Video is the technology of electronically manipulating still images that represent motion.
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filming objects that emit light in low light conditions
I have a Canon HF100 HD camera which I'm using to produce video for youtube and other online video channels, in HD.
I need to primarily shoot video of objects and people in low light conditions, ...
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Cheap solution for shooting with multiple (>2) cameras in sync (genlock or LANC?)
I'm doing research into natural phenomena in computer vision, and I'm looking for a method of shooting video from multiple camera angles. It's likely that the subject will move very erratically, ...
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How to burn HD videos with menu system onto DVD media?
I'll be getting a HD editing rig soon at my studio where we make mostly corporate AVs. So far our format is PAL SD and usually the delivered product is a MPEG or AVI as the client demands. ...
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Is there an online video converter?
Does anyone know of any services that will convert a large video (1gb+)?
I've a bunch of files I'm looking to convert from mkv to mp4's. I'm on an older Mac and I've looked at some sites like video ...
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High-end graphics cards: is it needed or useless for video editing at i5 machine with quicksync?
I am in search of a graphics card that makes video editing fast.
I think to buy an i5 cpu with a motherboard with quicksync (z68?) and an SSD.
Quicksync on cpu is only for transcoding (h.264 and ...
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How do I take optically faithful videos of glow props in the dark?
I own a small business making LED glow props and though the technology is sound, taking good footage of them in use is proving to be far more difficult than I expected.
I've tried with all sorts of ...
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Creating a “finger using device” effect like in iPhone app ads
I have been searching for quite a while on a tutorial of how to create the rotating phone ad with the finger coming in to interact with the app once in a while.
There is an example of this effect in ...
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Hardware/workflow for HD multicam shooting on a budget
I'm interested in doing some multicam shooting of my band's gigs. (This is a personal, not commercial, motivation, so my constraints include budget and cargo space — i.e., minimal equipment bulk. ...
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How can I make “videosongs”?
Not purely audio, but definitely related!
Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn have "pioneered" the 'videosong' format.
Rule 1 - What you see is what you hear. (No lip-syncing for instruments or voice)
Rule ...
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How can I capture/convert HDMI from an HDCP protected input?
Basically the situation is I have a PS3 and I want to be able to split a lossless HDMI connection to my TV and something to a capture card. Using an HDMI splitter I can connect to the TV just fine but ...
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Export rotated video out of Adobe Premiere
I am creating a video in portrait orientation but the TV I am putting this on cannot rotate the video while playing, so I need to export the video in landscape format. Is there a way to rotate the ...
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Why is Audio and Video out of Sync during recording?
I make a 30 second recording using a webcam on a laptop. When I play the .avi file afterwards, the audio and video are out of step. The sound starts arriving about a second after it should do and gets ...
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Advantage of converting GoPro video files with GoPro CineForm?
Having worked with GoPro cameras for a few years, I had originally ignored the GoPro CineForm Studio software. Probably out of the usual disregard for packaged software, but also due to it being ...
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Automatically capturing stills from video presentation
I have a video training course supplied as AVI files. Most of the screens are shown as slides with a pointer moving around on them.
I'd like to capture a screenshot of the slide automatically when ...
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Remove audio tracks from multiple MKV files
I've got a multitude of MKV files each containing two audio tracks that correspond to two languages. In each of the files, the English language is the second track and it's the only track I need for ...
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Adding a time stamp to a video
Anyone know of a program that will add a visible date and time stamp to a video file? Preferably, I can just put in the start time of the video and it will just keep incrementing the time as the video ...
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Is there a decent computer based, multiple video stream capture solution out there?
Recently, on a trip home to my dad's, I experienced some great conversations between him and my grandmother. I really wanted a way to record them.
Here's my thinking: using a laptop connected to two ...
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Timelapse video with meta information on every frame
I have a set of images that I want to make a time lapse video with. I have done this a few times but now I want to add some meta information to every image.
For example I have taken a picture every ...
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Hardware/software to project video wirelessly?
Anyone have any recommendations for ways to do screensharing of video on a Mac wirelessly over WiFi to a projector? In a solution that doesn't require plugging in some kind of USB dongle.
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Very Good Free Lossless/Lossy Video Encoding For Editing on Windows 7 (regarding fraps recordings)
I am looking for a very good method to encode video recorded with fraps in 1080p into an intermediate format which I can edit in Avid Studio. Most video files load up into Avid, as far as I know, but ...
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Is is possible to trim portions of clips in FCPX to save disk space?
I know that it's possible to selectively ingest in the import dialogue, but is it possible to delete "rejected" portions of clips once they've been imported, without deleting the whole clip? If not, ...
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Changing QuickTime Conversion Default Settings for export
We recently just switched our production to anamorphic (SD) widescreen (720x486) and we're running into some issues getting our videos to export from Final Cut Pro (version 6) at the right size. To ...
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settings for editing in cs4
What initial setting should I be using in Premiere CS4 if I shot video on a Samsung HMX-q10 camera but shot in standard definition? When I tried DV NTSC the video looks very bad, like it's somewhat ...
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Clip quality severely degrades when imported into Premiere Pro CS5? (appears interlaced)
I have a clip which is 720p30 and plays back perfectly smoothly when opened outside of premiere. When I import the clip into premiere and play it back it looks awful: http://imgur.com/JHVbl
If I ...
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How does MKV segment linking work?
