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Authoring pricing went so much down that it's all done quickly, just to push another title out (2006 = 30+ authoring houses in UK, today probably <5 ). had some sense as client would pay and appreciate it.

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If you think that being pro = using overpriced (very often average or even crap) tools then you are sooooo wrong It's the same as believing that AVID is best editor for every editing related job.ДЄnother reality check- old days tweaking encode with segment re-encodingg etc. Do you know what powers Vantage's h264 and h265 encoding? They replaced Mainconcept (which is just average) with x264 and x265. Truth is that todays opens source tools in so many cases are way beyond any pro tools. Reality force them to start renting it /Mac version (even if big places were very unhappy about as they paid huge money for each license). Autodesk has hard times to keep interest in Flame (I also worked for 2 year at top London's VFX house in R&D department). Problem with using ffmpeg? Do you know what is behind all internal BBC engines? Do you know how BBC creates DPP files? Days when being a pro= owning/using tools worth millions are gone long time ago. Sorry, but they way how you see pro world is so outdated. People used it due to lack of good alternatives. They are not bad, but those are not really tools designed for BD use. They used 'public' to create god AVC engine. ATEME is a company which started on doom9 forum, which about no one remembers. Sonic's Cinevision was poor as well, which they knew, but played hard to hide (for MPEG2 and AVC). Sorenson or Maincocept are toys, not a specialised encoders, specially when it comes to DVD or BD. At the end we had tools which were creating 80% of the project automatically and only some thing were done manually with Scenarist GUI.

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Scenarist is quite crap software to use (painful, outdated), but due to fact that there is nothing better (as no one is interested in providing tools for DVD/BD anymore) it's used in about every studio (specially for DVD). Most jobs were done with Cinemacraft and Blucode (which you probably never heard of). I even used different ones depending on the source nature. I had access to all best DVD/BD encoders. If I give you 100 HD x1h ProRes masters and ask to replace end logo will you do it in AVID? I definitely would not (and had it done in 24h). There is absolutely no problem with it if you know what you are doing. If there is a need to use ffmpeg on job I'll use it. I always use tool which does job the best/simplest/quickest (unless it cost way to much for the job). Soho is a mafia which is outdated (although recently started to catch up)

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There are TV station which use Edius (specially for news) as it's part of bigger GrassValey systems (not in UK though). Job which took in Edius 1h in AVID was half a day job mainly due to its poor rending speed (real cases not made up). 10 years ago AVID was so outdated and slow compared to competition, like Edius. Not sure how latest version is improved but eg. It doesn't mean AVID is so great for every job. AVID and keep using/investing in it (regardless if there is anything better or not). Another reason is that big places hate changes and many top positions are filled with 'old' people who will blindly believe in eg. I know that many places use AVID, but reality is that in so many cases they use it because their editors know it and don't want to switch (similar story is with some Flame operators and NUKE). I know what AVID is good at (bigger/complex projects). Thanks for all your help, once again guys, it's been very interesting. Uli, thanks for the heads up - I'll give it a try. It's broadly similar to ground glass viewfinder focusing. It's a trick, a con, but it does seem to work. The point of grain is it has a psycho-perceptual effect - we are fooled into focusing on a plane rather than looking at the inherent depth of field. It's very easy to remove grain from film scans, from Super 8 up to 35mm - Neat Video does a remarkable job of it - whether it's desirable is another question. The DCT macro blocking of DV really falls apart with the longer shots.ДЄndrew, I agree but as you concede it does happen. Close ups (which fortunately are in the main) are looking much better. Together with LS these are the most difficult shots to successfully uprez. To be absolutely fair I chose this shot because it is a MLS and a moving dolly shot too. The de interlacing is not perfect either. It's similar to over-coreing on DV/HDV cameras. Dmitry, Good results but in both examples there is marked edge enhancement - you can see it on the back of his shirt.