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if filming on green / blue screen it is always good practice to have at least 2 tracking markers on the screen (for blue / green screen, these should be red). in fact, any shot which is having any vfx work done to it should have tracking markers. this enables post production artists to track the ide...

BTW, I find film (70mm or 35mm) is always MUCH better to work with in all aspects of post production - including Rotoscoping, Matte extraction, Z-Channels, Keying, (Blue/Green screen), Wire Removal, Tracking, Colour Grading, Painting and Compositing. HD comes second best followed by super 16, 16 and...

If anyone has a super 8 clip online I can download it and try a few keying options. Obviously, the better lit the screen, the better key you'll gain! Let me know.

OOps!! Never realised the weight of the price tag! Working in the industry I kinda take these things for granted! Anyway, I am sure one of the above mentioned programs would do just as good a job.

Check out The Foundry's "Furnace" plugins for Shake, After Effects, Discreet and Avid. There is a DeGrain node which does a pretty good job. To get the best result, seperate the channels into RGB, DeGrain each channel and then max them (Shake) back together again. The ReGrain node has a nu...

I am actually thinking of purchasing myself a K3. I have been hesitant because of the mixed bag of reports there have been regarding the cameras capabilities. If anyone has any good / bad feedback on the K3, I'd much appreciate the low down so my decision may either sway towards buying the camera, o...

An afternoon of Super 8 Home-Films/Art Films knitted together by a presentation of original 1950/60 Kodachromic travel slides

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I personally am a Shake user and would recommend this product over and above Final Cut and Premiere, (although they both have colour timing functionality, just on a far more limited scale). But, then again, the price of Shake in comparison to FCP or Premiere is, errr, well...... cash is king.

Thanks Mark, appreciate the advice. I'll go into the shop today and see if I can hagglem them down. If they refuse to budge, then I'll keep my eyes peeled on e-bay for a similar, yet cheaper, machine.

Thankd again!

GD

I have sourced a BOLEX MULTIMATIC SUPER 8 PROJECTOR here in London which has been fully serviced and comes with a 3 month guarantee. The guys are also gonna fit a zoom lens (1.1) and it comes with one cartridge. They are wanting £100 for the lot. Does anyone have any hands–on experience wi...

thanks filmbuff, appreciate the help and advice. My Nizo does have that switch, which I'll use. I just wanted the process and reasoning to be clear in my head!

Anyway, if there are any other tips you have, I'm all ears.

Thanks again.

Ok, let me get this right. If I shoot WITHOUT a 85 filter, then the ASA is 40. With a 85 filter, the ASA is 25?? As far as image quality goes, using a 85 filter as opposed to without, renders better results? Also, when shooting indoors, the 85 filter is taken off?

Thanks again for your help!!

Hi, I have just bought 10 rolls of kodachrome 40 that a plan to use on my first super 8 shoot on a trip home to south africa. I have a Nizo 801 macro and plan to shoot outdoors during the morning and evening "magic " hours as well as the fierce midday sun. Most of the shooting will be of h...

what codec have you used to compress? cannot view it and it's driving me CRAZY!!!

Sunris, Haraki, Monobath,

you have been a wealth of information.

Thanks!!