Editing stills in dvc pro 1080i

Would Motion be able to hadle editing stills in 1080i that require large amounts of zooming and panning? This would require large still images, around 5600px wide for the effects i want and to not lose quality in the image. Thanks.

Motion relies completely on the graphics card, so the maximum image size is dependent on which card you have. With an nVidia card like the 6800 Ultra (or better), you can get images up to 4096x4096, most ATI cards support up to 2048x2048. So the answer is no, 5600 pixels would be too big for the gfx card and Motion, it would have to be scaled down first.

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ProRes HQ 1080i or DVC Pro HD 1080i.

I've been told that I need to convert my :30 video to either ProRes HQ 1080i or DVC Pro HD 1080i for upload on a ftp site. They also said they prefered DVC Pro HD. Will the Adobe Encoder create these file types, I don't see them listed in my choices... am I missing something?

You'll probably have to redo the export and upload if you use P2 Movie as the format; it doesn't create a self-contained file, but rather, a P2 folder structure.
Instead, select QuickTime as your format and you can use the DVCPRO HD codec of your choice there. That will create a self-contained MOV file, which I'm willing to put money on will be preferred to the above. The codec is the same as P2 Movie, just wrapped up differently.

Export Quicktime from a DVC Pro HD 720p60 Project

I've read the discussions and am still looking for some solid answers on this and /or confirmation that I've done it correctly.
I'm working in a DVC Pro HD 720p60 project
Sequence setting frame size is 960x720
(no I don't know what it was shot on)
The cuts are :30 spots and I'm looking to do 2 things for my producer.
1) export the spots so that he can compress them as desired for his reel on his website, for which I've done the following:
File - Export - Quicktime Conversion - Settings, H.264, size 1920x1080
Is this the best way to do this?
2) export the spots so that he can add them to his reel when he wants to on dvd, for which I've done the following:
I created a new DV50 project and cut the spots into them.
File - Export - Quicktime Movie - Current Settings
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Any thoughts? Much appreciated!

Well, if you need to get it to the web guy to compress as he sees fit, then you will need to provide him with...well, what he wants. You need to ask him (her) what they want you to give to them.
And the dimensions would be 1280x720. 960x720 is squeezed anamorphically. and going to 1920x1080 is makig it bigger than the original.
As for the H.264 for DVD. Compressing it like that, then compressing again for DVD...icky. It looks better? Well then, maybe it darkened or brightened the footage as it compressed it. You might consider color correcting your main footage if you like that look.
And you weren't in a DV or DVCPRO 50 project, you were in a DVCPRO HD project. Why cut it in a one of those settings? it won't look any better, in fact, it will look worse. And compressing it for DVD ro the web wouldn't be any easier. Sorry, I guess I don't understand your reasoning here.
DV 50 isn't what it was shot nor edited at. It is DVCPRO HD...DVCPRO 100. Export self contained using sequence settings and it is EXACTLY the same quality as the original footage in the timeline.
Shane

When Converting DVC Pro HD to H.264 does it retain the 4 2 2 color space?

I have some 1080i green screen footage shot on HVX200 on DVC Pro HD codec. My client is editing in Premier Pro on Windows and of course cannot view this footage. Now rather than purchase DV Film's Raylight so he can view the footage, he wants me to convert it to the H.264 1920x1080 codec so that his software will view it.
So here is my question: When converting this footage, does the H.264 codec keep the original color space of DVC Pro HD? I want him to have an easier time of green screening his footage with the 4 2 2 color space of DVC Pro HD and simply wanted to be informed whether it would cross over in the conversion? Thanks

H.264 isn't an editing codec. He can see it, but edit it? Well, I guess Premiere might. H.264 is highly compressed, and I doubt it will key well.
Send him the ORIGINAL P2 files...the stuff you offloaded from the card. Premiere can work with P2, just not after they have been imported into FCP.
Please tell me you kept the original P2 card dumps.
Shane

DVC Pro 50 Question and Surprise!

