Burning on purpose...!

The new processes (2012) are even better in preventing highlight to burn-out....and we are NOT happy with that.
Let me explain why : we shoot mainly product-packshots...using tether to get pictures straight from the camera.
In our setup of the stage we arrange a number of flash heads to - on purpose - burn out the white background completely,
thus avoiding extra costs in removing the background...
The second employee, sitting behind the (color measured) monitor immediately adjust incomming pictures using the brush
with a setting of +4 exposure to remove ANY information-pixels from the white background.
We use the histogram indicator, showing the RED mask as an indicator of what to brush-correct to 100% white.
With version 4 we noticed something going wrong, getting complaignts from some customers that the
background was NOT completely whipped out.
Further investigation learned that 2012 process differs significantly (better for most of you) from 2010 in that much less
burnout occurs in the highlights...Secondly we found (also 2010) that the REDMASK apprears when EVEN ONE of the RGB signals
reaches 100%... so even a FULL RED screen around our subject does not mean always the object is free from the
background.
We found that adjusting the curve in the righthand top corner, moving slightly to the left brings back the 2010 behaviour so we
get some more burning-out.
Also we found a way to check if indeed ALL information is removed from the white-background-to-be : pressing
recover or exposure using the ALT button, but that is a bit complex.
Would LOVE to see a "toggle" of the histogram triange to change the behaviour to : ON/OFF, AS NOW, 100%WHITE(so ALL channel burnout)
Thanx for reading...kind regards

+whites can help with your situation. The more of it you use the less highlight preservation is being done in the background. Somewhere in the 20-30 range I find it's doing about what you probably want it to do.

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The complete message is missing--again. I'll try posting directly into this frame. Sandgrass.
ATR—my answers to your Q’s and instructions are in red (except where indicated by ANSWER) below your statements.. It got sort of hairy trying to carry out all these steps and tasks below.
Sandgrass
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You deserve a medal for all you have done for me. Thanks so much, ATR         Sandgrass
Let us review the above and then focus in on what next.
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Thanks Bengt W for your attention to this matter. So much appreciated. And thanks for putting me right on the aim of forums (new to this). Although, you may regret asking for more information. I've added everything I can below.
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New optical lense (thing)
New DVD burner
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Total Number Of Cores: 4
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L3 Cache: 8 MB
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SMC Version (system):            1.54f36
OPTIARCDVD RW AD-5680H:
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Track 2, start time 03:30:07
Track 3, start time 08:44:33
Track 4, start time 12:03:74
Track 5, start time 17:55:53
Track 6, start time 22:14:31
Track 7, start time 25:32:60
Track 8, start time 30:13:01
Track 9, start time 35:59:06
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The drive CDRW speeds are: 8.
The drive DVDR speeds are: 8.
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hi Aric!
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Regards
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Doc burned in:
#1 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1477936/apple/DSC_0751.jpg (need to make it 100% to see)
#2 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1477936/apple/DSC_0754.jpg (need to make it 100% to see)
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
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Should you not receive satisfaction from the Store Manager then I would call Apple Care and immediately ask to have your call escalated to a Customer Care representative. Explain the issue to the rep and ask for their assistance in receiving the repair commitment originally made to you by the Apple Store.
Have all necessary paperwork for the committed repair at hand during your phone conversation. Take notes. Get the name and the position of each person to whom you speak. Speak firmly but politely. Do not get angry or make any threats. The minute you mention a lawyer or any other such threat the conversation will be over and Apple will fall back on the fact the Mac is out of warranty and any opportunity of getting a repair will likely be gone.
Dah•veed

Is there any way to get around having to use iDVD to burn DVD?

Is there any way to get around having to use iDVD to export FCE to DVD?
I've been trying to burn a FCE2 sequence to DVD. A friend of mine told me all I had to do was put a blank DVD in, click on the icon on the desk top, export the sequence to Quicktime and drag the QT sequennce into the DVD icon and click burn.
Well something happened! But there's nothing on the DVD!! What am I doing wrong? I loathe iDVD. i don't want to author. I just want to burn the project on a DVD. Please advise. Thanks.
Chuck
iMAC 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 Mac OS X (10.3.1)
iMAC 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 Mac OS X (10.3.1)

If you export a sequence at full resolution to can burn it onto a DVD as a data DVD, but this is for transportation purposes only. At full resolution the DVD, especially as it fills up, will not have sufficient throughput to sustain good playback of the material. That's why the material is encoded into MPEG-2 for DVD authoring. If you want to make a DVD for set-top playback it has to be authored to include the DVD format structure. There is no way around that. If you don't like iDVD, take a look at Final Cut Studio, you might prefer DVD Studio Pro. Or you might what to look at Roxio's Toast. It has basic authoring capabilities. Personally I don't think direct playback hardware solutions (except for seriously expensive ones) produce acceptable quality, but that's just me.

Is there a way to burn a tv show to disc?

Just downloaded an episode of the Night Stalker (mostly out of curiosity to see how it would look). Since I don't have an iPod video player, I was hoping I would be able to burn the QuickTime video to a dvd and watch it on my bigger screen tv rather than at the computer. Apparently, the TV Shows you download for $1.99 are copy protected the same as the music you buy in the iTunes store, I am able to burn the music to CDs and play them on my CD player. I can't imagine why I shouldn't be able to burn the QuickTime video using Toast or iDVD so I can watch it at the tv. After all, it isn't such great quality that it is a threat to piracy. And it is a TV show that I can record when it is on--so what's the deal?

A few things to consider. The TV shows, vieos, etc on iTunes are meant for one purpose - the video iPod. They are encoded in H.264 at 320x240 which means they need to scale up to 640x480 to be viewed on your TV set, thus quality loss. Also, H.264 encoded videos require more computing power, I see a lot of people on these threads complaining about choppy playback, well they are on slower systems and that is why.
I think Apple may have mislead people into thinking these shows are for your pc or tv screen, and while they do look OK, they are only going to look perfect on the iPod since that is what they were encoded for. So taking an episode of a tv show from iTunes and trying to watch it on your TV is not going to look very good anyway.

Burning on purpose...!

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