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Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders September 26th, 2010, 01:46 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,516
Posted By Bill Engeler
THe first and most important thing is to turn the...

THe first and most important thing is to turn the AGC (auto gain control) switch to OFF. If it's on, the camera will pump up the gain to unacceptable levels in low light. You can then use the gain...
Forum: Adobe Creative Suite September 22nd, 2010, 12:52 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,905
Posted By Bill Engeler
Lloyd, I've read your posts on different...

Lloyd,

I've read your posts on different forums. You do have a similar problem - it's the networked disks. So the same advice applies as here: get a better, more direct connection to the source...
Forum: Adobe Creative Suite September 22nd, 2010, 09:10 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,905
Posted By Bill Engeler
You have 2 problems - accessing the files from a...

You have 2 problems - accessing the files from a server, and your underpowered rig itself.

I suspect that if you stored the files more locally, your problem would be grealy ameliorated. Can you...
Forum: Adobe Creative Suite September 17th, 2010, 12:20 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,146
Posted By Bill Engeler
I tried syncing a 3-camera, 40-minute scene, and...

I tried syncing a 3-camera, 40-minute scene, and had pretty much zero success. The workflow for premiere is not that convenient, and it took a long time to accomplish nothing. I suspect the big...
Forum: Adobe Creative Suite September 5th, 2010, 02:48 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,903
Posted By Bill Engeler
The bars in the SD frame are normal. They should...

The bars in the SD frame are normal. They should be 8 pixels wide on each side. The reason for this is that the SD frame is not really 16:9 (or 4:3). Itīs a little wider than true 16:9. The HD...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders September 1st, 2010, 07:37 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,843
Posted By Bill Engeler
I shoot 25f all the time now. It downscales well,...

I shoot 25f all the time now. It downscales well, looks great and helps in low light.

Outside:

I use the Tv mode, and usually engage the exposure lock. This gives full manual control, but I...
Forum: Adobe Creative Suite September 1st, 2010, 12:23 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,405
Posted By Bill Engeler
You should have no problems mixing 5D and HDV...

You should have no problems mixing 5D and HDV clips on the same timeline. I do it all the time. I get good results setting the sequence settings to HDV. Premiere handles the 1.0PAR footage without...
Forum: Adobe Creative Suite August 27th, 2010, 12:39 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,121
Posted By Bill Engeler
<<Creating a new SD sequence for sd (pal land...

<<Creating a new SD sequence for sd (pal land here) should i choose lower field first or deinterlace like i did before nesting the hd to sd?>>

Mark, since you're going to DVD, it's better to use...
Forum: Adobe Creative Suite August 24th, 2010, 06:42 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,121
Posted By Bill Engeler
Procoder 3 works fine on my Win 7 x64 system. ...

Procoder 3 works fine on my Win 7 x64 system. It's too bad that it can't link directly to PPro. Someone did try develop a frameserver for CS4 that worked with it (was it debugmode?), but it was...
Forum: Canon EOS Crop Sensor for HD August 12th, 2010, 09:11 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,441
Posted By Bill Engeler
I doubt you could use a monopod with the 85mm and...

I doubt you could use a monopod with the 85mm and not see a lot of shakes. I have pretty steady hands, but the 50mm is too shaky except on a tripod. Of course it depends on the subject. If there's a...
Forum: Canon EOS Crop Sensor for HD July 22nd, 2010, 04:04 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 6,163
Posted By Bill Engeler
Nothing I've seen about the firmware update...

Nothing I've seen about the firmware update indicates that it has anything to do with what happened in this shot. In any case, an unwanted auto exposure adjustment would cause the sky to darken, not...
Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques July 20th, 2010, 05:34 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,821
Posted By Bill Engeler
Kies - The correct term is palate cleanser. A...

Kies - The correct term is palate cleanser. A pallet is the wood frame you load things onto, before shipping by truck (or should I say lorry).
Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques July 19th, 2010, 08:47 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,004
Posted By Bill Engeler
To create a DVD from the footage you have edited,...