Hi
I recently got some DVCPro 50 footage to edit with. I have a Sony DSR45 deck (DV/DV Cam) that can't play DVCPro. So I rented a deck and captured into FCP 5.
I selected the Easy NTSC DVDPro 50 capture and all went well. The deck worked and capture was a breeze.
Now, I expected that when I reconnected firewire to my DV Deck (which I usually use to monitor NTSC through) that FCP would send DVC Pro 50 down the firewire and there would be no NTSC output. Sure enough that was the case.
But I inadvertantly switched the project back to a DV NTSC easy set up (while the DVCPro 50 project was open) and lo and behold the firewire output from FCP popped up on the NTSC monitor!(through the DV Cam deck!)
Now, what is going on here? Is the DVCPro 50 footage being downsampled by FCP for the monitor? Or am I seeing 'all' of the DVCPro 50 data?
FCP is not applying any rendering or real time effects.
To add to my confusion....
I also have an AJA LA converter. So I set it up to receive the DVCPro via FW and give me a Component Video feed to the NTSC monitor.
It worked as expected... but the images were much darker than the result in the above DV set up.
Neither the DVCam deck nor the AJA can add or subtract set up.
The monitor is set to add set up to the output of the DVCam deck (since dv decks don't add it on throughput). Maybe component signals don't get that set up on input.
Any glimmers of info that might help me sort out my confusion?
Thanks
Lee
PS the NTSC Monitor is a Sony PVM14 L2

Hi Lee
your sequence settings tell FCP how to render the footage for that sequence, despite the format of the footage contained
when you changed your sequence settings to NTSC DV, then FCP started rendering your DVCPRO50 footage as DV, hence making it viewable through FW to your DV deck/monitor.
thats how it generally works anyway!
check the color of the render bar at the top of your sequence timeline. usually, switching the your sequence settings away from the native codec of the footage contained will make the render bar turn red, meaning it wil have to render ... although that wouldn't necessarily be apparent until you actually play in the timeline (while the playhead is still, FCP will render the current frame under the playhead automaticaly).
hope it helps
Andy

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Hey everyone!
I'm planning a new project and both the client and myself would like to use DVC Pro HD for filming. I'm just a little worried about how FCP 5 will handle the gig. As well I like to know if any other gear such a Raid drives are necessary. I would really appreciate any advice.
Thanks in advance

Hi Shane,
You answered a questioned I posted on the apple discussion site about editing in DVCPRO HD, I guess because my gig is rapidly approaching and I want to get things done right I have another question. I hope you don't mind.
I have a MacBook Pro 2.16GHz with 1 gig of ram, I was planning on using an AJ HDX900 or 400 for shooting. I'm going to purchase an Apple 23" inch cinema display and most like a Matrox MXO as you suggested I would probably need. " Buy what you need when you need it" or something like that right! You can see I have been reading your blog. Back to the matter at hand, I was wondering if my set up is fast enough and powerful enough to edith the material and do I use the Matrox to output to a betacam deck afterwards? Sorry my questions may seem a little or very simple but I am rather new to the industry.
Thanks for any help,
Guy
PS I also mailed this to you so just ignore one or the other, thanks again and happy Canada day!

Do I need to up my rig for DVC Pro or XDCam?

Hi, all.
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Windows 7 Enterprise - 64 Bit OS
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4.00 GB RAM
150GB HD
I've been running CS5, but an upgrade to CS6 is on the way. Project files have been stored on a network server, so the small HD hasn't been a problem, but I'm usually writing and reading over ethernet. Our finished videos usually run about 3-5 minutes, but occassionally we might do something running between 20-30 minutes.
So, my questions:
- will this system, as is, be able to handle prosumer video formats? If not, what kind of system or external hardware would I need to bring me to at least entry level specs for this kind of work?
- will working over the network be an issue? If so, what will I need for internal/external hard drives?
- are there other questions I should be asking? What am I not considering?
I don't know how much money I can get for this, so I need to bring my bosses a number that won't scare the hell out of them. I can probably bring the camera and assessories in for under $10,000, but I'm guessing that adding two new high-powered work stations might double that figure. Not sure exactly where the line is. Can anyone offer any insight or advice? I certainly don't want to invest in a decent camera only to find I don't have the muscle to edit the footage.
My thanks in advance for any help or information.

