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Forum: Home, Away From Home November 13th, 2020, 09:18 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 3,171
Posted By David Esp
“Passport” storage drive travel-organizer ?

Does anyone use or know of a travel case for containing and organising a bunch of passport-style storage drives?

Reason: I often travel between two locations (home and away) and wish to maintain...
Forum: These Are the People in Your Neighborhood April 28th, 2020, 10:37 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,685
Posted By David Esp
Re: Hello from Hampshire, UK

Hi Syd, I'm officially based in Swanage but nowadays mainly (and locked-down) in Alton, Hants. I've worked in this area on an occasional (second job) basis for the last two decades, mainly recurring...
Forum: Adobe Creative Suite April 19th, 2012, 02:12 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 28,640
Posted By David Esp
Re: Adobe Announces Production Premium CS6

@Daniel Browning:

I did some tests on Premiere CS5.5 where I fed it a full-range (0-255) horizontal Ramp image, then viewed on Premiere's Y-Scope (in Color Correction workspace). I found that...
Forum: Final Cut Suite March 22nd, 2011, 05:19 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,621
Posted By David Esp
Re: Edit HD at lower res / zoomed etc - how best ?

Thanks enormously for your thoughtful response Craig.

I typically shoot on an EX3 by the way, and yes I have been known to use 720p50 mode, but in my earliest tests, I noticed that mo-comp...
Forum: Final Cut Suite March 20th, 2011, 03:19 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,621
Posted By David Esp
Re: Edit HD at lower res / zoomed etc - how best ?

Hi Craig,

What I'm trying to achieve:

Well I began shooting in excess resolution in the early 2000's (SD for a half or quarter resolution web vid) for live rock music events, so I could shoot...
Forum: Final Cut Suite March 19th, 2011, 12:37 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,621
Posted By David Esp
Edit HD at lower res / zoomed etc - how best ?

Not talking about simply making a lower resolution product than the footage. For that I know e.g. to edit at footage resolution and only down-convert at final render. Instead talking about...
Forum: Sony XDCAM EX Pro Handhelds July 25th, 2010, 02:58 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 11,557
Posted By David Esp
DeShaker De-Jello's also.

Deshaker, the VirtualDub plugin by Gunnar Thalin, has a de-jello option for rolling-shutter-ed footage. Also it is multi-threaded, which really helps reduce the processing-time. Experimentation may...
Forum: Sony XDCAM EX Pro Handhelds May 1st, 2010, 12:36 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,285
Posted By David Esp
Many thanks for your reply Michael, I'll stop...

Many thanks for your reply Michael, I'll stop searching for solutions now, or indeed soul-searching over any installation issues etc.

Very odd that they've dropped the EC slot, considering the...
Forum: Sony XDCAM EX Pro Handhelds May 1st, 2010, 11:31 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,285
Posted By David Esp
MBP Boot Camp W7 can't see SxS (OSX can)

On a MacBook Pro, official SxS card in ExpressCard slot is seen OK by Mac OS. However on same machine running Boot Camp Windows 7, it is not seen.

SxS drivers have been installed in both cases...
Forum: Sony XDCAM EX Pro Handhelds January 26th, 2010, 03:23 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 16,333
Posted By David Esp
I bought a T1 with little hesitation after a...

I bought a T1 with little hesitation after a painful experience naively trying to match with a Z1. couldn't seem to get those browns to agree...

Any advice on good PP settings to compensate for T1...
Forum: Open DV Discussion January 10th, 2010, 03:46 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,483
Posted By David Esp
Video project version (& patch) management

What is a good structuring convention and naming system to cope with versioning and patching of multiple items of media in a structured project?

For example, when developing a non trivial video...
Forum: High Definition Video Editing Solutions December 14th, 2009, 10:09 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,899
Posted By David Esp
I will indeed report back on this thread. Will...

I will indeed report back on this thread. Will be a week or two before I try it out.
Forum: High Definition Video Editing Solutions December 12th, 2009, 11:08 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,899
Posted By David Esp
Spent a little more time on Traffic's website,...

