Preset Footage, adapting (Panalook)

Eric Weiss · October 4th, 2007, 11:11 PM

Here's the A1, GL2 and HV20 working together in Puerto Vallarta for a baby sea turtle release.

No color correction yet, so you can see the difference. All footage is right from the cams. HDV to SD with a letterbox mask on the GL2.

The GL2 was in an Ewa-Marine housing.

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1227717682

Steve Yager · October 10th, 2007, 10:38 PM

its on the front page at www.eldersofthedarktower.com

on a side note, does anyone have a good workflow for getting good looking flv from FCP to Visual Hub?

Steve Yager · October 24th, 2007, 02:45 PM

www.eldersofthedarktower.com

Although this is a sketch, I think I would set up the lighting exactly the same for a real interview. Its a Lowell dvcreator 55 kit. There's a Rifa55 on the left as key light, a Omni light with an umbrella bounce for fill on the right, and a 250w pro light for a back light. The windows are also giving a nice blue back light. Mic is a AT897. Preset is vividRGB. It turned out a little red with the multiple format conversions. And yes, that's me with the awesome 'stache. Thanks for taking a look!

Jerome Cloninger · October 25th, 2007, 10:02 PM

I was playing around a little tonight with this BRIGHT moon we have here...

http://www.jcdv.com/WMV/timelapse_moon.wmv

BTW, this is actually 2 clips into 1. The moon was shot first, then I shot the treeline. I played with the alpha channel on the moon and overlaid it on the tree shots.....

John Lofton IV · October 26th, 2007, 11:55 AM

Hey Everybody,

Last week I decided to bring the A1 to poker night (a weekly tradition at my buddy's house). This was obviously a risky decision, considering there was alcohol involved. Luckily, not everybody showed up so it was a small game and nothing was broken.

ANYWAY, on to the stuff you guys actually care about ;D

First off, most importantly, I shot this in DV 16:9.

For the color segments, I used the Pana35 preset, and for the B&W segment I used the B&W preset (from the preset downloads sticky).

Shot in 60i in AV mode entirely at F1.6 (might have shifted slightly when I zoomed in).

Edited in Final Cut Pro. Filters added were CGM Brightness & Contrast, Stylize-->Vignette, and CGM Timewarp FF.

Editing time: Approximately 6 hours on and off while at work.

Enjoy! And, as always, please let me know what you think!*

http://www.loftonfilms.com/PokerNight.html

*Disclaimer: No animals were harmed during the filming of this short. All rowdiness was directed by John Lofton IV. We aren't really that crazy, I swear. Drink responsibly, especially when playing poker for money with your friends. This video may cause the inexplicable urge to jump up out of your chair and dance. Thank you.

Doug Davis · October 27th, 2007, 11:29 AM

I like it overall, great idea... The only thing I wasn't really a big fan of was the vignette only because in the center it seemed to be very substantial where the vignette stops mid way in to the frame... Maybe if you expanded it out and feathered it a little it might look just a tad smoother... But overall I really thought it was pretty cool...

Buba Kastorski · October 29th, 2007, 10:31 PM

WOW.
Nice!

Michael Stern · November 8th, 2007, 05:13 PM

Enjoy guys. here's the link:

http://www.mabusinc.com/destructive.html

My site is www.mabusinc.com

Mike

Doug Davis · November 9th, 2007, 11:05 AM

Had you previously posted this one on DVXuser? I think I've seen it before...

Michael Maisuradze · December 1st, 2007, 05:13 AM

Hello

3 days ago I bought CANON XH A1. This is my first footage... There is some problems with light strobe (sorry that), but i did not used any special lights, softboxes or sth.else. I just made some colour correction by hx a1 (custom preset) and that's all!
I tried to show DOF of this camera. And this is it: www.contrust.ge/canon_first.mov = 28Mb

Mike

Bo Sundvall · December 11th, 2007, 02:57 PM

Hi

I just don't get it. Why didn't Canon made it possible to record to the SD card in the XH-A1? As I understand the write speed to a SD Ultra II SDHC is about 9MB/s and HDV has a bitrate of 2,5MB/s (25Mbit) so speed can't be a problem. I've tried to save a HDV file on a SD card and there was no problem playing it on my PC fom the card. A firmware upgrade to handle recording to a SD card would be a nice christmas present. Perhaps sometime in the future when/if 16MB SDHC card will store more than one hour of HDV footage. Or an external cheap SD recorder connected to FireWire instead of an expensive hard disk recorder.