Well, the deal is that I work for a State agency where I produce videos for public consumption via our YouTube channel as well as training DVDs and some other applications. It took me about seven years to get any money to work with (used my own personal cameras until then), and even then was given only $3000 to buy a video camera, DSLR, lighting, and teleprompter. After a three more years of whining, they've finally decided to "resource" our production effort.
I suspect I can wrangle about a $10,000 budget, but I'm hoping I might be able to get as much as $15-20,000. This has to buy a camera, accessories, and anything else I may need for the foreseeable future. Renting isn't really an option and whatever I get now is probably what I'll be working with for the next 6-10 years (if I don't get a better job or hang myself before then), so I want to invest in technologies or formats that have staying power.
That's why I'm asking whether I need faster machines to handle these pro and prosumer formats. If I need to factor new workstations or other hardware into my calculations, I'll need to plan for that now. From what I'm reading, it seems that it'll actually take less processing power to work with intraframe compression, but this may be offset by the much larger file sizes.
By the way, I really appreciate everyone's responses. This community has unquestionably been my most reliable resource for over fifteen years now.

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Hi there friends....
I would like to transfer vision from DVC PRO 50 to XDCAM 700.
Can you please advise the best/quickest method.
Regards

Hi Flore
This a huge debate. There are very few advantages to the new AVCHD camera's and the vgery long list of negative aspects of AVCHD camera's outweighs any usefulness of them. They are designed for Grandad to pick up and shoot good quality pictures and not for editing.
I have posted below the wiki address for AVCHD, please read the page. It is very important you do read it. It explains in depth about AVCHD.
I feel the is no real place for the hard drive based AVCHD camera. There is a place for a mini-dv tape based camera.
Life will be very hard if you go the Hard-drive camera route. Stay with tape.
Tape is cheap, hardy and easy to move around. Hard drives not so!!!
Take some time to read the following wikipedia page...PLEASE READ THIS PAGE!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVCHD
You will see that AVCHD is not all the bee's knee's.
I personally hope it dies an extremly painful agonising drawnout death.
AVCHD has no place in the professional domain.
Justin... Durban.. South Africa

If i edit in final cut pro x, how can i create a dvd

What is the best DVD creator to download to create DVDs from movies edited in Final Cut Pro X?

iDVD gets my top vote - it is no longer available from Apple, but still part of the retail iLife 09 or 11 versions available from online resellers. It offers customizable menus/themes which will give your creation a professional look. It encodes/authors and you can burn directly from it.
Second is Roxio Toast (no customizable menus, but many other features and an excellent burn software).
I've tried DVD creator and found it to be too simplistic. Then there is Burn (free) - it burns.
I use iDVD to "create" and Toast to burn.

White screen issue with DVC Pro HD

I have a G5, have Final Cut HD and have upgraded to QT 7 Pro. I am trying to open an HD file I shot last year, which was edited on another system. When I try to open the clip, it is a white screen with audio. The movie info is as follows.
DVCPRO HD (720p60), 1280 x 720, Millions
16-bit Integer (Big Endian), Stereo, 48.000 kHz
Any ideas on why it is not playing? Thanks!
John M

