Hi Mike,
Having as much information upfront is always much better. Otherwise you
find yourself upconverting, downconverting, crossconverting, 24p, 23.98,
59.94, 29.97, 30, 1080p, 1080i, 720p...a bit of a mess trying to mix and
match. I'd aim to have everything as close to your deliverable format
as possible which will probably mean for DS - Coming out of the deck
with an upconvert to 1080i then inputting to the deck with a downcovert
back to 720p (someone with more HD experience hop in here).
Also - in relation to the three pieces side-by-side. You can watch it
on the computer but it will be really tiny and since it is custom -
won't playback on any standard monitor.
Sorry about the "eye-matching." Hope you've got a helper to help log
timecodes from the masters when they arrive.
Murf
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf
Of Mike Sullivan
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 10:05 AM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: project set-up questions
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
>
>-----Original Message-----
>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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