Or am I simply asking to much??

Regards,

/Bo

Bo Sundvall · December 11th, 2007, 03:33 PM

Sorry, this post should not have shown up here, but in the "Canon XH G1/XH A1 HDV Camcorders" section. I don't know how to move it!

/Bo

Farid Bouchakour · December 22nd, 2007, 12:30 PM

A low light situation,have to put some level correcion to get this kind of look!
http://www.bouchakour.de/video/samourei.mov

cheers

Sean Sanczel · December 24th, 2007, 03:13 AM

Hi

Okay, I know this is goofy video, but I just did it for my girlfriends birthday for fun. I shot it and edited it in half a day, sooo...

And it does have a lot of "in" jokes, so sorry about that.

Just thought I'd see what anyone thought of the effort. And the white background and such. Also you might get a laugh.

Check it out... (BTW, I'm waiting on th LetusExtreme which I just ordered a couple of days ago... wheee!)

Thanks!
Sean

http://www.sanczel.com/jessbirthdayvid.htm

Thato Dadson · December 26th, 2007, 07:38 PM

Here is a poem i shot for my friend its a poem about love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF3kMTBO2n4

btw i just want to add that youtube hurt the quality of the video

October 4th, 2007, 11:11 PM	#61
Eric Weiss Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Philly,PA Posts: 360	XH-A1, GL2, and HV20 doin' it for the turtles. Here's the A1, GL2 and HV20 working together in Puerto Vallarta for a baby sea turtle release. No color correction yet, so you can see the difference. All footage is right from the cams. HDV to SD with a letterbox mask on the GL2. The GL2 was in an Ewa-Marine housing. http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1227717682

October 10th, 2007, 10:38 PM	#62
Steve Yager Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 157	New Elders Sketch its on the front page at www.eldersofthedarktower.com on a side note, does anyone have a good workflow for getting good looking flv from FCP to Visual Hub?

October 24th, 2007, 02:45 PM	#63
Steve Yager Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 157	Anniversary interview www.eldersofthedarktower.com Although this is a sketch, I think I would set up the lighting exactly the same for a real interview. Its a Lowell dvcreator 55 kit. There's a Rifa55 on the left as key light, a Omni light with an umbrella bounce for fill on the right, and a 250w pro light for a back light. The windows are also giving a nice blue back light. Mic is a AT897. Preset is vividRGB. It turned out a little red with the multiple format conversions. And yes, that's me with the awesome 'stache. Thanks for taking a look!

October 25th, 2007, 10:02 PM	#64
Jerome Cloninger Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: East TN Posts: 415	Timelapse Full Moon Shot I was playing around a little tonight with this BRIGHT moon we have here... http://www.jcdv.com/WMV/timelapse_moon.wmv BTW, this is actually 2 clips into 1. The moon was shot first, then I shot the treeline. I played with the alpha channel on the moon and overlaid it on the tree shots..... __________________ Jerome www.jeromecloninger.com Last edited by Jerome Cloninger; October 26th, 2007 at 05:55 AM.

October 26th, 2007, 11:55 AM	#65
John Lofton IV Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Silver Spring, Maryland Posts: 79	"Poker Night" Testing Pana35 + B&W presets, Timelapse Hey Everybody, Last week I decided to bring the A1 to poker night (a weekly tradition at my buddy's house). This was obviously a risky decision, considering there was alcohol involved. Luckily, not everybody showed up so it was a small game and nothing was broken. ANYWAY, on to the stuff you guys actually care about ;D First off, most importantly, I shot this in DV 16:9. For the color segments, I used the Pana35 preset, and for the B&W segment I used the B&W preset (from the preset downloads sticky). Shot in 60i in AV mode entirely at F1.6 (might have shifted slightly when I zoomed in). Edited in Final Cut Pro. Filters added were CGM Brightness & Contrast, Stylize-->Vignette, and CGM Timewarp FF. Editing time: Approximately 6 hours on and off while at work. Enjoy! And, as always, please let me know what you think!* http://www.loftonfilms.com/PokerNight.html *Disclaimer: No animals were harmed during the filming of this short. All rowdiness was directed by John Lofton IV. We aren't really that crazy, I swear. Drink responsibly, especially when playing poker for money with your friends. This video may cause the inexplicable urge to jump up out of your chair and dance. Thank you.

