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  1. Tim Kolb

    Film Compression for Internet

    Moving the source file to a PC is probably impractical, and you may not have any desire to in the first place, but Windows Media 9 is also very, very good and the encoder is free from Microsoft... Not free, but also very good is Canopus ProCoder, which does multiple formats and can output...
  2. Tim Kolb

    Changing vertex number of masks between frames?

    I got here a bit late it would seem...I'm glad you found it. However, my recommendation would be to start the mask on the most complex frame and maintain the number of points through out the clip. Things can get a little weird when points start to come and go... ...just a suggestion.
  3. Tim Kolb

    EXPORT UNCOMPRESS from Final Cut to AE and return to FCP.

    What sort of compression are you using? AVI is a file format, but the compression is up to the codec you use. I've seen a lot of systems that default to CinePak compression on Premiere Pro export. You would need to get in there and change that to DV or uncompressed or whatever you want for...
  4. Tim Kolb

    External Monitoring the right way - HELP!?

    You need to connect the camera directly. In theory you could connect the camera to the Canopus as -analog- and go in over FW, but if you want to maintain timecode, etc...you need to take the ADVC out and connect the camera directly. Again, your system sees both devices as being video...
  5. Tim Kolb

    External Monitoring the right way - HELP!?

    There's nothing wrong with the Canopus box. The reason you have better luck capturing without it in line is that there is only really one designation for a video device on the FW, and when the camera gets plugged in, it sees the ADVC box, which to the computer is a video device, and the camera...
  6. Tim Kolb

    Importing Movie Files

    You can import it...you'll need the appropriate version of QT on your machine and it will need to render.
  7. Tim Kolb

    Time Lapse

    Excellent. No problem.
  8. Tim Kolb

    Time Lapse

    So you're watching this in RT preview? (DV) or did you render it? If it's rendered, it may be that 3200% isn't "rythmically" a good number that calculates out evenly. You might want to fool around with some slight variations.
  9. Tim Kolb

    Time Lapse

    So the "jumpy"-ness is in how fluid the motion is? What is the content?
  10. Tim Kolb

    Time Lapse

    Re: Time Lapse Was the footage shot on a tripod? Was the camera moving at all? Is the shot moving, or is it the content that's "jumpy"? 3200% speed (with all due respect) is not usually a technique employed for steadiness. Now...if it's a blossom opening or some other similar application...
  11. Tim Kolb

    EXPORT UNCOMPRESS from Final Cut to AE and return to FCP.

    Re: here again Re: here again You'll have to be a bit more descriptive about what constitutes "brokrn" in the blacks. I'm not clear on what you mean. Most uncompressed footage that is interlaced is upper field first...DV is lower field first. If you are shooting 24p, or 23.98p, you would...
  12. Tim Kolb

    FireWire

    Unless you have an analog video input board in your computer (you'd probably know if you did...) The S video port is most likely an output only to output your display to a video monitor. FW cards are cheap (relativley) at under 50 USD...so adding one to a system isn't prohibitive at least...
  13. Tim Kolb

    Drive Space

    Do you plan on editing DV or uncompressed or MJPEG...or? For DV it should be enough, but keep in mind that the real-time preview promises of your NLE software manufacturer may not come to pass with storing media on the C: drive (or a Mac system drive) as those drives need to dedicate bandwidth...
  14. Tim Kolb

    Premier Pro 1.5 and A/B roll editing?

    Wow. Where to start... First, what is faster tends to have more to do with what you're used to than anything else. I was absolutely unhappy about the eradication of AB roll, but I have to tell you...I am faster than ever with the new system and I think the new workflow could save you some...
  15. Tim Kolb

    suggestion for a deck...

    I have the JVC 600 deck. I was an early adopter so my unit may not be indicative of most of the machines, but mine is on its third tape transport and has been to the JVC shop in Chicago about once a year since I bought it in 2000. We've found that our TRV-900 and out PDX10 Sony camcorders have...
  16. Tim Kolb

    EXPORT UNCOMPRESS from Final Cut to AE and return to FCP.

    Hi Luis, What exactly do you mean by "corrupt?" Are the blacks doing some obvious banding...where the gradient isn't smooth, but appears to have steps? Also...is this happening with blacks actually in your footage or just black that originated in AE?...or everything? And last...describe your...
  17. Tim Kolb

    Help me, pleeease.

    You don't need to be connected to the internet to encode...but it makes the software easier to activate, which needs to be done first. You can also call on the phone to do this.
  18. Tim Kolb

    Help me, pleeease.

    Adobe Premiere Pro 1.0 (often referred to as v7) has a feature called "Export to DVD" File menu>Export>DVD On a machine with a compatible DVD Recorder, you could put your finished video on DVD For the web, try the Adobe Media Encoder (also built in to PPro) File mneu>Export>Adobe Media...
  19. Tim Kolb

    Offline (LoRes) editing in Premiere

    I don't know if you're asking for too much...it's just that PPro really doesn't have a proxy capture mode...particularly for DV over FireWire. Premiere Pro may not be the best option for this. I don't know off the top of my head of any NLE software that will capture "offline" for a PC. Most...
  20. Tim Kolb

    Offline (LoRes) editing in Premiere

    What sort of laptop is it? The DV footage coming out of the DVX-100 camera is only about 3.65 MB/sec, so I'm not sure what you'd save by bringing in footage in even lower res. The other issue is that you can't bring in anything but DV through the FireWire port. You would need some sort of...
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