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To ALL VIDEOGRAPHERS/EDITORS (Beginner/Amateur/Pro)...
this is our THREAD.
I will post it here the resources needed in the field of videography. Pwede rin kayo magshare, magbigay ng tips dito to improve/enhance our chosen skills and to be more competent as a videographer/editor.
Non-Linear video Editing (NLE) Software
• Adobe Systems
• AVS Video Editor (Windows)
• Autodesk Autodesk Smoke (Mac OS X)
• Avid Technology
• Edius from Thomson Grass Valley, formerly Canopus Corporation (Windows)
• EVS Broadcast Equipment
• Lightworks (Custom hardware)
• Magix
• muvee Technologies
• NewTek
• Quantel
• SGO Mistika (Linux)
• Sony Creative Software
• Windows Live Movie Maker (Windows)
• Womble Multimedia
this is our THREAD.
I will post it here the resources needed in the field of videography. Pwede rin kayo magshare, magbigay ng tips dito to improve/enhance our chosen skills and to be more competent as a videographer/editor.
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[B][COLOR="Blue"]Requirements for Beginners:[/COLOR][/B]
1. First and foremost, kelangan interasado ka sa larangan na to. Otherwise di ka matututo kung di ka interesado.
2. Hardware (Videocam/digicam, Personal Computer with capture card)
3. Softwares (Windows Video Maker/Corel Video Studio/Cyberlink Power Director/Pinnacle Studio, etc.)
4. Sipag at Tiyaga
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[B][COLOR="Blue"]Videography Tips[/COLOR][/B]
Half the battle of starting any new project is knowing where to begin.
From helpful tips for shooting better video and recording great audio,
to video production checklists and talent release forms,
our videography tips will give you the jump start you need
to begin your new video hobby or career.
[U][COLOR="Blue"][B]The Seven Deadly Camcorder Sins[/B][/COLOR][/U]
1. Headhunting--placing every subject in the center of your frame.
2. Motorzooming--overuse of on-screen zooms.
3. Rooting--staying in one spot instead of looking for interesting angles.
4. Firehosing--panning all over the scene.
5. Upstanding--shooting everything from standing eye-level.
6. Snapshooting--taping only two or three seconds per shot.
7. Backlighting--too much light falling on the background instead of on the subject.
[U][COLOR="Blue"][B]Twelve Helpful Tips for Shooting Great Video[/B][/COLOR][/U]
1. Use manual focus if your camcorder has it.
2. Set white balance at every location.
3. When shooting outdoors, keep the sun behind you.
4. Plan your shoot.
5. Use a tripod or other image stabilization device.
6. For handheld stability, imagine that your camcorder is a very full cup of hot coffee.
7. Use the zoom to compose your shot. Avoid zooming while the tape is rolling.
8. Move the camcorder only when necessary.
9. Shoot to edit.
10. Keep your average shot length between 5 and 10 seconds.
11. Keep the shot steady (no zoom or pan) for at least 10 seconds.
12. While shooting, be as inconspicuous as possible to best capture the true behavior of your subject.
[U][COLOR="Blue"][B]Ten Helpful Tips for Recording Great Audio[/B][/COLOR][/U]
1. Use an external microphone if you have one.
2. Get the microphone close to the talent.
3. Listen through headphones while you shoot.
4. Keep hand movements on the camcorder to a minimum.
5. Use a handheld mike for man-on-the-street interviews.
6. Use a lavalier or boom mike for studio settings.
7. Use a wireless mike to avoid cable hassles.
8. Keep audio in mind when scouting locations.
9. Don't move mike cables while recording.
10. Avoid long cable runs to minimize interference.
[B][COLOR="Blue"][U]Preparation Tips[/U][/COLOR][/B]
1. Set a goal to include yourself on videotape for 1 minute for every _______ minutes that you shoot of others.
2. Store your camcorder in a visible location if possible with blank tape and charged batteries handy.
[COLOR="Blue"][U][B]Packing Checklist[/B][/U][/COLOR]
Camcorder
Charged batteries
AC power supply
Microphone batteries
Microphones
Lens cap
Cables
Lens cleaning cloth
Headphones
White-balance cloth
Script
Tripod
Lens filters
[B][COLOR="Blue"][B]Shooting Checklist[/B][/COLOR][/B]
Battery power
White balance
Sound check
Talent release
Lighting check
Tape check
Tripod lock-down
Time/date stamp on/off
Image stabilization on/off
Zoom in/Focus/Zoom out
Compose image
Rehearse
Shoot!
