Thursday, June 30, 2011

Re: [Avid-L2] Re: OT: Making up zooms in post WHY Boneheads shouldn't edit

 

How about expanding a thin raster format from 1440 to 1920 pixels?
There's a 33% blowup that happens all the time, albeit in only 1 dimension.

Cheers,
--Michael

On 11-06-29 10:02 PM, Dylan Reeve wrote:
> So then, devils advocate - how much are you willing to zoom....
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> Assuming (because it's what I'm working with) you have DNxHD 185 recorded
> HD-SDI directly from a Sony HDC-1500 camera - so, a good HD signal, recorded
> well - how far are you comfortable zooming?
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> I occasionally have to reframe shots slightly to remove shoot-off, minor
> boom dips, etc... I'm typically not comfortable with more than 105% but
> could go to 110% before I start feeling pretty edgy... How far will you take
> it?
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> Dylan Reeve
> http://dylanreeve.com/
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> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 12:52 PM, johnrobmoore<bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:
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>> I'm firmly convinced cameramen still shoot zooms they just take much too
>> much time in a non linear offline to find. I guess I had it much easier
>> shuttling tape finding zooms? I know I use to have the best camera work when
>> I did Eye On LA back in the mid 80's. Those crews were the best I've ever
>> worked with and now most of them own their own camera companies and are
>> doing very well. Hmmmmmm Maybe there is a downside to sending the PAs out to
>> shoot the B and C cameras? Naa what was I thinking the been counters love
>> that not the editors.
>>
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>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, op<owen@...> wrote:
>>> almost as bad as cameramen who or direcctors who ask for snapzooms at
>> random moments in the dialogue , so it feel like a doc. ugh!
>>> Owen
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>>> On Jun 29, 2011, at 5:02 PM, John Moore wrote:
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>>>> I've posted it before but I just need to another time for my sanity, or
>> lack there of. If the camera guys didn't shoot a zooming shot then you don't
>> have a zoom to use. Especially in overly compressed SD footage that's
>> ringing already adding the oh so creative push in turns bad pixels into well
>> a , um, ah, WORSE than bad pixels. For those that like to add pushes carry
>> on and just hope I'm not doing you online because , "If it doesn't
>> absolutely, positively have to have a zoom added I'm going to rip the effect
>> off after saving it to my special Bonehead Bin and then I'm going to print
>> out the bin and stomp on the paper before marching it into your offline bay
>> to tear it up right in your face. You know some times I do let them go
>> through but today was not that day. Counting to ten and calling my sponsor
>> now. Maybe it's time for a little anger management refresher. ;-)
>>>> John Moore
>>>>
>>>> Barking Trout Productions
>>>>
>>>> Studio City, CA
>>>>
>>>> bigfish@...
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