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| | | | |  | kipro capture pro res 422 vs avid dnxhdby Craig Alan 1 week agoWe have on order the original KiPro but we can change our minds. It is going in a flypack with a panasonic mixer. We will be editing in Avid MC 6. Aside from the other new features, is recording in AV | | | | |
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| | | |  | FCP editor in the deependby Robin lewis 2 weeks agoHi, I have a few questions I'm editing in Avid 5.5 and actually rather enjoying it but working on very tight deadline with no extensions, theres a few things that I can not figure out and was wonderin | Re: FCP editor in the deepend
by Andrew McKee 2 weeks ago
I agree with Pat. I have trained several people who have switched from one NLE to another and whilst they can usually get to a point where they find a way to edit with their new NLE on their own, they
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| | | |  | MC6 and HMC150 workflow issues?by Paz Derien 2 weeks agoHi everyone, I'm jumping ship from FCP, probably switching to MC6. At the same time I am buying two new cameras. They need to be $3k or less. I'm just about to click 'buy' on the the panasonic ag-hmc1 | Re: MC6 and HMC150 workflow issues?
by Andrew McKee 2 weeks ago
AVCHD has worked for a while in media composer. In previous versions it required a traditional import (which converts files to Avid MXFs) and it wasnt too hot at recognising spanned clips. In V6 you c
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| | | |  | EX1 to AVID MC 4.0by Ross Spears 2 years agoAfter a lifetime of shooting everything on film, I have recently shifted to HD video and I am having transition issues! My specific question is what is the best way to import clips shot with my EX1 ca | Re: EX1 to AVID MC 4.0
by Andrew McKee 2 months ago
The BPAV folders can be anywhere on your media drive, they don't have to be in the Avid MediaFiles folder. I also put them in folders called Card 01, Card 02 to keep them organised. If your working in
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| | | | | Sync Pointby Andrew McKee 9 months agoHey Guys, Looking for a little bit of consensus amongst the DSLR community about weather you should choose the point that you hear the see the clap in waveform or see the clapper go do down in the vid | | | | |
| | | | | Synchroniseby Andrew McKee 9 months agoHave been trying out the Synchronise function and getting very frustrating results. If I edit the video into a timeline and then attach the audio at the clap then everything is gravy and stays in sync | Re: more: there is a bug
by Andrew McKee 9 months ago
That's insane. They only tested this amazing feature with 720p23.98 footage Is that even a format that anyone shoots I think the working around for now is to do a compound clip with the footage manual
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| | | | | Synchroniseby Andrew McKee 9 months agoHave been trying out the Synchronise function and getting very frustrating results. If I edit the video into a timeline and then attach the audio at the clap then everything is gravy and stays in sync | Re: Synchronise
by Andrew McKee 9 months ago
Cheers. Ill do that now. Andrew McKee Editor Colourist Avid Certified Instructor - MC5.5 Apple Certified Trainer - FCP7 Pixelwizard.net
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| | | | | Bounced Sourcesby Andrew McKee 10 months agoWith a direct source if you move your subject twice as far from the light you loose one stop of illumination, move them twice as near and you gain one stop. How does this apply with bounced sources Do | Re: Bounced Sources
by Andrew McKee 10 months ago
Thanks for your help guys. I suspected this was the case but just wanted to clarify in my own head. I suppose the benefit of bounce is that you can often get a bounce much further from the subject tha
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| | | | | Service: Andrew McKeeby Andrew McKee 10 months agoManchester England, United Kingdom Film Andrew McKee Film Editing Avid Certified Trainer Apple Certified Trainer 2 Year Post Production Diploma (Futureworks Media School) Film Studies Degree 2:1 More. | | | | |
| | | |  | Article: FCPX: What Pros Find Missing in Final Cut Pro Xby walter biscardi 11 months ago Apple FCPX - Final Cut Pro X FCPX: What Pros Find Missing in Final Cut Pro X June 21st, 2011, was met with the news that Final Cut Pro X was finally available and what a thrill ride it has been! Prof+31 | @Bob Zelin
by Andrew McKee 11 months ago