General Considerations for NLE:
CPU
The number of processors and their speed also affects overall system performance. Raw processor speed will help with all operations, while a smaller subset of operations will be improved by having multiple processors or cores available: the key improvements in the latter case will be with rendering, encoding, and some playback performance.
MEMORY
Memory provides general performance improvements, especially when running multiple applications or working with large projects. You'll see better playback performance and responsiveness with more memory.
GPU
Graphics hardware is used during playback to improve the frame rate of playback, and the number of effects that can be rendered simultaneously to the screen. Premiere Pro does not currently use the GPU for rendering or encoding, so if you will spend a lot of time doing these operations you may see less of a performance boost.
STORAGE
Storage speed will directly affect the number and size of the streams of video and audio that you can play simultaneously through the system. For example, uncompressed HD requires a significantly higher data rate than DV.
Tips Before You Buy a Video Editing Computer:
Choosing a video editing computer can be tricky. Many old computers won't support video editing at all, and many new computers will only work with the most basic editing software.
If you plan to use your new computer for video editing, read this guide to make sure you purchase an appropriate video editing computer system.
Processor
We'll start configuring with the processor. The marketing wars over raw speed, the MHz and then GHz wars of the past several years, are pretty much over as systems have leveled out at 2 to 3 GHz. Pushing processor speed further just pushes the laws of physics, using too much power and generating too much heat, raising cost and noise for fans. So Intel and AMD have re-focused on power-conserving designs that actually turn off sections of the chip when they are not in use. Intel's new designs, for example, deliver 40% more performance with 40% less power usage.
Instead, new hardware has accelerated performance by offering multiple processing units, so a single machine could run multiple applications at the same time (instead of swapping between them), and multi-taking applications could divide up their work into independent parallel pieces (like compressing or decompressing blocks of a video frame). This was first supported by the Intel Hyper-Threading technology, which was an interim technology that helped application developers plan for the multi-processor future by providing multiple virtual threads of execution.
But now as chip technology has further shrunk die sizes, we have reached the age of multiple processors, or cores, on a single chip, with dual and now quad cores. And why stop there -- you also can add multiple processor chips for additional power.
Processor improvement is incremental; you won't see all applications suddenly run 2X quicker with a 2X faster processor, but you will see visible improvements. And multiple cores can really help with complex video processing tasks, as today's applications now take full advantage of multiple cores.
Storage Space on the Video Editing Computer
Digital video footage - especially high-definition footage - takes up a lot of drive space, and you'll need somewhere to put it. An external hard drive is one way to solve that problem. But if you buy a video editing computer with a lot of internal drive space, you can put off buying the external hard drive for a while.
Video Editing Computer Inputs
Look at the inputs on any video editing computer you plan to buy. For the fastest way to edit video, the computer should have a firewire input. These inputs are also called IEEE 1394 and iLink.
You will use this port to connect your video camcorder to the computer. Or, you can buy an external hard drive with a firewire input and output for storing video footage. You can connect the drive to your computer, and connect the camcorder to the drive.
A USB 2.0 port will work in place of firewire. These aren’t as fast, though, and don’t give you as many options for connecting external devices to your computer.
Your Plans for the Video Editing Computer
Before you buy a video editing computer, consider the projects that you plan to create. If you only plan on editing basic videos using free software like Movie Maker or iMovie, most new computers out there have the right inputs and plenty of storage space to fit your needs.
Upgrading Your Video Editing Computer
Of course, you don’t always know exactly what you'll be doing with your computer in the future. Your video editing needs may change, and it’s best if your computer can adapt to them. Before buying a computer for video editing, find out how easy it will be to add memory or upgrade the computer later on.
