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by Arkady Bolotin
11 Jul 2010 17:17
Forum: Editing, color correction, media authoring, and web publishing
Topic: Color correction - Tips & advice
Replies: 9
Views: 16997

Re: Color correction - Tips & advice

Doughie, in the last picture of your crush (yet sufficient) syllabus on the Vegas Pro 9, I see Film Effects FX, so I infer you employ this add-in in your video. Would you care to elaborate on its usage please?
by Arkady Bolotin
10 Jul 2010 16:40
Forum: Editing, color correction, media authoring, and web publishing
Topic: Color correction - Tips & advice
Replies: 9
Views: 16997

Re: Color correction - Tips & advice

Kudos to Stephan’s `few ideas’ about color correction. I fully agree with all of them. His suggestions are must-read for everyone who is interested in improving or artistically enhancing a video production. I would like to add just one practical recommendation. You may want a “better looking video” ...
by Arkady Bolotin
08 Jul 2010 18:24
Forum: Editing, color correction, media authoring, and web publishing
Topic: Editing AVCHD clips
Replies: 5
Views: 8627

Editing AVCHD clips

I have been busy of late intensively toying with Vegas Pro 9.0 (build 10e). It is not that I am fond of post processing and stuff, but I was asked to evaluate the product by our university dean, so I could not reject the offer. I started from scratch and yet managed to finish a couple of projects wi...
by Arkady Bolotin
29 Jun 2010 16:20
Forum: Sony AVCHD - High-end / 3-sensor camcorders - NXCAM
Topic: Changing the settings of AX2000 recordings: GAMMA
Replies: 5
Views: 14418

Changing the settings of AX2000 recordings: GAMMA

Apropos of the picture profile items (such as SHARPNESS, COLOR LEVEL/PHASE, WB SHIFT, etc.), I have made a full circle. At the beginning, I was in love with them, exploring them, adjusting each of them in any imaginable direction. However, later on, I put them back to their default values realizing ...
by Arkady Bolotin
27 Jun 2010 14:29
Forum: Video DSLRs
Topic: Camcorder vs. DSLR: an indie filmmaker's perspective
Replies: 18
Views: 55351

Re: Camcorder vs. DSLR: an indie filmmaker's perspective

I have a slightly different approach to the “Camcorders or DSLR” dilemma. Without diving into technical details, my point is this. Theoretically both devices (SLR digital cameras and camcorders) take pictures, therefore they have (again, pure theoretically) a great deal of components in common, and ...
by Arkady Bolotin
24 Jun 2010 22:45
Forum: Shooting tips and accessories
Topic: 3D Shooting
Replies: 8
Views: 17631

Re: 3D Shooting

Hmm, it’s hard to say: the photos I saw were taken from the left angle whereas the picture in the announcement you pointed out shows the right side of the new camera. However, since Panasonic has introduced only one new Full HD 3D camcorder I must concur, yes, this is the one. Thank you Stephan for ...
by Arkady Bolotin
24 Jun 2010 14:45
Forum: Shooting tips and accessories
Topic: 3D Shooting
Replies: 8
Views: 17631

Re: 3D Shooting

It seems I was too late with my stupid advices to use alternative depth cues (for creating 3D look). But whom I am kidding? Everyone knows that the most widely accepted 3D would be a parallax-based video and wants a piece of that marvelous 3D technology. Therefore, you do not have to be a fortunetel...
by Arkady Bolotin
23 Jun 2010 18:02
Forum: Sony AVCHD - Consumer / single-sensor camcorders
Topic: XR520VE - x.v. colour
Replies: 4
Views: 8049

Re: XR520VE - x.v. colour

Something about x.v. Color. Let us take the Munsell Color Cascade as a color representation benchmark (this is a highly saturated, color chart consisting of 48 hues and 16 levels of lightness for 768 colors). Then we will find that a typical Plasma or LCD TV circa 2008 can only represent 55% of the ...
by Arkady Bolotin
23 Jun 2010 16:07
Forum: Sony AVCHD - High-end / 3-sensor camcorders - NXCAM
Topic: Upgrade to NX5U from FX1?
Replies: 4
Views: 10483

Re: Upgrade to NX5U from FX1?

The zoom ring of Sony’s V1/FX7 and NX5/AX2000 camcorders conducts in a similar way: if you turn the ring and since that, you will touch neither the power zoom level, nor the handle zoom, the zoom will stay in the same position even though you switch the cam off. On one occasion in this forum (to be ...
by Arkady Bolotin
23 Jun 2010 14:20
Forum: Sony AVCHD - Consumer / single-sensor camcorders
Topic: Trouble exporting files from PMB into HD
Replies: 3
Views: 8451

Re: Trouble exporting files from PMB into HD

The AX2000 was not on the list of the camcorders supported by Picture Motion Browser because this camera is shipped (as well as the NXCAM branded pro camcorder HXR-NX5) together with the Sony Content Management Utility (CMU) software. (This is why I hate abbreviations – people easily forget to decip...