I'm trying to get some freelance work underway, being a film school graduate who's grown tired of working in a bar.
I'm shooting on a 3CCD Sony VX1000, capturing with Matrox Rainbow Runner (with Millenium II 8MB PCI) at a comression Ratio of 6.6:1 (3MB/S), editing with Ulead MSP 5 VE to preserve MJPEG quality and outputting via S-Video to SVHS.
I am lead to believe that MJPEG at 7:1 compression is equivalent to professional SVHS or Hi8 quality so I'd suspect that what I've got ain't too bad.
What I want to produce is work which, while not being strictly "Broadcast Quality", is still broadcastable. Will my gear do the trick? If not, what goes first?
Thanks in advance,
Peter Wells
What goes first is the weakest link, Pete, and your WL is undoubtedly the S-VHS "Master".
Keep the VCR for sure, as VHS (and to a lesser extent S-VHS) is ubiquitous, and can be read by all. But when you send your "proof" off as a VHS copy of your timeline, say that a mini DV master of the programme exists.
Now all you need to buy is a Sony/Panasonic DV VCR, and digitise those masterpieces.
Tom.
If you are not doing masses of work it might be best to go to a DV board then after editing you can record onto your camcorder (if it has DV in enabled). However head life has been a big topic on the previous bulletin boards so bear that in mind.
That way your end result stays at the same quality. I read an article about an aussi news reporter who used a Panasonic NVDX100 3CCD cam for broadcast work.
Regards
Dave Marsh