http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: post production - Recent Posts en Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:56:42 +0000 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/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/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/upgrade-or-buy-new-mac-pro-or-imac#post-71692 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:52:09 +0000 Charles Schultz 71692@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Sorry, instead of he I meant She. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/upgrade-or-buy-new-mac-pro-or-imac#post-71691 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:51:30 +0000 Charles Schultz 71691@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Rob, the new Mac Pro's do not need a raid card, it is right on the board now. I just got one about 3 months ago and it is really simple to do. One problem I can see from his current system is that he only has two gig of ram. If he goes to <a href="http://www.crucial.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.crucial.com</a> it can scan his system and see how much he can cram into it. </p> <p>Also a few 1.5 terabyte hard drives could be in order, they are getting cheaper every day. Get another 250 gig hard drive and then you can set the two 250's to raid 1 and the 1.5's to raid 0 and you could be rocking and rolling. </p> <p>One question, are those Intel processors or are they another brand. If they are Intel you may also be able to plug in a graphics processing card, if FCP accepts them that is. I use Premiere and love the Mercury Play Back engine as it helps to speed up the rendering process. </p> <p>Hope this helps.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/upgrade-or-buy-new-mac-pro-or-imac#post-71684 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:31:59 +0000 robGRAUERT 71684@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have a Mac Pro with that same processor. I never sit around wishing it was faster, so I'm wondering if the problem your media management. You only listened on hard drive - the 250GB drive. Is that the only drive in your computer and the only drive you use for video editing? If so, then yes your computer will be very slow and it will be more cost effective to by the proper storage devices.</p> <p>But if you are handling your media correctly and still need a faster computer, buying new Mac Pro will last longer because they're expandable and they stuff more processors in them. So it takes longer for them to be perceived as "slow."</p> <p>If you upgrade to the new FCP, you're stuck with FCP X, which doesn't open old projects. I think Apple is still offering FCS (FCP7), but there's a catch to it or something.</p> <p>And as for backup, well, you need to have a hard drive (or preferably a RAID) dedicated to your projects and a hard drive dedicated to backing up the memory cards that your camera records to (if you've made the leap to solid state recording). Then you need to back up both of those drives. G-Tech is a good source for RAIDs and hard drives.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/upgrade-or-buy-new-mac-pro-or-imac#post-71678 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:28:02 +0000 Kristina 71678@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I edit film with FCP and I have reached a point where I need a better computer. The Mac Pro I have now dates from 2006/2007 and is way to slow for my needs. The question now is: should I upgrade the computer I have or should I buy a new iMac or Mac Pro. I would appreciate any advice! I'm of course looking for the most cost effective solution. </p> <p>This is what I have today:</p> <p>Mac Pro</p> <p>2 x 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon</p> <p>2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM</p> <p>Hard-disk: 232,44 GB</p> <p>I might also have to upgrade my Final Cut Pro as it is as old as the computer: FCP 5.1.4 What would you recommend here?</p> <p>I need a computer to edit film (possibly HD) and also a good way to do my back-up. My internet connection isn't very fast...</p> <p>Thank you in advance!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/constructing-the-best-dslr-workflow-beginners-guide#post-70224 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 02:05:08 +0000 Fadly Hussin 70224@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>&lt;span class="story-item-teaser" rel="nofollow"&gt;What if you have a<br /> neverendless stream of cash for video post production at your disposal?<br /> Check out this super sexy post on HDSLR workflow. This is not your<br /> average digital film workflow, this is the Epicmealtime™ of video<br /> workflow!&lt;/span&gt;</p> <p><a href="http://fadlywychowvski.blogspot.com/2011/08/constructing-best-hdslr-workflow.html" rel="nofollow">http://fadlywychowvski.blogspot.com/2011/08/constructing-best-hdslr-workflow.html</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/fadlywychowvskiblogspotcom-has-all-the-websites-and-twitter-feeds#post-69737 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:54:58 +0000 Fadly Hussin 69737@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello guys,</p> <p>   On my blog site, there's alot of articles and websites that I have recommended to help us all in regards with pre-production, production and post production. I'm new and i'm trying to create a community within my blogsite so that we all can learn from each other and compare opinions. My only dream is that someone will push us towards a newer era in film/video creativity. Let's start now.</p> <p>Anyone with me?