Comments for Jonathan Bourke | Photography http://www.jonathanbourke.com Random musings & maybe even some photography... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:11:45 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Editing Canon EOS 7D Video with Premiere Pro by Jonathan http://www.jonathanbourke.com/blog/2010/05/21/editing-canon-eos-7d-video-with-premiere-pro/#comment-622 Jonathan Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:11:45 +0000 http://www.jonathanbourke.com/?p=1084#comment-622 Thanks for the comments. I haven't had a chance to check out your video yet (on 3g "broadband" as I type and Vimeo is suffering). Your setup sounds great - I to am on CS5.5 since I wrote this post, and it makes a massive difference. That said, I did dabble with FCPX and I love some of the media management stuff in that, and the background rendering for things like stability, people, etc.). I have learnt a bit more since, and now shoot mainly in 1080/24P. One reason is that 720P requires more light! F4@1/50th for 1080p makes it easier to capture shadows, etc. than F4@1/120th for 720/60P. Perhaps that results in muddier shadows, and artefacts after colour correction? Might be worth experimenting with 1080 to see if it makes a difference? I know that you won't have all the frames you would like for slo-mo, but perhaps a plugin like Twixtor would make up for that. Or buy a Phantom ;-) As soon as I am on proper wireless later, I will take a look. Jonathan Thanks for the comments. I haven’t had a chance to check out your video yet (on 3g “broadband” as I type and Vimeo is suffering). Your setup sounds great — I to am on CS5.5 since I wrote this post, and it makes a massive difference. That said, I did dabble with FCPX and I love some of the media management stuff in that, and the background rendering for things like stability, people, etc.).

I have learnt a bit more since, and now shoot mainly in 1080/24P. One reason is that 720P requires more light! F4@1/50th for 1080p makes it easier to capture shadows, etc. than F4@1/120th for 720/60P. Perhaps that results in muddier shadows, and artefacts after colour correction? Might be worth experimenting with 1080 to see if it makes a difference? I know that you won’t have all the frames you would like for slo-mo, but perhaps a plugin like Twixtor would make up for that.

Or buy a Phantom ;-)

As soon as I am on proper wireless later, I will take a look.

Jonathan

]]> Comment on Editing Canon EOS 7D Video with Premiere Pro by slim mapoz http://www.jonathanbourke.com/blog/2010/05/21/editing-canon-eos-7d-video-with-premiere-pro/#comment-621 slim mapoz Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:36:08 +0000 http://www.jonathanbourke.com/?p=1084#comment-621 i have converted the mov files to avi so that i can edit them without problems.but the avi clips still drag oo mch n i cant sync the clips with the audio.the clips also come with some colors like rd and you can think av dragged an effect thea.please advice me. i have converted the mov files to avi so that i can edit them without problems.but the avi clips still drag oo mch n i cant sync the clips with the audio.the clips also come with some colors like rd and you can think av dragged an effect thea.please advice me.

]]> Comment on Editing Canon EOS 7D Video with Premiere Pro by justin http://www.jonathanbourke.com/blog/2010/05/21/editing-canon-eos-7d-video-with-premiere-pro/#comment-620 justin Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:02:29 +0000 http://www.jonathanbourke.com/?p=1084#comment-620 Hey friend... First off great tutorial. I'm stuck with issues dealing with artifacts and picture quality. I typically always film at 720 60 fps landscape with the canon 7D. It gets great footage for sure, but when i begin CC the artifacts show up way to much. I edit on a PC using cs5.5, very powerful PC so I typically was only editing and cc with the native h.264 with no problem. I do a lot of surf videos, which is why I tend to shoot at 60 fp, however the artifacts are really getting on my nerve (I'm super critical to detail) I just did a surf contest, and I always CC footage to remove some haze, and its just some basic brightness and contrast, but it can really mess up my footage I think.. Heres an example: vimeo.com/35989913 Password: surfing Now I'm editing a video with an underwater pool scene, and I was color correcting until I noticed the shadows really showing some strong artifacts, heck even without any CC I could still see it, not sure if its because I'm on 720p, or what but its frustrating! I'm trying to figure out of converting the codec to somthing else will help me in after effects CC,. I typically shoot video in landscape also, and always CC my clips in after effects before exporting, which lately I think is hurting my clips more then helping, because of the artifacts. I hope you can help, cheers, Justin Jung Hey friend…

First off great tutorial. I’m stuck with issues dealing with artifacts and picture quality.

I typically always film at 720 60 fps landscape with the canon 7D.
It gets great footage for sure, but when i begin CC the artifacts show up way to much.

I edit on a PC using cs5.5, very powerful PC so I typically was only editing and cc with the native h.264 with no problem.

I do a lot of surf videos, which is why I tend to shoot at 60 fp, however the artifacts are really getting on my nerve (I’m super critical to detail) I just did a surf contest, and I always CC footage to remove some haze, and its just some basic brightness and contrast, but it can really mess up my footage I think..

