Video Editing
Hi Guys, I need to do some video editing but have been running into a lot of problems. I can't use iMovie (06 or 08) because it compresses my screencap footage so badly that it is illegible. My problem is that I need to include both footage from a camera and footage taken from iShowU. Does anyone know what software I should be using that isn't going to cost me an absolute fortune (such as Final Cut Pro)? Cheers guys Chris -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Video Editing
There's FInal Cut express, which is around $429 and is only really slightly dumbed down from the Pro version. Or there's soemthing like Avid Free DV, which is free but a very dumbed down version of the other Avid products. Or there's Adobe Premier .. I think that's round $900 for the Pro version, but there may be a lesser version as well. Or there's Sony Vegas, which I don't know much about but does run on the Mac. Or there are a couple of Java based applications which I would say are still really in development. My personal recommendation would be Final Cut Express. cheers Jude Hi Guys, I need to do some video editing but have been running into a lot of problems. I can't use iMovie (06 or 08) because it compresses my screencap footage so badly that it is illegible. My problem is that I need to include both footage from a camera and footage taken from iShowU. Does anyone know what software I should be using that isn't going to cost me an absolute fortune (such as Final Cut Pro)? Cheers guys Chris -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Video Editing
Hi Chris, On 24/09/2007, at 2:05 PM, Chris Watt wrote: I need to do some video editing but have been running into a lot of problems. I can't use iMovie (06 or 08) because it compresses my screencap footage so badly that it is illegible. If you intend to edit in iMovie have your movie footage the same size/ resolution as the iMovie project. My problem is that I need to include both footage from a camera and footage taken from iShowU. Does anyone know what software I should be using that isn't going to cost me an absolute fortune (such as Final Cut Pro)? This Tutorial might help you. http://wiki.edmug.org.uk/index.php/Tutorial:Screencasts Also check out the iShowU Forum, you might find your answer there: http://forums.shinywhitebox.com/viewforum.php?f=1 Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Video Editing
On 24/09/2007, at 2:05 PM, Chris Watt wrote: Hi Guys, I need to do some video editing but have been running into a lot of problems. I can't use iMovie (06 or 08) because it compresses my screencap footage so badly that it is illegible. My problem is that I need to include both footage from a camera and footage taken from iShowU. Does anyone know what software I should be using that isn't going to cost me an absolute fortune (such as Final Cut Pro)? Cheers guys Chris I'm not sure what you are trying to do or what screencap is but I'd suggest you explore the abilities of VisualHub for converting video without interfering with it's resolution and Quicktime Pro for basic video editing such as cutting, copying, or deleting a section of a movie. Both are fairly cheap compared to FC. Brian -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
New Mac User
Hi folks, My step-son (who lives in Dubai) has just switched from the dark side to a new iMac 24 inch. He bought it while he was in Seattle USA last week. A couple of hours ago he signed up for a .Mac account. We just tried to communicate using iChat but for some reason his iChat will not connect. It tries to connect for a while but then times out. He can log into .Mac without any problem and I sent him a test email which worked fine. Does anyone know if there is a waiting period for activation of iChat. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Word problem
Peter, Word will have used your current printer to paginate your document as you see it on screen. I'm not what technique you used to convert your Word document into a PDF, but my guess is that the conversion used a virtual printer with a subtly different page definition, forcing your document to repaginate during the conversion throwing some invisible items onto a new page resulting in your troublesome blank pages. My suggestion is that you go back into the Word document and turn on the display of invisible characters. Look through the document for trailing spaces and/or paragraph marks, particularly if these are just before a page break. If there are a few empty paragraphs before a page break, it will just look like empty space, but if they get bumped onto the top of a new page, the page break which follows will throw a blank page into your document. Delete this blank space and your problem may disappear! HTH, John __ John Winters Phone +61 8 9244 4564 Fax +61 8 9446 7709 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Peter Bull [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:47:29 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Word problem Hi, I have a problem with MS Word (now there's a surprise). I have written a training manual consisting of one section of 4 pages and the rest of the text which is 128 pages, giving 132 as the total. After a bit of editing the page count has increased to 134. I converted the Word document into a PDF and there are now two blank pages in the PDF file but they are not visible in the Word document. The PDF is used for printing so obviously I don't want two blanks in there. Any clues as to how I can get rid of the two invisible blanks? Thanks, -- Peter Bull [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New Mac User