That's a bit of an outdated view of Avid. I use it with an AJA I O Express and I'm sure that more AJA cards will be supported soon. There is also plenty of opportunity to use non Avid media storage. I
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| | | | | Lightingby Andrew McKee 2 years agoHello. I mainly work as an editor and colourist but like to learn about all the areas of production to help me do my job better. One of the areas that interests me the most is lighting as it effects m | Re: Lighting
by Andrew McKee 2 years ago
Thanks for your comments Janusz. Let me just make sure I've got my head around everything correctly. Please correct me if I say anything wrong. I set my light meter so it knows the sensitivity of my m
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| | | |  | Painting by the numbersby Rick Wise 2 years agoThe September 20, 2010, issue of the New Yorker Magazine has a review of Boardwalk Empire, the upcoming (as of this writing) HBO series with Martin Scorcese and a host of former Sopranos writers and d | Re: Painting by the numbers
by Andrew McKee 2 years ago
Nice post Rick. I'm 24 (not far from the age you mentioned) and put all my creative effort into not painting by the numbers. If someone has done it before you, then what is the point My tactic is to s
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| | | | | HDR mode?by Pat McGowan 2 years agodiscuss | Re: HDR mode?
by Andrew McKee 2 years ago
http: vimeo.com 14821961 I see it as just a gimick too, but I think whoever does the first HDR feature will get some attention, so long as it fits the genre. I could see a 300 like comic book film wor
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| | | |  | trim handlesby ross byron boughton 2 years agohey guys sorry for asking this as i don't think its posable can i send to color from fcp with trim handles( some sort of pref setting) so that when i send it back out from color to fcp i can add cross | Re: trim handles
by Andrew McKee 2 years ago
You can render out from Color with handles, yes. http: tinyurl.com 26wv8q5 Or you can just add the transitions in before you send the sequence to color and it will automatically render the required ha
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| | | |  | Aspect Ratioby Sean Simms 2 years agoI'm shooting a 5D or 7D and want to change the aspect ratio to 2:1 or 2.15:1 Any suggestions on the best way to do this besides in the editing I was thinking I could just buy a mat for the lens but ha | Re: Aspect Ratio
by Andrew McKee 2 years ago
Why in the heck would you do it in camera You're not getting anything out of it. Just tape the lcd screen so that you frame correctely and then crop it in post. There is no way to do it in camera and
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| | | |  | Interlaced Cameras(?)by Carlton Rahmani 2 years ago(I'm going to put this question up in the cinematography forum as well. . .) Are there any practical reasons for recording (or editing) interlaced videos these days, particularly since just about ever | Re: Interlaced Cameras(?)
by Andrew McKee 2 years ago
Broadcasters still use interlaced because at a higher resolution, it still takes up the same bandwidth. So 1080i and 720p (at the same framerate) have the same data rate. The bandwidth of 1080p, which
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| | | | | Feature Length Documentary work Flowby D'Arcy Hamilton 2 years agoHi guys. I have a massive documentary project on my hands. We have shot about 1.3 TB of H264 footage, and it's time to start transcribing and editing. Now here is my 'issue' that I have been tirelessl | Re: Feature Length Documentary work Flow
by Andrew McKee 2 years ago
Edit on premiere so you don't have to transcode Just a thought, with this amount of footage its probably a fairly cost effective solution when you consider the amount of time and effort transcoding wi
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| | | |  | Google Maps on Videoby James Haefner 2 years agohello All, I was wondering if anyone knows how OR has done it before... I have seen a number of times on ABC's Nightline... They have a Video Insert of Wide Location via Google Map Earth n then Zoom i | Re: Google Maps on Video
by Andrew McKee 2 years ago
You could take stills from Google Earth and the use this technique; http: www.videocopilot.net tutorials earth_zoom Not entirely sure about copyright issues with images from google earth though. Andy