I downloaded a file vid1 that is in C:\dir1\ which links to another file vid2 in a subdirectory C:\dir1\dir2\ and it works if I move that file to dir1 (so both files are in dir1). I figure that it'll ...
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What metadata can be stored in a .dv file?
I'd just like to know what information I can expect to extract from a dv file. A lot of file formats have provisions for embedded metadata of all sorts, so my question is what if any data could a .dv ...
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Templates for video production?
I am planning to release short and basic videos on youtube. I would like to have a more polished look and feel so I am wondering if there are templates that you can use with, say, adobe premiere, that ...
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How can 1080p films be so disproportionally lightweight?
I calculated that for a film of 2 hours with 30 fps, over a 1920*1080 (16:9) display with 32 bps (True Colour) had to weight : 2×3600×30×1920×1080×4 Bytes which is 1,7915904×10¹² so 1,8 TB...
Is ...
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What are the advantages camcorders have over zoom digital cameras?
It seems that the latest models of compact digital cameras come with many features which used to be only in camcorders: image stabilization, low-light shooting mode and of course high-definition to ...
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Is it possible to hook up an external mic to a Nikon D90 to get better sound for video?
I'm getting bad sound quality on video taken with my NIKON D90. I think the mic is bad so I need to know if it is possible to plug a microphone into it some how?
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Non-Linear Video Editor for Free or Cheap That Does These Things
Background
I bought a couple of handicams 6 months ago, and have since then been making videos and editing them and publishing them.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Sathyaish
Over the period, I have ...
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How can I make a video such that the quality degrades if someone tries to record it using screen recording software?
How can I make a video such that the quality degrades if someone tries to record it using cam-studio or similar software? We create music videos which are often subjected to piracy. Although the CDs ...
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DVD playback jagged
One of my DVD plays jagged when objects moves fast in the picture, I want to know what is this effect called and hope someone could give a solution. I have VLC. It is like this:
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What software do I need to edit commercials out of recorded sports games?
I have been using HD PVR to capture some of my football games to PC and now I want to edit out the commercials. So I'm wondering what is the software that will do all these needs:
Allow me to edit ...
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Simple free program to add audio to video?
I am looking for a small free tool that will allow me to add some audio to my video. Windows movie maker doesn't seem to work well from some reason.
Any recommendations?
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Capture Date For Video
I have tons of videos of my children and they have been moved from drive to drive many times over the years. Is there a way to easily get the date the video was taken? I'm importing them into iTunes ...
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What is a circular motion around a object called when filming?
You know that camera technique when the camera operator usually have a steadicam and runs/walks around a person.
I'm trying to learn how to do that with my homemade glidecam but it is so hard. it ...
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Canon DSLR home-video. Need advice
I own a Canon 1100d/T3i with very decent lenses (85mm/f1.8 and 35mm/f2). I really like shooting movies at home with it as the depth of field and the clarity of the subject are really beautiful.
The ...
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How do I record a computer monitor without banding/flickering with a Canon t2i/550D?
As you've probably guessed, when recording video with a computer monitor in frame I am getting banding. I'm aware that this has to do with refresh rates of the monitor vs the scan rate of the camera ...
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Video Editing/After Effects Forum To Ask For Help
I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good/active forum for Adobe After Effects/Video Editing in general.
I require the forum to ask for help in editing a file/some HD video or finding someone ...
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What is the best way to capture PC footage?
I'm trying to capture footage from a Desktop PC, I don't want to use FRAPS as the quality isn't good enough for what I need and it adds a load of overhead.
I've tried a BlackMagic H.264 but when I ...
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fps resampling dilema
I want to mix some vacation clips into a single video. The sources I have are:
48 fps
25 fps
I don't care whether the end result will be at 24 or 25 fps but I do want to maintain the best viewing ...
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Command Line Tool for Converting Image Sequence to Quicktime .mov Video
I have large number of numbered .tif files and I'd like to convert them to a .mov/Quicktime video file for further editing in Final Cur Pro X. Therefore no artefacts should be added in the process.
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Software for video cut automation / scripting
I am very new to a/v editing and need to automate a simple process. Basically what I need is a way for my mom to capture video from her camera and input a series of numbers like
1:02 1:30
1:55 2:34
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Recording an instructor while filming him from a distance - Take II
I again have to video our Ninjutsu club's event using my consumer Canon HF10 camcorder.
As I described in my question before the previous event, the instructor demonstrates a technique and then, ...
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Merge audio and video in post-production
I have recorded a few video clips of a childrens' choir concert, using an OK external microphone to my Canon 5DII. Because the position of the camera wasn't really ideal for audio recording, I ...
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How to create timelapse video using CR2 RAW files?
I also took a bunch of pictures to make a timelapse and I'm using Windows Live Movie Maker to create the video. However, it wouldn't recognize the CR2 (raw) format. I installed the Canon RAW codec but ...
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How do I record audio and video screen-capture for Tutorials on DAWs with ScreenFlow?
My question might be a bit too specific, but essentially I'm trying to create my own tutorial material of How-To's in Propellerhead Reason 6. I'm using ScreenFlow as my Screen-recording software.
So ...
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Should I use a GoPro Hero 3 Black for recording drama?
My school's drama department is looking for a camera to record our plays/musicals.
I have looked and looked for a good camera that
Records in 1080p at 30fps
Has a mic-in port so we can connect ...
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Looking for a Graphics program
I Am looking for a good program to make graphics for 2d games. I have a lot if experience with adobe after effects but want to expand and make some game graphics for my friend who programs c# with a ...
