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Friends:  jim stamos | | | | |  | New firmware for HM600by Ron Pestes 2 weeks agoThe new firmware version 2.0 can be found here. http: pro.jvc.com prof attributes features.jsp model_id=MDL102153 I am not sure why it is not listed on their firmware update page. ronpesteshdvideo.com | | | | |
| | | |  | Why do we get no response in this forum?by Ron Pestes 2 weeks agoThe title is self explanatory. Why are there so many questions here but no response even from the moderators Is anybody out there ronpesteshdvideo.com Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2 JVC GY-HM600 Mac | | | | |
| | | |  | .MOV clips broken into small clipsby Ron Pestes 1 month agoI have an HM600 and shoot in the .mov wrapper. When I import the footage, long clips are broken into smaller 13 gig files. I can have several files from a one hour seminar shoot. Is there a way to kee | | | | |
| | | |  | Cloud question (adobe screwing us?)by Richard Cardonna 1 month agoWil cloud users have special unique features that will not be available to CS7 production premium app owners I ask because of this: Note: With the exception of Retina display support, the new features | Re: Cloud question (adobe screwing us?) by Ron Pestes 1 month ago As the ariticle says: "As Adobe continues to focus on delivering world-class innovation through Creative Cloud and digital fulfillment, we will be phasing out shrink-wrapped, boxed versions of Creativ
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| | | |  | File can't openby Ron Pestes 1 month agoI recently had my computer crash. The project had been saved and their are several versions to goto but I can't open the current version because of an "The project could not be loaded, it may be damag | Re: File can't open by Ron Pestes 1 month ago OK, thanks. I had not thought of that. ronpesteshdvideo.com Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2 JVC GY-HM600 MacBook Pro Dell M6600 Adobe CS6 Production Premium
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| | | |  | Will Resolve work with this setup?by Ron Pestes 2 months agoHello, I downloaded the free version of Resolve but after I installed it and tried to open it, it said I did not have a licenced dongle attached. Why do I need that This is supposed to be the free ver | Re: Will Resolve work with this setup? by Ron Pestes 2 months ago Yes, I went to the DaVinci page and clicked on the link for Resolve lite for Windows. I tried it twice. ronpesteshdvideo.com Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2 JVC GY-HM600 MacBook Pro Dell M6600 Adobe
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| | | |  | PP 6.5 info?by Ron Pestes 3 months agoHas anyone heard what we may see in the next version of PP NAB is coming soon! ronpesteshdvideo.com Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2 JVC GY-HM600 MacBook Pro Dell M6600 Adobe CS6 Production Premium | Re: PP 6.5 info? by Angelo Lorenzo 3 months ago Pretty hefty source, it might actually be true. -------------------- Angelo Lorenzo Need to encode ProRes on your Windows PC Introducing ProRes Helper, an awesome little app that makes it possible Fal
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| | | |  | JVC HM650by Tom Gillen 3 months agoHas anyone bought the 650 and do you like it or not  | Re: JVC HM650 by Ron Pestes 3 months ago This is just north of Vancouver WA. at Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge. Pretty small place but close to home. I find this camera easier to use than my old EX-3. I wish the lighting was better today but may
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| | | |  | Audio track mapping problemby Ron Pestes 4 months agoI am trying to set up my audio tracks so the left channel is on audio track 1 and the right channel is on track 2. I have tried, mono, stereo and adaptive tracks and they always put both channels on o | Re: Audio track mapping problem by Ron Pestes 4 months ago That works perfect! Thanks a lot. You just saved me a huge headache! ronpesteshdvideo.com Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2 Sony EX-3 MacBook Pro Dell M6600 Adobe CS6 Production Premium
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| | | |  | Peak files crashing Premeireby Ron Pestes 7 months agoWhen I import clips from the browser into my project Premiere crashes ramdomly when it tries to generate peak files. Some clips work while others lock the computer to the point I have to do a hard shu | | | | |
| | | |  | going nuts transcoding in preludeby Richard Cardonna 7 months agohere i go again. 1-installes avid codec 2-select clips from sd card 3-check transcode 4- go to select and only see h264,dv no dnxh where do i select dnxhd it does not show up in qt i am one day behind | Re: going nuts transcoding in prelude by Ron Pestes 7 months ago Is there any way to transcode to an .mov file from the BPAV shot on an EX-3 during import that goes real fast like using XDCAM Transfer in FCP I have tried a few presets but they all take a long time.
