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I have been shooting in 720p at 24pn and editing in 720p 24p in Adobe Premiere. But I am starting to do some outside night shoots and the lights available don't make for the best shots. I know that I can get better shots with the camera though... I am thinking about shooting in 1080i 24p, I...

Hi guys, I shot a 2 hour program the other night on 2 cards. The first card is a 32 gig E-Series card that is fairly new. I haven't had this issue yet with it but for some reason Premiere Pro CS 5.5 won't import the files. I have tried to drag the contents folder in and I have tried to drag...

This is what I just got from another export out of Premiere.

I have had this issue happen with 2 different projects in the past week. One was a 720x480 standard def 30 second spot. This new project is a 720p 4 minute slide video with no audio. The export in Premiere either exports but cuts the export short. Or it exports and I get an error in Premiere...

I am going to be shooting at a furniture store in the near future with the HPX 170 and am looking for some technical advice. The owner of the store is going to be on camera talent and he likes traditional straight forward shots without any crazy angles, just straight on. I am looking to get...

I shoot a lot of car ads in an outside lot where I don't have control over lighting and have to zoom and am not so close up to the subject in order to fit in the cars we advertise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaRTKc54vmM I am shooting 480i/30P in DVCPRO mode on the HPX-170. I have to shoot...

I am shooting with an HPX-170. I am editing with a Quad G5 running OS X 10.4.11 and FCP 6.0.4 and a G5 running OS X 10.4.2 and FCP 5. I shoot on a 16 GB P2 R Series card in standard definition, either DVC or DVC50 mode depending on how soon I can dump the card off and what I have to shoot. I am...

I have a client that wants to open their ad with a shot of a guy that looks like he is in your TV set. The closest thing that I can think of him doing is knocking at the camera and then I add in sound effects. But it seems like that there is more that I can do for this. Does anyone have any...

I have a client that I shoot ending tags for and then I send them out to another company that produces the ads with my tags. They scale down the shots to fit in addresses and logos at the end of the spots. I shot the tag for the 1st time yesterday with my new 170. I shot in 480 60i. The...

I hooked up my camera using FireWire and it shows up on the desktop. I then copy the files to another folder. But then when I go into FCP, it says that there is nothing connected thru FireWire. Then I go into the Log and Transfer window and it shows nothing is connected and the eject button...

I just got my HPX 170 today! I absolutely love it! Except I have a couple issues... #1, there is a spot on the lense, I don't know if it is a mark on the inside of the lens, or if there is a small scratch on it. The store I got it from is closed until Sunday, so I will call them then. #2...

I have been burning DVDs from iDVD and from Toast Titanium 7 for quite a while. But it seems that a lot of the burned DVDs have problems playing on certain DVD players. It seems that it is happing more and more lately. I have 3 different brand of DVD players and the JVC DVD player always skips...

I bought a fog machine from Spencer's about a year ago. I have used it for different projects, etc. but haven't used it that much. I have never cleaned it and have never drained the fluid from it. I still have the original bottle of fluid that I bought with it, so it hasn't been used all that...

Hey guys, I am working on a video for a local hospital. I am kind of stuck on what to do, and it is driving me crazy. It seems like I have been working on it forever and will never finish it! I followed a child going through the steps to get an operation. The hospital wants to post it on their...

I have had a few problems with FCP 6.0.1. I have sent feedback to Apple 2 times, I know that they don't respond to feedback in general, but I hope that they consider them. I have had to trash my preferences about 10 times in the past week. Every time, I can't import any clips to any projects...