File-based video formats offer huge productivity benefits in terms of faster-than-realtime ingest, increased metadata and data efficency, but there are also some huge drawbacks around the less tangible aspects of video production and post-production.
When we shoot on tape we always have the tape (as long as we look after it anyway) – we ingest what [...]
Archive for December, 2008
The File-based Problem
December 24th, 2008
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Title Safety
December 22nd, 2008
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Within a PAL 16:9 video frame there are three distinct common title safety areas, they are:
16:9 Safe – basically the full width of the frame, suitable for 16:9 widescreen, and 16:9 letterbox viewing.
14:9 Safe – 14:9 is the middle ground between 4:3 and 16:9 – it is a slight crop, so the safe area is [...]
