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Comment on After Effects CS5 only 64-bit, it’s about time! by aNgeloG

aNgeloG — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:46:26 +0000

@Kenahn: CS5 is schedualed for the end of the year. CS5 is really worth it for video, 64bit computing and +4GB RAM. Yes you can upgrade, but you have to pay for it. The choice is really yours.

Comment on After Effects CS5 only 64-bit, it’s about time! by Kenahn

Kenahn — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:53:12 +0000

I was thinking of purchasing CS4
Is there any word of CS5 coming out soon?
Should I wait or purchase it now and upgrade when CS5 comes out.

Comment on 24P Workflow by Ansel Taft

Ansel Taft — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:52:48 +0000

I think you meant, “Let’s begin:”

Comment on Canon HV30 – HD Camcorder at its best by aNgelo G

aNgelo G — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:52:37 +0000

@Ryan C: Firewire and miniDV is the same thing, image gets compressed. HDMI will bypass the DV compression. Will most people see the difference...no. Unless you present it in 1080p, it won't make much of a difference for most. As for keying, that is a different story. Because you are getting less compression in the color spectrum, keying will be 100x easier.

Comment on Canon HV30 – HD Camcorder at its best by Ryan C

Ryan C — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:36:51 +0000

So is the quality far away better than capturing through fire wire?

Comment on Canon HV30 – HD Camcorder at its best by aNgelo G

aNgelo G — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:20:39 +0000

@Ryan C: Yes. You need an intensity card: http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/ If you are capturing uncompressed footage, you will need a hard drive that can capture around 140MB/s, so you need a good Raid setup.
I will be creating myself a capturing station in a few weeks/months and I will review it on my new blog.
Oh yea, and you need lots of HDD space + a good CPU. Take a look at the min recommendation for hardware.

Comment on Canon HV30 – HD Camcorder at its best by Ryan C

Ryan C — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:12:13 +0000

So are you saying it’s possible to capture from the hv30 to PP Cs4 via HDMI?

Comment on Canon HV30 – HD Camcorder at its best by aNgelo G

aNgelo G — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:47:35 +0000

@Rob Trujillo: I couldn't agree more.

Comment on Some Tips & Tricks for Adobe Premiere Pro when working with HDV by aNgelo G

aNgelo G — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:45:10 +0000

@Rob Trujillo: I had some audio syncs issues other than dropped frames. When I play the footage in a player like VLC, everything is fine. When I import it in Premiere, at a certain point I have a red screen. At that point I start having audio syncs. It is a bug in Premiere CS4. I think this does not happened in CS3.
In general, if your footage is ok, you are better off exporting the audio in Wave before importing the footage to your NLE.

Premiere doesn’t tell you anything about dropped frames, unless you capture your footage directly from the camera with it.

I am on Windows and Mac. What camera are you using? Again it might be CS3.

Comment on Canon HV30 – HD Camcorder at its best by Rob Trujillo

Rob Trujillo — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:30:35 +0000

Also, yes, dropped frames are a PITA when sync is an issue. But you can always cut the dropped frames out and resync the video, not really a problem unless there are more then a few.