Chris Graham

This is great! Photoshop is cool huh question. what programs are used for touch-up effects when enhancing a scene? for example if i wanted to touch up a 10 second scene of a close-up. how do you import or are the instructions to a graphic enhancer when handing over the mpeg? is it all done frame x frame touch-up. would seem like a life long render. what programs are used. thanks

hey guys. is it ok to shoot Chroma key on S8 film considering there's more grain than the other formats? has anybody achieved good results or no problems at all?

can chroma key color be on different surfaces opposed to the standard sheets/screens? for example a rail?

I'm aware that the lingo nowadays has gone "green screen," but anyways this is an area that I'm not familiar with. I would like to test shoot/experience with the green bg. May sound corny, but I'd like to get into action films, and specifically martial arts sci-fi. I saw the film "Casshern" and I'm thinking that I'd want to do something with the same concept, but way more minimal since I wouldn't even have a budget to do all that cgi. My interest is in the green screen, and how the roughened up the entire look. the lighting was on point! Any tips on where to start? What stocks are best?

thanks for the replies, very much appreciated. I'm looking for something like Ninja Scroll style anime. If that's even possible. I've also heard of some good Flash animations. I'm really looking for anime. thanks

Thank you. I should've said 'anime.' I would like to produce a short anime, and I'm looking for some hungry indie animators who can do traditional or current trends for anime production. Something like a 5-10min. I'd love to go to Japanese sites, but boy is there culture so exclusive, and I doubt I'd get any responses in English. I'm not being judgemental, I've just heard that's the way it is. So yes, anybody know if this is possible? I have a script. I will be doing my own soundscore in High Def. I just have no experience in producing or organizing an indie anime project, or cartoon however you want to call it. Is $5K for a 5-10min realistic in the indie spectrum? I guess it all depends on what I want in particular as far as drawings, fx, etc. thanks

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thanks. what about this service you reckons -videoconversionexperts.com http://www.videoconversionexperts.com/Film...ose_Process.htm Bronze Real-Time Process Our Bronze will result in a video that is a decent representation of the film. Because this is a digital transfer, the quality loss from the film is about 20-30%. An analogue transfer looses about 40-50% of the quality which is what most film transfer companies use. Silver Frame by Frame Our Silver process results in an exact duplication of the film (no loss in quality) because of the frame by frame capture. The results are noticeably better than the real-time Bronze process. The picture is sharper and has less grain. Gold Frame by Frame Hollywood Restoration I Our Gold process includes a frame by frame color correction, exposure enhancement and removal of the majority of grain and scratches. You can see that the majority of the grain/scratches are no longer there and the colors have been corrected which results in better quality than the film* Platinum HD High Definition Frame by Frame Hollywood Restoration I Hollywood Restoration II You can see the imagine looks more 3-D, is sharper and had less grain over the Gold process. Also, if you look at the facial tones, you can see that the color correction is slightly better than the Gold.

Can anybody shed some light on the subject of single frame by frame capture on quality? I would imagine that a good rig for single frame by frame capture, even though tedious, would deliver good results vs. a pro telecine rig. Any options? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

boy I feel dumb. Ok, so the lingo is "BD-R" looks like the single discs go for $25 a pop, and it looks like I'd be spending at least $850 for a burner. Seems like Pioneer is the leading one too. hmm

More towards the indie filmmaker willing to spend on good quality... Well this past year I've been focusing on sound scores and audio tracks. I want to jump into HD audio. I've been mainly recording with Marantz units at 48khz. Ok, easy to publish on DVD. So I've learned that Blu-Ray and HD-DVD discs can simply hold much more, moreso uncompressed data which gives off more quality and basically higher resolutions for both video and audio. So, if I now record at 192khz (High Def) audio racks such as Pro Tools, Apogee, or MOTU I can simply leave it at that frequency during the final publish instead of converting or recording the audio back to 48khz-96khz (standard DVD players). The new Blu-Ray or HD-DVD have 192khz output. So to conclude, in order for me to use 192khz at final disc publish I need to burn (finalize) the disc for Blu-Ray or HD-DVD right? Or is there not a market for those type of high def discs? Can someone please explain High Def solutions for me because I want to conserve all my audio at High Definitions instead of converting downward. thanks

it's basically from some music forum where the topic was about the quality of vinyl records. so the discussion involved digital vs. analog mediums for recording professional audio/music. some individuals above, the one's quoted above were trying to bring in analogies about what they think of cinema relating to topic, so the assumptions were that nobody knew about film from that forum! thought you guys might have a laugh.

more...! "i do the same with DV" i do, i work at Sony - have done since 2000, plenty of ppl here know that - "other DV releases that year" - yeah - it did look better sync'ing: there's a lot of different ways you can go from 30(/60) or 50fps to 24 just saying the frame blending and twixtor and things, in programmes like after effects, premier, final cut, etc. looks poop and stuttery dvfilmmaker's much better for converting, it's what all the places we use recommend and being that film transfer usually costs about $350-400/minute, and there's only a handful of decent cinematographers in the country, i doubt you, your bin, or any of your children friends on some film forum have ever been in a position to afford or even investigate it i think DV usually looks like poop if you don't either do a film transfer

more responses.... "i'm studying cinematography right now - i've just finished interviewing Christopher Doyle and H3lix's point is a bad example because it's very in vogue now to do the final stage of processing on film i'll reiterate exactly how we process film at Sony right now: Digibeta 30fps interlaced digital balancing convert w/ DVfilmmaker to 24fps noninterlaced send it to a specialist firm who put it onto 32mm (which we supply) bleach bypass/silver retention then we run it back to HD here if you're on about the sync'ing thing - yes DVfilmmaker's far superior to Premier, etc. try it yourself - gives you far more options and much smoother, more film-like results... with Premier you get that cheap, shutter-frame effect"

