ken brown

so all these routes are essentially a D.I.? does anyone know where i can find a price sheet comparing 2800ft of super 16mm to Pro Res 422 which are 10 bit 4:2:2 HD formats Pro Res 422 which is 8-bit or 10-bit 4:2:2 SD HDCAM SR (4:4:4) HDCAM (4:2:2) or D5 (up to 4:4:4)

- The project will be finished either HD or on DVD. - I am only shooting 4 rolls worth, 400ft. Although over the summer i will be shooting a feature and will shoot about 35 rolls (14,000ft), so if you have any suggestions for that please let me know. - Ive thought about transferring to tape first as a precaution, but i just dont know if my budget will allow for the extra costs. i agree it would be more cost effective to just back up the drive once or even twice (seeing as how terabyte can be found for $350 now). i dopnt know too much about doing it offline, ill have to look more into how i can do that. it may be the best route from the sounds of it. - let me see if i understand the idea of an offline eidt though: i edit at a much lower resolution and then the EDL is exported to FCP and it conforms those cuts to the HD footage? Kind of like making a 1/2 proxy, if you're familiar with Shake...? - thank you for the HDCam warning, i was considering it, but now know that if i do put it to tape, HDcam is out!

So if i dont want to kill my computer i should go the pro res 422 route? is 422 similar to DVCPro HD? what would straight quicktimes to drive look like for FCP? i will bring this footage into shake, so better resolution is ideal, although i know by experience that 1920x1080 makes her choke a bit when processing. what type of resolution will 422 give me? i think the final form of it will be HD. I dont ever want to have to deal with a film blow-up, unless someone else is paying for it. photokem is my first choice to get it scanned. VPT in Dallas may be the best choice for me however, seeing as i am in Austin. I found BonoLabs by looking around on this site and they look pretty ideal, although i do not know of anyone who has transferred things there. thanks for your help and please feel free to offer any more advice! it is greatly appreciated!!!!

Hello, Post Production is not my strong suite, although i am going to take a shot at it. I will be editing with FCP on my macbook pro and i am wondering what types of questions i will run into when transferring my footage to a hard drive? Can anyone recommend a better format to have it transfered to? Should i have it put onto a digibeta or HD cam first and then transferred to hard drives? Any help or guidance you all could offer would be a huge help! Thanks, Kenneth