Monthly Archive for December, 2005

How do I create a Video Podcast?

After our own DV Gear Talk Video Podcast got as high as #12 in popularity of all podcasts worldwide, people asked for this article, so here it is!



JES Deinterlacer

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 edit image description extensions * Separate utility for NTSC->PAL inverse telecine

to download, click here

I have not tried this… post …



Article on Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride

Article on Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (first stop-motion feature film cut on FCP)



What is the most important factor in producing world class quality video?

In a word: lighting.

The DV Enlightenment DVD



How does HDV hold up when recapturing ?

http://www.creativecow.net/articles…_HDV/index.html



Blender 2.4 is out!

What looks to be a nice upgrade to this cross-platform, open source 3D modeling, rendering and animation software. And it’s free!

http://www.blender.org/cms/Blender_2_40.598.0.html



How are TV stations doing?

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%

Here are the charts.



How to turn a $3,000 job into a $30,000 job

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, but details have been changed), which details a very feasible $300,000 per year business plan for a DV creator.



TV network presidents see no threat from Apple video iTunes+iPod

http://www.ipoddailynews.com/index…./comments/7385/



How To Fund Your Film

http://www.ifp.org/experts/expert.php?id=15



Intel, Microsoft endorse HD DVD

http://news.com.com/Intel,+Microsof…_3-5883337.html



How do I subscribe to the DVeStore Theatre thread?

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!



Free iMovie plugins

http://plugins.bkms.com/

http://www.stupendous-software.com/

http://www.virtix.com/imovie/products/SampleEffects.asp

http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/osx_software/FreePlugins/FreeImoviePlugins.html



Solving an inability to boot from Mac OS X CD/DVDs

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, try holding down the “Command”, “Option”, “Shift”, and “Delete” keys simultaneously while your Mac is starting up. This should force …



Final Cut Pro plugins

This page and this one have great lists of free Final Cut Pro plugins.

Here’s a list of plugins from Toolfarm.

Here are some free FCP Transitions and Filters from Graeme Nattress.



Free stock footage clips

This site is offering free stock footage clips that are royalty free. They’re in AVI format, so if you’re using Quicktime, you’ll have to convert, but the quality will remain:

http://www.footagefirm.com/footage/freeclips/index.htm

More free video stock:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Video
http://search.singingfish.com/sfw/home.jsp
http://www.resolume.com/footage/archive.php

vj loops:

http://www.archive.org/details/68_Vintage_Fairlight_VJ_Loops_by_VJzoo

http://www.archive.org/details/100_Funfair_VJ_Loops_by_VJzoo

http://www.archive.org/details/68_Urban_Vector_VJ_Loops_by_VJzoo