-
Videoon 2/13/2016
Acon de-reverberate
Nice find Laurence! I have never heard of them. Thanks for sharing. Now, if we can get a plugin to get rid of wind noise... :) j razz
-
Videoon 2/8/2016
Continual Crashes with 'StackHash' Error
Glad you found a work around! Sorry it had to be a work around, but at least you can finish out your project now. j razz
-
Videoon 2/8/2016
Music Video: Video & Audio Done in Vegas 12...
Thanks JJKizak. jdw yes, that is one of them. I did not have a circular polarizer for my 16-35mm L lens. :) Bob, the narrative was that she was having a typical day at home with the kids and she took a few minutes to escape. While there her mind took her back to her college days with friends, when there wasn't a constant bombardment of questions from kids. The story then progresses to show her doing typical daily activities. Then the shift happens when she leans over the bed rail and ponders her dilemma: do I shower or do I take a nap. The song has been building and the second chorus is where you see the dream sequence (she chose to nap). In her dream she is singing with a band. That whole portion is done outside the house and away from children. You do see a cutback to the pinterest party scene, then you go back to the band. At the end, the drone spins and fades back into the bedroom where you see her sleeping (again, she chose to nap). That is where it ends with another child saying, "mom?". Thanks again all for the feedback. j razz
-
Videoon 2/7/2016
Music Video: Video & Audio Done in Vegas 12...
Thanks Bob. I do appreciate your thoughts on this. If you have anymore, please do share. Now, in the lyrics at the beginning she says she has been dreaming back to how things used to be when she was younger. But yes, it's not the strongest of connections unless you are listening closely or know the lyrics. Good catch. Now Bob, Sydney's not all there is ;) My favorite stop during my travels was a little town called Dorrigo and the surrounding area. I also enjoyed Buderim, Lamington National Park, the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Carnarvan Gorge, Lady Elliot Island... Your country has a lot to offer Bob! Now, Vivid Festival was really a site to behold! j razz
-
Videoon 2/6/2016
Music Video: Video & Audio Done in Vegas 12...
Thanks for the feedback Bob. At the beginning (where you mention the 20 second mark), it wasn't a drunk moment but a daydream moment. She was thinking back to her college days. The other parts you mention with the drone shots, I was just lucky to get any footage to work with for those segments. It was gusting over 25mph that day and out of the 30 minutes of footage I got from the drone, the shots that I have are all that I had to work with. In working with the storyboard I didn't have filler shots to use in those spots due to time constraints on the land. The spinning portion was to have gone higher and started spinning faster but we couldn't get that shot due to the wind. That whole outside scene was a dream sequence when she chose to nap over showering. Regardless of the situation, I think you make some great points. I appreciate the feedback. I am curious, given the narrative, what would you have done at the 20 second mark? The funny thing is, I saw some completely different issues that I was not the happiest about. I guess it goes to show that it is important to get feedback from those that have nothing to do with the project; they see things you wouldn't. On a completely different note, what part of Australia are you from? I thought about looking you up when I was touring the eastern coast of your country/continent :) j razz
-
Videoon 2/6/2016
Continual Crashes with 'StackHash' Error
Can you bring it into windows movie maker or iMovie and export it from there? Also, it wouldn't hurt to try using this: https://gopro.com/software-app/gopro-studio-edit-software If none of those work, then it is definitely the footage. j razz
-
Videoon 2/6/2016
Continual Crashes with 'StackHash' Error
If it is asking you to visit nvidia, then it might be a gpu issue. You should be able to turn that feature off in the render settings if it is on. You can also try upgrading your drivers for your graphics card to see if that helps. Has this always been an issue? Does it do it on other containers or codecs? Have you tried rendering out to sony mxf format and then rendering to mp4 from there? j razz
-
Videoon 2/6/2016
Music Video: Video & Audio Done in Vegas 12...