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| | | | | The Big Questionby Aaron Cadieux 2 years agoHello. Maybe this question has been posted before, maybe it hasn't. The question is obvious. When are these companies going to simply rewrap the video imaging technology of these DSLR cameras into a m | Re: The Big Question
by Andrew McKee 2 years ago
I don't think big sensor imagers are ever going to be compatible with run and gun shooting. These DSLR's (and anything else with a big chip) only give good results if you put the time in to block, lig
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| | | |  | Multiple roundtrips, possible?by Scott Davis 2 years agoLets say I have my sequence in FCP, send to Color, correct, render, send back to FCP. All is good; except I decide I don't like what I did to a few of the clips. How do I go back into Color, fix that | | | | |
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| | | | | Multiscreen editingby Steenebruggen Mathieu 2 years agoHello, I am just seeking for help concerning a first time for me, concerning an editing which will be shown on multiscreen. My client (a city) wants to have a video wall in its touristic office. The v | Re: Multiscreen editing
by Andrew McKee 2 years ago
What if you just create a smaller canvas with the right aspect ratio (say 1152x216), edit using picture in picture effects on 12 layers, then once the piece is done you could just drag each layer into
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| | | |  | Cinema vs Photoby Tim Allen 2 years agoSo... I'm aware that the lens length for video is different than film, but I recently heard somebody talk about the difference between a cinema lens and a still photo lens. I guess I just assumed that | Re: Cinema vs Photo
by Andrew McKee 2 years ago
I was under the impression that the 7d 550D T2i had APS-C size sensors like Red and 35mm and the 5D had a full frame sensor, larger than 35mm film. Andy
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| | | |  | hsl toolby Amy Kay 2 years agoIs there a way to specify the area highlighted when using the HSL tool. I used the ink dropper to select the part I want to correct how ever it is affecting other places in the image too drastically. | Re: hsl tool
by Andrew McKee 2 years ago
Yes. The vignette tool works in conjuction with the HSL tool, so a vignette and an hsl will mean an inside correction will affect the selected hsl spectrum within the shape drawn. I am assuming here t
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| | | | | FSI 17" or HP Dreamcolor 24"by charlie seetoh 2 years agoI'm planning to buy a monitor for Apple Color work and FCP. I've narrowed it down to this 2 monitors based on my budget. The FSI 17" at $2695 (excluding shipping to Asia) and the HP Dreamcolor 24" at | Re: FSI 17" or HP Dreamcolor 24"
by Andrew McKee 2 years ago
I would love to hear an answer from someone who has used both. On paper, a 17" 8bit monitor or a 24" 10bit monitor for roughly the same price seems like a no brainer. What is that makes the 24" 10bit
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| | | | | broadcast safe does not seem to turn offby Vikash Autar 2 years agoHey guys, I'm currently working in the latest version of final cut studio and have sent my sequence to color for grading. I have turned off broadcast safe mode, but have noticed that it still seems to | | | | |
| | | |  | Scarlet connection, and RED 4K data rateby Bob Zelin 2 years agoHi - I read this, and I am probably wrong, but using Google, I can't seem to confirm any of this information. 1) will the Scarlet have an ethernet connection to allow off loading of the data, right fr | | | | |
| | | | | composite modesby Amir Abed 2 years agoI have to 2 layers with different color grading on each. How do I change the composite modes ie add, subtract, overlay, hard light etc | Re: composite modes
by Andrew McKee 2 years ago
http: www.nattress.com Products FinalTouch FTGBlend.htm This could help, but only if both grades were done with Color FX only. Like Uli said, the alternative is to render both pieces of video out and
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| | | | | Critiqueby Andrew McKee 2 years agoI'm currently trying to train myself as a Colourist and I have a few decent projects to do in the next month that I really want to nail. If anyone could provide some critique on my previous work I wou | Re: Critique
by Andrew McKee 2 years ago
Didnt think I was making excuses. I was just asking if you could tell there was something unnatural about the images because of the saturation curve I'm aiming to get my reel bulked up in the next few
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