Freelance FCP and Avid editor from Mumbai, India. Cuts Indian features and TV commercials mostly.
Helps people set up and troubleshoot FCP systems in India. Technical Head of large post facility here - telecine, film grading, DI, editing and finishi... [ more] Freelance FCP and Avid editor from Mumbai, India. Cuts Indian features and TV commercials mostly.
Helps people set up and troubleshoot FCP systems in India. Technical Head of large post facility here - telecine, film grading, DI, editing and finishing suites.
Apple FCP6 L1, and Apple ACT-FCP6 L1 certified, Apple FCP7 L1, ACT-FCP7 L1 certified. | | | | Member Since: April 13th 2002 | | | | |
Friends:  nitin kulkarni  Pratul gaikwad | | | | |  | A really smooth jump to PP CS6...by Armando Ciurana 7 days agoWe are a medium size production and post-production company, We ve been working in Final Cut Studio seats since 2006, and that work very well for us, we have been working with third party software lik+6 | Re: A really smooth jump to PP CS6...
by Neil Sadwelkar 6 days ago
Jim, I'm most certain it is, though I haven't used it in that application. I was being a bit understated based on personal experience, and to sort of 'flame-proof' myself. ----------------------------
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| | | |  | Panasonic BT300by stig olsen 2 weeks agoHi, We are about to order new client monitors and are considering the Panasonc BT300 series. Any experience with those Stig | Re: Panasonic BT300
by Neil Sadwelkar 1 week ago
BMD HDLink Pro = 1 LUT, 1 HD-SDI out, plus 1 DVI MiniDP HDMI out. ----------------------------------- Neil Sadwelkar neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com twitter: fcpguru FCP Editor, Edit systems consultant Mum
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| | | |  | Dwaine Maggart saved my behind todayby Bob Zelin 2 weeks agoexcellent support from Blackmagic - quick and accurate, and I would have failed without Dwaine. If only the manuals were ACCURATE. Thank you Dwaine - you saved from looking like an idiot. Bob Zelin | | | | |
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| | | | | Getting rid of old Tangent Waveby Neil Sadwelkar 2 weeks agoNow that the Element is out and many are considering it, is there anyone wishing to get rid of a Wave Might be a good idea to sell it here as many newbies could benefit from a panel. ----------------- | Re: Getting rid of old Tangent Wave
by Neil Sadwelkar 2 weeks ago
Oh, no absolutely. I could be interested if the condition and price are right. I could mail you off line if you like to do this privately. ----------------------------------- Neil Sadwelkar neilsadwel
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| | | |  | Resolve v9 - NAB 2012 Highlightsby Peter Chamberlain 4 weeks agoFor those not in Vegas we had a great day today and a chance to demo our Resolve v9. Here are some highlights. Peter Interface re-designed to streamline the grading process o Fast user login by enteri+1 | Re: Resolve v9 - NAB 2012 Highlights
by Neil Sadwelkar 4 weeks ago
I was at NAB and saw the demo with Warren. Even played with the app. But I forgot to check if v9 adds the following capabilities... Support for stills feeeze frames referenced in XML EDL AAF Support f
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| | | |  | Installing the Trial more than onceby Sandeep Sajeev 1 month agoHello, I installed the Smoke for Mac Trial on my iMac at home, way back when it first came out, but never got around to actually trying it out. Are we only allowed one go I downloaded the 2012 trial a | Re: Installing the Trial more than once
by Neil Sadwelkar 1 month ago
Smoke is changing. At smokischanging.com How about waiting till Sunday evening. ----------------------------------- Neil Sadwelkar neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com twitter: fcpguru FCP Editor, Edit systems
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| | | |  | problems conforming on MACby prathvish hegde 1 month agohi, we having problem in conforming in our MAC RESOLVE we had a film shot in 5 different cameras and as it is a low budget film we thought of grading on the mac config as our linux system is busy with | Re: problems conforming on MAC
by Neil Sadwelkar 1 month ago
You could try that, but in all probability, even Smoke might struggle with some of the clips. There might be a way to fix this in FCP, though. ----------------------------------- Neil Sadwelkar neilsa
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| | | | | Is this an interlace issue?by Enrico Lappano 1 month agoI'm getting horizontal lines on 7D with my 29.97 fps footage. I'm guessing it's an interlace issue. Editing in FCP with sequence preset at ProRes 422 30p and Video Playback is Blackmagic HD 1080i 59.9 | Re: Is this an interlace issue?