ok... i just got this on mine. yesterday i was just getting ready to log subclips from fcp5, and when i opened the project file, i noticed that all my subclips i created and orignal clip where all red / out. so i closed fcp5 and went to the location of the file. i double clicked it, and behold, white screen, audio only.. so i had to completely redo the convertion of the orginal file.
next day
I was looking for a subclip that i had already extracted from the main file, and when i double clicked it showed the video. after that closed the window, and someone asked me to reopen the quicktime file again, i double clicked it, and all of a sudden the video was white, and only audio.
ive spent about 4 to 5 hours researching with someone else on this issue and have yet to find anything such as a fix, or work around, but my video keeps disappearing which is disturbing. from what we have come down to the issue is deals within quicktime are below...
we believe that quicktime is somehow changing the codecs DVC PRO and changing it to "Integer (Big Endian), Timecode, Video.." that is what it says.. and comepletely removing the codec for the video, and deleting the video footage, but keeping the audio in place perfectly. now, we also used metadatahootenanny to inspect a copy of the file and low and behold severe corrupt of the meta data in the quicktime file. the issue be with quicktime interaction with storage, or a bug quicktime behalf. we need to find a solution to this issue. we are currently in contact with apple tech support and hopefully we will be posting a answer soon.

Looking for best soluce to compress a DVC Pro 25 movie 3min

Hi,
(sorry for my poor english, i'm french...)
I am looking for a good soluce to compress a DVC Pro 25 movie (during 3minutes).
I must to compress this movie to reduce the time to transfert by FTP a 750Mo file,
when the file is transfered, i must decompress to create a "new" DVC pro 25 for editing with final cup.
i think (but i'm not an expert in this domain) it is possible to obtain a good compression ratio ( 25%, 50%, or better ?)
Can you respond to me :
1) What is the better soluce , compressor ? or ohter software ?
2) What is the codec to use ? MPEG2, ... ?
3) What is the possible ratio
4) what is the time to compress on a mac pro ?
Thanks for all,
Best regards

Hi,
Thanks for your answer,
but my "problem" is that i dont have a mac,
i try to obtain a soluce for this situation to transfer quickly
and after the user must to edit the movie (letter, logo,...)
so, the quality must be "good" or "very good"
Are you sure the MPEG2 H264 codec is good for this ?
I know, i can with bitrate, adjust the quality, but i can't make a try...
If somebody can't try for me, just to inform the size after,
Thanks for all,
bests regard,
Laurent

Hi i am currently editing clips in premiere pro cc but everytime i go to change the speed not the duration of a clip it will not let me select it - also when i go to effect controls it will not let me select time mapping? please help

Hi i am currently editing clips in premiere pro cc but everytime i go to change the speed not the duration of a clip it will not let me select it - also when i go to effect controls it will not let me select time mapping? please help

savannahp
What version of Premiere Elements and on what computer operating system?
Please review the following that I excerpted from an older post here regarding Adobe's PRE_help comments about Hollywood Effect and mention of
Red Noir. Does any of the following apply to any of what is happening to you.
- Whenever I try to add an effect from the Hollywood Looks menu, it brings up a warning that all my previous effects on that clip will be deleted. However it will let me add those same effects *after* applying Hollywood Looks.
This is because of how the Hollywood Looks are designed to be used. Since these are effect presets (multiple effects in combination) that result in a specific "look"; they are best applied in isolation. If any previous effect is applied and we still allow a Hollywood effect to be applied, we will not be able to see what the effect does clearly. For e.g. if you already have a Gaussian Blur effect applied to your clip, and then we allow you to apply the "Red Noir" Hollywood effect, the fact that the "Reds" in the scenes will be highlighted and the others converted to B/W will not be clearly seen since the content is already blurred out. So any previously applied effects was designed to be removed. This holds good even if you apply a Hollywood look "on top of" another one. The previous one will be replaced. Having said that, you can customize the look further by either tweaking an already applied filter or by adding a newer effect on top. That is the reason you can apply an effect on top of the Hollywood Effects and not vice versa.
Please review and consider and then we can proceed from there if necessary.
ATR

