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Autoblog reviews all the hottest cars Click here to visit our advertiser. Add to: My AOL, MyYahoo, Google, Bloglines _____________________ [ Search ] DV Guru Do It Yourself: Super 8 Telecine Posted Dec 12th 2005 4:32PM by Ajit Anthony Filed under: The Little Guy, Gear, Web, Pro chemin_optique.gifDamn good stuff, this article details how to capture your Super 8 into a digital format by using any DV camera. Even if you do not use 8mm, I'd highly suggest the read because it covers a lot of ground gracefully. The tutorial is hard and I do not expect many of us actually doing any of this but I am sure some of you still shooting on Super 8 or wish to will find the tutorial invaluable. I found this link through FresHDV who also has a lot of things to add. If you don't feel like doing all the work and prefer spending the money, then go here. There is also a French site, that is most likely the inspiration for the article, with some excellent diagrams and images and though I cannot understand the text, the images are self-explanatory. * Read * Permalink * Email this * Linking Blogs * Comments [0] Monitor Talk For HVX200 Posted Dec 12th 2005 4:00PM by Ajit Anthony Filed under: Gear, The Shoot, Intermediate dtv1910cgu.jpgMike at HD For Indies answers a readers question: "Can the JVC DT-V1910CGU monitor handle the 24p output of the Panasonic HVX200 camera? The info on the JVC website says that the monitor can handle 1080/24psF, but would the DT-V1910CG also be able to support the 24p output of the HVX200 in 1080 and/or 720 modes?" The answer is yes and Mike's breaks it down: "The DVCPRO HD spec is built around video framerates like 23.976, 29.97, and 59.94, all of which are supported by that JVC 19" broadcast CRT I've been talking about. There may be other monitors worth considering, but this is what we bought and have been using at Color Cafe with good results." Check the article out for a more thorough answer. * Read * Permalink * Email this * Linking Blogs * Comments [0] Click here to visit our advertiser. Fill up your iPod Video with B-movies Posted Dec 12th 2005 3:02PM by Ajit Anthony Filed under: Movies, Web kongislandgrab.jpgI still have not joined the torrent circle but more and more it seems like that is where the action is. Torrents files are like P2P files but faster because a torrent does not just send one file from one place to another but instead uses the bandwidth of all downloaders of a file to pass the file faster. So the more people download a file, the faster the transfer gets. There are several illegal movie torrents but there are a lot more legal torrent files. Among those, there are about 500 movies in public domain with some old but good B-movies. Cult of Mac has some of the highlights of the available movies. And then head over to PublicDomainTorrents.com to check out the entire list of files. Next to the titles, it indicates whether the file is iPod compatible. Enjoy! * Read * Permalink * Email this * Linking Blogs * Comments [0] FireWire 12-bay Rack-mount Storage Posted Dec 12th 2005 2:02PM by Ajit Anthony Filed under: Hardware, Post-production HSB-12Bay.jpgToday, FireWireDirect.com unveiled the HSB12-RM, a FireWire 12-bay rack-mount system offering up to six terabytes of storage with support for paired RAID level zero. "The HSB12-RM utilizes cost-effective 3.5-inch IDE/PATA hot-swappable hard disk drives, and takes advantage of standard partitions, mirroring, striping, or any combination thereof. The system offers support for up to 12 x 3.5-inch IDE/PATA drives contained within a 3U rack height for space conservation. The device is 48Bit LBA compliant, supporting up to 500GB hard disks with a cooling system to improve drive reliability. The rack-mount system is intended for use with servers delivering large amounts of storage and applications that require enhanced accessibility and serviceability. The HSB12-RM is available starting at $750 from FirewireDirect.com." (via MacNN) * Read * Permalink * Email this * Linking Blogs * Comments [0] Click here to visit our advertiser. Not Paying Rate Card Posted Dec 10th 2005 6:09PM by Ajit Anthony Filed under: The Little Guy, Gear, Pre-production dolly.jpgThis article suggests that you haggle when renting film equipment. It goes on to say that it is almost expected and gives an excellent description of how to do it. "Get the dolly first, then start adding in the extras. You need dolly track. Pay for the curved pieces, and ask for the straight ones for free or half price. Go through the entire equipment list that way." I am always a big sucker for this stuff, I never ask for the deal and couple of months pass and someone mentions that they got a deal from the same company even if their budgets were bigger and their projects sucked. What? They did! Hopefully, you don't make the same mistakes, read the article. * Read * Permalink * Email this * Linking Blogs * Comments [0] Pocket Projector Posted Dec 10th 2005 5:35PM by Ajit Anthony Filed under: Hardware, At Home pocket_imager-thumb.jpgSamsung has announced plans to release the SP-P300MK Pocket Imager, a pocket-sized projector. The Pocket Imager measures at "12.7cm