Latest little project.

pailes said:
Or shoot 4k and go for HD :beer:
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Haha.

Yup it was done in post. The res comin' out of the cam was so ridiculously sharp and clean that I gave it a shot. Also note though, that the zoom in wasn't that much at all. If you notice, the pans are really short. A little goes a long way though. I've got that video on my pc (obviously) and running on the PS3 and I see little to no degradation of quality.
 
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BTW Brad...after watching your tutorial yesterday, I figured out the one little piece I was missing and it all fell into place....

The results are outstanding...perfect slowmo....

Thanks again...
 
Baatfam said:
BTW Brad...after watching your tutorial yesterday, I figured out the one little piece I was missing and it all fell into place....

The results are outstanding...perfect slowmo....

Thanks again...
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Hey no problem. I might re-record that. I was talking as loud as I could with the wife and kids taking a nap. Wasn't the most convenient time to try and do it. haha

So which part were you leaving out?
 
Brad_C said:
So which part were you leaving out?
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The part about slowing down the clip to 40%.
I was trying to use the velocity envelope and not the playback rate under properties...

DOH!

EDIT: And BTW...your VO sounded fine, quiet, soothing, friendly...
 
Brad_C said:
Thanks man.

From top to bottom.....

HDV 720-24p
Progressive (obviously)
23.97fps
8-bit
Best rendering quality
Gaussian blur
Blend fields
Adjust source media to better match project was left checked

All native .mts files were rendered out to Sony YUV 60p (uncompressed) intermediates using proxy stream scripting. Those files were then dropped into the 24p timeline where each clip was slowed to 40%, creating the really slow and smooth overcranked effect. Some crossfades and pans thrown in for some effect.

Everything was then rendered out as MainConcept AVC H.264, 16Mbps, Best quality, 720p, and 23.97fps.

If I left anything out, let me know.
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Brad....that was amazing quality. Questions?
I have the proxy sript.. however..there is NO sony YUV 60p that I can find to convert to.
Also there is no mainconcept AVC H264 option for rendering. cOULD THESE BE CALLED SOMTHING ELSE???

I have Vegas 9 .
 
Brad..one more thing..why would you deinterlace (blend fields) when it was shot progressive??

Thanks
 
Skilled said:
Brad....that was amazing quality. Questions?
I have the proxy sript.. however..there is NO sony YUV 60p that I can find to convert to.
Also there is no mainconcept AVC H264 option for rendering. cOULD THESE BE CALLED SOMTHING ELSE???

I have Vegas 9 .
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-I took a Sony YUV pre-made template and made it my own. I went in and changed the settings, and then saved it as something else. Voila, new template.

-There are two AVC (.mp4) rendering options.....MainConcept and Sony. I use MainConcept. They're both in the "save as type" drop down box when you choose to render.
 
Skilled said:
Brad..one more thing..why would you deinterlace (blend fields) when it was shot progressive??

Thanks
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Because as far as I know (and someone could correct me here and that's ok) it doesn't hurt anything to just leave it on. I don't think I've ever had any issues.
 
Brad_C said:
-I took a Sony YUV pre-made template and made it my own. I went in and changed the settings, and then saved it as something else. Voila, new template.

Got ya..I will try that.

-There are two AVC (.mp4) rendering options.....MainConcept and Sony. I use MainConcept. They're both in the "save as type" drop down box when you choose to render.
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Yes,, I see those options...but not the codec H.264 you are refering to. Could you be more specific. Man if you could post a tutorial

And I find that (I saw it in yours as well) if you leave the deinterlacing checked..you will get a gost image on some moving shots. Dont check it and it goes away. Because its trying to deinterlace a progressive video.
 
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Skilled said:
Yes,, I see those options...but not the codec H.264 you are refering to. Could you be more specific. Man if you could post a tutorial
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The Mainconcept AVC .mp4 option automatically use .h264, as does the Sony AVC option. It just doesn't say it for some reason, but when you render using either of those, it uses .h264 as the codec.
 
DaFireMedic said:
The Mainconcept AVC .mp4 option automatically use .h264, as does the Sony AVC option. It just doesn't say it for some reason, but when you render using either of those, it uses .h264 as the codec.
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Thanks Tom! haha Took the letters right off of my screen!
 
Skilled said:
And I find that (I saw it in yours as well) if you leave the deinterlacing checked..you will get a gost image on some moving shots. Dont check it and it goes away. Because its trying to deinterlace a progressive video.
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Guess I've never seen it or noticed it. Since I don't shoot anything interlaced, I might as well just leave it off. :thumbup:
 
Brad_C said:
-I took a Sony YUV pre-made template and made it my own. I went in and changed the settings, and then saved it as something else. Voila, new template.

-There are two AVC (.mp4) rendering options.....MainConcept and Sony. I use MainConcept. They're both in the "save as type" drop down box when you choose to render.
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Brad.. Sorry to bother you again..however I have spent an hour try to do this and there is just no way using the any of the Sony options in the custom to change to 60p. There is a Sony MXF option that has a 60p. I am sorry but none of the other options do. Maybe im just an idiot...LOL

I really want to be able to render like you...but everything you are saying is just not an option in my version. Could you send me some screen shots???
 
Skilled said:
Brad.. Sorry to bother you again..however I have spent an hour try to do this and there is just no way using the any of the Sony options in the custom to change to 60p. There is a Sony MXF option that has a 60p. I am sorry but none of the other options do. Maybe im just an idiot...LOL

I really want to be able to render like you...but everything you are saying is just not an option in my version. Could you send me some screen shots???
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http://www.vimeo.com/5119837
 
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Brad! THANK YO THANK THANK YOU!!! I own computer distrubution company. You hit me up if you need anything! I will hook you up on anything!
 
One more quick question... Do you edit the clips first then render to AVI before you pull them in for final rendering? Or edit them after you turn them into AVI??
 
Skilled said:
One more quick question... Do you edit the clips first then render to AVI before you pull them in for final rendering? Or edit them after you turn them into AVI??
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Ok, I'll throw one more wrench in the gears......

as long as the 60p clips I've taken aren't numerous or really long (because remember, these YUV files are uncompressed so they end up being HUGE files) then I will use a script called Proxy Stream. I can then choose the appropriate clips and basically do a batch render from .mts to the Sony YUV 60p template I made. When you do this, you can choose where the files are going and it automatically makes the .sfk files as well.

Now if I had a loooong .mts clip at 60p and only a little footage usable from it, then I will just set the loop region around said parts and render those loops regions only. I don't know if my methods are the most efficient, but it's what I do.

I smell another tutorial.....

PS- you have a message.
 
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