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DEEP SEA

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How many of you shoot video then edited via your computer? I have been having fun with it for a few years now. It's great, you can really put together a first class production with a little practice.

I use Adobe 4.2 to edit. A fire wire card to bring the video in & out and shoot with a Sony VX-1000 in an Amphibico housing (Lights & Motion HMI lights). I also use underwater communication tied into the video housing. That allows real time recordings of the divers and myself as we explore.

If any of you want tips, have tips or a good story - share them.
 
Which Adobe program are you using, DS? How "yooser friendly" is it & how much does it cost? And is it MAC or Windows? :confused:

I've been told that MGI Digital Studio is good, and doesn't cost your first born child and a kidney to buy. :wink:

I really need to get SOMETHING... we have all this raw digital footages from our Canon Optura (also in an Amphibico housing). We even went as far as putting in a firewire & a humongous HD just for editing. However, the video program we got with the firewire (Ulead Video Wizard) turned out to be useless, and NOT accessible via the firewire. (I suspect the people who installed the hardward didn't know squat about the software.)

We have been using a 30 watt Amphibico light... please elaborate on why you went with the Lights & Motion HMI lights.

Thanks, mon...

~SubMariner~
 
I've been using Studio DV from Pinnacle Systems for a little over a year.
It's relatively cheap at about 125.00 street price or less and has a firewire card with it.
It has good titling and transitions and has worked well for me.
I am considering upgrading to Adobe Premiere to be able to tweak Contrast and exposure and color balance, but that's a few hundred more and I'd like input from someone that's done it before changing. Adobe Premiere seems to be the gold standard in the forums I peruse and in the magazine Computer Videomaker, but I have no experience with it.
Anyone out there with good Adobe Premiere experience, please help!
John Reinertson
 
Sub,

When DEEPSEA said "Adobe 4.2" he meant Adobe Premiere 4.2 for a win9x clone. Version 6 just came out and you can upgrade for $149 or full for $549 from the Adobe site or if you shop around you can actually get the full for under $200.

(Hint: Ask a college student to pick you up a copy from the store at the school)

=-)

 
Sorry for the long delay. I forgot I posted on this topic. King is right Adobe Premiere 4.2 is what I am currently using. However, they are on 5.1 and more now (too lazy to learn the new stuff).

A bundle typically cost around $850.00. That includes software and a capture card. It is extremely important you get a good capture card or you wind up with a roach hotel (everything goes in, nothing comes out).

A good package is the Sparks bundle. It comes with everything you need. HOWEVER, it has been a while since I shopped and you may want to check things out. Another important factor to consider is what you exactly want to do. For example, if you have a lot of stock footage shoot in Hi8, VHS and/or 8mm, the Sparks package is not good. It will only take digital (again, old news, maybe they changed). I had to purchase a deck called, Sony DHR-1000 because it had RCA plugs allowing me to digitize VHS, 8mm and Hi8. After it is digitized, I can bring it into the computer and start having fun. Actually, the digitized 8mm, Hi8 or VHS look better after I captured it digitally!

You have many selections of how you want to deal with the video after you capture it and start editing it. You can render it in high quality video and bring it out digitally or render it for a CD! You also have as many as 100 video and audio tracks to play with. You can add music, sound effects, and video on top of video on top of video with motion and filters. Spin, twirl, zigzag, title, whatever and it looks great.

Let me know if I can be of further help.
 
Deep Sea, It sounds like you're the one that can answer my question. I have some video that has color shifts and contrast shifts that I'd like to alter to make it look more consistent. Can Adobe Premiere let me do that easily? I've been used to doing that with photo and scanning software for still pictures and would like to know if Adobe can easily do that.
My current software lets me do colored overlays with varying transparency to shift color temperature somewhat, but I lose some contrast and it's doesn't do a great job at brightening video that's too dark. Thanks in advance for your assistance
John Reinertson.
 
John, I have had to edit video using video shot by the client that was horrible. Some was extremely dark but had images I had to have and we had no time to reshoot. Some had little color.

Adobe has many filters you can choose that allow you to really fix up your video. Their is also after market filters available. The only draw back is it takes forever to render your video when you use filters. The benefit does out way the long wait.

A good feature when using filters is the razor. You can cut your video seamless and apply the filter only where it is necessary. This makes for a fast render time and quick fix.

You may want to check out the Adobe web site and find out when they will have a free clinic in your area!
 
I've been using the Pyro DV 1394 card with Media Studio Pro 6.0 with very good results. The Pyro DV 1394 package is about $75 now. If you own this card, Adobe will sell you the full version of Adobe Premiere 6.0 for $200... that's right. (see http://www.adstech.com) I'm going to take advantage of that offer since Premiere seems to be the defacto standard for NLE. Just one thing to remember before you jump into this: You need a carefully designed PC system to pull this off successfully. OHCI relies on the PC to do a lot. Basically, your PC needs at least the following...

* 500 MHZ PIII or higher (stay away from Athalons and via chipsets)
* 2 UDMA 66 or SCSI drives. One for the system drive and another 30 GIG or higher for the video drive.
* 32 MB AGP video card (like nVida)
* 128 MB of PC100 or PC133 SDRAM
* Win98SE or Win2K

 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/teric/

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