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/new-099-music-for-your-videos#post-68711 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:41:27 +0000 EarlC 68711@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>OK, curious, not "questionable" as this is your ONLY post/response in more than a year. That in and of itself is not a bad thing. A LOT of members simply read here and get the GREAT information that Videomaker participants try to provide ... and sometimes there's a bit of stuff to laugh with, or at, critique and simply just enjoy and appreciate even if it isn't exactly on topic. That's all good as well.</p> <p>Sorry for the poorly aimed jab. It is a bit off-putting when a NEW member (like this post originator) comes on and her/his first post is a blatant commercial. The Videomaker forums guidelines state that this is not a desired approach to use of the forum, and some moderators go even further in believing that new members coming on and immediately advertising are taking advantage of the community, exploiting rather than contributing as a real community member. Videomaker offers advertising for those wanting to ONLY advertise.</p> <p>I CAN see why they do it, because it works if they can get away with it ... even for a day or three. You posted that you purchased their product AND gave them a glowing endorsement. Not bad for a commercial company exploiting a wonderfully busy and open forum of people who use the products they hawk. And why hasn't the original poster come back on with a reply to any of the responses here? Just saying ...</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/new-099-music-for-your-videos#post-68709 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:38:21 +0000 doublehamm 68709@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Says member since March 2010, I guess I just took the post for what it was worth.  Sorry!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/new-099-music-for-your-videos#post-68707 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:33:02 +0000 EightFootSmile 68707@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hey, EarlC:</p> <p>Not exactly sure why my post would be questionable... I am a member of the VideoMaker site, and clicked on the forum link from the email list that I subscribe to. </p> <p>I checked out the site, and was impressesed with their product. I usually purchase music through Footage Firm, but after previewing the music on their site I decided to order. After my transaction was completed, I had a question about how to download the files. The chat rep was very helpful and answered all my questions, though I did not plan to download the files until I got home from work.</p> <p>Around 8:00 PM last night, I got around to attempting the download. I needed some additional guidance, and once again the chat rep walked me through the process. These days, when I see a good product and get good service, I like to spread the word.</p> <p>I mostly use this type of music for my Animoto slideshows, and personal videos of the grandkids and holiday functions. I really like the 15, 30, 60 and full versions of the music in MP3 and WAV format, which is similar to the items I have purchased from Footage Firm.</p> <p>I am not actually endorsing either Footage Firm or JewelBeat, but I have had good experiences with both of them. However, I do soundly endorse Videomaker with its seemingly endless wealth of resources available to users.</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>Paul F.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/new-099-music-for-your-videos#post-68697 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:10:00 +0000 doublehamm 68697@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Again, a good idea, but does this make it legal for weddings?  The self promotion via pseudo account though kind of rubs me wrong. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/new-099-music-for-your-videos#post-68695 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:12:53 +0000 pseudosafari 68695@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Also, from reading their license agreement, it's for non-commercial use only, FYI.  It doesn't appear to define "commercial" but I'm guessing weddings and DVD's you sell are out.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/new-099-music-for-your-videos#post-68681 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:21:38 +0000 EarlC 68681@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm a bit curious about Paul F. coming onboard as a member, then a half-hour later finding THIS particular thread and posting a glowing review about the "top-notch" music on his "just ordered" JewelStick. Sounds curious, is all I'm sayin'.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/new-099-music-for-your-videos#post-68677 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:20:22 +0000 EightFootSmile 68677@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Wish the poster had  a spell-checker...meant to use "compositions"...</p> <p>Paul F.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/new-099-music-for-your-videos#post-68676 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:19:16 +0000 EightFootSmile 68676@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Just ordered a JewelStick, and their online chat rep was extremely competent and helpful. I did an extensive preview of the music, and it was all top-notch. I am also a musician and do a lot of my own copositiions, but having a pool of music to draw from is priceless to me.</p> <p>Paul F.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/new-099-music-for-your-videos#post-68661 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:09:21 +0000 doublehamm 68661@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Just checked out what you were talking about, I think.  Though I only see volume 3?  Some of that is not half bad.  Wonder where the other volumes are, they do not show when I search.