How do I create a Video Podcast?
Dec 31, 2005 at 12:07 pm in Uncategorized by 22-02-1989 · 1 Comment »
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JES Deinterlacer
at 12:05 pm in editing, editing products, film products, post visuals, visual fx products by · Leave a Comment »
Features:
* Deinterlace movies (half height/normal height/double frame rate/blend,adaptive/simple). * Change field dominance (for PAL films with fake interlace). * Reinterlace from one or two movies. * Standards conversion (PAL< ->NTSC or custom). * Inverse telecine. * Trim, shift, simple color correction, noise reduction. * Change encoding (RGB gamma, video range/full range). * Fix jagged edges. * Pitch preserving sound track for half speed. * Change movie speed, reverse movie. * Interlaced in/out, progressive in/out. * Includes utility to view and [read more →]
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Blender 2.4 is out!
at 12:00 pm in digital video news by · Leave a Comment »
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How are TV stations doing?
at 11:59 am in broadcast, digital video news by · Leave a Comment »
Here are 12 Companies that own TV stations and the change in their stock price in 2005.
(Hint: Broadcast television might not be the best field in which to plan your future…)
Belo (BLC): -11.6%
Emmis (EMS): +8.7%
Fisher (FSCI): -3.1%
Gannett (GCI): -24.2%
Gray (GTN): -38%
Hearst-Argyle (HTV): -6.9%
Media General (MEG): -17%
Meredith (MDP): -2.4%
New York Times (NYT): -30.7%
Sinclair (SBGI): +29.1%
Tribune (TRB): -24.8%
Young (YBTVA): -80.2%
Average: -16.8%
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How to turn a $3,000 job into a $30,000 job
at 11:59 am in Uncategorized by · 6 Comments »
I am going to start a series of articles detailing new ways to think about video production in the 21st century. The old paradigm of “hey, please hire me to shoot and edit your video for $X (or $X/hour)” is still quite valid and will be perhaps forever.
But there are new, different ways to think about making money with DV.
Here is the first one, called “How to turn a $3,000 job into a $30,000 job” (based on a true story, [read more →]
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How To Fund Your Film
at 11:52 am in planning by · Leave a Comment »
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How do I subscribe to the DVeStore Theatre thread?
at 11:45 am in digital video news by · Leave a Comment »
Guy’s DVeStore Theatre is the coolest place on the internet for getting real, expert demos on a range of cool production and postproduction gear! If you haven’t watched these awesome movies you are missing out!
1. Go to: http://dvcreators.net/discuss/showt…31774#post31774
2. click on “Thread Tools”
3. choose “Subscribe to Thread”
4. Click “Add to Subscription”
That’s all there is to it! You will be conveniently notified when a new movie has been added to the DVeStore Theatre!
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Solving an inability to boot from Mac OS X CD/DVDs
at 11:38 am in digital video news by · Leave a Comment »
Try holding down the “option” key instead of the “C” key For some reason, holding down the “C” key at startup does not always work to force booting from media that is in your Mac’s optical drive.
In these cases, holding down the “option” key at startup (which, when functioning normally, displays all available startup devices) may allow you to select the appropriate boot volume (your Mac OS X installation CD or DVD) and proceed with the normal booting process.Failing this, [read more →]
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Final Cut Pro plugins
at 11:37 am in digital video news by · 2 Comments »
Free stock footage clips
at 11:35 am in digital video news by Josh Mellicker · 7 Comments »
Free Stock Footage:
Footage Firm is offering free stock footage clips that are also royalty-free, and some very nice stuff:
http://www.footagefirm.com/free-footage
More free video stock:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Videos
http://www.archive.org/details/stock_footage
http://worldclips.tv/
http://search.singingfish.com/sfw/home.jsp
http://www.resolume.com/footage/archive.php
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What does it mean to "Feature your subject"?
at 11:17 am in cinematography by · Leave a Comment »
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Record DV directly to your hard drive with GCam
at 11:11 am in digital video news by · Leave a Comment »
Desktop Video Recording Utility For Mac OS X – click here
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MPEG Streamclip
at 11:05 am in digital video news, web video by · 2 Comments »
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Twixtor 4.5 could be the best option for filmlike slow motion
at 10:58 am in digital video news by · Leave a Comment »
One big difference between video and film is that some film cameras can be cranked up to much higher than 24 frames per second, capturing full frames 75 or 100 times per second, making for perfect, silky-smooth slo-mo.
