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Forum: Capturing Video 2nd December 2005, 17:56
Replies: 112
Views: 43,645
Posted By trevlac
@dokworm I said ... "I'm not sure ..." ...

@dokworm

I said ... "I'm not sure ..."

The reason I'm not sure is that there are at least 3 things involved ...

1) The contrast of the scene: In this case the projection/reflection of Fred's...
Forum: Avisynth Usage 2nd December 2005, 15:22
Replies: 14
Views: 3,256
Posted By trevlac
@Rain_1 How did you obtain the images? I'm...

@Rain_1

How did you obtain the images? I'm interested in all the theories here ... but knowing a little more about the source would be nice.

My (wild) guess is that it is cartoon network from...
Forum: Capturing Video 1st December 2005, 22:09
Replies: 112
Views: 43,645
Posted By trevlac
There are more steps in the range from black to...

There are more steps in the range from black to white on film.
There are 256 in 8bit video.

He suggests 2 captures grabbing the low and then high range. (I think)
Over expose the full range to...
Forum: Avisynth Usage 30th November 2005, 22:32
Replies: 14
Views: 3,256
Posted By trevlac
Blur or a smoother. You could even try to do a...

Blur or a smoother. You could even try to do a bilinear size down and then back up.

It does sure look like that ringing stuff I sometimes read about :) Interesting that it is not on both sides...
Forum: Capturing Video 9th November 2005, 15:52
Replies: 0
Views: 828
Posted By trevlac
High Speed Capture (Filming)

Anyone ever come across a cheap way to do high speed filming?

Best I can figure .... I can grab 60 frames/ps with DV by giving up resolution.

Has anyone seen a method of using something like an...
Forum: Avisynth Usage 8th November 2005, 17:48
Replies: 23
Views: 40,731
Posted By trevlac
At the risk of introducing a different but...

At the risk of introducing a different but probably not better way .... :D

I added some functionality to Tweak a little while ago to allow targeting specific hues and saturation levels (secondary...
Forum: DV 3rd November 2005, 21:09
Replies: 12
Views: 3,529
Posted By trevlac
I'm not sure if I was supposed to respond ......

I'm not sure if I was supposed to respond ... frankly I'm an amature but a few years beyond newbie now. :D But here are some shooting issues ...

Technical in nature:

White balance: Auto has...
Forum: General Discussion 2nd November 2005, 14:53
Replies: 7
Views: 2,191
Posted By trevlac
"Reality is frequently inaccurate." ...

"Reality is frequently inaccurate."

:D
Forum: DV 2nd November 2005, 14:49
Replies: 12
Views: 3,529
Posted By trevlac
I find this question to be really interesting on...

I find this question to be really interesting on this forum (DV).

Going from DV to a DVD is not nearly as complex as getting an image(and sound) on a DV tape.

However, people seem to take the...
Forum: DV 30th September 2005, 18:53
Replies: 4
Views: 2,613
Posted By trevlac
Highly saturated blue and red lines running both...

Highly saturated blue and red lines running both vertical and horizontal. Preferably on a light grey (close to white) background. Throw in a black line for pure luma comparison.

It would be best...
Forum: DV 15th September 2005, 13:13
Replies: 10
Views: 3,424
Posted By trevlac
Ah ... yes. I couldn't remember if you were US...

Ah ... yes. I couldn't remember if you were US or not. Your profile gave no hints.
Forum: DV 14th September 2005, 12:52
Replies: 10
Views: 3,424
Posted By trevlac
In the US you can get a DVD settop recorder that...

In the US you can get a DVD settop recorder that takes in DV for as low as $100. Stores like Walmart have very nice return policies ... so there is very little risk (try it for 30 days). This is...
Forum: DV 9th September 2005, 14:37
Replies: 1
Views: 1,098
Posted By trevlac
Mics, mixers, etc. for small time DV

This is a more focused continuation of the info from the following thread:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=708308#post708308

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I don't know squat...
Forum: DV 6th September 2005, 14:45
Replies: 6
Views: 2,467
Posted By trevlac
@2B, Thanks. I did a quick look and it...