"I'm a movie producer, I make and record everything on DV, add all the sfx in with Final Cut/Premier, etc. It's all good and done with. Because I have an irrational desire to "preserve analog film", I then have to go and record it from digital to analog film. The film itself weighs a ton and instead of having the entire film on 1 DL DVD/HD DVD, I've brought it on 4 largescale reels of film. Then because my distrobution company requests it, and since video cassettes are very low in demand, I have to convert my analog version back to digital on dvd. The result is a grainy version of what was going to be my masterpiece due to all of the conversions and reconversions." then another guy responded that with... "i do the same with DV... in films like Minority Report, the DV was all edited and layed down to 32mm where the final cinematography work (bleaching, etc.) was done... and it made that film look and feel much better than the bulk of other DV releases that year (even though it still had tonnes of pointless CGI and not much of a storyline) but services that do this to any sort of decent standard are usually very expensive... there's lots of issues with frame syncing and things i'm sure you know - whether you skip frames or merge them... i think DVfilmmaker's miles better suited to this than Final Cut/Premier" somebody explaiN or is this comedy!???

sorry, meant to say, "animated," yet static image. just curious how background effects (which included the titles) were done back in the day. however, are there any emulating digital effects today that can do this? I doubt it's easy since many background effects back in the day were actually drawn and luminated. titles and bg didn't move, everything was static. just want to know how they did it old school, somewhat standard protocol.

I love that old classic 2-D B&W feel. How did they get that video look to it? Optical effects? How can I go about doing this today? Specific machine? The cost? I literally want that original look for a small 5min. project. golden era stylee

Was there a mass letter sent out via e-mail? I probably missed. I've been posting on the S8 forum for quite a bit. No one's ever asked for my real name. I find that ridiculous. If this forum was exclusive and one had to pay a significant amount such as monthly payments for the industry's best info then perhaps I might submit, but because filmmaking isn't my forte I don't feel I need to point out my name! C'mon, where's the liberalism? Should I post my city and street address as well? Anyhow, thanks for the advice.

thank you kind sir. much appreciated. I usually dwell around the S8 forum strictly

what's the smallest form around delivering excellent results? besides the lenses of course. thnx

what's the smallest form around delivering excellent results? besides the lenses of course. thnx

or both? You know, i've heard so much skepticism from both parts, but it's an undeniable fact that you can't go wrong with an analog. it's simply the right data without discrepancy when read right. i'm sure you can say the same thing with a digital. i mean it's not like in cinematography we're choosing 100 choice increments of f-stops so does it really matter. i've never invested in a digi light meter tbh, but i do need another sekonic studio deluxe series replacement in analog. or should i check out digital? any recommendations, especially those who were at first skeptics but then enjoyed digital readers? thnx

Flying Spot: TRANSFER TO DRIVES We now offer direct to drive film transfers. The rate is $250 per hour of capture / file management, in addition to the telecine charge. We do offer a standby rate of $125/hr. We require that you provide a MAC OS formatted drive. Download this calculator from AJA, to help you understand how much drive space you will need based upon the type of files you want and the running time of your footage. Here is an example: One hour of uncompressed 1920x1080 29.97 HD would require 596.6 GB - at 23.98 it would require 477.28 GB vs. Bonolabs: The confirmation test drive is a required step for all new drive clients. It gives you the opportunity to ensure compatibility and functionality of your system and the workflow. (We are not testing your abilities, so please do not get offended by this requirement.) We'll send you your choice of one of our USB 2.0 Firewire 400 or USB 2.0 mini drives loaded with several test clips in either 1080/24p (23.98sf) QuickTime (Blackmagic codec) 10-bit uncompressed, DVCPro HD or HDV for MAC users or 1080/24p (23.98sF) AVI (Blackmagic codec) or HDV for PC users to try out on your system. The clips are of footage in the public domain and are designed to test functionality and for you to work with the display options (including the inverse anamorphic) and compare the best-light and flat transfers. There is an option to test NTSC, if you prefer. Here's how it works: $15 for each clip that you order (see the PDF order form for all your options.) you are responsible for the drive deposit (pre-authorization on your credit card for value of drive) you pay for shipping, $10 handling fee, and insurance both ways you have 3 days to download the files from the time you receive the hard drive; please keep in mind the drive is a transportation device, not a rental unit. Communication with us is key. If you need more time e-mail us with your request and circumstances. Please be aware that if we don't hear from you a late charge of $25 per day will start accruing on day 4. You are required to e-mail us with the tracking information on the return shipment date. I have four rolls that I want to send in and get over with. Will post clips for you guys too. I'm attempting for everyone's sake so that we can see results, but want your opinions. One hour of uncompressed 1920x1080 29.97 HD from Flying Spot is the overall tempter. What do you guys think. Is the Flying Spot 10-bit as well?

Recommendations? Should I wait a bit?

thanks. I'll try it tonight. With these trials does it actually let me work on do the trial runs just show how it works but not publish.