Spent a little more time on Traffic's website, checked out the videos. Now I like it even more!

That's exactly the kind of automation I've been looking for to improve my productivity and...
Forum: High Definition Video Editing Solutions December 12th, 2009, 08:55 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,899
Posted By David Esp
I like the sound of Traffic, I just took a look...

I like the sound of Traffic, I just took a look at their website. Also I came across another nodal editing app for FCS, namely Conduit, though I can't tell yet how similar it really is. It also...
Forum: High Definition Video Editing Solutions December 11th, 2009, 06:02 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,899
Posted By David Esp
My current sub-project consists of around 375...

My current sub-project consists of around 375 clips on the timeline, based on footage from four cameras, existing in about 50 files. Not that that's any kind of record, but doing anything to that...
Forum: High Definition Video Editing Solutions December 11th, 2009, 03:02 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,899
Posted By David Esp
Battle, Thanks for your reply. I do know of...

Battle,

Thanks for your reply. I do know of those kinds of feature, and use them regularly, but am definitely looking for an auto-update feature.

As you say, there would be a risk of...
Forum: High Definition Video Editing Solutions December 11th, 2009, 06:44 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,899
Posted By David Esp
Any NLE etc. where tweaking an Effect updates many clips ?

Is there any NLE (or compositing app etc.) where one can define an effect/filter chain in one place and reference it in several clips/events etc on the timeline, such that when the chain is...
Forum: Sony XDCAM EX Pro Handhelds December 2nd, 2009, 11:32 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,099
Posted By David Esp
IR Filter is a Neccessity

Infra-Red (IR) blocking? It all sounded esoteric at first, or maybe something to do with preserving modesty. But then I realised that's why I couldn't get my given EX3 and Z1 footages to match,...
Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.) November 13th, 2009, 12:15 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,340
Posted By David Esp
Floatcam FC12

Floatcam FC12
Forum: Sony XDCAM EX Pro Handhelds September 24th, 2009, 08:46 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 2,047
Posted By David Esp
EX into AviSynth ?

My attempts to get an EX3 1080-50i mxf (rewrap) or mp4 file directly into AviSynth (via latest DgIndex etc.) have not been successful. In the end I gave up and just transcoded the clip into Cineform,...
Forum: CineForm Software Showcase June 30th, 2009, 05:23 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,040
Posted By David Esp
Thanks, experiences and suggestions

David,

Thanks for the quick and definitive answer. That's what I needed to know.

Below I give some detail on the experimental process I have so far been through in case it gives useful insight...
Forum: CineForm Software Showcase June 29th, 2009, 07:46 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,040
Posted By David Esp
NeoHD for PC->Mac-FCP: How?

NeoHD on PC and under trial on Mac. Trying to get PC-generated CFHD-AVI into FCP (in order to apply its great SmoothCam effect). In FCP did File>Import and got the CFHD-AVI and it plays in FCP's...
Forum: What Happens in Vegas... June 26th, 2009, 04:19 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,426
Posted By David Esp
XDCAM (HD & EX) in Vegas 9

http://sony-294.vo.llnwd.net/dspcdn/whitepapers/working_with_xdcam_in_vegas_9.pdf

The main change from Vegas 8 is no need to re-wrap to MXF, use Device Explorer instead. Haven't tried it yet...
Forum: Sony XDCAM EX Pro Handhelds June 9th, 2009, 03:46 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 21,140
Posted By David Esp
The Where & The Why (still working on the How)

Craig,

Sorry for the confusion. I could have established it more clearly at the beginning. If it's any consolation, as an uncertain FCP newbie, any reinforcement of confidence that I am doing...
Forum: Sony XDCAM EX Pro Handhelds June 8th, 2009, 11:42 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 21,140
Posted By David Esp
No problem with simple Import to XDCAM EX 720p50 - but how Export ProRes 720p50?

Craig,

Thanks for your "Make this very simple tip. That couldn't be made any clearer! That's indeed what I did with my EX footage. So I can't have got that wrong.

However my problem is not...
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