Heres an example:
vimeo.com/35989913
Password: surfing

Now I’m editing a video with an underwater pool scene, and I was color correcting until I noticed the shadows really showing some strong artifacts, heck even without any CC I could still see it, not sure if its because I’m on 720p, or what but its frustrating!

I’m trying to figure out of converting the codec to somthing else will help me in after effects CC,.
I typically shoot video in landscape also, and always CC my clips in after effects before exporting, which lately I think is hurting my clips more then helping, because of the artifacts.

I hope you can help, cheers,

Justin Jung

]]> Comment on On Video Editing on a Macbook Air, Hacks, FCPX, and Waiting… by Krishna http://www.jonathanbourke.com/blog/2011/07/07/on-video-editing-on-a-macbook-air-hacks-fcpx-and-waiting/#comment-619 Krishna Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:54:27 +0000 http://www.jonathanbourke.com/?p=1924#comment-619 Hi Jonathan, Thanks for your blog. Pretty helpful for deciding on whether MBA would be suitable for me. Planning on buying i7 powered 11" Air but am worried that 4 GB RAM would be extremely time consuming (take 5 mins for rendering 1 min of HD video in mp4 format) for rendering HD videos which could be atleast 30 minutes in duration. Do you think, I could hit a roadblock with MBA? The videos I mentioned above would be home videos. I may need to render 4-6 videos of 30 minutes duration in a given year. Would appreciate your inputs on the above query. Hi Jonathan,

Thanks for your blog. Pretty helpful for deciding on whether MBA would be suitable for me.

Planning on buying i7 powered 11″ Air but am worried that 4 GB RAM would be extremely time consuming (take 5 mins for rendering 1 min of HD video in mp4 format) for rendering HD videos which could be atleast 30 minutes in duration.

Do you think, I could hit a roadblock with MBA? The videos I mentioned above would be home videos. I may need to render 4–6 videos of 30 minutes duration in a given year.

Would appreciate your inputs on the above query.

]]> Comment on Editing Canon EOS 7D Video with Premiere Pro by Christopher http://www.jonathanbourke.com/blog/2010/05/21/editing-canon-eos-7d-video-with-premiere-pro/#comment-616 Christopher Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:18:26 +0000 http://www.jonathanbourke.com/?p=1084#comment-616 WOW! What a great site – thanks for the huge effort this must have been, its so difficult starting these new projects without the sort of help you provide for us lesser mortals! Having decided to upgrade to a 7D to shoot video for my website, I had no idea that the learning curve was going to be so steep, despite being told its all straight forward! Can I ask couple of questions. I use Premier Pro CS4, and have done various Lynda and other tutorials, but I still don't grasp importing the MOV files into PPro and the matching to standard lists offered. The MOV files are containers, so how do you convert these to work properly? or are you saying that it you upgrade to PPro 5.5 this will resolve the conversion issue as they have included the codec’s etc to support these files? Given the 7D gives choices of HD and various frame rates, can you standardise in what you shoot i.e. HD 25 fps and then convert for use on web, and Vimeo etc. Clearly shooting in HD is fab, but can you reduce the files sizes to download quickly without compromising the quality too much? Thanks in advance for any help. Chris – Bath UK WOW! What a great site – thanks for the huge effort this must have been, its so difficult starting these new projects without the sort of help you provide for us lesser mortals! Having decided to upgrade to a 7D to shoot video for my website, I had no idea that the learning curve was going to be so steep, despite being told its all straight forward! Can I ask couple of questions. I use Premier Pro CS4, and have done various Lynda and other tutorials, but I still don’t grasp importing the MOV files into PPro and the matching to standard lists offered. The MOV files are containers, so how do you convert these to work properly? or are you saying that it you upgrade to PPro 5.5 this will resolve the conversion issue as they have included the codec’s etc to support these files? Given the 7D gives choices of HD and various frame rates, can you standardise in what you shoot i.e. HD 25 fps and then convert for use on web, and Vimeo etc. Clearly shooting in HD is fab, but can you reduce the files sizes to download quickly without compromising the quality too much?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Chris – Bath UK

]]> Comment on Editing Canon EOS 7D Video with Premiere Pro by Ivano Darra http://www.jonathanbourke.com/blog/2010/05/21/editing-canon-eos-7d-video-with-premiere-pro/#comment-614 Ivano Darra Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:35:40 +0000 http://www.jonathanbourke.com/?p=1084#comment-614 forgot to mention that I have a canon 60D - don't know if that makes a difference? forgot to mention that I have a canon 60D — don’t know if that makes a difference?

