Videography John Mac 10240 cc Sydney 2009.
Use Work tool – videography and digital photography is an ACRRM on-line teaching module. Telemedicine. Teaching videos. Recreational toy – video record of holidays, important events (weddings, birthdays), people (genealogy), Will. => Demo video
Overview Video cameras (camcorders) Video editing software Rendering to movie files for the Internet (YouTube) or DVD DVD authoring and burning
Video cameras Many choices - wide range of features with prices to match ($200 - $20k) - Storage media - HDD, DVD, flash: most convenient - tape: best quality Connectivity
Computer Hardware Need plenty of everything for video editing: Fast CPU Plenty of RAM Plenty of storage Fast connectivity – firewire, USB2
Video Editing Software Many choices: Cinelerra – Free, GPL'd, linux & Mac, pro. Adobe Premier - Elements - $125, Win, consumer - Pro - $1100, Win & Mac, prosumer Final Cut Pro - $1,600, Mac, pro. => Wikipedia comparisons
Rendering to a movie file File format depends on purpose: Internet (YouTube) - highly compressed file, eg. ogg file DVD - high quality, larger movie file for DVD (able to be played on large full screen or projected)
DVD authoring and burning DVDStyler (Win, Linux) is a free (open source, GPL) easy-to-use DVD authoring program, which combines audio and video files into VOB files and produces the DVD menu(s) for your movie. => Your movie files are now ready for burning to DVD.
My setup Canon HV40 (high definition camcorder using miniDV tape). Transfer movie footage from tape to computer using dvgrab shell script (batch file). Cinelerra for video editing and rendering. DVDStyler for DVD authoring. K3b for burning to DVD.
Key message Videography has really arrived. Camcorders, computer hardware and software are readily available, within budget, and user- friendly. => Demo video
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