</p> <p> </p> <p>EDIT: Never mind, the search must have been acting up the first time. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/new-099-music-for-your-videos#post-68649 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:35:04 +0000 pseudosafari 68649@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I got a kick out of some of the titles in "Sounds Like Movies and TV".  That alone was worth a visit to the site.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/new-099-music-for-your-videos#post-68629 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:16:15 +0000 doublehamm 68629@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I like the idea, and I am trying to like the music,  and I am sure someone has uses for it, but it all sounds like elevator music to me.  Just my opinion.  </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/new-099-music-for-your-videos#post-68622 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:13:04 +0000 vid-e-o-man 68622@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Has anyone used music from this site? </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/new-099-music-for-your-videos#post-68621 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:01:16 +0000 az 68621@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi, I am writing in from <a href="http://www.jewelbeat.com/">http://www.jewelbeat.com/</a>. We have just launched our new site and all music is priced at $0.99 per track. We have over 35,000 track that are completely free from royalties worldwide. Each purchase gets you a customized license agreement to your name. Many of you many know us to have free royalty free music and sound effects. Our free music and sound effects selection still exists and more have been added to that selection as well - over 3000 tracks.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/the-power-of-editing#post-66834 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:42:12 +0000 grinner 66834@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I don't think it can be argued that the most creative seat in the entire video production process is the editor's.</p> <p>I've always loved Hurt... and Johnny for that matter.</p> <p>In '98 Johnny came down with double pnumonia. Things looked bad as the weekend approached and I had just wrapped up a session at CMT early one late night. We always did Life and Times specials and shows of artists that had just passed and the producer I was working with suggested we rough out a Johnny Cash piece before we leave, should something happen over the weekend. While I understood this from a news standpoint, man it seemed like bad karma to make an obit for a dude who was still kickin'. I explained my feelings and the producer agreed. The man in black went home less than a week later.</p> <p>I too cried the first time I heard him sing Hurt.</p> <p>and the last.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/the-power-of-editing#post-66825 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:42:47 +0000 vid-e-o-man 66825@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> WOW!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/the-power-of-editing#post-66824 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:46:11 +0000 composite1 66824@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Last year I wrote an article for VM Magazine about 'Making Music Videos'. One of the things stressed in the article was to keep your mind open to the possibilities of what can be done during production and in post-production which can enhance your work. Here's a classic example of how even after shooting a beautiful rendition of Johnny Cash's final music video "Hurt", the editor was able to push that performance into an emotionally stunning piece of art.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg8xYSWOFR8&amp;feature=player_embedded">Johnny Cash's 'Hurt' behind the scenes</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIfhTCKQN7g&amp;feature=player_embedded">Johnny Cash's 'Hurt' Video in HD</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/multiple-video-timelines#post-64158 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:54:57 +0000 CraftersOfLight 64158@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Another example of multiple track use.</p> <p>You have a long clip of a talking head. Nothing to watch but has a good story to tell. So you run it on one track to set the subject and for the audio. Now you have several short clips covering the subject of the talking head's discussion. You strategically place these on secondary tracks to add to the interest of the comments. This lets you come back to the talking head at any time and it still be in sync with the audio since it was playing the whole time.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/multiple-video-timelines#post-64154 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:33:07 +0000 XTR-91 64154@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>titles, special effects, and all the liking.</p> <p> </p> <p>I use them to cover up jerked shots at church with slides</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/multiple-video-timelines#post-64135 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:11:21 +0000 birdcat 64135@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Multiple video tracks come in handy when you are compositing (putting one video layer over another) or creating certain effects (like enhancing colors or picture-in-picture).  I also use them when using track motion (where I move or zoom the video) and want to segregate the video so I don't effect any other video track.  </p> <p>Using special effects and lots of track motion, I have had projects with 100 video tracks, and usually average about four or five per project, along with two or three audio tracks.</p>