]]> Comment on Editing Canon EOS 7D Video with Premiere Pro by Ivano Darra http://www.jonathanbourke.com/blog/2010/05/21/editing-canon-eos-7d-video-with-premiere-pro/#comment-613 Ivano Darra Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:33:51 +0000 http://www.jonathanbourke.com/?p=1084#comment-613 Hello thanks first of all for the useful (and funny!) tutorial. One thing is not clear to me: when you click 'Register Picture File Style' you say to make sure the camera is in camera mode. I've done that but when I go to shoot video with the camera I noticed that the User Def. in Picture Style when in video mode are not the same as those in camera mode - so the picture style uploaded are not there anymore, but they are set to the original camera settings (hope this makes sense). Am I missing something? Thanks in advance PS small extra unrelated question: I liked the music in the tutorial too, but I checked the Hallelujah by Handel and this bit you've got on the vid is not there - was it in another moment in the Messiah? Hello
thanks first of all for the useful (and funny!) tutorial. One thing is not clear to me: when you click ‘Register Picture File Style’ you say to make sure the camera is in camera mode. I’ve done that but when I go to shoot video with the camera I noticed that the User Def. in Picture Style when in video mode are not the same as those in camera mode — so the picture style uploaded are not there anymore, but they are set to the original camera settings (hope this makes sense). Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance

PS small extra unrelated question: I liked the music in the tutorial too, but I checked the Hallelujah by Handel and this bit you’ve got on the vid is not there — was it in another moment in the Messiah?

]]> Comment on On Video Editing on a Macbook Air, Hacks, FCPX, and Waiting… by richard joseph siy http://www.jonathanbourke.com/blog/2011/07/07/on-video-editing-on-a-macbook-air-hacks-fcpx-and-waiting/#comment-612 richard joseph siy Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:17:22 +0000 http://www.jonathanbourke.com/?p=1924#comment-612 how reliable are mac airs? in manila, apple has resellers but no service center. any hardware related problems means the mac,iphone, ipad are shipped to singapore. Repairs takes abt 3 - 4 weeks and assuming no repeat jobs. should i stick to pc? (i like to have a mac as their displays are good (i use glasses) and they have a solid feel to it how reliable are mac airs? in manila, apple has resellers but no service center. any hardware related problems means the mac,iphone, ipad are shipped to singapore. Repairs takes abt 3 — 4 weeks and assuming no repeat jobs. should i stick to pc? (i like to have a mac as their displays are good (i use glasses) and they have a solid feel to it

]]> Comment on On Video Editing on a Macbook Air, Hacks, FCPX, and Waiting… by richard joseph siy http://www.jonathanbourke.com/blog/2011/07/07/on-video-editing-on-a-macbook-air-hacks-fcpx-and-waiting/#comment-611 richard joseph siy Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:11:25 +0000 http://www.jonathanbourke.com/?p=1924#comment-611 hi jonathan. hv been agonizing past days over the mac air 11 vs 13 as i hv never used a mac. I blog and love digital photography (still new, though) and am looking for a lightweight like my asus netbook but that can run cs5, lightroom3, ms office, canon dpp & acrobat. I read some reviews that say mac air 13in i5 is almost as fast as macbk pro 13in i5. i like to learn how to use cs5 & lightroom fully but am worried if the mac air 11in is the way to go or should I opt for the 13in? Am attactive to the 11in bec ur right, its like an iPad but way more capable but then the 13in is as fast as an mbp. headache. hi jonathan. hv been agonizing past days over the mac air 11 vs 13 as i hv never used a mac. I blog and love digital photography (still new, though) and am looking for a lightweight like my asus netbook but that can run cs5, lightroom3, ms office, canon dpp & acrobat. I read some reviews that say mac air 13in i5 is almost as fast as macbk pro 13in i5. i like to learn how to use cs5 & lightroom fully but am worried if the mac air 11in is the way to go or should I opt for the 13in? Am attactive to the 11in bec ur right, its like an iPad but way more capable but then the 13in is as fast as an mbp. headache.

]]> Comment on On Video Editing on a Macbook Air, Hacks, FCPX, and Waiting… by Keyur http://www.jonathanbourke.com/blog/2011/07/07/on-video-editing-on-a-macbook-air-hacks-fcpx-and-waiting/#comment-609 Keyur Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:04:35 +0000 http://www.jonathanbourke.com/?p=1924#comment-609 Appreeciate for the helpful article Jonathan. The article mentioned editing video out of the iPhone. Have you edited video out of the 7D with Premiere Pro CS5 on it? Any feedback on the performance of that? I need to do occasional video editing and photo processing (lightroom), but deciding between the 13" air and the 15" macbook pro. I only travel occasionally and I have PC desktops as my primary computers. This would mainly be used at night on the couch while watching TV. Thanks. Appreeciate for the helpful article Jonathan. The article mentioned editing video out of the iPhone. Have you edited video out of the 7D with Premiere Pro CS5 on it? Any feedback on the performance of that? I need to do occasional video editing and photo processing (lightroom), but deciding between the 13″ air and the 15″ macbook pro. I only travel occasionally and I have PC desktops as my primary computers. This would mainly be used at night on the couch while watching TV.

Thanks.

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