Gary, is Chicago-based digital artist and technologist that specializes in Custom Workflow Solutions for Creative Arts.
I/A 600 DIT and Camera work, Tech Chair for NAB's Director of Photography Conference. ICG Training Committee. | | | | Member Since: April 16th 2003 | | | | |
Friends:  Abraham Chaffin  Jon Schilling  Ronald Lindeboom  Tim Wilson | | | | |  | Color Bit Depth Questionby Michael W. Towe 4 weeks agoI just received some broadcast specs for a client of mine which is requiring delivery to Aberdeen. Their spec sheet calls for ProRes 422 LT which is not a problem, but they want a bit depth of 8bit. T | Re: Color Bit Depth Question
by gary adcock 4 weeks ago
Erik Lindahl "Apple ProRes 4444 supports image sources up to 12 bits and preserves alpha sample depths up to 16 bits. All Apple ProRes 422 codecs support up to 10-bit image source" Let us not forget
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| | | |  | IO XT noisyby Anhtu Vu 4 weeks agoI'm on my third IO XT replacement...still the same problem, these things are annoyingly noisy. Is this normal | Re: IO XT noisy
by gary adcock 4 weeks ago
Anhtu Vu "I'm on my third IO XT replacement...still the same problem, these things are annoyingly noisy. Is this normal " What are you doing that the fan runs all the time I do not find the ioXT nois
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| | | |  | Lhi Syncby Nigel Thompson 1 month agoVERY ANNOYING !!!! Im editing a music video so i need sync for lip movement. one minute everything is in sync and the next its a few frames off . even if i just move the now line down the timeline it | Re: Lhi Sync
by gary adcock 1 month ago
Nigel Thompson "Never has made a difference to the final project before. BUT this out of sync issue has happened before with DVCPRO HD footage Projects" Just because your computer worked yesterday do
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| | | |  | AJA Ki pro rs422by matt wicks 1 month agoHi, i'm trying to track down a guide to the ki pro rs422 command protocol to integrate with another system. In essence I just need to be able to send a record stop signal but i can't seem to find any | Re: AJA Ki pro rs422
by gary adcock 1 month ago
matt wicks "just need to be able to send a record stop signal but i can't seem to find any documentation :: anyone have an idea where i could look " All of the python commands are listed on the websi
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| | | | | PL to B4 Mount or B4 to PL Mount?by Jose Castillo 5 years agoHi, in the RED Store they sell a B4 to PL adaptor http: www.red.com store product_detail 57 But in the FAQ link (http: www.red.com faq page 3 ) they explain how to attach 2 3 lens with they "PL to B4 | Re: PL to B4 Mount or B4 to PL Mount?
by gary adcock 1 month ago
Jai Gopal "Do you know any cheap B4 to PL mount " no. a bigger issue would be the sensor coverage is limited on B4 since they are designed for 2 3" sensors, and most PL is for 35mm size sensors ( abo
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| | | |  | work natively at 2.40:1 at HDby Jason Brown 2 months agoWe shot 5K at a 2.40:1 aperture. FCPX has a project for those dimensions (5120x2160) but I can't work downscaled in HD at clean pixel dimensions - 1920x810. I HAVE to put it into a letterboxed comp. A | Re: work natively at 2.40:1 at HD
by gary adcock 1 month ago
Jason Brown "Irregardless, it's the ASPECT we are discussing. We have a 2.40:1 project option in 5K, but not in HD. " EH You are the one not following the existing standards for deliverables. If you
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| | | | | Kona 3G Capture Desktopby Michael Bekkers 2 months agoSo, We're working on this schoolproject and we're running into this issue. The card we have is the Kona 3G Capture card. We have installed the card into a Mac Pro and it works fine with the RGB output | Re: Kona 3G Capture Desktop
by gary adcock 2 months ago
Michael Bekkers "The thing is, in the driver that comes with the capture card, we want to select the current desktop as input. So, we want to output our desktop to the RGB cables. We don't know if it