@2B,

Thanks. I did a quick look and it looks nice and active.


@theReal,

Thanks for the tips. I have a TRV900 and the mic provides nice quality sound (I'm no expert, just using my ears...
Forum: DV 31st August 2005, 19:15
Replies: 6
Views: 2,467
Posted By trevlac
Purrrfict! Thanks

Purrrfict! Thanks
Forum: DV 31st August 2005, 16:09
Replies: 6
Views: 2,467
Posted By trevlac
DV Production Techniques ....

Anyone know a good place to talk about tips and experience of DV production ... home and fun kind. Has a big effect on editing, but I guess the editing forum is not the place ...

Experience of...
Forum: DV 31st August 2005, 15:43
Replies: 13
Views: 3,464
Posted By trevlac
:D :D Well ... I did mention that you should...

:D :D

Well ... I did mention that you should get a cam with a tripod mount, that you can attach a lense to that you can manual white balance that you can manual adjust the exposure that can take...
Forum: DV 31st August 2005, 14:25
Replies: 13
Views: 3,464
Posted By trevlac
Here's my amature advice on how to get a Non-DV...

Here's my amature advice on how to get a Non-DV look.

- Use a wide angle lense ... need a camera that you can attach to

- Use a tripod. Even a cheap still camera one. But don't try to do...
Forum: DV 31st August 2005, 02:33
Replies: 43
Views: 11,716
Posted By trevlac
@bobcat Yes ... 4 different setups. Too bad...

@bobcat

Yes ... 4 different setups. Too bad we can't see a still grabbed from that mpeg you make. Here is a filtered version of your image. It does not shake on my commodore via DV out. BUT i...
Forum: DV 30th August 2005, 18:28
Replies: 43
Views: 11,716
Posted By trevlac
@Bobcat I was curious about your MPEG...

@Bobcat

I was curious about your MPEG results ... and why they did not shake. So I took a look at my commercially produced Avia test TVL 200 resolution chart (I posted a copy above) using 4...
Forum: DV 25th August 2005, 02:04
Replies: 43
Views: 11,716
Posted By trevlac
I'm as amature as they come :D So I looked up...

I'm as amature as they come :D So I looked up the MSW-900P at B&H. $39,000.

Oh My God! Is the 4:2:2 really worth it? How bout HVR-Z1U for a mear $4k? I'm not really up on the specs of HDV but...
Forum: DV 25th August 2005, 01:44
Replies: 43
Views: 11,716
Posted By trevlac
Test Results

Sony DV->Laird->commodore

Strike 1
Shakes like hell! :D Mainly in the diagonals. The color lines also flicker. Some pure horizontals flicker.

So ... I thought ... maybe the pattern was not...
Forum: DV 24th August 2005, 21:46
Replies: 43
Views: 11,716
Posted By trevlac
@Bobcat I use Vegas and have a Laird DV...

@Bobcat

I use Vegas and have a Laird DV device thru which I can pipe an s-video signal to an old Commodore monitor. From the timeline with monitor preview ... Vegas will encode the jpg to DV...
Forum: DV 23rd August 2005, 15:03
Replies: 43
Views: 11,716
Posted By trevlac
I don't see how putting it on tape and then...

I don't see how putting it on tape and then bringing it back to the PC makes a difference.

If you convert it to DV on your PC -> Copy to Tape -> Copy to PC ... is it different?

Anyway ......
Forum: DV 23rd August 2005, 14:42
Replies: 7
Views: 2,790
Posted By trevlac
This may be a silly question ... but how are you...

This may be a silly question ... but how are you going to get 'native' info out of a DV clip? :confused:

DV is of course compressed. Something has to de-compress it. The colorspace output of...
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