by Neil Sadwelkar 1 month ago
No there's no interlacing in the still you've provided. What you're probably seeing is the effect of 'binning'. Which is, the use of alternate or 'one out of so-many lines' to create an HD image out o
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| | | |  | 10 gigE question for macby Paul mitchell 3 months agoHi guys I'm considering hooking up two Mac pro towers via10 gigE cards to share 2 x internal raid 0's My first is a 12 core Mac pro running Resolve with an internal 10 tb raid 0(5x2 tb) The plan for t | Re: 10 gigE question for mac
by Neil Sadwelkar 2 months ago
So basically you needed another system to put your UltraScope in. And BM's spec said it needed to be a MacPro. So you thought if I'm using a MacPro why not let it do some storage too rather than just
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| | | | | Media Express DPX capture corrupt?by Neil Sadwelkar 2 months agoI had this issue reported from a system at an associate's place. It's too far for me to go over. The system is MacPro 8-core, Blackmagic HD Extreme, MacOSX 10.6.7, Decklink 9.1, FCP 7.0.3 all updates | | | | |
| | | | | HDLink Pro DisplayPortby Neil Sadwelkar 3 months agoI tried searching but could not find a precise answer of recent enough date. Does the BM HDLink Pro DisplayPort work with the Apple Cinema 27" What kind of a DisplayPort to mini female DisplayPort ada | | | | |
| | | |  | Archiving codec adviceby Gautam Pandey 6 months agoHi! We've just bought an Editshare and will begin digitising over 2000 hrs of footage.(Betacam,DV,HDV,HDCAM) We had almost decided Prores 422 as the codec to go with but after the Final Cut X reaction | Re: Archiving codec advice
by Neil Sadwelkar 4 months ago
ProResHQ is 10-bit, while some flavours of DNxHD are 8-bit, I believe even Photo-JPEG is 8-bit. Whatever you go with, in 10 years it may or may have software available to decode it. So you need to wat
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| | | |  | arstechnica article on FCPXby Steve Connor 4 months agoIn the absence of any news! http: arstechnica.com apple news 2012 01 video-pros-apple-needs-to-acknowledge-the-pro-industry-and-fast.ars Steve Connor "FCPX Agitator" Adrenalin Television | Discussion on baseball
by Neil Sadwelkar 4 months ago
Discussion on baseball is what this thread is about. For the minority of humanity that does not understand the game of baseball, a large part of this thread is devoid of meaningful information. ------
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| | | |  | Apple's strong Mac salesby Craig Seeman 4 months agoTwo recent articles showing how strong Mac sales are. Not just iOS devices. http: gigaom.com apple macs-still-growing-while-rest-of-u-s-pc-market-stagnates Apple sold a little over 2 million Macs betw | Apple's Mac sales - MacPro replacement
by Neil Sadwelkar 4 months ago
I think there is likely to be one more MacPro. The reason it's long overdue is that the current top of the line i7 iMac is so fast and featured that a MacPro would make sense only if it is faster and
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| | | | | ATI Radeon for Resolve on older MacProsby Neil Sadwelkar 5 months agoThis card sells for under $500 on the Apple Store. http: store.apple.com us product MC743ZM A fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ And ATI Radeon cards inside a new iMac provides reasonably decent performance for Resolve | Re: ATI Radeon for Resolve on older MacPros
by Frank Wit 5 months ago
Hi Neil, tried an of the shelf 150 U$ PC version ATI Radeon 6870 (gigabyte) in a Macpro 8 core 3.1 2008 works out of the box without any problems, driver issues whatsover on 10.6.8 Rendering Prores 42
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| | | | | Wow Effect in Newer MacProby Abhijeet Mohit 5 months agoWhat will be WOW effect in newer MacPro, If ever we see one coming in 2012 Or is it iMac a newer high end iMac with high end display card which will do wonders for high end applications ( smoke & DI A | Re: Wow Effect in Newer MacPro