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| | | |  | Firmware questionby Ron Pestes 11 months agoI am still using firmware version 1.04. Do the updates offer anything besides more reliability with the SDHC cards Trying to decide if it worth a few hundred bucks to send it to Sony to update. And no | Re: Firmware question by Ron Pestes 11 months ago Thanks for the fine details Ian. That is exactly what I was looking for! ronpesteshdvideo.com Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2 Sony EX-3 MacBook Pro Dell M6600 Adobe CS6 Production Premium
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| | | |  | CS6 and no Library Media Buttonsby Chris Tompkins 1 year agoUn-installed CS5.5 Installed CS6 Mac OS 10.6 Encore, Loaded the second media disc for media content for Encore. I don't have any buttons... I don't understand this. Any guidance here please Here a pic | Re: CS6 and no Library Media Buttons by Ron Pestes 1 year ago The only problem is that I can't find it on the 5.5 disc either. The content disc just has a bunch of PDF's in different languages but I can not find anything about extra content even though the disc
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| | | |  | Red frames in exportby Ron Pestes 1 year agoI compressed a XDCAM EX 1080 60i .mov file sent over from FCP and some of the clips have flashing red sections that totally hides the video. What could be causing this The file is fine before compress | | | | |
| | | |  | 3d axis not visableby Ron Pestes 1 year agoWhen I click the 3d icon in the timeline the tutorial says I should see red, green and blue arrows in the composition. These do not show up. What have I missed ronpesteshdvideo.com Apple Certified Mas | Re: 3d axis not visable by Ron Pestes 1 year ago The arrows show up on the lower left side but the tutorial shows them in the middle of the panel along with the anchor point. I see neither in the panel itself, just the arrows at the left lower edge.
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| | | |  | picture profile Suggestionsby segun olorunnisomo 1 year agoHELLO, i wonder if anyone has any nice picture profile suggestions to share. i shoot mainly outdoors and sometimes have problems with the picture quality, the images appear too bright when viewed on t | Re: picture profile Suggestions by Ron Pestes 1 year ago Goto http: marvelsfilm.wordpress.com 2009 02 18 marvels-ex1-and-ex3-profile-settings-for-filmic-look I have been using this profile for a long time and it works great. It tones down the blown out whit
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| | | |  | Sony 16GB SDHC cardby William Mims 1 year agoHas anyone else had trouble formatting the new Sony SDHC (class 10) card for the EX 3s Before I return it to B&H I am wondering if there is something else I should try. The camera and my Sony clip Bro | Re: Sony 16GB SDHC card by Ron Pestes 1 year ago Do you have the current firmware That can cause the problem. ronpesteshdvideo.com Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2 Sony EX-3 MacBook Pro Dell M6600 New convert to Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium
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| | | |  | XDCAM transfer questionby jp croft 1 year agoI am brand new to the XDCAM EX format. I copied the BPAV by dragging it to my external hard drive icon. It transfered ok...I think. The BPAV folder shows up there. I now know I should use clip browser | Re: XDCAM transfer question by Ron Pestes 1 year ago Drag the complete BPAV folder into XDCAM Transfer. Then you should see your clips and be able to change them to .mov files. I just use Transfer without going the Clipbrowser route but many people will
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| | | |  | Resolve Lite with a laptopby Ron Pestes 1 year agoHi, I am using a Dell M6600 laptop with an i7 processor, 16 gig of RAM and an NVIDIA M3000 card. As soon as I try to open a new project it crashes. Will it run on this system ronpesteshdvideo.com Appl | | | | |
| | | |  | AME to DVD Studio Pro not workingby Ron Pestes 1 year agoI tried exporting a sequence from Premiere Pro using Media Encoder and then importing the files into Apple DVD Studio PRo but I got a message saying "incompatable format". The video file is a .m2v fil | | | | |
| | | |  | No menus or buttonsby Ron Pestes 1 year agoI am using Encore for the first time. It is part of my Production Premium Suite. I have the discs and also installed from a download but when I open Encore I don't have any menus or buttons etc in the | Re: No menus or buttons by Ron Pestes 1 year ago Yes, of course! ronpesteshdvideo.com Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2 Sony EX-3 MacBook Pro Dell M6600 New convert to Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium
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| | | |  | AE crashing with warp stabilizerby Ron Pestes 2 years agoI just started using AE but it crashes every time when I drop the warp stabilizer on a clip. I have 13 gig of RAM assingned and a multi threaded quad core on a new window 7 system with all updates ins | Re: AE crashing with warp stabilizer by Ron Pestes 2 years ago Yes, I am the administrator and I have all updates installed. ronpesteshdvideo.com Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2 Sony EX-3 MacBook Pro Dell M6600 New convert to Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium
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| | | |  | Compressor crashby Ron Pestes 2 years agoI compressed several projects and then all of a sudden I got a message saying "Failed: 3x crash service down". This appears in the History panel on the right side where it usually says "processing". A | Re: Compressor crash by Ron Pestes 2 years ago Yes, it works with the Youtube preset and if I export the sequence then import it into Compressor my normal preset works too. But when I send it straight from the timeline it fails. Not sure what to t
