http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: test - Recent Topics en Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:13:14 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/introduce-yourself#post-54586 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:45:16 +0000 Derek Sine 54586@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Welcome to the Videomaker Forums!</p> <p> </p> <p>I'm Derek and I'm the Tech Editor for Videomaker Magazine - if you have any questions or need any help regarding the forum let me know! I hope these forums will be a helpful resource for all of you and look forward to growth in 2010. </p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/the-great-shootout-2011#post-69202 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:59:04 +0000 composite1 69202@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>It's that time of year again and the folks at Zacuto have pulled out all the stops this time! Now they've added the top digital video formats used by the pros for making cinematic films to the test. So for those of you who wanted to know how the RED and other top-flight cameras stacked up against 35mm film, you'll get your wish. Also still in the pool of cameras are the Canon and Nikon HDSLRs for those of you thinking about making your next film with either brand. There's some pretty eye-opening stuff and you'll be surprised at how the different cameras stack up against each other.</p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/23177384">The Great Camera Shootout 2011 ~ Trailer</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/so-far-not-so-good#post-58148 Sun, 02 May 2010 09:16:40 +0000 composite1 58148@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>In anticipation of upgrading to Adobe CS5, I downloaded the trial ver's of Premiere and AFX two of the programs I use the most. I have a fast connection and it still took nearly three hours to download the two programs and install them. Okay, I could deal with that. </p> <p>Next, I went through all of Adobe's new anti-piracy crap and setup the program as a 'trial version' though everything is set for you to just buy it ($600 bucks for one program? Not happening.) Anyway at start up I get a warning that I have to update all of my GPU drivers in order to take advantage of the MPE. No prob. Just about a 15 minute divert over to the NVIDIA site to update my drivers. </p> <p>Now, of course my GPU's aren't on the list of compatible drivers (why should they be when NVIDIA can get another couple of grand out of me to upgrade?) But, according to the list as of the 1st of May there was some suggestion that they had expanded support for legacy products. By the 2nd, all that info magically disappeared. Whatever, I needed to update the drivers anyway.</p> <p>So, I go back into premiere and though I don't have GPU support, I at least want to see how the software version of the MPE works. I choose the 'Open Project' option to see how my HDV project load times are supposed to decrease and check some other things. I get a message that 'The project cannot be opened due to the video codec cannot be found'. Hah? Dude I've got codecs up the friggin' ying yang! Whaddaya' mean it can't be found?</p> <p>Fine. I go into the 'Start New Project' section so I can just load some stuff and go from there. Survey says, XXX (insert angry buzzer sound)! No go. At least now I know why it 'couldn't find the codecs'. The only thing Adobe bothered to load was 'DV' settings! If you want to capture, DV is all you get! Now I dug through the project settings and yeah there's stuff for anything Panasonic has out involving DVC whatever even in the HD flavors. But if you want HDV, AVCHD, XDCAM or anything else, fuggeddaboutit!</p> <p>Well at the moment, I can't even test the software for what I need to do. Hell, I don't care how well it handles 'effin' DV! I don't need the MPE to do DV work. Well I still have 29 days left to get some answers and hopefully test this thing.</p> <p>Next, I'll try the AFX and give you a 'blow by blow'. Hopefully that will work out better. So far, I am thoroughly unimpressed.</p> <p>Well, after getting the trial version fired up I get to the initial project screen and si</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/kodak-playsport#post-57452 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:40:17 +0000 Janina 57452@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello, </p> <p>I just bought a PlaySoort and already tested it underwater. Have a look at my HD videos :)</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxjnQJRjRjs" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxjnQJRjRjs</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/testing-out-my-new-jib#post-48724 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:25:15 +0000 kelvintwt 48724@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Having some tests at the local town park</p> <p>Shot with a Panasonic NV DS-11 Mini-DV camcorder</p> <p>with a 52mm threaded 'Round' lens hood(that's a huge mistake as you will see in the video)</p> <p>Edited in Sony Vegas increased a bit of contrast</p> <p>pros here do let me know where/what can i improve on.</p> <p>btw i don't have any external monitor and turned out i've got no idea what exactly i'm filming. lol.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXEr0Ap8bQo" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXEr0Ap8bQo</a></p> <p>cheers all!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/if-you-are-considering-buying-a-camera-that-shoots-avchd-you-need-to-see-this#post-37444 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:47:50 +0000 whoismatt 37444@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Note:  You can either read what I typed here or just see this handy video that I uploaded to Youtube that explains in detail what I have done.</p> <p>Video:  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clQWfa4fUwo" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clQWfa4fUwo</a></p> <p>When I was searching for an HD video camera to purchase, I did some very thorough research.  The one difficulty that I had when doing this research though, was the need to know what video quality an AVCHD video camera would produce.  After scouring the internet I ended up with no videos that showed what the camera had to offer in terms of video quality.  I eventually ended up taking a leap of faith and purchased the HDR-UX1 from Sony's AVCHD lineup of cameras.  It ended up being a very solid camera.</p> <p>In my desire to fix the difficulties that I faced when buying an HD video camera, I have created several (18 to be precise) test videos with my new<br /> camera.  Each of these will showcase the various quality settings of the camera.</p> <p>The Sony HDR-UX1 came with four quality settings:</p> <p>-HDHQ+: 12 Megabits-per-second recording quality.<br /> -HDHQ: 9 Megabits-per-second recording quality.<br /> -HDSP: 7 Megabits-per-second recording quality.<br /> -HDLP: 5 Megabits-per-second recording quality.</p> <p>The camera records at a native 1080p 1440x1080i but with Sony Vegas it can be re-rendered to any quality that you prefer.</p> <p>I recorded 8 clips outside my house, each of varying quality from the HDHQ+ to HDLP and rendered them in both AVI and WMV for quality and size purposes. There are also two clips that I resized to 720p and uploaded to Vimeo for HD streaming.<br /> Overall the shooting for the clips only took 30 minutes, but the editing itself took hours because it required constant rendering of each video.  Its<br /> finally finished though, I hope you like it!</p> <p> You can find all 18 of the various video clips taken with my HDR-UX1 at: <a href="http://whoismatt.com/index.php/Videos/The-Sony-AVCHD-Quality-Test.html" rel="nofollow">http://whoismatt.com/index.php/Videos/The-Sony-AVCHD-Quality-Test.html</a></p>