Frame rate Vs Ntsc and Pal

FRAME RATE: 

The number of images showed in a sequence in a second to give the pictures the illusion of movement. The measurement of frames in a second is called frames per second (FPS).

FILM:
It runs on 24 FPS (Traditional standard frame rate)

But now days you may shoot on 23.98, 24, 25, 29.98, 30 or 48 fps and have the same playback on digital projector or device.

DVD requires conversion from 25 fps pal to 30 fps ntsc for different regions in the world to play back on television or the reverse due to different systems.

(Update - Streaming Platform may have 23.976 or 24 fps requirement. Mostly are okay with any fps.)

OR

Shoot as 50, 60, 48, 72, 120, 1000 fps and slow down to get slow mo effect played back as 24 fps in movie theatre or 25 fps on television.

TELEVISION:

WIKIPEDIA

NTSC: National Television System Committee

30 FPS

Lines/Field: 525/60 (SD)


PAL: Phase Alternation Line

25 I FPS or 50 I

Lines/Field: 625/50 (SD)

IMAGE SOURCE

HD Lines: 1920 * 1080 I broadcasted as interlaced.

The videos when broadcasted its broken into odd and even lines for the older television which represents videos in lines.

I - Interlaced which means two fields. (Odd and even lines)

Example:

50fps (25+25=50) has two horizontal lines in single frame.

60fps (30+30=60) has two horizontal lines in single frame.

P - Progressive single filed.

Broadcasted as 1080I High Definition or 720 Standard Definition
(NTSC - 720 * 480/ PAL - 720 * 576 ).

Also read article: Why digital film looks so milky

How to stop unwanted facebook invites

We all have been frustrated with unwanted 'Candy Crush Saga' or 'Mafia' game invites from your Facebook friends multiple times a day.

People have even put up status update warning friends taking exterme measures to ban people sending such unwanted invites.

So here is a way to still be friends and not get annoyed by such invites on Facebook.

You can actually block such apps by going to Facebook settings by clicking on top right little triangle and then going to 'Blocking' tab on left pane and type the name and select the app that you want to block.

You can also 'Turn Off' notifications by hovering your mouse on the app or group notification and clicking on the 'X" you will get a option to 'Turn Off.

You can also change the email notification settings on the 'notification' Facebook page to free your cluttered email account.

This has worked for me for past few years. Settings - Blocking - Block apps.

How to format pen drives used to store dish tv recordings

How to format pen drives used to store DISH TV DVR recordings which seems to not work on PC's as it does not pop up on computer except on your notification area.

DISH TV has done this is to restrict the use of content so that content does not get copied for re-distribution without authorization.

"Sab Par Dish Sawaar Hai" (Logo used under fair usage)

The pen drive when used on mac based OS does not show the pen drive volume but you format it by initializing it via disk utility.

Tricks to format and make the pen drive useable again on PC.

NOTE: 
This tutorial does not show how to hack a system or to recover content.

Insert Pen drive

Go to start -> Go to run  (or press win logo key + R)

Now, type cmd

Press 'Enter'

Type the following (select the pen drive name)

Now, type
cmd

Press enter

Type the following (select the pen drive name)

For example,
Format j:

y

Enter 


If the above step does not work you can use.

A free software tool called 'fat32format' will come handy.

Make sure when using the above mentioned software you do not format the system drive.

Update: Try Paragon App to reformat the drive.

Avid Media Composer 7

Trying out Avid Media Composer 7. Under process migrating from Adobe Premiere Pro CS 6 and FCP 7/X as my primary editing application.

Only difficulty I faced was connecting the Quick time moves through aaf via ama plugin's ama link by relinking the offline clips. 

Update as tried on MC 8.1
Use ALE and media tool to bring in mxf transcoded files to avid. 

Apple ProRes 444 codec with Gamma issues

Screen Grab

This is my 2012 diploma film G A P exported from Final Cut Pro 7. As you can see the difference shown on the above image master QuickTime MOV generated from .dpx frames in DaVinci and the Apple QuickTime ProRes 444 exported from Final Cut Pro with sound and subtitles slapped looks darker. Eventhough the H.264 are more compressed but the codec retains the Mov gamma (brightness).

G A P link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfxKfRkZYHQ&feature=youtu.be&list=UU9XMFY1tbI4CBh1__SDRvQQ

Buggy DaVinci Resolve and Mavericks osx transcoding

I work as a freelance Digital Image technician. I rely on Apple ecosystem on films shot digitally or even on film format to color correct, transcode or check raw footage for feature films, ads, short films and various fashion films projects but the wired thing that I noticed is that when trancoding rushes for the edits in low res formats. The trancoding suddenly slows down from real time on a 16 GB ram on the latest Mac book Pro 15 inch retina display or over heats and makes the system crash a lot in the log in screen.

For example a trancoding is happening at 24fps (Frames per second) it slows down to 2 to 4 fps per second after sometime.

Only way to make it work is by pressing the power button risking a clone copy of the hard drive reopening the project and giving in and out points and continuing from the point the DaVainci slowed down and completed transcoding.

I am hoping for an update for Black magic product soon for this bug.

Some suggestions:
Disable the screen saver and switch of graphic switching
Revert back to old OSX
Wait for updates

UPDATES:  Install Mavericks OSX and Install the latest version of DaVinci Resolve

Krish 3 Review

I went to watch the film Krish 3 today:

First Impressions:
Full house and lots of cute kids with their parents.

The movie begins with 'Krish 3: The Game promo'
(I am like what the hell)

Stay with me, Now the montage is shown which depicts previous incidents from Koi Mil gaya and Krish 2.

Story/Direction:
Its feels like the great Indian epic story of Ramayana retold in mordern times.

Hritrik Roshan and the double role of father avatar works.

Priyanka Chopra and Kangana adds glamor and humor in the film filled with action and melo-drama.

Vivek Oberoi dude you really nailed it.

Rajapal Yadav the wannabe Krish and Rakhee Vijan A.k.a Sweety (Hum Paach) should have gotten a little more screen time and there are lots of surprises so no spoilers from me.

VFX:
Simple and sweet. State of the art digital art direction.

Sound Design:
Excellent sounds used in the action sequence and no extra Indian serial like sounds used to add humor.

Songs:
Yo mon ok but feel like non digetic sound may be I am not used to Indian films shot like Hollywood so songs made me feel awkward but no offense.

Editing:
It takes patience to manage vfx sequences and maintain the narrative, emotions and continuity. The fight sequences where well edited and comic scenes where well cut.

(I don't know why 'U' certification given by the Indian censors had kissing scenes and death of a kid shown to primary audience kids. I am sure some children may have some nightmares.)

Cons:
Too many in film branding feels like inception.

The actors mark can be seen by the way rocks have been placed in the song.