MR Tricorder vs. DS/AA Tricorder video
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The MR is nearly identical in overall proportions to the screenused tricorder that was sold by Profiles in 2006.
The DST/AA is too "tall" but the discrepancy is in the lower door area... I would think it would be impossible to fix.
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The DST/AA is too "tall" but the discrepancy is in the lower door area... I would think it would be impossible to fix.
k
It's unfortunate too since I would have loved to have put the medical and science scanner into the MR edition. Maybe next time I'll do a scanner comparison to replicater's scanner.
Also, I'm upgrading my systems with the new Final Cut and Motion so my newer videos should look a lot nicer. I can't import ANYTHING in FC that isn't 25fps or below so it's driving me mad atm. I think I installed it wrong, but I'll rectify that.
Capture settings? I'm not importing from the camera, I'm importing movie files that are already on the machine's hard drive. I can import the movies on iMovie, Motion ext., but I cannot for the life of me figure out why FC cannot recognize .mov files. It's maddening.
Darn my FC ignorance.:angry
No problem! I plan on doing more of these video oriented replica reviews in the future. I got a new camera on the way and I've learned a lot on how to use Final Cut and Motion in the past two weeks. I would have redone this review in FC, but the end result was ok for what I needed.
I'm going to try Tripper's advice on importing the files into iMovie and exporting them. While FC Pro loves DV, the DV Quicktime export lowers the resolution to bare bones.:sick
Tripper
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If you are running iMovie HD just hit export full quality. It will output a rather large DV file that FCP won't have a problem with. Sounds to me like you are trying to export to a Quicktime DV stream. That will kill the quality like you say.
Here's what I'd do. You have an FCP license which means it came with Quicktime pro. Open your high quality .mov with QTP and go to file export. Save as quicktime mov but hit options. Go to settings and change the compression type to DV/DVCPRO NTSC. Rack the data rate higher than the default 3000 Kb/sec. How high depends on the length of the video. This should give you a high quality DV file that FCP can read.
If you're running iMovie 09 and you're just doing simple cuts, I'd say don't even bother with FCP. A lot of simple broadcast productions I've worked on have been literally slapped together in iMovie. Shocking but hey, it works. Plus you have the convenience of direct upload to Youtube and mobileme. Media browser is cool too, especially if you score with Garageband.
Here's what I'd do. You have an FCP license which means it came with Quicktime pro. Open your high quality .mov with QTP and go to file export. Save as quicktime mov but hit options. Go to settings and change the compression type to DV/DVCPRO NTSC. Rack the data rate higher than the default 3000 Kb/sec. How high depends on the length of the video. This should give you a high quality DV file that FCP can read.
If you're running iMovie 09 and you're just doing simple cuts, I'd say don't even bother with FCP. A lot of simple broadcast productions I've worked on have been literally slapped together in iMovie. Shocking but hey, it works. Plus you have the convenience of direct upload to Youtube and mobileme. Media browser is cool too, especially if you score with Garageband.
I LOVE your video posts Jeyl.
