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 | | | | |  | Recorded file not in focus from HPX370by Francis Leenders 2 years agoHave read the posts on focus problems with this camera, but here is one I haven t seen. EVF any LED screen show sharp focus zoomed in all the way. Still looks focused after zooming all the way out and | Re: Recorded file not in focus from HPX370
by gary adcock 2 years ago
Check the EYEPIECE Diopter settings. if the eye piece is sharp and the image is not, the diopter setting in the EVF is set incorrectly. gary adcock Studio37 Post and Production Workflow Consultant Pro
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| | | |  | Secret of arriby Karl Dixon 4 years agoHi everyone I have made it my goal to find out what is so special about the software that arri uses to look so good. Please refrain from answering its due to their wonderful parts they are not any dif | Re: Secret of arri
by gary adcock 4 years ago
An understanding of light would be an essential start to develop that knowledge. You could also use the information gained by scanning trillions of frames of various film types, in a wide variety of l
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| | | |  | LHe Plus and Closed Captionsby Don Alexander 5 years agoGood day. I am attempting to upgrade my installation of a LHe Plus card. I'm moving to a slightly newer mac pro tower. In a past installation, we were able to use the card under OS X 10.7.5, with the | Re: LHe Plus and Closed Captions
by gary adcock 5 years ago
Don Alexander "I uninstalled 10.3.8 and installed the 10.3.0 package. The closed caption check boxes are available. My experience is encapsulated below; " The LHe often required a manual update to th
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| | | |  | Delivery of large files to clients.by Ed Stevens 5 years agoAnybody out there delivering the final video to clients as a file I'm a wedding videographer, after editing on FCPX, I deliver my clients Blu-rays. I also offer standard definition dvds if they ask fo | Re: Delivery of large files to clients.
by gary adcock 5 years ago
Ed Stevens "I'd like to offer my clients the .mov master file also. " Traditionally that file in not turned over to a client. Especially in your market as a wedding shooter. "I could provide them wit
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| | | |  | AJA KI Pro Quadby Bob Cole 5 years agoI'm looking for an external recorder which I can use with my current camera (Sony EX1R, with 10-bit SDI 1920x1080 output), as well as with my "next" camera, which will certainly be 4K. I do not have a | Re: AJA KI Pro Quad
by gary adcock 5 years ago
Bob Cole "In today's video world, "future proofing" is a problematic concept. Could you recommend the AJA KI Pro Quad " Honestly, there has been little or no advancement on the KiPro product line for
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| | | | | Arri Alexa Xt lens curve.by Ricky Milling 5 years agoIm editing a project using Alexa Xt lens and its coming our 4:3 Anamorphic 2k. I've import the footage and changed frame size of the sequence to 1836 x 1536 pixels and Anamorphic 2:1 (2.0). When I mov | Re: Arri Alexa Xt lens curve.
by gary adcock 5 years ago
Ricky Milling "Are you saying its normal to see a little bit of curve when using anamorphic lens an i shouldnt worry " There is an inherent optical distortion in all anamorphic lenses, by their natur
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| | | |  | 80% ruleby Craig Alan 5 years agoIt has been my understanding that a hard drive should not be kept more than 80% full - that it will slow down and be more open to corruption. Does this apply to a Pegasus Raid (or any raid for that ma | Re: 80% rule
by gary adcock 5 years ago
Noah Kadner "Never a bad idea to avoid full drives. That said, 80% is fairly conservative on that large a drive." Even on a larger volume keeping 15%-20% open allows for faster Renders and transfer o
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| | | | | Resolution for Aspect Ratio(s)by Thomas Frank 5 years agoHi, anybody know or aware where to find the resolution for the following aspect ratio for 4K 1.85:1 Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic 2.40.:1 Cinema 2.55:1 Cinema Scope 2.75:1 Ultra Panavision 70 3.00:1 Su | Re: Resolution for Aspect Ratio(s)
by gary adcock 5 years ago
Jeremy Garchow "Then take 4096 and divide by the aspect ratio, and that gives you the height." It does not quite work that way as the aspect ratios were devised for Film standards and not digital . A
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| | | |  | AJA IO4K HDMI In SDI OUTby Jeffrey Lonigro 6 years agoI am trying to use the IO4K to take an HDMI input from an on camera EVF(Zacuto) feed into the IO4K and get SDI out to an external monitor. Is this possible I can't seem to get any output. | Re: AJA IO4K HDMI In SDI OUT
by gary adcock 6 years ago
Yes A proper converter (FYI have you tried using a DVI to HDMI adapter on the back of the monitor ) The frame rate and format of the video are as important as the gear when patching signals through de
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| | | | | 23.98p and 25p in one project?by juergen steinbrecher 6 years agoHey there, I am preemptively sorry if that turns out to be a stupid question, but I can not find a definite answer (or work flow) for my problem in any of the other threats. And it goes like this: I b | Re: 23.98p and 25p in one project?