x 9.45 cm x 5.08cmm and weighs in at 660g. Images are delivered at an 800 x 600 resolution and with a brightness of 23 ANSI lumens. It can also work without AV power for about 2 and a half hours, good enough for an average good movie. The device should be available internationally by January 2006 at about $800." Wow, not the greatest resolution but it is enough to show something decently. I can totally see some crazy art project using these things. Maybe, even some taking it on a camping trip and watching a movie in the middle of nowhere. (via engadget) * Read * Permalink * Email this * Linking Blogs * Comments [0] G35: 35mm On Your Digital Camera Posted Dec 10th 2005 3:09PM by Ajit Anthony Filed under: Cameras, Hardware, The Shoot g35.jpgI have mentioned Mini35 before, and like that device the Cinemak G35 is able to take a 35mm film lens and place it on digital video camera. Unlike the Mini35, the G35 does not need rods, though it is recommended. This product is not available yet but some of the footage coming from the beta testers is simply incredible. The footage from this mini doc proposes that there was nothing done to the image besides flipping it (you have to flip it in post, the image in your viewfinder is upside down, check the faq for more answers). This music video is gorgeous, shot with Panasonic DVX-100A at 1/48th shutter speed with a Nikon 50mm 1.4f lens. Some color correction and flash frames were added in post. The projected price for the adapter is $999 and the various mounts will cost $150. Currently, they have mounts for the Panasonic DVX with plans to build mounts for HVX-200, XL1/2, Sony Z1U/FX1. The company is shooting for end of '05 release. Eh? I think it is tiime. * Read * Permalink * Email this * Linking Blogs * Comments [0] Old Article On Resolution Posted Dec 10th 2005 2:29PM by Ajit Anthony Filed under: The Shoot, Pro resolution.jpgWarning: Angry luddite goes on at length about the insignficance of digital revolution and its meaningless resolution. This page is OLD but is noteworthy especially with all the talk about resolution. The diatribe goes on over several pages but there are some worthy sections and if you can get past the swearing, it actually is educational. First of all, a standard full-height super-35mm film frame (ie 35mm HDTV) can easily record a pattern of up to 3,000 horizontal lines. That actually means 1,500 horizontal white lines on a black background - 1,500 white and 1,500 black lines. Similarly, it can resolve about 5,300 lines horizontally - 2,650 vertical black lines on a white background. The best available HDTV cameras available at the moment only has about 1,000 scanning lines - that alone should have you asking how can that possibly give you resolution "indistinguishable from film"? (Part two is good read and if you must, here is part one) * * Permalink * Email this * Linking Blogs * Comments [0] Click here to visit our advertiser. Robert Rodriguez Chat Trascript Posted Dec 10th 2005 2:01PM by Ajit Anthony Filed under: Production, Web rober_rodriguez.jpgRobert Rodriguez, (Sin City, El Mariachi) had a chat with some of the Cinema Confidential readers. Reader question: "For Sin City, did you shoot HD with a clean no-effects curve, then create your look in post, or did you create your look in camera/on set so that you could better light for it? Is there some ideal marriage of both?" Rodriguez: We shot very clean, the idea being that you can always do more to it later if you have the best clean signal to start with. What i did have was a rough preview system where we programmed our monitors to switch over to a black and white high contrast look, so i could see how it would more or less translate later. I could then tell if i needed more fill light, more edge light... etc. A lot of interesting questions and Rodriguez for the most part is very forthcoming with the answers. (via CinemaTech) * Read * Permalink * Email this * Linking Blogs * Comments [0] Explaining 3D Animation Posted Dec 10th 2005 1:31PM by Ajit Anthony Filed under: Development, Beginner shrek.jpgThe Economist has a very thorough explaination of the animation process in films like Shrek, Chicken Little and Toy Story. "Once the wireframe monster has been created, the next stage is to make it move. To do this, the animator identifies the location of its joints and facial features and attaches a set of control points to them. This process, called "rigging", is akin to attaching strings and a control harness to a wooden puppet, but is far more complex. DreamWorks spent more than a year setting up the rigging for Shrek, the green ogre in the film of the same name." A lot of beginner stuff which might be of interest to you 3D newbies. "The bigger studios have spent years developing proprietary software that creates exactly the effects they want. DreamWorks, for example, has developed its own lighting tool, called LIGHT, and its own rendering tool, called D-Render. Blue Sky's rendering software, called CGI Studio, uses proprietary techniques to render unusually life-like fur and grass. For Ice Age 2, which will be released next March, Blue Sky has developed special software, based on the principle of "ray tracing", to