http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: editing - Recent Posts en Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:59:28 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/speech-editing#post-74721 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:48:58 +0000 MediaFish 74721@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>In Premiere Pro (I am using CS5.5) there is an audio transition called Continuous Power (or something very similar) - I use it all the time to do exactly what you have described.  It works very well for what you are trying to achieve. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/speech-editing#post-74706 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:44:16 +0000 Met 74706@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>Try to use pitch control,... I use it in Adobe Audition. There is a similar process in CS5.</p> <p> </p> <p>Met</p> <p><a title="CamDolly - moudular camera dolly system" href="http://www.CamDolly.com/">CamDolly.com</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/speech-editing#post-74688 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:56:20 +0000 salsavirtuosa 74688@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>In narration editing it is often needed to shorten the talent's speech by cutting out parts. In normal cases the talent's tone gets lower at the end of the completed sentences.</p> <p>Is there any audio effect or trick by which I can achieve nearly the same effect? (I use Adobe Premiere CS5.)</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/amateur-to-amateur-advice#post-74672 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:22:06 +0000 michael9 74672@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi</p> <p>Thanks, great to find such a clear delivery of info.</p> <p>Cheers</p> <p>Michael</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-to-enhance-and-preserve-old-video-on-vhs#post-74568 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:51:20 +0000 trushar30 74568@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have hundreds of VHS with videos of very valuable lectures. I want to capture it, enhance it, as it has degredated over last 25-30 yrs. The videos have lost colors, have disturbance in audio, I want to correct all deficiencies and preserve it for generations to come.</p> <p>What is the best hardware as well as software to do this? What is the best format to preserve this?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/trouble-editing-hd#post-74359 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:09:35 +0000 hunterhimself 74359@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>maybe try compressing your footage so your computer can handle it.  If you are going to compress the video for web in the end this might be a good idea.  This would also be a free thing to try, unless you are looking for a reason to upgrade?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/are-you-using-usb-30-for-video-editing#post-74239 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:05:26 +0000 aburke3 74239@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thanks Rob,</p> <p>I'l check out BlackMagic. I'm toying with the thought of adding USB3.0 to my MacBook Pro (with ExpressCard expansion slot).</p> <p>I guess the hunt is still on for detailed specs...</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/are-you-using-usb-30-for-video-editing#post-74190 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:53:13 +0000 robGRAUERT 74190@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I know BlackMagic Design has I/O options that implement the USB3.0 connection, so I <em>assume</em> the connection is quite capable. However, I still haven't found whether or not USB3.0 transfers data as packets (like USB2.0) or if it's a steady, constant stream (like FW800 and eSATA).</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/are-you-using-usb-30-for-video-editing#post-74184 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:30:18 +0000 aburke3 74184@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>I've been using FireWire800 for the past 6 years, and eSATA more recently. </p> <p> </p> <p>USB 2.0 was simply never good for streaming video playback, due to the technical specs.</p> <p> </p> <p>Are you using USB 3.0? Is it any good for HD video? I've found surprisingly little info on this topic.</p> <p> </p> <p>Happy Editing, </p> <p>Andrew</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/rendering-quality-problem#post-74142 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:29:38 +0000 Eric 74142@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thanks, I will give it a shot.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/codec-and-compression-confusion#post-74089 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:01:54 +0000 robGRAUERT 74089@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Mark,</p> <p>First, what do you mean when you say, "I set the output to H.264?" Are you changing the Compressor setting of the timeline in FCP, or are you going to Quicktime conversion and choosing H.264 compression? If you're changing your timeline Compressor, that's wrong. Keep that at ProRes422.</p> <p>Second, don't even use Quicktime Conversion. Export a Master by going to File &gt; Export &gt; Quicktime Movie. Make sure you're exporting at Current Settings and the Make Movie Self-Contained option is check marked. Then bring your Master into Compressor to create your H.264 and MPEG files. Compressor will do a better job.</p> <p>Also, you didn't explain your H.264 settings...</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/rendering-quality-problem#post-74077 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:15:52 +0000 rs170a 74077@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>You have to set your Preview Window to Best/Full as that's the only way to accurately judge the proper settings for this particular FX.  Do a RAM render if you want to preview a small section.