LCD Screen Refresh Rates – More snake oil!!

Posted by on Apr 4, 2010 in Commentary and Opinion | 1 comment LCD frame refresh rates get bumped up. Why?? What’s with all the hype regarding those higher refresh rates for LCD screens that are being pumped up beyond 60 Hz these days as the answer to eliminating those pesky video smears or blurs that occur in scenes that have high intra frame to frame motion?  Rates like 120Hz, 240Hz and now being extolled 480Hz. Since when is higher better in this...
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The Elusive Search for Affordable HD Crunch Power

Posted by on Jan 2, 2010 in Tech Tips | 0 comments There are solutions but they are not perfect. Ok to start off, Adobe’s latest offering of Premiere in both CS3 and CS4 to say in very restrained terms is very frustrating ##%&&*#@%&.  A simple render from the timeline just grinds and labours along like heavily congealed axle grease.  Unlike earlier versions in Premiere Pro 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0, — grease lighting in...
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Here’s some handy step by step suggestions on how to process raw untimed film footage and export it to compliant YUV 4:2:2 HD video from the NLE’s timeline for great results

Posted by on Dec 28, 2009 in Tech Tips | 7 comments How to create HD Film Masters with Adobe Premiere Assumptions: You know how to motor around in Premiere. Know the terms and basic processes.  If not, go to the Adobe site.  It has a lot of great tutorials. The last couple of versions of Adobe Premiere which support High Definition video, also has the built-in functionality that is needed to create what I call HD Film Master files.  These files...
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Film frames converted to uncompressed RGB bitmaps in huge volumes requires an uncomplicated and reliable way to make the raw material for final YUV based film masters.

Posted by on Dec 28, 2009 in Tech Tips | 4 comments This is how we do it using Adobe After Effects. Though uniquely part of the HomeDVD HD film to video telecine process, other imaging applications that use RGB format sequences for conversion to a video stream can adapt to what is about to be presented here. There are many stand alone utilities that will do an image sequence to HD video conversion, but they cannot handle the shear volume of...
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Contrast Ratios Run Amok

Posted by on Sep 21, 2009 in Commentary and Opinion | 0 comments Ridiculous Display Contrast Ratios Ok, I can buy into 3000:1 or even slipping by 10000:1 (yikes) contrast ratios for the latest LCD or plasma displays, but hey guys, this is getting to be too much when I saw an ad from a local electronics shop the other day touting 2,000,000:1, yes that’s 2 million to one ratio.  What are we looking at the sun? Using accepted scientific methods to measure...
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