As promised on this forum longer ago than I care to think, we've released a new trial version of DV Rack with all the capability of the HDV PowerPak built in. You can get it here: http://www.seriousmagic.com/dvrackdemo.cfm.
This trial provides not only support for recording HDV clips but also enhanced resolution in the Field Monitor for DV as well as HDV. The setting that controls the display resolution for DV is Lines Displayed (on the third page of the monitor's menu). For HDV, the MPEG Resolution setting also factors in. If you're working with HDV, I strongly urge you to read the help page titled "Getting the Most from Your CPU" in the Help's Getting Started section.
I've not yet succeeded in getting a 1:1 Pixel Zoom feature implemented, but you can achieve this yourself by using the Safe Area or Grid display to the appropriate value and zooming to the area defined by that setting. If you use the Grid display, set the Grid Mode to Line. Here are the settings for the various video resolutions:
* NTSC DV: 80%
* PAL DV: 66.7%
* 1280x720 HDV: 53.3%
* 1440x1080 HDV: 35.56% (This will work only with the Grid Display because the Safe Area range doesn't go this low.)
In this trial version you'll also find a 16:9 Field Monitor (in the Components menu, it goes by HD Field Monitor") and an option for viewing letterboxing as a semitransparent shadow rather than opaque black.
For those of you who own DV Rack, a free update is in the works that will provide the Lines Displayed and Shadow Letterbox options. In the meantime, you can run this 30 day free trial to get these enhancements.
This trial provides not only support for recording HDV clips but also enhanced resolution in the Field Monitor for DV as well as HDV. The setting that controls the display resolution for DV is Lines Displayed (on the third page of the monitor's menu). For HDV, the MPEG Resolution setting also factors in. If you're working with HDV, I strongly urge you to read the help page titled "Getting the Most from Your CPU" in the Help's Getting Started section.
I've not yet succeeded in getting a 1:1 Pixel Zoom feature implemented, but you can achieve this yourself by using the Safe Area or Grid display to the appropriate value and zooming to the area defined by that setting. If you use the Grid display, set the Grid Mode to Line. Here are the settings for the various video resolutions:
* NTSC DV: 80%
* PAL DV: 66.7%
* 1280x720 HDV: 53.3%
* 1440x1080 HDV: 35.56% (This will work only with the Grid Display because the Safe Area range doesn't go this low.)
In this trial version you'll also find a 16:9 Field Monitor (in the Components menu, it goes by HD Field Monitor") and an option for viewing letterboxing as a semitransparent shadow rather than opaque black.
For those of you who own DV Rack, a free update is in the works that will provide the Lines Displayed and Shadow Letterbox options. In the meantime, you can run this 30 day free trial to get these enhancements.