</p> <p>Mike</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/codec-and-compression-confusion#post-74075 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:01:17 +0000 Ian James Smith 74075@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Mark,</p> <p>             I take my m2ts clips, archive them 'as-shot', then make a conversion to the PAL equivalent of your format (720 x 576) in mpg2 of good quality. I am not familiar with the procedure to be followed in Apple's 'Final Cut', because I do not use it. A great deal depends upon the quality of 'codecs', (I use 'Main Concept') and what settings you employ. For example I have reduced my GOP's to twelve, from the default fifteen. Taken overall, that sometimes gives your clips an 'edge', because of the increased density of the all-important 'I-frames'. Within mpg2, itself, I tweak everything up close to the upper-limits permitted by the DVD-Standard. That makes for somewhat larger files and longer processing-times, but pays dividends in the quality of the finished product. My philosophy is that having my footage, for editing, available as good-quality mpg2 saves a lot of hassles and permits a very direct route to disc. But, some purists might not agree with that, with (say) my bit-rate of 9200, for example, as standard. There is another school of thought which regards hoisting the rate above 7000, as a waste-of-time, just the same as there are those who say that you cannot 'improve' on 'ffmpeg' as a codec. What I do know, is that I am quite happy with the comparatively minor amount of the original m2ts image-quality which has to be sacrificed on the way to DVD. None of this addresses your problem, directly, but some of it may be helpful.</p> <p>Ian Smith</p> <p>Dunedin, New Zealand.</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/rendering-quality-problem#post-74074 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:54:30 +0000 Eric 74074@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am trying to get the same exact quality that I see in the preview window after I render it to a mpeg2 or avi. The problem is that I want the grainy film look and other effects to be the same in the rendered final video, but what I'm getting is a crisp video that cleaned up everything. I tried to choose the preview option for the full resolution quality under the file/properties tab but all that did was make it more pixelated and the quality worse but still cleaned up the video. Could someone please help with this? Using Sony Vegas Pro 10 by the way.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/codec-and-compression-confusion#post-74073 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:20:31 +0000 Mark 74073@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I take my ,mts files and throw them into Toast converting them to Apple ProRes 422, to edit into Final Cut Pro 7. I will edit my piece, then using Quicktime conversion in FCP, I set the output to usually h.264, and the size sometimes to 720x480, 16:9 since I seldom need pure HD, and export it to my external hard drive. If I compress I use MPEG Streamclip, but I don't usually compress all that much since I editing short pieces mostly.</p> <p> </p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>Mark</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/codec-and-compression-confusion#post-74066 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:47:03 +0000 robGRAUERT 74066@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Describe in detail the process you go through to create your H.264 or MP4 files, please. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/codec-and-compression-confusion#post-74057 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:42:07 +0000 Mark 74057@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am having some trouble with codecs and compression when I am outputting in Final Cut Pro Studio 7. </p> <p>I transfer all my .mts files to Apple ProRes 422, and proceed to edit. When I am done with the edit and ready to output, I generally select h.264 but sometimes I use Mpeg 4. When I output my video looks a little pixelated and not near as sharp as others that use h.264. I might be overlooking a setting when I export, hence the question here in the forum.</p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>Mark</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/fcp7-plays-stalls-when-trying-to-view-edits-and-render-question#post-73993 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:24:25 +0000 Mark 73993@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thanks, I think I need to make adjustments for just about all of that.</p> <p>-mark</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/fcp7-plays-stalls-when-trying-to-view-edits-and-render-question#post-73976 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:08:51 +0000 robGRAUERT 73976@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>There are two common causes for frequent rendering in FCP:</p> <p>1) You're trying to work with H.264 material. You should transcode that to ProRes422 before bringing it into FCP.</p> <p>2) Your Sequence settings don't match your footage settings.</p> <p>When your playback is stuttering, this is usually because your storage device is not transferring data fast enough to your computer. If your footage lives on an external drive, it should NOT be connected through USB2.0. Instead, go with FW800 or eSATA. </p> <p>Also, if your footage lives on your system drive - the main hard drive of the computer - that will cause performance to drop as well.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/fcp7-plays-stalls-when-trying-to-view-edits-and-render-question#post-73961 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:46:03 +0000 EarlC 73961@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>It could be, Mark, that your system &amp; processor, memory, simply aren't powerful enough to handle RT playback smoothly.