Recent content by creative*spark

I have seen this effect a few times in video where the subject (i.e. a person) is 'removed' from the background of a still picture. The person seems to 'float' over top of the background and the subject moves independent of the background. I cannot, for the life of me, find the example. The...

I am looking for a way (or a plugin) that will give me the 'dirty film' effect in FCP. You know, the one with the lines and hairs etc that flow through the frame. Also, the frame marker numbers that flow through as well. Is there a specific plugin that gives this effect? I want to pair it...

I am looking for a low-price camera stabilization system. Nothing fancy. I have been reading about the Fig Rig and was wondering if anyone has any experience with it. I know that it will not be anywhere near the quality of other products (Steadycam Merlin, etc.) but since I won't use it alot...

I am using FCP on my Powerbook G4. I am trying to capture footage shot in 24P (setting F5 on th dial) to a timeline on the computer. When I capture the footage and play it back on the timeline, I get 'jaggies' on the edges of any movement. When burnt to a DVD or exported, the jaggies are...

I have captured 24P footage shot on the DVX100 to FCP HD on the regular DV NTSC Timeline...with regular capture presets. Upon compression to an MPG2 file, I get vertical 'jaggies' around any of the action. This is NOT on my camera and it plays like that on LCD and CRT televisions. Sooo...I...