render water and ice effects." * Read * Permalink * Email this * Linking Blogs * Comments [0] How Movies Should Have Ended Posted Dec 10th 2005 12:32PM by Ajit Anthony Filed under: Web seven.jpgThis site has alternate endings to some of the most popular movies. Films such as The Blair Witch Project, Matrix Revolutions, Saving Private Ryan and Seven have new animated endings that point to the films cliched moments. It is no Pixar but the hand drawn stuff is quite good. My favorite would be the alternate ending to The Blair Witch Project with the Director attacking his actors for dropping the camera. You can either watch it as a Windows Media File (yuck) or use the torrent file. Check it out. * Read * Permalink * Email this * Linking Blogs * Comments [0] Textpander In The Digital Video World Posted Dec 10th 2005 11:04AM by Ajit Anthony Filed under: Software, Development, Post-production, Intermediate textpander.jpgTextpander is an application that simply completes words for you after you type in a string of letters, numbers or symbols. The program only completes the words that you have configured in your prefrences. So for example, if I type in the letters "dvgu" it will automatically finish the word to "DVguru." The program can work with all applications but you have the option of not using the program with certain applications. I, for example, keep the application out of my graphics program because I use the strangest set of letters and numbers to name my various clips. However, I have recently began to use the program with logging in clips within Final Cut Pro. Now if you are wondering, why I have brought up this program in a digital video site, read on... Continue reading Textpander In The Digital Video World * * Permalink * Email this * Linking Blogs * Comments [0] Boltfolio: Another Video Flickr Posted Dec 9th 2005 8:57PM by Ajit Anthony Filed under: Web, Beginner boltfolio.jpgSo the number of online video hosting sites continue to grow, with each site trying to "think different." Boltfolio is "a place to screen movies, sample tunes, swap photos, scribble your thoughts and meet extraordinary people just like you." Quite ambitious and unlike other sites that screen video's, there is actually some sort of social interaction that is happening which is one of the most important features to Flickr. Tags are also featured prominently on the site. The sign-up is free and it looks easy enough to use, so if you are interested, check it out. * Read * Permalink * Email this * Linking Blogs * Comments [0] Mac Software Round-up Posted Dec 9th 2005 6:36PM by Ajit Anthony Filed under: Software, Intermediate * sprite_window.jpgKinemac - "A 3D Real Time Animation & Presentation Software for Mac OS X. It allows you to create your own professional 3D Animations with the simplicity of a 2D presentation tool." Looks easy and interesting! ($249) * ScriptPak for iMovie HD - You need iListen but basically this application allows you to edit by using your voice. ($10) * Screenography - Screen capturing tool that capture your screen to various image, movie and Flash formats. ($49.95) * Audiomaton - A multi-purpose shareware application program which automates many common digital audio processing tasks. ($25) * Coloriage - Add color to black & white pictures. ($97) * ATIccelerator II - "Can change ATI graphics cards frequencies live, on-the-fly, under Mac OS X." A little too techy for me. (Free) * * Permalink * Email this * Linking Blogs * Comments [0] HVX200 Mania Posted Dec 9th 2005 5:19PM by Ajit Anthony Filed under: Cameras, The Shoot HVX2002.jpgThe digital video world is buzzing with news of the upcoming Panasonic camera: HVX200. It feels like an Apple product is being released with all this buzz (are you sure this thing cannot play mp3's?). Anyways, here are the links you will need to catch up with what is going on. * First, you can always search DVguru for news, old stories on the HVX200. We have tons of stories on the camera before the craze began. Mike is also reporting from the DV Expo West where the camera has taken center stage. * HD For Indies has wonderful coverage on the camera. Many readers are submitting reports from DV Expo. One of the readers is none other than the Oscar nominated (Best Song Written for Motion Picture) writer John August who is impressed with HVX. There is another report of a DP who actually has had a chance to use the HVX. The majority of these stories are very positive on the HVX but some readers suggest they have noticed some "blockiness." Mike's take on the specs. * DVXuser reader reports from DV Expo West: one & two. Check out the DVXuser forum for the HVX200, especially the FAQ. * Here is a vodcast from the DV Expo floor. * DVguru has already provided this link but it is important enough to repeat. This site has some sample footage (in all shapes & sizes) from the HVX. * Creative Cow has a section for P2 camcorders which is what HVX is. A lot of excellent discussion happening there including user reports. Join the madness! * * Permalink * Email this * Linking Blogs * Comments [1] < Previous Page | Next Page > Click here to visit our advertiser. 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