Re: Video Editing
On 25/09/2007, at 9:44 AM, Chris Watt wrote: 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 you will find user guides etc. here .. http://www.apple.com/support/ quicktime/ 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] -- 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, QuickTime 7 Pro makes it really easy to create stunning video with the new H.264 video codec in QuickTime 7. Simply follow these straightforward instructions to get impressive results: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/h264.html These Tutorials are for Windows, but basically the same for Mac Quicktime. http://www.edflix.org/quicktime.htm Cheers, Ronni On 25/09/2007, at 9:44 AM, Chris Watt wrote: 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] -- 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]
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]
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: 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]
Video editing.
Hi all, I have a query for the video/film gurus!!! We have some film footage that was shot using a Canon XL1 camera and captured on a windows pc using Avid software. The video clips were saved as .mov files. The video clips were then copied to an external USB2 hard disc which is set up using NTSS format. The editing is to be done on a Power Mac G4 (running OS 10.3.something), the external HD is plugged into the USB2 port on the Power Mac and we are attempting import the video clips into Final Cut Pro version 4. The import is working, but is terribly slow (painfully so). Is there anything that we can do that anyone is aware of to speed up the process. All suggestions appreciated. Thanks in advance Ken W...
Re: Video editing.
From: Ken Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] The video clips were then copied to an external USB2 hard disc which is set up using NTSS format. The editing is to be done on a Power Mac G4 (running OS 10.3.something), the external HD is plugged into the USB2 port on the Power Mac and we are attempting import the video clips into Final Cut Pro version 4. The import is working, but is terribly slow (painfully so). Is there anything that we can do that anyone is aware of to speed up the process. Ken, Does the G4 have a USB v2 PCI card? If not, all older PowerMac G4's only had older USB v1.1 ports which can only run at 12Mbps rather than 480Mbps. If you do have the USB drive plugged into a USB v2 card, then have you tried copying the files to the G4's hard disk first and then tried importing into FCP? If so, was it slow copying to the HD as well? If so, then the USB hard disk or the USB connection is at fault. Try plugging the USB drive into a USB port unused by any other device - if you happen to have a keyboard or mouse or other USB 1 device using the same USB bus, then the USB 2 bus drops down to the same speed as USB v1.1. If you don't have a USB v2.0 PCI card handy, you're better off burning the files onto a data DVD-R or using a Firewire HD (assuming you have a Firewire card in your PC). -Mart
Re: Video editing.
On 15/08/2005, at 12:52 PM, Ken Woods wrote: Hi all, I have a query for the video/film gurus!!! We have some film footage that was shot using a Canon XL1 camera and captured on a windows pc using Avid software. The video clips were saved as .mov files. You most probably will be losing quality as NLE (FCP/Avid) utilise DV or higher codec, not to mention the loss of timecode. I would re- capture to your G4 it would be faster than trying to copy from USB and almost 100% guarantee of acquiring all your footage. Set-up as per this bit of advice about backup. If really must you can use the USB drive as your capture device as mentioned in paper. http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/basic_archiving_movie.html The video clips were then copied to an external USB2 hard disc which is set up using NTSS format. In my experiences even with Windows machines utilise Firewire as USB or USB2 will drop frames and is so slow it is a joke, besides it does not transfer and synchronise with machine and camera. But you have mentioned it is captured, So, Just dump all captured footage to G4 folder or desktop and work from their it will take a while and don't forget to check footage once dumped to see it has transferred all files correctly. The editing is to be done on a Power Mac G4 (running OS 10.3.something), the external HD is plugged into the USB2 port on the Power Mac and we are attempting import the video clips into Final Cut Pro version 4. Check it is USB2 The import is working, but is terribly slow (painfully so). Is there anything that we can do that anyone is aware of to speed up the process. Re-Capture to G4 through Firewire. The other solution edit in Avid as most of the editing seems to be done, so why not continue within that environment. Save having to transfer huge files running the risk of losing some captured clips or damaging it. Cheers! `Rob...
Re: Video editing.