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| | | |  | AVCHD to EX codecby Ron Pestes 2 years agoIs it possible to take an AVCHD file from an NX 5 and convert it in AME to Sony EX codec so I have matching files I don't see any correct presets when I drag the file into AME. ronpesteshdvideo.com Ap | | | | |
| | | |  | FCP will not exportby Ron Pestes 2 years agoFinal Cut Pro suddenly stopped exporting or sending timelines to Compressor. Have repaired permissions, and used the compressor repair tool and trashed the compressor p-list. It has just now started e | Re: FCP will not export by Michael Gissing 2 years ago I prefer to export a self contained quicktime with current settings before going to Compressor. It means FCP isn't tied up whilst Compressor is working in the background and it seems more stable as we
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| | | |  | Send to Compressor only works for audioby Ron Pestes 2 years agoWhen I send a sequence to Compressor it only compresses the audio but when it tries to do the video for a DVD it hangs up and will not start. The drive shows no activity. I have used Compressor Repair | | | | |
| | | |  | Safe to use ProRes Proxy for the Web?by Josh Williams 2 years agoI have about 88 hours of footage (4 cameras @ 22 hours each) that I am doing a large multi cam edit on. Not all 88 hours into one piece but many small pieces. So far I have converted it all into ProRe | | | | |
| | | |  | Cross disolve jitterby Ron Pestes 2 years agoI have a 1080 60p timeline that I have dropped a few stills into over the video. Every cross disolve from the video to the still and then back to the video has a verticle jump of a few lines. It jumps | Re: Cross disolve jitter by Ron Pestes 2 years ago Got it. Thanks! ronpesteshdvideo.com Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2 Sony EX-3 MacBook Pro New convert to Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium
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| | | |  | Making SD footage look sharpby Ron Pestes 2 years agoI made an error setting up a KiPro last weekend and ended up recording ProRes in SD. Since I am being paid well for this shoot I am wondering if there is a way to make this footage a little sharper wi | Re: Making SD footage look sharp by Rafael Amador 2 years ago Ron Pestes "My question is should I put the SD footage on an HD timeline to up rez" Upsacale, then downscale Never. Edit everything in SD. You are going DVD. rafael www.nagavideo.com
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| | | |  | Lightworksby David Battistella 2 years agoThis forum is full of people with deep opinions about how a professional NLE should operate. I'd say that the very best way to get your dream NLE is to get involved in the lightworks beta program. Thi | Re: Lightworks by Ron Pestes 2 years ago And in 12 months think of how much farther ahead Adobe and Avid will be... ronpesteshdvideo.com Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2 Sony EX-3 MacBook Pro New convert to Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium
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| | | |  | Trial version appears on purchased versionby Ron Pestes 2 years agoI bought V-2 Complete several months ago and today it all of a sudden says "Trial Expired" on the clips I place Lock and Load on. Why would this suddenly happen on a purchased version and how do I get | | | | |
| | | |  | Service: Ron Pestes HD Videoby Ron Pestes 2 years agoBoring Oregon, United States Post Production Production Ron Pestes HD Video HD Post Production Cameraman Documentary Master Certified in Final Cut Studio. Shooter, S | | | | |
| | | |  | Funny Videoby Greg Burke 2 years agohttp: video.google.com videoplay docid=-4942162778167603560 I wear many hats. www.gregburkepost.com  | Re: Funny Video by Ron Pestes 2 years ago Yep, I agree. Can't wait to get back to a PC for Adobe PP! ronpesteshdvideo.com Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2 Sony EX-3 MacBook Pro New convert to Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium
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| | | |  | Zen and the Art of Edit Suite Maintenanceby Paul Dickin 2 years agoHi Does History Repeat In 1933 the Nazi party by (roughly) democratic means achieved a majority of the popular vote and had convinced a majority of the 'elite' power-broking class to give them control | | | | |
| | | |  | Adobe offering 50% to switch from FCP-Xby ted irving 2 years agoThis is hilarious!! http: www.adobe.com products premiere switch.html promoid=ITKJK However, I just got FCPX and it is very easy, especially for ENG which is most of my work. I also work on documentar | Re: Adobe offering 50% to switch from FCP-X by Ron Pestes 2 years ago Good advice. I will get a tutorial book as well. I'm used to that as I did 7 books to get certified in FCS a couple years ago. ronpesteshdvideo.com Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2 Sony EX-3 MacBook P
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| | | |  | Adobe offer for FCP and Avid usersby Dennis Radeke 2 years agoHey all, Keeping it short and sweet - no sales pitch - just information. I put a blog article up that briefly discusses an Adobe offer now available to Apple and Avid users. Gives you all of the neces+3 | | | | |
| | | |  | FCP to Compressorby Ron Pestes 2 years agoI have 10 short sequences I have sent to Compressor. The first six compressed fine but the last four have one frame pulsating blotches where the pixels become huge. It happens about 1 frame per second | Re: FCP to Compressor by Ron Pestes 2 years ago The answers to all your questions is NO. No filters, no scaling native timeline using EX 720 30 frame setting. Can't figure this out. The next day it did three sequences perfect then started up again.
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