Stephen, There is no waiting period however I would get him to check the firewall and his router. Get him to go to http://docs.info.apple.com/ article.html?artnum=93208 an ensure that the router he is using is configured appropriately. If you can video chat with other people then yours is correctly configured. I have noted with my attempts at ichat that it is getting better and better at overcoming these problems itself. I frequent the ME a lot and ichat with my wife a lot. Nick On 24/09/2007, at 8:30 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks, My step-son (who lives in Dubai) has just switched from the dark side to a new iMac 24 inch. He bought it while he was in Seattle USA last week. A couple of hours ago he signed up for a .Mac account. We just tried to communicate using iChat but for some reason his iChat will not connect. It tries to connect for a while but then times out. He can log into .Mac without any problem and I sent him a test email which worked fine. Does anyone know if there is a waiting period for activation of iChat. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New Mac User
Or you could try Skype. I tried iChat but gave up due to too many problems (plus not totally secure regarding a 'user id' like with Skype). Skype just works. And believe me, I would rather use Apple products but it was too much in the end. I *would* be interested to know from someone who has extensively used both which has the better video quality though. Brett Carboni Tsunami Ordering takeout by videoconferencing coming soon On 24/09/2007, at 8:30 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: My step-son (who lives in Dubai) has just switched from the dark side to a new iMac 24 inch. He bought it while he was in Seattle USA last week. A couple of hours ago he signed up for a .Mac account. We just tried to communicate using iChat but for some reason his iChat will not connect. It tries to connect for a while but then times out. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007 Vista?
On 24/09/2007, at 11:22 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Personally I won't let anything carrying the word Nortons in its title anywhere near any of my computers. It's just asking for trouble. I agree completely with you Peter, that's why I chose McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007 instead of Nortons Internet Security Suite 2007. Oops! Sorry Ronnie. Next time I'll read more carefully. I guess it's because in my mind the two are almost interchangeable in their effect on Windows, Nortons is what I read. Nevertheless, my commenst would be the same, except that I would be slightly happier with Mcafee. Very slightly :-) -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Video Editing
Chris, I'd recommend Quicktime Pro. Once you pay the US$30 and enter your QT Pro Serial number, some impressive new capabilities are enabled in Quicktime Player which include the option of copying and pasting in multiple tracks of audio and video to appear side-by-side or picture-in-picture with respect to each other and at any resolution and frame rate you wish without re-compression if you so desire. I use it regularly with screen recordings that have been captured at 1024x768 with the Motion-JPEG codec at 5 frames per second alongside talking head video footage running at 25 fps at 320x240 resolution using the H.264 codec with text or graphics tracks superimposed on top or alongside. It is as easy as copying the new track and then adding (rather than pasting) it on top of the first, then calling up the properties dialog (command-J), clicking on the appropriate video track and then the visual settings tab and changing the coordinates of the selected video track to move and re-size it. The final movie can end up with multiple tracks running at different frame rates and using totally different codecs and thus avoid re- compression and the generational quality losses that would normally occur. -Mart Martin Hill email: mart at ozmac.com homepages: http://mart.ozmac.com Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 24/09/2007, at 4:05 PM, Chris Watt wrote: Hi Guys, I need to do some video editing but have been running into a lot of problems. I can't use iMovie (06 or 08) because it compresses my screencap footage so badly that it is illegible. My problem is that I need to include both footage from a camera and footage taken from iShowU. Does anyone know what software I should be using that isn't going to cost me an absolute fortune (such as Final Cut Pro)? -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: VMware Fusion vs Parallels - Any users?