Video Editing Software Specifications
Ideally, you'll know beforehand what type of software you'll be using to edit video on your computer. If so, you can look at the minimum requirements and buy a computer that at least meets those.
What the Computer Reviews Say
Once you’ve decided on a video editing computer, make sure to check out computer reviews to find out if the computer will live up to your expectations. Reviews can point out computer drawbacks you may have overlooked, or they can point you to a computer you may not have thought about before.
Non-Linear video Editing (NLE) Software
• Adobe Systems
o Adobe Premiere 9 (Mac OS X, Windows)
o Premiere Elements (Mac OS X, Windows)
o Premiere Pro (Mac OS X, Windows)
o Encore (Mac OS X, Windows)
o After Effects (Mac OS X, Windows)
o Adobe Premiere Express (Adobe Flash Player)
• Apple Inc. o Premiere Elements (Mac OS X, Windows)
o Premiere Pro (Mac OS X, Windows)
o Encore (Mac OS X, Windows)
o After Effects (Mac OS X, Windows)
o Adobe Premiere Express (Adobe Flash Player)
o Final Cut Express (Mac OS X)
o Final Cut Pro (Mac OS X)
o iMovie (Mac OS X)
• ArcSoft ShowBiz (discontinued)o Final Cut Pro (Mac OS X)
o iMovie (Mac OS X)
• AVS Video Editor (Windows)
• Autodesk Autodesk Smoke (Mac OS X)
• Avid Technology
o Avid DS (Windows)
o Media Composer (Windows, Mac OS X)
o Avid NewsCutter
o Avid Symphony (Windows, Mac OS X)
o Xpress Pro (discontinued)
• CyberLink PowerDirector (Windows)o Media Composer (Windows, Mac OS X)
o Avid NewsCutter
o Avid Symphony (Windows, Mac OS X)
o Xpress Pro (discontinued)
• Edius from Thomson Grass Valley, formerly Canopus Corporation (Windows)
• EVS Broadcast Equipment
o Xedio CleanEdit (Windows)
• FORscene (Java on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux)• Lightworks (Custom hardware)
• Magix
o Video easy
o Movie Edit Pro
o Video Pro X
• Media 100 o Movie Edit Pro
o Video Pro X
o HD Suite (Mac OS X)
o HDe (Mac OS X)
o SDe (Mac OS X)
o Producer (Mac OS X)
o Producer Suite (Mac OS X)
• Montage Extreme (Windows)o HDe (Mac OS X)
o SDe (Mac OS X)
o Producer (Mac OS X)
o Producer Suite (Mac OS X)
• muvee Technologies
o muvee Reveal 8.0 (Windows)
o muvee autoProducer 6.0 (Windows)
• Nero Vision (Windows)o muvee autoProducer 6.0 (Windows)
• NewTek
o Video Toaster (Windows, hardware suite)
• Pinnacle Studio (Windows)• Quantel
o iQ (Windows)
o eQ (Windows)
o sQ (Windows)
o Newsbox (Windows)
• Roxio o eQ (Windows)
o sQ (Windows)
o Newsbox (Windows)
o Creator and MyDVD (Windows)
o Toast (Mac)
• Serif MoviePlus (Windows)o Toast (Mac)
• SGO Mistika (Linux)
• Sony Creative Software
o Sony Vegas Movie Studio (Windows)
o Sony Vegas Pro (Windows)
• Ulead Systems (now Corel) o Sony Vegas Pro (Windows)
o VideoStudio (Windows)
o MediaStudio Pro (discontinued)
• Windows Movie Maker (Windows)o MediaStudio Pro (discontinued)
• Windows Live Movie Maker (Windows)
• Womble Multimedia
o MPEG Video Wizard DVD(Windows)
o MPEG Video Wizard (Windows)
o MPEG-VCR (Windows)
o MPEG Video Wizard (Windows)
o MPEG-VCR (Windows)
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