by Neil Sadwelkar 5 months ago
At this point, there is only speculation, primarily around whether there will be a new MacPro or not. Some say, there is enough new CPUs and chipsets on the market for Apple to have one more upgrade o
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| | | | | Fibre San or 10Gbeby prinaay singh 5 months agoWhat road to choose in on going changing workflows which is now affordable in SAN or 10Gbe. With tapeless workflows uncompressed is lost in the crowded area of DNX HD, Apple ProRes HQ, XD CAM HD or MX | Re: Fibre San or 10Gbe
by Neil Sadwelkar 5 months ago
For a GEC where the number of systems are large, my experience and observation is that while all are desired to be on a common shared storage system, some amount of planning helps. For instance not al
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| | | | | Resolve Lite 8.1.1 Intensity Proby Neil Sadwelkar 5 months agoIn a 2010 MacPro running OSX 10.6.8 I can use Resolve Lite 8.1.1, works fine. Can I use an Intensity Pro to view on an external monitor TV over HDMI Anyone using this config The config guide specifies | Re: Resolve Lite 8.1.1 Intensity Pro
by Gigi Tufano 4 weeks ago
Hi, on the Intensity Pro support note page it says that Resolve IS supported by Intensity Pro card. I'd like to try... it's a relatively cheap card. Do anyone know if I can put in the same computer an
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| | | | | what is the Fabric?by Raj India 6 months agoanyone could give me the idea about this | Re: what is the Fabric?
by Neil Sadwelkar 6 months ago
Thanks, Bob. I'll let Raj connect with me and let you know how it went. ----------------------------------- Neil Sadwelkar neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com twitter: fcpguru FCP Editor, Edit systems consulta
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| | | |  | Delete Color Correction Universallyby Martin Nelson 6 months agoI'd like to remove all the color correction in my very long sequence. I don't at this point, necessarily remember which clips have CC on them, nor whether a given clip has other filters applied. Is th | Re: Delete Color Correction Universally
by Neil Sadwelkar 6 months ago
Edit Mule seems like the easy way to do it. The Gang to open workaround is also good. Else, the only other method is to export and XML and do some scripting to exclude the filters. Edit mule also seem
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| | | | | Blackmagic card shortage and price rise?by Neil Sadwelkar 6 months agoIn India, Blackmagic cards, particularly the HD Extreme 3D is getting rather hard to find. A reseller told me yesterday that there is a 2 month wait for this card. Another managed to get some inventor | | | | |
| | | | | No 24fps (exact) on KiProby Neil Sadwelkar 7 months agoI needed to advice someone wanting to shoot at exactly 24fps (not 23.98) from the F3 on to a KiPro* But even in 'NTSC mode' the F3 cannot record or output 24fps as far as we could tell, from the menus | Re: No 24fps (exact) on KiPro
by Neil Sadwelkar 7 months ago
I went over to Sony at the Broadcast India expo and met a Senior engineer from their US office, who's around for the show. He said "Of course the F3 does 24fps". He then went over the menu settings an
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| | | |  | 24P System - 60i vs. 24PsF on EX1Rby Bob Cole 7 months agoIn the Camera Menu Video Set, there is an option which applies when you are shooting HQ1920 24P or HQ1440 24P. You can select a "video output format" of either 60i or 24PsF. Could someone please expla | Re: 24P System - 60i vs. 24PsF on EX1R
by Neil Sadwelkar 7 months ago
Not sure if this is the right forum as this question is about the F3. I needed to advice someone wanting to shoot at exactly 24fps (not 23.98) from the F3 on to a KiPro* But even in 'NTSC mode' the F3
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