Murf,
Thanks for the info! Very helpful. I am working on Nitris. 7.5. Regarding frame rate-- should I get a specific answer about that befroe I start? I will be doing "eye-matching" and that sucks, but there is no way around it. Thanks again for the advice.
Mike
On Wednesday, January 4, 2006 12:50 PM, Murphy, Paul <Paul.Murphy(at)fotf.org> wrote:
>Hi Mike,
>
>How are you going to match TC? Do the VHS have TC on an audio channel
>for reference? Seems like you're going to be doing a lot of
>"eye-matching" otherwise. The hope is that Nat Geo can deliver 720p
>masters to you but what about frame rate? You could do a custom
>sequence to string your three videos together side-by-side at 2160 wide.
>You'll need to DVE them into place.
>
>Are you on Equinox or Nitris? Processing could be more time-consuming
>in Equinox for this type of project. Not sure that I really have
>answers for you but those are some quick thoughts and clarifying
>questions.
>
>Murf
>
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>From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf
>Of Mike Sullivan
>Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:19 AM
>To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
>Subject: project set-up questions
>
>Hi all, I am starting my first HD project on DS 7.5. But, I am also
>doing the off-line on the same system. I am wondering what the best way
>would be to set-up my project and any other things I need to keep in
>mind. The project is using strictly stock footage from (mostly) Nat'l
>Geographic (but there may be other sources as well). What we have now
>are VHS screeners that I will bump up to Beta SP for the off-line. Once
>we have picture-lock, I will be ordering the footage in HD. Should I
>find out the final specs from NatGeo (1020i or 720p etc..) now? Can I
>set up a SD sequence in low-rez and then use it as reference for the HD
>footage? To add complexity, the final show will actually be three HD
>screens next to each other. Is there a way in DS to view three screens
>next to each other in one sequence. ie, make a sequence 720 pixels x3
>wide and put three pieces of video in it? I appreciate any and all
>thoughts on this topic that will make it flow as easily as possible. !
> Thanks a lot!
>
>
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