If you're talking about making things move on circular paths, that's more difficult. What I would suggest doing is positioning the anchor point for th...
I've never actually used the HVX to date, but I believe that it is capable of shooting up to 60fps progressive in-camera. This is definitely the wa...
quote:?i?Originally posted by digitalblade?/i? ?br? unfortunately there is no software that does it. there are colourists who use software/hardware ...
What do you mean by "terrible?" Color balance? Gamma? Something wonky with the interlacing? Using a TV to preview your footage as you edit will def...
Let me play devil's advocate for a moment here and defend film schools (full disclosure: I'm a second-year film major at the Minneapolis College of Ar...
Just looked it up. IMX is a variety of MPEG-2 compression used by digital betacam and XDCAM cameras. ----------------- Andrew Gingerich Exploding...
I hear tell that the new version of Soundtrack Pro (included in Final Cut Studio 2) has some very intuitive tools for mixing 5.1 surround sound, altho...
There are definitely some expendables you don't have on the list here (conversion gels, gaff tape, c-47s, etc.), but this looks like a solid kit. I'm ...
It's clear that you were thinking about color here, and I think you've made some very effective choices in that regard. I also think the cutting style...
Complicated things: Since HDV originates as 1440x1080 rather than 1920x1080, the picture has to be stretched out for normal playback. So if you exp...
Sydney Pollack edits a lot of his own films, as did a bunch of the greats (Frank Capra, George Stevens, even George Lucas did his own editing on THX-1...
Looks like they gave the image a very strong vertical blur and dropped it on top of the original footage with an additive blending mode. I've heard...
It all depends on the look you want. I personally love wide-angle shots and consider my wide-angle lens to be my single most-used piece of equipment, ...
The new version of FCP studio (announced at NAB this month) includes a new program called Color, which is made specifically for advanced color grading...
I like the HC1 just fine, except that it's rather noisy in low-light. I'd say that HDV is the most tried-and-true format for consumer-level HD video, ...