Ken Woods wrote: The import is working, but is terribly slow (painfully so). Is there anything that we can do that anyone is aware of to speed up the process. Hi Ken I may be wrong but I would remove it from the case and connect the drive internally, but that is me ;) Good Luck Paul
Re: Video editing hardware/software
From: Stephen Chape [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am fairly certain that by connecting a VHS Player to a Digital Camcorder and then the Camcorder to the Mac (using firewire) you can download video directly to iMovie. So the Camcorder becomes (in effect) an analogue to digital converter. Perhaps a more experienced WAMUG member can back me up or correct (if necessary) me on this. On 14/11/2004, at 11:29 PM, Greg Satti wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations about video editing hardware/software to transfer VHS to Mac via firewire/usb. Any good and/or bad reports greatly appreciated - cheers. As has been mentioned on a number of previous occasions on this list, the easiest and cheapest solution software-wise is iMovie (and iDVD if you wish to output to DVD). Hardware-wise, there are a number of options including one new one just released yesterday: - Just released ConvertX Plexor USB 2.0 analog video TV tuner and PVR. It also allows you to plug a VCR or other video source in to capture from at up to 720x480. I haven't used this yet and haven't seen any reviews, but it looks like a reasonable option if you don't already have a DV camera: http://elgato.com/index.php?file=products_convertxPHPSESSID=680db61c9722da b60667d3a65ed7dd9e US$229 The EyeTV software provides basic video editing or you can use Quicktime Pro or import (convert) into iMovie. http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=4016 - Alchemy TV also does the TV tuner thing and captures full screen, full motion analog video. This is a PCI card so you need a Mac with PCI slots (PowerMac G4 or G5) We've had good results with several of these cards. This is probably the cheapest option at Aus$215 for high quality analog video capture http://miglia.com/products/video/alchemytvdvr/index.html - DV video camera acting as an analog to DV converter (as Stephen describes above). I've used this many times quite successfully. Just make sure the camcorder is recent enough to support AV input. Our old Sony DCR-TRV7 camcorder doesn't and neither do camcorders sold in Europe (due to legislation banning the feature I believe! This has I think (hope!) changed in recent years) - Analog-Firewire video converters. The Canopus ADVC-100 series has worked well for us http://www.canopus-aust.com/AU/products/ADVC-100/pm_advc-100.asp Aus$650 as has the Miglia Directors Cut http://miglia.com/products/video/director2/index.html - The cheapest option is various USB v1.0 video capture dongles but they only capture at quarter screen resolution so I don't recommend them. We do have a number of Mac OS X compatible XLR8 Interview USB v1.0 video capture interfaces (Aus$85 if I recall) and use them successfully for some low-end tasks. -Mart -- Martin Hill mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] homepages: http://mart.ozmac.com Mb: 0417-967-969 hm: (08)9314-5242
Re: Video editing hardware/software
Hello Greg, I have been using iMovie and iDVD for about 2 months now and am having a ball. I am fairly certain that by connecting a VHS Player to a Digital Camcorder and then the Camcorder to the Mac (using firewire) you can download video directly to iMovie. So the Camcorder becomes (in effect) an analogue to digital converter. Perhaps a more experienced WAMUG member can back me up or correct (if necessary) me on this. On 14/11/2004, at 11:29 PM, Greg Satti wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations about video editing hardware/software to transfer VHS to Mac via firewire/usb. Any good and/or bad reports greatly appreciated - cheers. Kind regards, Greg Satti www.zytech.com.au PO Box 758, Bunbury WA 6230 Ph: (08) 9721 1125 Fx: (08) 9721 1126 Mob: 0423 558 636 The online data storage technology store -- 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro Regards, Stephen Chape
Re: Video editing hardware/software
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations about video editing hardware/software to transfer VHS to Mac via firewire/usb. Any good and/or bad reports greatly appreciated - cheers. Depending on what level of editing you need to do, I find iMovie to be pretty good (and better at outputting to some DV cameras than Final Cut Pro :) Don't forget iMovie can be beefed up with third party effects plug-ins. For those not afraid to do some basic scripting to 'roll their own' effects I find VideoScript to be pretty useful too... http://www.videoscript.com/download.html QuickTime Pro is also useful if you want to cut and paste bits of movies together. There are a number of similar tools listed at http://www.versiontracker.com/php/search.php?mode=basicaction=searchstr=movie+editplt%5B%5D=macosxx=8y=8 A copy of iMovie 4 iDVD - The Missing Manual is also a good stocking stuffer :) http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/imoviemm4/ Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord http://sungroper.asn.au/
Video editing hardware/software
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations about video editing hardware/software to transfer VHS to Mac via firewire/usb. Any good and/or bad reports greatly appreciated - cheers. Kind regards, Greg Satti www.zytech.com.au PO Box 758, Bunbury WA 6230 Ph: (08) 9721 1125 Fx: (08) 9721 1126 Mob: 0423 558 636 The online data storage technology store
Video Editing Software
Hi, I am after some info on good video editing software for Imac DVD 9.1. I have connected up my video and camcorder to the computer. I can watch TV and Videos through HackTV etc but I want to be able to edit my camcorder movies, I can watch them all but IMovie 2 is not picking up the camcorder or video (both are connected through USB and I am guessing the software needs to digitize them first as they are older models.) Can I edit them or is just watching them as far as I will get without spending money on addons just software. Thankyou Karen
