I have to say Sorensen bad! too. I work on a high end graphics machine
(Inferno on a 4 proc SGI Onyx RE2) and I still have to search out an NT to
view client videos - grrrrrrrr
LR content - still haven't heard a contrary opinion to having a bulkhead
galvanised and warp, so I am thinking of going that way too!
Michael Hatton
Senior Visual Effects Artist
Command Post Toybox
1972 SIII 88"
On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Jeff Berg wrote:
> >No No! Sorenson bad! Opensource good! I use Linux and there isnt a sorenson
> >decoder out there yet.
>
> Sorenson is not bad. It will produce a samller, cleaner looking and
> smoother running file. However, if you want to maximize your audience
> to include the Linux/Unix geeks, you should compromise quality for
> compatibility--Cinepac is usually the best of the alternatives. (I
> hope you're running a reasonably fast machine to do the compression.)
>
> Another key to getting good compression is to start with the best
> quality tapes you can and use a quality source deck for digital
> capture. The notion that the transfer to digital is "lossless" isn't
> really true. Since most compression schemes work using some sort of
> principle that looks for "deltas"--changes in pixels from
> frame-to-frame--that big 'ol white flash-o-dropout is going to
> increse your filesize significantly. The same goes for any noise in
> the signal. Noise does not like to be compressed. I'm sure there's
> only so much you can do with your source tapes in your home "studio"
> but you might want to consider this when making edit decisions
> regarding your final product. (i.e. "Gee, if I cut away from this
> shot two seconds earlier, I avoid that big chunk of noise...")
>
> As for format, I have certain bias towards Quicktime.
>
> And for the record, I defer to Bill Adams in all things technical in
> this market. I've been away from video for the past couple of
> years--though it looks like I'll be back to it shortly. Bill's been
> living and breathing it.
>
> jeff
>
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> Jeffrey A. Berg
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