Intensity now supports HV20

Thomas Smet · June 24th, 2007, 10:52 AM

The card works in any software by the fact that it creates normal AVI files or quicktime files to use in pretty much any program. Perhaps not all programs will work with the card directly but you can capture via the free capture program and then import into any program as long as they can read normal AVI and quicktime files. If you use a program that does support output from the card then you can render a new file of your timeline then use the free capture program to output to your HDTV.

Premiere of course has better interaction when used with the card but it isn't needed to use the card.

For example a visual effects artist may not use a NLE at all with the card. They could just capture clean uncompressed clips to a AVI file and then use those files in After Effects or Combustion to work with. After Effects and Combustion both actually use the card for input and output so you can do your FX work in Combustion and see what you are doing on your HDTV.

Even if you never capture material and are just a graphic designer, Intensity will work with Photoshop, After Effects and Combustion.

Peter Moretti · June 24th, 2007, 01:42 PM

Thomas,

Can a codecs, i.e. DNxHD, be added to the capture program supplied with Intensity? If not, does the capture program have built-in compression choices or is it uncompressed capture only? Thanks.

Chris Swartz · June 24th, 2007, 02:14 PM

FYI,

If you are looking to get into the Avid with DNxHD, here is the flow.

Capture using the intensity to quicktime. Import into After Effects, and export to quicktime using the DNxHD codec. You must have a media composer installed to get all the resolutions. Then open Avid and do a quick import of the footage. It's actually not that bad of an option. I've done it and it works great. I'd say it took about 5 minutes to render to DNxHD 145 from uncompressed HD out of the HV20 and into the computer via Intensity. Once in the Avid it cuts like butter. BTW 1:30 of uncompressed video was about 11 GB. Wow! Cineform cuts that to about 400 to 500 meg and the blackmagic codec is similar and looks good too.

Chris

Larry Secrest · June 29th, 2007, 01:01 PM

So in other words, I can capture my footage out of a HV20 or a Sony V1 through Intensity, they edit and process the uncompressed footage in Vegas?
Can I also convert it in something else than HDV?
Thanks for the info
Larry

Dale Backus · June 29th, 2007, 09:25 PM

Is there by chance an ETA for Intensity drivers for HV20 support AND Vista Ultimate 64-bit? I was disappointed finding out that it wasn't supported, but it seems like Blackmagic is aware of the needs of the user, so hopefully we'll see one soon?

Any info on this would be fantastic. Thanks!

Dale Backus · June 29th, 2007, 09:29 PM

Oh, and Larry - i'm not exactly the most qualified source to answer your question but...

Using the HDMI output of your HV20, you can capture to your PC via the intensity card either Uncompressed (which requires a very fast RAID array), or Photo JPEG, or DVCPRO HD compression. Any compression other than uncompressed requires some (substantial) processing power by the PC you're capturing to, but IMHO it's worth it, unless you're maybe doing lots of compositing or something. I think with the new update there may be a new compression method for PC, but maybe not. I know now you can do ProRes 422 now with the Mac (Intel-only), which is awesome.

So to simply answer your question, yes, you can capture to something other than HDV (which is really the point of the Intensity card).

Hope this helped.

June 29th, 2007, 01:01 PM	#64
Larry Secrest Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bethesda, MD Posts: 404	More precision So in other words, I can capture my footage out of a HV20 or a Sony V1 through Intensity, they edit and process the uncompressed footage in Vegas? Can I also convert it in something else than HDV? Thanks for the info Larry

June 24th, 2007, 10:52 AM	#61
Thomas Smet Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,719	The card works in any software by the fact that it creates normal AVI files or quicktime files to use in pretty much any program. Perhaps not all programs will work with the card directly but you can capture via the free capture program and then import into any program as long as they can read normal AVI and quicktime files. If you use a program that does support output from the card then you can render a new file of your timeline then use the free capture program to output to your HDTV. Premiere of course has better interaction when used with the card but it isn't needed to use the card. For example a visual effects artist may not use a NLE at all with the card. They could just capture clean uncompressed clips to a AVI file and then use those files in After Effects or Combustion to work with. After Effects and Combustion both actually use the card for input and output so you can do your FX work in Combustion and see what you are doing on your HDTV. Even if you never capture material and are just a graphic designer, Intensity will work with Photoshop, After Effects and Combustion.

June 24th, 2007, 01:42 PM	#62
Peter Moretti Trustee Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sherman Oaks, CA Posts: 1,259	Thomas, Can a codecs, i.e. DNxHD, be added to the capture program supplied with Intensity? If not, does the capture program have built-in compression choices or is it uncompressed capture only? Thanks.

June 24th, 2007, 02:14 PM	#63
Chris Swartz Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 58	FYI, If you are looking to get into the Avid with DNxHD, here is the flow. Capture using the intensity to quicktime. Import into After Effects, and export to quicktime using the DNxHD codec. You must have a media composer installed to get all the resolutions. Then open Avid and do a quick import of the footage. It's actually not that bad of an option. I've done it and it works great. I'd say it took about 5 minutes to render to DNxHD 145 from uncompressed HD out of the HV20 and into the computer via Intensity. Once in the Avid it cuts like butter. BTW 1:30 of uncompressed video was about 11 GB. Wow! Cineform cuts that to about 400 to 500 meg and the blackmagic codec is similar and looks good too. Chris

June 29th, 2007, 09:25 PM	#65
Dale Backus Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 132	Is there by chance an ETA for Intensity drivers for HV20 support AND Vista Ultimate 64-bit? I was disappointed finding out that it wasn't supported, but it seems like Blackmagic is aware of the needs of the user, so hopefully we'll see one soon? Any info on this would be fantastic. Thanks!

June 29th, 2007, 09:29 PM	#66
Dale Backus Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 132	Oh, and Larry - i'm not exactly the most qualified source to answer your question but... Using the HDMI output of your HV20, you can capture to your PC via the intensity card either Uncompressed (which requires a very fast RAID array), or Photo JPEG, or DVCPRO HD compression. Any compression other than uncompressed requires some (substantial) processing power by the PC you're capturing to, but IMHO it's worth it, unless you're maybe doing lots of compositing or something. I think with the new update there may be a new compression method for PC, but maybe not. I know now you can do ProRes 422 now with the Mac (Intel-only), which is awesome. So to simply answer your question, yes, you can capture to something other than HDV (which is really the point of the Intensity card). Hope this helped.