I did run into some horrible performance issues with the drone footage. They were shot with a DJI Phantom Advanced 3 using 2.7K video. The footage from my Canon 5Ds played like butter on my timeline at best full. The drone footage choked even at draft auto. I had to render it out as lossless before I could even work with it and I still got artifacting/blockiness on those shots. I wonder if it is the same problem that another mentioned regarding the goPro footage? Or it could just be that the odd resolution through Vegas for a loop. I'm running a iCore7 4720HQ with a GeForce GTX 965m and 32 gigs of RAM. j razz
-
Videoon 2/6/2016
Music Video: Video & Audio Done in Vegas 12...
Thanks Byron. You indeed did hear some distortion at 4.06. I was trying to help build the crescendo there of the bass drum by increasing the volume and gain during that ~3 second spot. The levels definitely don't lie! Good catch. Everything else should have been under peak. It was fun doing more with the audio side of Vegas. I never really challenged myself with that aspect of Vegas. The windows were blown out on purpose for a few reasons: 1. To keep the focus inside. 2. to keep the lighting/brightness how I wanted it inside. 3. to hide a rusty shed and mini-van :) Thanks for listening. And I agree, she does have a good voice! j razz
-
Videoon 11/5/2013
New local movie theater ad
I thought it was well done Laurence. I had to go back and watch it again to see the skin tone issue... apparently it didn't stick out too bad to me on the first go around, but after watching it again, I definitely see the tonal issue. However, I don't think anyone outside of those who have a critical eye for those kind of things would notice. j razz
-
Videoon 2/28/2013
USB flash drive media settings?
If you format as NTSF you will forfeit the quick removal ability. I don't know how this will play out while unplugging it from a BluRay player, etc. With Windows, you can right click the icon in the task bar and tell it to eject the media (safely remove), but I don't think you can do that with anything other than Windows based machines. This may lead to corruption of files or an unusable drive. Also, NTSF will journal changes thus causing more writing to the drive thus shortening the lifespan of the flash drive. And probably most importantly, if this is going to be how you distribute most of your media to clients, it probably cause more frustration than not. NTSF is not widely compatible- even with older systems of Windows or systems that are not computers (DVD players, Google TV, Smart TV's, etc). You will probably wind up providing alternate methods of viewing media to clients than actually having clients that are capable of watching their videos on NTSF based media. j razz
-
Videoon 2/28/2013
Camcorder for overseas trip
Sorry I am late to the parade on this, but you might want to have a look at 3rd party lenses. I use a T3i (like stated above, the T4i has autofocus) with MagicLantern firmware (it makes a videographer's dreams come true). For talking heads I use the cheap 50mm canon 1.8f lens that can be found online for around 99 bucks. I also use a 20mm Sigma (500 dollars) for the same as well as wider shots. And I have a 75-300mm Tamron for under 300 that I use for zooms. So, you could have a DSLR for stunning photos, and three lenses for under your budget. j razz
-
Videoon 9/10/2012
SOT: Best type of HDD for us editors?