The only way to approach this effect in video is to interpolate pixels between frames. (Most programs simply dissolve between slower frames which is definitely not the same thing!
Twixtor is a software plugin that enables you to speed up, slow down or frame [read more →]
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How do you move a Final Cut project from one computer to another?
at 10:55 am in Uncategorized by · 1 Comment »
Final Cut has several file types, stored in different places:
1. First, there’s your Project file. This is the most important file- and in fact, if all the media in your project came from DV tapes or built-in elements like titles or color mattes, this is the only file you actually need to move to another computer.
If you move this file, and re-batch capture your clips, and rerender, you’ll back back to where you were on the other computer.
But usually [read more →]
How do I "letterbox" a whole edit that was shot in normal 4:3?
at 4:45 am in editing by Josh Mellicker · Leave a Comment »
For footage shot in the 4:3 aspect ratio, you can achieve the letterbox look by taking advantage of Final Cut Pro’s built in filters. Providing you shot the footage with this in mind, you won’t be masking out anything important such as the top of a persons head or other important elements. If you don’t have a widescreen monitor or flipout screen, one tip is to use black tape over the top and bottom of your viewfinder or field monitor [read more →]
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Why do all my clips need to be rendered before I can play them?
at 4:39 am in editing by 22-02-1989 · 7 Comments »
The red line at the top of the timeline indicates that the clip must be rendered before it will play back.
This could result from many things, such as having many intensive filters applied to the clip and being in “Safe” RT Mode.
But for novices, nine times out of ten, the reason the clip “redlines” is because the sequence settings do not match the footage type you are dropping into it.
Check the clip format by highlighting it and [read more →]
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How should I capture analog video footage from Beta, Hi-8, or VHS?
at 4:34 am in editing by · 1 Comment »
One good option is dubbing your analog footage to a DV or HDV tape with the analog inputs of your camcorder. That way, your footage has been digitized and timecoded, and is ready to capture via FireWire into your system as if it had been shot on digital.
If you have Hi-8 footage, there are Sony “digital 8″ camcorders with Firewire that will transfer Hi-8 footage (no timecode, though) directly into your computer.
This method has a lot of advantages- your footage [read more →]
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After finishing my project, how do I archive it?
at 4:33 am in Uncategorized by . · 3 Comments »
When you finish a project, save:
- Your latest Final Cut project file, any Motion, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro etc. project files
- Any media you created in other software, e.g., Photoshop graphics, 3D animations, music, etc.
- Your video clips
The fastest and cheapest archiving method is buying (2) large external drives, and copying to both. This way, if one drive malfunctions, you still have the other.
Every few years, it’s a good idea to transfer all your archives into new, larger drives to refresh [read more →]
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What’s the difference between Final Cut Express & Final Cut Pro?
at 4:28 am in Uncategorized by . · Leave a Comment »
Since Final Cut Express was released, the gap has narrowed between FCE and FCP. Express is a perfectly fine editing program and should work well for anyone not needing the extra features Final Cut Pro has, which include:
- support for a lot more codecs, from the wonderful Pro Res to IMX, DVCPRO, XDCAM and a lot more
- support for third party cards from AJA, Blackmagic and others
- customized window and keyboard layouts
- media manager
- FXscript
- XML and OMF import/export
- FCP includes three-way color correction plus scopes, Express [read more →]
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How do I use stills in Final Cut?
at 4:19 am in editing, post visuals by · 1 Comment »
To use still images in a Final Cut timeline, use one of the following formats:
- TIFF
- PICT (uncompressed)
- PNG
- .PSD RGB (NOT CMYK)
For 100% size, use 72 dpi. 24 bit color (or 32 with Alpha channel) looks the best.
Save your original Photoshop or Fireworks file, then “Merge Down” (to rasterize layer effects like glows and drop shadows, FCP will not import those).
Finally, resize your images to the right dimensions:
DV NTSC 720 x 480 (non-square pixels)
DV PAL 720 x 576 (non-square pixels)
1080i HD 1920 x [read more →]
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How do I encode video for the internet?
at 4:18 am in web video by 22-02-1989 · Leave a Comment »
If you are on Mac OS X, the best answer is to download the trial of DV Kitchen and read the manual. Also watch the movies on these pages:
http://www.dvcreators.net/downloads/dv-kitchen/samplelab/
http://www.dvcreators.net/downloads/dv-kitchen/timefreezer/
http://www.dvcreators.net/downloads/dv-kitchen/bitrate-budget-calculator/
Download the free trial of DV Kitchen here.
Ask a question about web video here.