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| | | | | export creates bandingby Jacob Brown 2 months agoI am trying to export a prores222(hq) video to prores222 (hq). When it plays in final cut there are no banding issue. In every export I have done, there is severe banding wherever a transition is. At | Re: export creates banding
by gary adcock 2 months ago
Jacob Brown "In every export I have done, there is severe banding wherever a transition is. At the beginning of the film, a fade from white transition bands badly on top of a grey background. " OK, J
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| | | |  | HD SDI cable lengthby Scott M. Douglas 4 years agoI have read several posts about cable length and came away with the answer is around 300 feet or less for HD SDI. I just bought a spool of 640 feet- RG6 and put some connectors on. I didn't even take | Re: HD SDI cable length
by gary adcock 2 months ago
Mads Nybo J rgensen "Would you as an engineer advice a professional paying client to use RG6 for 640 ft of signal transport across an unspecified area for an unspecified project " Agreed Mads. even a
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| | | |  | 10.0.8 Update is Outby T. Payton 2 months agoCheck your App Store. Stick to the FCP X update code. Zip up your old 10.0.7 App and don't update mid project. Looks like mostly maintenance. Which frankly is a great thing. The flashing green render | Re: 10.0.8 Update is Out
by gary adcock 2 months ago
Nate Weaver "Also LogC LUTs automagically applied is big deal too." Careful, the Alexa LogC support seems to require the Camera's version 6.0 software or later. No Alexa media I have prior to that bu
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| | | | | Kona3G 2 camera syncby Morten Berg 2 months agoI have a setup for on-set recording for commercials feature film productions. When running 2 cameras i need the 2 feeds to be in sync for better performance in my software. The cameras do not need to | Re: Kona3G 2 camera sync
by gary adcock 2 months ago
Morten Berg "Just to clarify, if I put genlock into my KONA3G it will not solve anything because the cameras do not have the same ref, right ." Correct. genlock to the boards will not solve your issu
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| | | |  | Loss Video of Videoby dedy dedy 2 months agoHi Guy, I'm from Jakarta Indonesia i using aja ki pro Video input SDI format 1080i 25 record format 1080i Proress422. I using for Surgery. Long my video is 30 menit sometime Loss Video sometime not. w | Re: Loss Video of Video
by gary adcock 2 months ago
dedy dedy "If I recording via iPAD wifi then the loss signal can be detect ipad .. regards" I am not sure what you are asking here Are you monitoring from the ipad, if so Yes the transport section do
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| | | | | Advice/Tips for Slow Motion scenesby Jay Craig 2 months agoI've been trying to create slow motion scenes for the longest but I can't quite get it right. Here's what i do. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong Adjust camera settings in Canon 60D 60fps, 120 | Re: Advice/Tips for Slow Motion scenes
by gary adcock 2 months ago
Jay Craig "Not sure what I'm doing wrong It's always choppy " Well you did not tell us what or how your are working, choppy video can mean slow drives, incomplete processing, bad conversion of media,
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| | | | | Blog: My first thoughts on my first week with a new Retina MacBook Proby gary adcock 10 months ago As one of the early adopters of Thunderbolt, I ordered my new Retina MacBook Pro from my friends at Tekserve (NYC) the day after they were announced. With the Retina {Retina-MacBookPro is too much of+1 | @Paul Abraham
by gary adcock 2 months ago
Love it, using it right now. Not sure about the Apogee device, but it should work, most of the initial issues have been cleared up. Let us know how it works gary adcock Studio37 Post and Production Wo
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| | | | | AJA Io HD stopping bootupby Scott Douglas 3 months agoHere's my story: The Io HD was working fine with FCP 7 on a new Mac Pro Six core with Mt. Lion installed. I've made the switch over to PPro lately, and wasn't using the Io HD for a while so I turned i | Re: AJA Io HD stopping bootup
by gary adcock 3 months ago
