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Josh’s New Years Prediction for 2007

Dec 31, 2006 at 5:23 am in digital video news by Josh Mellicker · 15 Comments »

Here at DVcreators.net, we use WinXP, OS X, and Linux boxes, depending on the purpose, without prejudice.

However, after a “white paper” I just read, I am definitely buying Apple stock on Jan 3.

The paper, a dry, pictureless but very informative and cleverly written tome called “A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection“, describes troubles with the Content Protection specification of Vista, Microsoft’s next operating system.

Here is the “Executive Executive Summary”:

“The Vista Content Protection specification could very  [read more →]

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Why are my transitions too short? or why do I get the "Insufficient content for edit" error?

at 4:37 am in editing by · 19 Comments »

Watch the movie below for the probable solution.

When you trim a clip, there is (usually) “extra” media before and after the part of the clip you want in your timeline. (That’s what trimming does, allows you to select a portion of a clip that will show in your movie)

COOL TIP: If you select the Slip tool by pressing “S”, and click on a clip in the timeline, you’ll see a brown outline showing you the extra media on either side  [read more →]

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What is the best way to do multi-camera shoots?

Dec 27, 2006 at 11:39 am in broadcast, cinematography, editing, location sound, post audio by · 5 Comments »

I have shot multicam concerts locking up timecode by beaming wireless audio SMPTE timecode to all cameras and recording it on Ch 2, but I can tell you it was a big hassle and a waste of time.

My recommendation for multi-camera shoots is to either:

1. Use TOD (Free Run) Timecode

TOD (Time of Day) timecode is a switchable option on some recent camcorders. With this option, you can synchronize multiple cameras, then each camera can start or stop at will, and  [read more →]

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Holiday Greetings and some jazz from your friends at DVcreators.net

Dec 22, 2006 at 3:36 pm in digital video news by · 3 Comments »

All the crew here at DVcreators.net wishes all of you a happy, relaxing and safe holiday season!

Excuse the off-topic post, but here are some videos of a jazz quartet including Michelle and Josh, the two founding members of DVcreators.net:

http://lajazzconnection.com/category/videos/

Unlike the multicamera shoots with sound from the board we’ve shot for clients, this is just a GL2 sitting on a tripod using its stereo mic, so the sound is not optimal and the camerawork is… well, there isn’t  [read more →]