Please help: DVC pro 50 capturing to QT to FCP

Hi,
What are the capture specs for best quality DVCPRO50? The DVCpro tapes will be capured elswhere and the client will deliver us a external drive with the files on it.
Offcourse they should be in best quality and not neccesarilly have to be re-rendered in FPC studio. So what's best?
- Uncompressed Quicktime files? Or are they way to heavy?
- Or uncompressed avi's? Not previewable... and heavy?
- Or Quicktime DV pal? Downgrading Quality. So i guess not.
- Or another codec wich is superb in quality for DVCPRO and light to handle
- Or the new QT H264?
Please help

I'm in the midst of a huge doc that was shot on dvc pro 50. The original editor dropped by the wayside, but they had rented a deck and captured all the material as dvcpro50. I inisisted that they back up the 2 disks of material and I've been editing away happily.
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No sound in mulit camera edit. CS3 premeire pro

Followed instructions exactly on tutorial disc for syncronizing clips.
I have 2 .avi clips with the sound dis-abled and a .wav file with the sound enabled.
All three clips have been syncronized and multi cam edit has been enabled.
In multi camera edit window: When playing there is NO SOUND.
My OS is Windows XPpro
I am using CS3 production premium.
Why is there NO SOUND?
Thanks, Scott
[email protected]

Hurray!
I unlinked Video/audio 1 and deleted the audio track 1.
I then moved the .wav file in Audio 3 into the now vaccant audio track 1. Making sure to have the audio selected for that track.
IT WORKED. IT WORKS. I NOW HAVE AUDIO IN MY MULTI CAM EDIT WINDOW. The audio ( .wav file ) that I want to use.
Thanks for jarring my brain in the right direction. I can now FINALLY finish the wedding video.
They will be so so happy to finally receive it.
Thanks so much Stan.
Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 13:12:21 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: No sound in mulit camera edit. CS3 premeire pro
I hear you, but I don't see how that work flow could have ever worked in CS3 (or other versions - I'm still CS3) unless the .wav is in Audio 1.
In addition to my suggestion above, I suppose you could put the wav in track 1 with no video in v1; and put the cams in v2 and 3. Keep the audio set to NOT follow cams, and then select between cam 2 and cam 3 for the video. It won't matter whether you mute tracks 2 and 3; you won't hear them anyway. You should hear only track 1 audio.
Here's the CS3 help file:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/PremierePro/3.0/index.html
Now I may have to take back what I said. I see that the help file says that if you select DO NOT follow cam for audio, it will use the audio in the selected track. So perhaps you used to select that track (I assume audio 3) and do not have it selected now (in the multicam source sequence).
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DVC Pro to Beta SP workflow

I have 4 hours of footage shot on DVC Pro 25 NTSC 29.97 that I have to send to a client out of state. It will end up being mastered to Beta SP on Final cut with a Kona card output. He needs me to convert to a format he can work from, he does not have a DVC Pro deck.
I have one of those half rack DVC Pro viewing decks that does not have a firewire out. In theory I could go analog out from that deck, through my DSR-11, then firewire out of that and capture to an external hard drive, then ship that to the client. I only have firewire for input. Just looking at this workflow screams "Multiple Conversions, Lousy Quality!". I can't output to Beta so can't really test the full workflow myself.
So for someone who works with multiple formats, is this a bad plan and should I just resign myself to going to a dub house? Or is there a chance this will work. The final product will be for broadcast, and they will add graphics (I know a problem with DV).
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He is editing on FCP, not worried he can see it. I'm more worried about the quality of the video after going through the DVC Pro >analog > DV Firewire > Beta SP conversions. He will output thfough his Kona, I don't have one.
I'd love to be able to ship the tapes and let them capture, but it's not an option. They are in a small town and don't have nearby resources to get DVC Pro eqipment. I'm not running across anyone I know who shoots in DVC Pro, and renting a deck would run about the same as dropping off and getting the tapes dubbed.
Will probably try a test run tonight and see what the video looks like if I take in in through my decks.

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