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/fcp7-plays-stalls-when-trying-to-view-edits-and-render-question#post-73946 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:10:48 +0000 Mark 73946@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am having trouble viewing my material after I make edits. I always have to render things, and the playback often stalls after only being able to see a few seconds of what I have done. I tried everything from watching in a smaller screen, to adjusting the RT playback, but it still stutters and stops during playback. </p> <p>The other question is, Why do I have to render so much. I convert my .mts files to .mov using Toast. I convert using the Apple ProRes 422 codec. If I have two tracks of video that I lay down on top of each other, when I go back to play one I have to render the one I black out. I spend entirely to much time rendering when I know people are editing much faster.</p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>Mark</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-help-on-a-feature#post-73875 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:36:48 +0000 DNSVideo 73875@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>The titler in studio 14 should be able to do a lot of what you see in that video.  Pinnacle studio 14 has a tile building program that you can build awesome titles, and they will play over a video if put under a video on the timeline.  What I see in that video, when things pop up, it is the actual game this person is playing, showing these things on the screen.  What i see in that video is a screen capture of a person playing the game, no editing and simply posted to youtube.  You can do awesome videos with Studio14, using GIMP or any good photo edit software or program.  Type studio 14 into the search engine on youtube and see and learn what is possible.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/what-are-these-types-of-videos-made-in#post-73810 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:00:39 +0000 MediaFish 73810@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have made many of these in Adobe After Effects.  If you have ever flown on JetBlue or Frontier and watched their inflight Entrainment ads or movie trailers on their movie channels (all very similar) - almost all were made in After Effects (motion graphics).</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/what-are-these-types-of-videos-made-in#post-73808 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:47:03 +0000 Justin 73808@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Are these done in Flash or Premeir Pro?</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COvrf6NoCog" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COvrf6NoCog</a></p> <p>And do you all know of any good tutorials or resources for creating these types of text effects?</p> <p>Thanks in advance for any help!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-big-a-deal-is-pal-recording#post-73746 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:35:50 +0000 designcbts 73746@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>&nbsp;I'm just a small, home-based videographer.&nbsp; I prefer delivering in Blu-Ray.&nbsp; This PAL experience just reaffirms my preference.&nbsp; As Rocky mentioned, I didn't notice and color problems with my PAL discs.&nbsp; I was surprised that they played on my XBOX 360.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Rocky:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13604.html">http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13604.html</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/final-cut-pro-vs-adobe-premiere-pro/page/3#post-73730 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:02:59 +0000 Grover Richardson 73730@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello everyone! I've been using FCP for about 5 years now and I love it! However, I do use certain Adobe products as well like Soundbooth and Affect Effects. I find FCP is little bit more user friendly for me although, if I had the time to really sit down and learn Premier, I am sure I would like that as well!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-big-a-deal-is-pal-recording#post-73709 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:23:34 +0000 Rocky 73709@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>PAL, NTSC and SECAM are different video colour systems or standards used in different countries. Exporting in PAL or NTSC only becomes a critical issue, if what you are exporting is destined for TV broadcasting. </p> <p>Modern domestic electronic appliances, TV receivers, DVD players etc are multi-system, these automatically detect input system/signal type &amp; playback normally.  </p> <p>HD (like SD) is able to be recorded in any system, PAL, NTSC etc. </p> <p>I would be interested in designcbts comments <em>"SONY camcorders are getting firmware update to record in PAL".</em> Is there a link to follow that up?  </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-big-a-deal-is-pal-recording#post-73699 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:40:03 +0000 Ian James Smith 73699@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>PAL is the standard used by many European and British Commonwealth countries. It is what I use as a matter of course, and I have never been able to understand why its use is not universal as it has a greater number of 'lines' (as compared with NTSC,  known, in some quarters, I believe as 'Never The Same Colour Twice', or at least, it was, in its early days). PAL, also uses 25 frames/sec as standard, as pointed out by 'doublehamm'. Having, on occasions transcoded a bit of stuff to send to friends in the US into NTSC, I cannot see myself changing, anytime soon. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-big-a-deal-is-pal-recording#post-73698 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:07:35 +0000 doublehamm 73698@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Changing the frame rate in post can do nasty things to the look of your footage.  </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-big-a-deal-is-pal-recording#post-73681 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:57:28 +0000 designcbts 73681@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>&nbsp;I've only done PAL once but I selected the format during export.&nbsp; One of Sony's camcorders is getting a firmware update to record in PAL.&nbsp; With HD being a uniform standard and editing platforms taking care of the final format, why worry about what the video being recorded in?</p>