by gary adcock 6 years ago
juergen steinbrecher "The problem is that my video camera can only shoot in these frames rates:" What is your point There was a time when video cameras only shot one frame rate based on where you bou
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| | | | | GH4 will not update to Firmware 2.0by gary adcock 6 years agoOk. My GH4 is stuck on the V.1.1 firmware and I have tired everything to get the camera to update to V2.0 without success. Tired 3 different batteries charged to max 4 different SD cards card in befor | Re: GH4 will not update to Firmware 2.0
by gary adcock 6 years ago
Mike Hinkel "I had the same problem." Yeah, Translations always lack something. going to try using Windows for DL and transfer, sometimes that can work. gary adcock Studio37 Post and Production Workf
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| | | |  | Arri to Avid workflowby Trevor Ambrose 6 years agoHi Guys, I'm an editor and I need to decode what a cinematographer is saying to me. He's shooting on Arri and I want to know what to tell the lab in terms of transcoding to create Avid media. Cinemato | Re: Arri to Avid workflow
by gary adcock 6 years ago
Trevor Ambrose "Cinematographer's quote: "I will be shooting with the Arri Amira, so a prores 4.4.4 workflow just like Alexa." Will I be getting the normal DNxHD 36 (HD1080p) media or do I ask the la
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| | | |  | OSX Mavericks IP over thunderboltby daniel lai 7 years agoGooday Guys, Just notice some new feature added into OSX Mavericks. It's IP over Thunderbolt. Here is the link that state about the features : http: www.apple.com thunderbolt You can read about it unt | Re: OSX Mavericks IP over thunderbolt
by gary adcock 7 years ago
Rick Lang " is in System Preferences Network. On a Mac with Thunderbolt, it shows up when you click the + button to add a network connection." yup, the same place is is for selecting IP over both FW
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| | | |  | Question concerning Pro Res 422by Jonny Cates 7 years agoI recently shot a large movie project shot with three different cameras in 1920 x1080 30fps (all mov files at this point). This footage combined is around 160 GB, and 160 GB converted to pro res is go | | | | |
| | | | | Exporting 10 bit uncompressed at 4:4:4:4by pat kelley 8 years 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 | | | | |
| | | | | WARNING 10.8.2 update Breaks SxS Driverby gary adcock 8 years 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 | | | | |
| | | | | workflow 1080p50by Johannes Fritsche 8 years 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 8 years 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 8 years 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 years 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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| | | | | ProRes 4444 playback problemby Hema Gego 8 years agoHi, i have Final Cut pro 6, and i have a 12core Mac pro, 16 GB, External storage with speed 800MB sec, blackmagic HD 3D extreme, but still i have problem when i set the sequence setting to Prores 4444 | Re: ProRes 4444 playback problem
by gary adcock 8 years ago
PR 4444 was not enabled until FCP7 gary adcock Studio37 Post and Production Workflow Consultant Production and Post Stereographer Chicago, IL http: blogs.creativecow.net 24640 follow me on Twitter @ga
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| | | | | Standards Conversionby Guy Masonwells 9 years agoHey Guys, Trying to set up an efficient workflow in regards to standards conversion. Is there any known current software applications or add-ons that can convert PAL- NTSC or vice versa on the fly out | Re: Standards Conversion
by Guy Masonwells 9 years ago
That definitly sounds like an option. Also, I should have mentioned that the footage will be used for broadcast internationally. Do you still think it is a suitable method Cheers
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