Many thanks to Peter, Dustin Rod for their feedback - and a particular thankyou to Ken Houghton (no relation!) who scanned a Macworld comparison sent it to me. Seems like they both have their pros cons but both offer a good solution. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/9/07 9:41 AM, Rod at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13/09/2007, at 9:25 AM, Dustin Marcus wrote: I have just recently installed the current version of VMware and for all intents and purposes it is VERY similar to the current version of parallels! Speed seems to be about the same, features are very close and no glaring bugs or issues that i've found yet although I haven't really put it through it's paces yet. Couple of things to note... VMware's 3D support on the graphics side is only experimental at this stage... seems to work ok for some things but they do have a list of games etc it's known to work for and the others are an unknown at this stage, whereas Parallels 3D support seems well developed and so far I've had great results with it. On the flip side VMware supports 64bit versions of windows and has the option to choose whether you want to use one or two of the cores of the processor... nice little touch. One other thing to note they don't seem to like being run together at the same time!! This could be a RAM thing although I did make sure I had plenty available so I might have to do more testing - I'll post more info as I get a chance to play with VMware more. Cheers, Dustin. One big thing VMware has over Parallels is pre-made OS images. There are quite a number of Linux distributions and other operating systems that are already made into a VMware image, so its just a case of downloading and running the image. Saves a lot of time :-) Seeya Rod! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Emails - MYOB Account Edge V5
Hi all Used to email invoices now says your email programme is not fully supported. Create a new message in Mail and attach the pdf document created by the MYOB., etc Any clue why it has decided to refuse the instruction. Using the latest OS versions Many thanks Tony Wilson Metal Artwork Creations 27 Ambridge St Hamersley Western Australia 6022 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 08 9448 1517 Fax:08 9448 1221 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Video Editing
Hi All, Thanks for all your tips. FCE still seems to be limited to DV sizes (PAL, NTSC, etc.). Which means that I get horrible compression problems. iMovie also seems to have the same compression issues. I am not sure how to use QT, nothing online really seems to explain it. Are there any really comprehensive tutorials online? Cheers guys Chris On 9/25/07, Martin Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris, I'd recommend Quicktime Pro. Once you pay the US$30 and enter your QT Pro Serial number, some impressive new capabilities are enabled in Quicktime Player which include the option of copying and pasting in multiple tracks of audio and video to appear side-by-side or picture-in-picture with respect to each other and at any resolution and frame rate you wish without re-compression if you so desire. I use it regularly with screen recordings that have been captured at 1024x768 with the Motion-JPEG codec at 5 frames per second alongside talking head video footage running at 25 fps at 320x240 resolution using the H.264 codec with text or graphics tracks superimposed on top or alongside. It is as easy as copying the new track and then adding (rather than pasting) it on top of the first, then calling up the properties dialog (command-J), clicking on the appropriate video track and then the visual settings tab and changing the coordinates of the selected video track to move and re-size it. The final movie can end up with multiple tracks running at different frame rates and using totally different codecs and thus avoid re- compression and the generational quality losses that would normally occur. -Mart Martin Hill email: mart at ozmac.com homepages: http://mart.ozmac.com Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 24/09/2007, at 4:05 PM, Chris Watt wrote: Hi Guys, I need to do some video editing but have been running into a lot of problems. I can't use iMovie (06 or 08) because it compresses my screencap footage so badly that it is illegible. My problem is that I need to include both footage from a camera and footage taken from iShowU. Does anyone know what software I should be using that isn't going to cost me an absolute fortune (such as Final Cut Pro)? -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
FW: Webcams? YES! former PC webcam now on Mac!
Hi team, Wow! I read these posts recalled I had a USB Webcam that I used to use with a PC, not Mac compatible so I thought!! Got on to Skype/logitech etc found macam! Downloaded, followed instructions now I have a great picture that I can record on video or still shots, pretty good quality as well! Needless to say I'm chuffed, I almost gave the camera away to a mate on the Dark Side! Thanks to all who raised the possibility, All the best, Ken Jackson -- Forwarded Message From: Antony N. Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:09:35 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Webcams? With 10.4.9, Apple has included a driver for USB webcams. They must be UVC compatible, such as the Xbox 360 camera (about $50). The third page of the skype link has more information on which Logitech cameras are supported under 10.4.9 without a driver. I did find the note about UVC cameras on the Skype forums. Interestingly many people are reporting that (for example) some Logitech models do / don't work depending on what revision the webcam hardware is even though they're both marked UVC on the box (and there's no way to tell which version of the hardware it is). I think I'll give it a punt anyway! Cheers, Antony. -- == == = = Antony N. Lord = http://antonylord.com = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Perth, Western Australia = == = == -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- End of Forwarded Message -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
