February 03, 2006
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Issue 33, 1 February 2006
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In This Issue ...Editor's
ViewPoint
Editor's ViewPointHello there, welcome to the month of February 2006! Its been an interesting week here at Desktop-Video-Guide.com. There are some interesting tidbits of news we have for you - so read on ... Well, first up this week: Adobe announces Premiere Elements 2.0 and Photoshop Elements 4.0. The company's hugely popular (and successful) budget version of its Premiere Pro editing program gets a facelift and added features, and is partnered with Photoshop Elements 4.0 too! Also, Canon has launched its Canon XL H1 HDV camcorder. At last, Canon has joined the HDV club with a camcorder whose styling very much resembles an XL2 sprayed black, but which offers a new HD-compatible lens, 1080i HDV and SD recording to MiniDV tape. Pinnacle has also announced Studio Version 10. Following its recent acquisition by market-leader Avid, Pinnacle has announced the latest release of the latest in its Studio line of beginner-level digital video capture, editing and digital media sharing packages.
The MailBagTips for video capture
Question: Do you know of any tips for
capturing video into my computer? Answer: Here are some handy tips for capturing video. Hopefully, they will come in useful at some point: |
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Use a separate hard disk for capturing video -
the fastest hard disk you’ve got. You can use Adobe Premiere Scratch Disks
preferences to
Place as few other demands on the system as
possible, to gain the undivided attention of the CPU. If other programs are
running (for example: virtual memory, network connections, unnecessary Capture audio at the highest quality settings your computer can handle, even if those settings are higher than those you’ll specify for final export or playback. This provides headroom, that is, extra data, which will help preserve quality if you adjust audio gain (volume) or apply audio effects such as equalization or dynamic range compression/expansion. Standard practice is to make sure the gain level is correct when you capture because, if the gain in an audio clip was set too low when it was digitized, increasing the gain may emphasize noise or introduce distortion. Featured Articles
Guidelines for
Shooting Quality Videos
Learn to Create a Video with Windows MovieMaker
How to Share Your
Video with Others If you're looking for a full-fledged video editing package at a reasonable price, then Ulead VideoStudio For the more advanced user, there are more than 1000 customizable
transitions, titles and special effects to play with. You can also cut those
movies onto DVD, CD, tape and other media to share with friends and family.
Highly recommended.
Every once in a while, you might be in the mood to edit together a movie, but
you don't have a video camera. The Internet
Archive is a nonprofit organization, which was founded to build an 'Internet
Library'. A vast array of media is available through the site, including audio
and video files.
Both the Open Source and the Prelinger archives are part of the larger Moving
Images collection. Within the collection of Moving Images are a variety of
sections, including Independent News, Computer Chronicles, and Feature Films. Of
particular interest is the Feature Films section, which contains genres ranging
from Action to Western. Do you want to make a Mystery movie? Then browse the
Mystery section, gather your footage, and edit to your heart's content.
Depending on your approach, you can mix and match footage from many movies,
reedit a movie, or dream something up like Mystery Science Theater 3000. Try it
out, you'll be amazed by the possibilities.
AVS Video Converter is a full-featured video conversion tool that does
it's job well and adds some unexpected features. Fast, high quality video
conversion to or from most any format (including AVI (DivX, XviD, MPEG-4),
MPEG-1 and 2, VOB, VRO, DAT (video DVD, PAL, and NTSC), SWF, WMV, RM (Real
Media), MP4 (Sony PSP and Apple iPod), H.263, H.264, 3GPP, 3GP2, MOV
QuickTime) can be performed with a few mouse clicks. AVS can also extract audio and images, capture video from different
sources, rip DVD or write your converted videos to DVD file format or burn a
DVD with it's integrated burning engine. Those who need basic editing capabilities will appreciate the integrated
video editor, which includes an assortment (more than 50) of special
effects, image and audio adjustment settings. |
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