October 27th, 2007, 11:29 AM	#66
Doug Davis Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Birmingham Alabama Posts: 259	I like it overall, great idea... The only thing I wasn't really a big fan of was the vignette only because in the center it seemed to be very substantial where the vignette stops mid way in to the frame... Maybe if you expanded it out and feathered it a little it might look just a tad smoother... But overall I really thought it was pretty cool... __________________ "The only thing the camera sees is light..." http://www.GoWildOlive.com

October 29th, 2007, 10:31 PM	#67
Buba Kastorski Trustee Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,414	WOW. Nice!

November 8th, 2007, 05:13 PM	#68
Michael Stern New Boot Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: port jefferson station NY Posts: 11	MUSIC VIDEO with Brevis and Canon XH A1 Enjoy guys. here's the link: http://www.mabusinc.com/destructive.html My site is www.mabusinc.com Mike

November 9th, 2007, 11:05 AM	#69
Doug Davis Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Birmingham Alabama Posts: 259	Had you previously posted this one on DVXuser? I think I've seen it before... __________________ "The only thing the camera sees is light..." http://www.GoWildOlive.com

December 1st, 2007, 05:13 AM	#70
Michael Maisuradze Tourist Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Tbilisi Posts: 3	my first footage with DOF Hello 3 days ago I bought CANON XH A1. This is my first footage... There is some problems with light strobe (sorry that), but i did not used any special lights, softboxes or sth.else. I just made some colour correction by hx a1 (custom preset) and that's all! I tried to show DOF of this camera. And this is it: www.contrust.ge/canon_first.mov = 28Mb Mike

December 11th, 2007, 02:57 PM	#71
Bo Sundvall Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 244	Why no record to SDHC? Hi I just don't get it. Why didn't Canon made it possible to record to the SD card in the XH-A1? As I understand the write speed to a SD Ultra II SDHC is about 9MB/s and HDV has a bitrate of 2,5MB/s (25Mbit) so speed can't be a problem. I've tried to save a HDV file on a SD card and there was no problem playing it on my PC fom the card. A firmware upgrade to handle recording to a SD card would be a nice christmas present. Perhaps sometime in the future when/if 16MB SDHC card will store more than one hour of HDV footage. Or an external cheap SD recorder connected to FireWire instead of an expensive hard disk recorder. Or am I simply asking to much?? Regards, /Bo

December 11th, 2007, 03:33 PM	#72
Bo Sundvall Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 244	Sorry, this post should not have shown up here, but in the "Canon XH G1/XH A1 HDV Camcorders" section. I don't know how to move it! /Bo

December 22nd, 2007, 12:30 PM	#73
Farid Bouchakour Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 25	kiddie short A low light situation,have to put some level correcion to get this kind of look! http://www.bouchakour.de/video/samourei.mov cheers

December 24th, 2007, 03:13 AM	#74
Sean Sanczel Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 31	Silly Music Video - XH A1 Hi Okay, I know this is goofy video, but I just did it for my girlfriends birthday for fun. I shot it and edited it in half a day, sooo... And it does have a lot of "in" jokes, so sorry about that. Just thought I'd see what anyone thought of the effort. And the white background and such. Also you might get a laugh. Check it out... (BTW, I'm waiting on th LetusExtreme which I just ordered a couple of days ago... wheee!) Thanks! Sean http://www.sanczel.com/jessbirthdayvid.htm

December 26th, 2007, 07:38 PM	#75
Thato Dadson New Boot Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Newark, Delaware, USA Posts: 15	Premonition of my Heart Here is a poem i shot for my friend its a poem about love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF3kMTBO2n4 btw i just want to add that youtube hurt the quality of the video