm Software Showcase
May 5th, 2006, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,377
Not necessarily. For instance, you can scale an...
Not necessarily. For instance, you can scale an interlaced clip in an interlaced timeline, and it remains interlaced, with no ill effects from the scaling. That is because it is scaling on a field...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
May 4th, 2006, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,274
Well, the bigger the screen, the worse it will...
Well, the bigger the screen, the worse it will be, you understand, since you're blowing up a low res image so big. Usually theaters have a variety of screens, depending on the popularity of the...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
May 4th, 2006, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,274
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
May 4th, 2006, 08:48 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,501
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
May 3rd, 2006, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 16,865
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
May 3rd, 2006, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 7,212
Matt, your numbers are way off, sorry. I don't...
Matt, your numbers are way off, sorry. I don't have the time to work them out perfectly right now, but Academy is going to be closer to 472 tall, Widescreen 364, Flat 350, Scope 275, all 720 wide in...
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
May 3rd, 2006, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 7,212
Marco,
You don't necessarily need a matte....
Marco,
You don't necessarily need a matte. You can drop your sequence into a new sequence and put a "Crop" or "Clip" video effect on the whole sequence. I think you need to trim off about 60...
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
May 3rd, 2006, 01:50 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 16,865
Jeff,
I've never worked with clips, so I...
Jeff,
I've never worked with clips, so I don't know how they would be handled. Basically, you are looking to batch process a bunch of clips using the same settings (or different settings in the...
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
May 3rd, 2006, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 16,865
Jeff,
The workflow you reference is from a...
Jeff,
The workflow you reference is from a post of mine. The sequence and formats are designed to maintain maximum quality at every step. I still use the workflow for short films. I have a...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
May 2nd, 2006, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,501
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Forum: Panasonic P2HD / DVCPRO HD Camcorders
April 24th, 2006, 02:17 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,890
Awesome development, the benefits of the latest...
Awesome development, the benefits of the latest H.264 without the drawbacks of long-GOP. This is exciting, I hope it filters down to the low-end. Maybe we can get a decent amount of intra-frame HD...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
April 24th, 2006, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 12,668
Alex,
Is your footage really out of focus?...
Alex,
Is your footage really out of focus? Most DV will look a bit soft when projected up to theater screen size, and that's the best case scenario. Not much you can do about that.
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
April 21st, 2006, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,812
Hey, 1080p makes sense. LCD's and plasmas are...
Hey, 1080p makes sense. LCD's and plasmas are progressive devices, so displaying an interlaced format requires some voodoo. You want a progressive format... but...
There is no such thing as...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
April 21st, 2006, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 11,837
Josef,
Maybe you need to connect with some...
Josef,
Maybe you need to connect with some people that have ideas. Maybe you'd make a better director or DP than writer. I can't write worth a lick, but I've made a ton of films, just in...
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
April 20th, 2006, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 14,409
Chris, please. PP1.5 is advertised to support...
Chris, please. PP1.5 is advertised to support 24p, including detecting and removing pulldown, which it is not doing accurately in this case.
I'm not looking for a free upgrade. I'm saying there...
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
April 20th, 2006, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 14,409
That is only a good enough response if the...
That is only a good enough response if the upgrade is free. Otherwise, Adobe should fix this bug as a patch to the existing release. If you think upgrading is good enough, then Adobe has you...
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