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Best Compressor settings for 25 fps HD ProRes to Blu-Ray
by Ben Knight 8 months ago
Hi all, I've got a short film in 1080 prores, 25 frames per second. I exported for Blu-Ray using compressor, m2v file, changed frame rate to 23.98, using Frame Controls, Rate Conversion, Fast (nearest
Re: Best Compressor settings for 25 fps HD ProRes to Blu-Ray
by Ben Knight 3 weeks ago
In my subsequent project I did in fact conform using cinema tools, thanks for the info
Media Manager doesn't bring images for video masks in FCP 7
by Ben Knight 8 months ago
Hi all, The first time I tried to use Media Manager to move an 11 minute proRes sequence in FCP 7, it was a disaster. Then I read here you need your default Sequence settings set to the exact same set
Re: Media Manager doesn't bring images for video masks in FCP 7
by Ben Knight 3 weeks ago
Thanks, Jerry. IN the end i manually added the mask file back in to the mask filter, but good to know for the future.
24 fps ProRes HD to PAL SD without blur
by Ben Knight 5 months ago
Hello all, I've got a short film in ProRes, 1920 x 1080 24fps. Need to put it on DigiBeta SD PAL 25fps. I've run a few tests doing the conversion in compressor and it looks terribly blurry, even when
Re: 24 fps ProRes HD to PAL SD without blur
by Ben Knight 3 weeks ago
Thanks Michael, plenty of good info there. In my case I had all original sound assets, so i bounced dialog and foley to a mono track, then added the orig music (unstretched) back into the FCP timeline
Best Frame Offset for using Inbuilt Audio with FCP
by Ben Knight 5 months ago
Hi guys, I'm editing on FCP 7 using the inbuilt audio, and watching video on my computer... no external decks, monitoring, etc... just speakers plugged into my headphone port. What frame offset should
Re: Best Frame Offset for using Inbuilt Audio with FCP
by Ben Knight 5 months ago
Oh, I haven't tried that, but I certainly can. Working with 24 p pro res, would i still use 30, or 24 Can't say I understand why your suggestion would help, but I thank you for it!
Short Film Audio Mixdown levels
by Ben Knight 5 months ago
Hi Cow friends! I'm mixing the audio for a short film, and have heard that it's not best to try and push mixdown levels to peak near 0db, but rather aim for peaks at -12, with average around -20 db...
Re: Short Film Audio Mixdown levels
by Ben Knight 5 months ago
Thanks, Eric.
Recommendations for Blu-Ray player for testing self-authored blu-ray discs - BD-R
by Ben Knight 9 months ago
Hello all, I'm just starting to author blu-rays on my mac to be used as screeners for film festivals. Because I can't play a blu-ray on the mac, i need a blu-ray player to test my authored single-laye
Re: Recommendations for Blu-Ray player for testing self-authored blu-ray discs - BD-R
by Ben Knight 9 months ago
Hi all, thanks for the thoughts. Yeah, I was looking at that Sony.. In the end I went for the Panasonic DMP-BDT320, as mentioned..... You know what, so far so good! I should mentioned It's right near
Best mic for outdoor dialogue?
by Ben Knight 2 years ago
Hello Cow friends, Just wondering what techniques and mics are best for getting clean dialogue outdoors, especially when there's background noise, eg traffick. I've got a Zoom H4N and a Rode NTG3. The
Re: Best mic for outdoor dialogue?
by Ben Knight 2 years ago
Appreciate it, Ty. :-)
Cards that will shoot video reliably on the 5d mk ii? Anyone used Lexar 233x 16gig?
by Ben Knight 2 years ago
Hello all, Just bought 2 SanDisk 16 gig Ultra II 30 Meg sec cards, and shot hd video with them on the weekend. Unfortunately, it seems both cards were producing the same error: Quite regularly, after
Re: Cards that will shoot video reliably on the 5d mk ii? Anyone used Lexar 233x 16gig?
by Ben Knight 2 years ago
Hi Bob, So you're saying in your experience those settings have caused less errors freezes than other settings Good to know....
Compressor output has pixellated flashes (from 5d MK II and Final Cut Pro)
by Ben Knight 2 years ago
Hi all, Shot some scenes in standard def on Canon 5d MK II. Set to PAL, but no firmware update, so the frame rate is "30". Edited in final cut, allowed final cut to match the sequence settings to the


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