Scott Douglas "The fw800 is plugged into the back port, while I have a fw800 cable plugged into the front port that leads to a mixboard.... not sure if that makes a difference" the IOHD wants the ent
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| | | |  | 4K workflows in FCPXby Nathan Tinsley 3 months agoI may have a 4k edit job in the next few months. I'm running FCPX on an iMac(Mid 2011, i7, 16 gigs ram). Am I a bit presumptuous in thinking that with a proper raid array upgrade I can do this edit Cu | Re: 4K workflows in FCPX
by gary adcock 3 months ago
Nathan Tinsley "Should I be considering the Black Magic Intensity Extreme " I see no sense whatsoever in getting a 1080 only playback device for a 4K workflow. As far as I know the only device that i
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| | | | | Arri framerates all playback as 25fpsby Roger Zammit 3 months agoHi So i'm not sure if this should really be in the Arri or Premier section but here goes. I was given some Arri footage shot by some guys and shot in various frame-rates by mistake they said 25 50 60 | Re: Arri framerates all playback as 25fps
by gary adcock 3 months ago
Roger Zammit "So basically why are these files shot on Arri (files are Prores 422 & 444 25-120fps) all being seen as 25fps. Does the Arri write record 120fps and write all those frames as a slowed do
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| | | | | problemby claudio degli angeli 3 months agoI have a problem with AJA IO XT drivers I installed 10.4.4, I tried all settings but nothing still have the black stripe , I use to capture video AJA VTR. how can I do, where am I wrong . I capture vi | Re: problem
by gary adcock 3 months ago
claudio degli angeli "Via HDMI" From What I understand that english may not be your first language, but to help you have to explain what you are doing this is the button on the page to load photos ga
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| | | |  | Will a KiPro embed time codeby Roger Schroeder 3 months agoDoes anyone know if I plumb an analog time code from a generator into the TC in on a KiPro will it embed the time code into the SDI out signal Thanks in advance. Roger | Re: Will a KiPro embed time code
by gary adcock 3 months ago
You are correct in that the TC out connection is non-functional during recording. But your question earlier was Does anyone know if I plumb an analog time code from a generator into the TC in on a KiP
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| | | | | is it 24P ?by keith mottram 3 months agoI rarely use FCPX, normally avid, so am probably being dumb here, but I am combining some renders which are true 24p and wanted to know if FCPX is treating them at 23.98 or if it is actually 24p. than | Re: is it 24P ?
by gary adcock 3 months ago
keith mottram "I can actually work at 23.98 or 24 in my Avid (6.5) obviously this is a somewhat new development. " Only on Avid's, every other NLE has done this for awhile now. 23.98fps is the standa
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| | | | | Sonnet's Thunderbolt to ExpressCard Readerby John Heagy 5 months agohttp: www.bhphotovideo.com c product 860811-REG Sonnet_ECHOPRO_E34_Echo_Pro_ExpressCard_34_Thunderbolt.html Looks like a fast cheap alternative to Sony's USB reader. Lots of good reviews on B&H's site | | | | |
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| | | | | KiPro Connection Status Disconnectedby Danny Skarka 4 months agoLove my KiPros but one is giving me an issue. On the web interface, it reads "Connection Status" Disconnected. I have done the usual..rebooted. Restore to default. Confirmed network. I can ping it. I | Re: KiPro Connection Status Disconnected
by gary adcock 3 months ago
Danny Skarka " On the web interface, it reads "Connection Status" Disconnected. I have done the usual..rebooted. Restore to default. Confirmed network. I can ping it. I can see the web interface. " F
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| | | | | Getting Video on the iPad?by Ken Bennett 4 months agoIt is near impossible to get video to the iPad the same way twice. iTunes keeps changing their interface making it impossible to get video onto the iPad. What are the proven ways to get video to the i | Re: Getting Video on the iPad?