Any of you tried this pci-e ssd? It seems like a great idea for throughput and is bootable, but the 2 reviews on Amazon seem to show that they are hit or miss. Here's the link. j razz
-
Videoon 9/1/2012
OT: Wall Track Mount For Camera
Jerry, the only problem is I don't want to leave the camera on (it will be used often and over a year) for that length of time. If I unplug it, I'll have to turn it back on by means of the rocker. It doesn't have a set "on" position as the rocker "rocks" between, Play, Record, and Picture mode), Off is the only position that it actually moves into. Thanks for the suggestion though. j razz
-
Videoon 8/31/2012
Object Removal
Boris Continuum Complete will do this (or you could just buy that module). I know they have a trial but I don't know what the limitations are of the trial. j razz
-
Videoon 8/31/2012
OT: Wall Track Mount For Camera
Bob, that makes perfect sense. The hand to armpit got it for me :) I did go to the link and took a look at the diagram. Your right, the hard part is going to be trying to make this and keeping it aesthetically pleasing. This did make me think about roman shades though. They don't need a lot of room as they fold in on themselves. I could use that idea ... or I could use an actual roman shade, attach it to the insert and use it to pull the cam up and lower it back down. Thanks for the ideas Bob! You gave me some things to think on and helped me think outside the box. j razz
-
Videoon 8/31/2012
OT: Wall Track Mount For Camera
Bob do yo have a link to that second idea? I promise I tried to grasp it but was having difficulty. I guess something like this: Awning j razz
-
Videoon 8/30/2012
OT: Wall Track Mount For Camera
No need for smooth movement between the up and down position. I won't be recording until it is up in the air. I only need to bring it down to power it off and to turn it on before sending it back up. I still need a way (like a pulley system) to pull it into place and then to lower it back down without it getting stuck due to pressure from the weight of the camera. That's why I was hoping someone had already thought this up and had it on the market somewhere. Thanks for the suggestions Bob- I just need a good way to slide it up and down and the rail I linked to (and your suggestions) would work fine- I just don't know a good way to raise and lower it without making something gaudy to do the job. j razz
-
Videoon 3/18/2012
Looking For A Tape Bypass Unit...
Update: So far I have recorded 3 times (30+ minutes) using this cable: http://www.markertek.com/Cables/Computer-Data-Cables/Firewire-Cables/TecNec-Cables-Connectors/DV-DV-75.xhtml. The only thing I have noticed is that after I first start recording it may lose the picture preview while capturing but it still captures without issue. If I stop the recoring and start again, it will capture with preview without issue. I don't know the cause of this but it only does it on the initial record and it really is a non issue. I spoke to the sales rep before buying it and he said that he has reports of some having issues with the cable and others not for no apparent reason (other than it not being within the firewire spec). I happen to be one of those that it is working fine for. Just thought I would report back in case anyone else is looking for something similar. It is cheap enough too! j razz
-
Videoon 3/7/2012
Looking For A Tape Bypass Unit...
Thanks Jack. I couldn't find anything on their site that looks like it would be the equivalent unless you are referring to this: http://www.datavideo.us/datavideo-product-families/datavideo-audio-video-converters/datavideo-vp-314-dv-repeater/ j razz
-
Videoon 3/4/2012
Looking For A Tape Bypass Unit...
Thanks Jack, I am avoiding an on cam option for the moment in hopes that I can find something that will let me control the cam and record directly to the PC. However, if this cable doesn't work, it looks like that will be my only choice. j razz
-
Videoon 3/4/2012
Looking For A Tape Bypass Unit...
An Update: I went with the Kramer firewire to Cat5 converter units. The first pair I got was flaky and I could not get a consistent, stable connection. I returned them to B&H and got a second pair. This pair I could consistently get a signal (by unplugging the power and plugging it back in on the PC side) but it would flake out on me at random times during a live record session. I am sending those back tomorrow. In doing a little more research I was going to go with the firewire extenders and chain 4 of them together and use a couple of 5 meter firewire cables but ran across a post (doing a google search) that linked to this: http://www.markertek.com/Cables/Computer-Data-Cables/Firewire-Cables/TecNec-Cables-Connectors/DV-DV-75.xhtml For the price, I am willing to give it a go. I'll report back as to how it goes. j razz
-
Videoon 1/9/2012
OT: Drobo storage
I use synology on a gigabit network. I have never tried to run a project from it. I use it to store finished projects and related media to keep my internal drives with plenty of free space. The transfer rates are great due to the speed of the network, but again, I have never tried to work directly from the drive. I have been very impressed with Synology and their software. j razz
-
Videoon 12/22/2011
OT: XLR Length and Latency
Why move the receiver away from the camera? The camera can take power directly from the outlet- the Sennheiser cannot as it runs soley off 2 AA batteries. I need to be able to change the batteries. j razz
jrazz
Offline, Member since 10/26/2004