To create a DVD from the footage you have edited, you need a DVD authoring program, such as Adobe Encore. There are many others. The authoring program does all the work of creating the file structure...
Forum: Canon EOS Crop Sensor for HD July 18th, 2010, 02:18 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 6,163
Posted By Bill Engeler
I think the lightening is due to the sun...

I think the lightening is due to the sun reflecting off the building straight into the lens. I see a hot spot that gets brighter as you dolly into the end position. The flare is causing a slight loss...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders June 28th, 2010, 12:03 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 7,405
Posted By Bill Engeler
Looking at sky footage I shot with almost the...

Looking at sky footage I shot with almost the same settings with the same camera, I'd say the noise is normal. It looks a bit worse (blocking) after all the compression. Noise is just a fact of...
Forum: Wedding & Event Video Sample Clips Gallery June 24th, 2010, 02:06 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,324
Posted By Bill Engeler
This how we do it in Belgium

I've never posted a sample here before, but here's one. Feel free to tear it apart, I have thick skin. 2 Canon XHA1s, an EOS 7D, a Merlin, and some other gak.

Elena et Ramon - Meilleurs moments...
Forum: Adobe Creative Suite June 23rd, 2010, 12:13 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 9,558
Posted By Bill Engeler
If the sequence is dynamically linked, it will...

If the sequence is dynamically linked, it will update without any trouble.

Open Encore, go to the Project window.
find the sequence. If it says Untranscoded, any changes you make in Premiere...
Forum: Adobe Creative Suite June 21st, 2010, 12:50 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,015
Posted By Bill Engeler
The above advice is good, but here are the...

The above advice is good, but here are the figures, just in case your workflow needs it:

PAL is 720 x 576, both 4:3 and widescreen
D1/DV PAL PAR 1.09
D1/DV PAL Widescreen PAR 1.46
...
Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques June 8th, 2010, 01:08 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,354
Posted By Bill Engeler
Hi - I had problems in the past with Looks...

Hi -

I had problems in the past with Looks and CS3, and they were caused by problems with the version of Quicktime on my system. I don't know if tis is your problem, but you could try installing...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders June 6th, 2010, 04:15 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,579
Posted By Bill Engeler
vertical light streaking

I've just noticed some vertical streaking in low-light images with one of my XH-A1 cams. A bright light source in the frame causes a bright line from top to bottom. It's not a lens issue, it looks...
Forum: CineForm Software Showcase June 2nd, 2010, 07:13 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,049
Posted By Bill Engeler
CS5 Export Problems with CFHD

I'm suffering from frequent crashes when trying to export Cineform files from Premiere CS5. Exporting from a CFHD timeline to CFHD is fine, no problem. It is when I try to export a CFHD timeline to...
Forum: CineForm Software Showcase May 21st, 2010, 12:57 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,088
Posted By Bill Engeler
I had the same problem as you did with an old...

I had the same problem as you did with an old system. I solved it by installing a legacy version of Quicktime. Can't remember where I found it, I think it was a private enthusiast's site. I had to...
Forum: CineForm Software Showcase May 20th, 2010, 02:59 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,658
Posted By Bill Engeler
I'm having a problem with full-screen playback...

I'm having a problem with full-screen playback with Cineform RT sequences. The sequence will play fullscreen on the 2nd PC monitor, but the source monitor window in monitor 1 will then lock up. I...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders May 5th, 2010, 10:54 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,600
Posted By Bill Engeler
The I hole should work better. You can check out...

The I hole should work better. You can check out some other settings here: Welcome to Tiffen - Steadicam Merlin Cookbook Settings (http://www.merlincookbook.com/user.php)

I'm not near my gear...
Forum: Adobe Creative Suite May 4th, 2010, 04:35 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,029
Posted By Bill Engeler
The histogram is from Firstlight. Open it, then...

The histogram is from Firstlight. Open it, then display the clip, and untick histogram. The newest version has some other ways to do this this as well, I think, like right-clicking on the cineform...
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