Recent content by chocblu

Hi All, so what im wondering is two fold. 1. In an All digital (ie no tape, like P2 or straight to disk like the SI-2k) what is the point of an Analogue I/O card like a Decklink or an AJA? what advantage does it give you? is it just better output to a monitor without strain on CPU? will FCP...

Hey All, So editing a feature. One a mac book pro, with 23" Apple cinema display. FCP 5.1.4. Footage From HVX202. So we've edited everything and in DVCPRO-HD it all looks dandy. When Exported out to the sheer codec, we have a couple of scenes that have sky scrapers in the background and they...

Hey all, In the land down under w have 240v. so given the various properties of electricity, a 1k tungsten light at 110v draws approx 10 amps right? But a 1k 240v draws 5 amps....so mu question is if i buy a 1k 110v tungsten light, if i could find a 2k bulb that would fit in the socket could i...

So, Im using FCP 5.1.4 with a sequence is the sheer codec. I need to burn in the clip names and the timecode for my post crew. Looked around on the net and found TCP Plus from Spherico http://www.spherico.com/filmtools/ ... Tested it out and worked fine. Couldnt find the full version so just...

hey all, After reading the post on light meters pros and cons, been thinking about getting a light meter. Ive got a project coming up that im gaffering on, and will alot of the time be workig one step ahead of my DOP, so getting an idea of exposure and so forth without a camera is necessary...

Hey all, Just wanting some information about ballon lights. Like what lights you can put in them? Fluros/HMI, do you have to be worried about heat? i suppose with tungsten you would have to. How are they made, has anybody made thier own. I have a shoot coming up that is a murder scene outside...

Hey all, been reading about the matrox MXO. Seems really good. However some of the stuff it does seems like a really good thing if you are working with tapes and so forth. If I am working in a tapless workflow how does it help? Does it help with colour reproduction due to the elimination of the...

Hey all, Just saw that leopard is about to be released on the 26th. Any ideas on the upgrade? only had a mac since tiger, so dont know how rocky the upgrade path is. Like the new features, dont want it to interfere with my editing tho. Cheers Mark

Hey all, right so we're doing our first feature. 90mins, very exited and frustrated, isnt that always the way. Using a HVX, editing on FCP 5.1.4, colour grading and effects on a PC in combustion and AE (i kow i know, we've pretty much done everything wrong here, but our colourist and affects...

Hi, im just testing out sheer video from bitjazz. Im using the 10bit 444 @ 25 FPS version of the codec. Going from AE 7.0.0.244 to FCP 5.1.4. And when i import it into FCP it comes in, its 32 FPS. kinda wierd. Any ideas cheers Mark

Hey All, Ive got a macc book pro and am looking for a big LCD to go with it for editing in FCP. The most obvious choice would be a 23" Apple cinema display. But i dont quite know how far out of my price range it is. I could probably stretch to one, but it would be a bit of a stretch. So, with...

Hey all, Im trying to find a suitable intermediate codec to go from Mac to PC with DVCPROHD footage. So far we've been using the 10bit uncompressed blackmagic (i read somewhere that is looses some Luma i think) and also its pretty big. So i thought about looking into the avid DNxHD. Seems like...

Hi all, im just trying to export a set of clips from FCP to combustion. ive worked out how to batch export a whole set of clips from the timeline....the only problem is that all of the clips are the same name. Its a video clip so its very chopped up. is there any way to export these in some way...

Hey, I think this is going to be a stupid question, but if i dont ask, i dont know. With the HXV, is there any way to get footage via HD-SDI? maybe this question should be, is there any point? Im not really up on this whole HD-SDI thingo, but im guessing that its one one way of getting a...

Hey all, First poster so hope this isnt too stupid a question. WE're currently moving footage between two editing suites. A mac final cut pro and a PC with combustion 4. Because we've had FC not like different types of footage on the same time line (you put 16:9 on a 4:3 time line and then...