Complete Idiot's Guide to 5dMkII Cinematography: Adobe Premiere CS4 Edition

[Richard Allen Crook]

Just what the title says. We did testing, checked out accessories, tried the firmware and software options....and came up with a quick resource for those starting off with the 5d for filmmaking. We hope it's useful. Of course if you have anything to add, please comment at the bottom of the blog.

http://crookedpathfilms.com/blog/20...to-the-canon-5d-mk-ii-and-adobe-premiere-cs4/

 

[Lee Wilson]

NOTE ABOUT FRAMERATES: There still isn’t a good fix to change the camera’s framerate from 30p to 24p. I’ve seen some fixes around on the internet…but they all cannot truly correct the framerate without slowing the video down or blending frames. (”Blending frames” is when the editing software tries to determine what to do with the extra 6 frames when you convert the 30p footage into 24p. It essentially will blend 2 frames together, making one frame at a lower opacity than the other frame.)


No mention of pixel motion type temporal conversion ?

 

[Richard Allen Crook]

NOTE ABOUT FRAMERATES: There still isn’t a good fix to change the camera’s framerate from 30p to 24p. I’ve seen some fixes around on the internet…but they all cannot truly correct the framerate without slowing the video down or blending frames. (”Blending frames” is when the editing software tries to determine what to do with the extra 6 frames when you convert the 30p footage into 24p. It essentially will blend 2 frames together, making one frame at a lower opacity than the other frame.)


No mention of pixel motion type temporal conversion ?

Nope. My point is that it's not a good idea to attempt the conversion. Period. Besides...it's 5 days out until the release of 24p- so a lecture on PMTTC isn't really wothwhile IMO. But hey...I would love to hear about it if you would like to write something about it....

 

[Lee Wilson]

Nope. My point is that it's not a good idea to attempt the conversion. Period. Besides...it's 5 days out until the release of 24p- so a lecture on PMTTC isn't really wothwhile IMO. But hey...I would love to hear about it if you would like to write something about it....

Good (very good) tutorial by the way.

Good point about the conversion thing being a dyeing art with the imminent firmware.

The only thing was that the information was - simply put - wrong ("they all cannot truly correct the framerate without slowing the video down or blending frames").

There will be people, for a while I suspect, who will have old 5D footage shot at 30p (even if they now have the new firmware) who might want to conform to 24p/25p - and there are plenty of routes that neither slow down the video nor 'blend' the frames.

No clue what PMTTC might mean !?!??

 

[Richard Allen Crook]

Updated for 2.0.7 and Premiere CS5! Also added custom export setting files and sync sound support! crookedpathfilms.com/blog/2010/02/04/complete-idiots-guide-to-the-canon-5d-mk-ii-adobe-premiere-edition-updated-for-cs5-and-firmware-2-0-7/