by gary adcock 4 months ago
Ken Bennett "I've always use Handbrake to convert my video files for my iPad as H264, 1024x1080," OK Handbrake is only used in my shop for ripping from DVD's, and the current version has iPad iPhone
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| | | | | Upgradabilityby Nigel Thompson 4 months agoHey all: The Alexa is now #1 in my books when it comes to quite a few things. Wanted to ask for some knowledge on the upgradability of the camera. sensor wise . I'm sure Arri are already hard at work | Re: Upgradability
by gary adcock 4 months ago
Nigel Thompson "Does or did Arri mention anywhere that the Alexa's will be or are upgradable to future sensors " Arri has not made any announcements about upgradability of the camera sensor. While ot
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| | | | | Switcher Controlby Tyler Hirth 5 months agoI want to be able to control the KiPro from my switcher for playback. I have a Grass Valley Kayak DD. I have it hooked up with RS-422 using the amp_v687 protocol. I am able to control it (play, stop, | Re: Switcher Control
by gary adcock 5 months ago
Tyler, not sure if that is possible via the Python API's but should be accessible via the latest version of the documentation here http: www.aja.com attachments products 1 kipro_automation_2.0.0-v3.zi
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| | | | | whats the best codec for color grading?by Alberto Zavala 6 months agoI recently had a with discussion qithe a DP because he said that the Apple Prores 444 footage it is way better than Apple Prores 422 (HQ), my question is, is there any substantial, clear, important be | Re: whats the best codec for color grading?
by gary adcock 6 months ago
Alberto Zavala "Can we expect the same results if you apply the same color grading in both codecs or the higher bit depth makes a substantial difference " That would depend on the content as shot, th
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| | | | | Exporting 10 bit uncompressed at 4:4:4:4by pat kelley 6 months agoSomeone has requested an archive file that is 10 bit uncompressed and 4:4:4:4 chroma. Feeling a bit stupid here...I've been trying to figure out how to export a timeline that is both 10 bit uncompress | | | | |
| | | |  | third party parts?by Ofer Geva 6 months agoAre there alternatives for the red camera parts solid by RED I know Zacuto makes evf's that work with the red camera but are there alternatives for power, media | Re: third party parts?
by gary adcock 6 months ago
Ofer Geva "Are there alternatives for the red camera parts solid by RED " Element, Wooden Camera, Anton Bauer, IDX, Arri, Nebtec, AbelCine has a great starting list on their website, however it is by
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| | | | | WARNING 10.8.2 update Breaks SxS Driverby gary adcock 8 months agoHey everyone. A quick warning to everyone the Mountain Lion 10.8.2 update that came out yesterday has broken the Sony SxS driver that is posted for use with the Sonnet Express Thunderbolt adaptor, Rep | Re: WARNING 10.8.2 update Breaks SxS Driver
by gary adcock 6 months ago
More information on this is in the Arri Forum including workarounds. http: forums.creativecow.net readpost 294 826 basically it will be at least the middle of this month before a fix is out. gary adco
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| | | | | WARNING 10.8.2 update Breaks SxS Driverby gary adcock 8 months agoHey everyone. A quick warning to everyone The Mountain Lion OSX 10.8.2 update that came out yesterday has broken the Sony SxS driver that is posted for use with the Sonnet Express Thunderbolt adaptor, | Re: WARNING 10.8.2 update Breaks SxS Driver
by gary adcock 6 months ago
John-Michael Seng-Wheeler "So it would apear the problem affects older Macs as well." The Thunderbolt related issue is only on the latest MBP's. Michael's is a different issue that can be fixed by re
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| | | | | Frame Rate vs Shutter Angle - CONFUSED!by Charlie Johnson 7 months agoHi All, I might be asking some incredibly amateurish questions here but please but patient, I'm learning! I'm planning to shoot some light trails with a RED epic and have been doing some tests in afte | | | | |
| | | | | workflow 1080p50by Johannes Fritsche 7 months agohello, i have a problem with some heli footage im editing in fcp 7. all of the clips are aerials, filmed with a cineflex system on hd-cam sr. as there are different objects to film (landscapes cities | Re: workflow 1080p50
by gary adcock 7 months ago
Johannes Fritsche "my trouble starts with digitising: im using a sony srw-5800 recorder connected to a aja 3g. as i want all of my footage in 25p on my timeline, the playback in the machine is always
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| | | |  | BMCC alternate workflowby Oliver Peters 9 months agoI've done some testing with the same 5 John Brawley camera raw clips from the Blackmagic Cinema Camera and have come up with an interesting workflow using FCP X. Obviously BMD wants you to use Resolve | Re: BMCC alternate workflow
by gary adcock 8 months ago
Rafael Amador "I've been making too some tests with Photoshop (importing as 8b and 16b) and then bringing the files to AE (difference), and there is no doubt that the .dmg's are more than 8b depth."
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