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Unless your camera mic is REALLY bad, I'd be suprised if an $11 mic could give you much better sound while shooting. There is another way to put this rig to use, though, so please read on.... First, if you're using a miniDV camcorder, you're best bet is to connect a mic to that to record the sound. ...

Yeah, my original screen is designed to be a non-portable install, but the tutorial now includes pictures of a portable version too. The portable one is 8 feet sqaure and is very light, so it can be moved around easily. The "screen" iteself uses less than $2 in material, so if you need to ...

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>> slow motion camcorder for cheap? Doesn't exist. Cheap cameras are mass produced for the masses, which means 30i or 25i. There are some hi-cost cameras with faster frame rates, but nothing close to what you're asking for here. A CCD can't even be read that quickly. Such a machine would have to be ...

Need a little more info... This place, is it in a strip mall or it's own building? Are there steel gurders overhead (maybe above a drop ceiling)? If so, that's gonna be you're best bet for where to attached a wire vs. some kind of frame. Check you're local home improvement store's hardware section f...

Y'know... Steel wool burns really well. I wonder of a strand of steel from a cleaning pad might "fire" more readily than copper ?? Also, thinking about if those large 6V flashlight batteries (y'know, with the springs on top) would work well enough?? Mmmm. Sounds like fun. Might have to giv...

For those of you out there that use Ulead Media Studio Pro, I just wanted to let you know that I've released a new set of plugins and a tutorial for improving bluescreen/greenscreen composits. Honestly, the plugins are pretty basic, but hopfully, they have just enough funtionality to be useful. Spec...

Actually, I think that VIDEO studio lacks bluescreen compositing. This is really just intended as a consumer camcorder->DVD video editing solution. Ulead MEDIA Studio Pro is a more professional package which includes very powerful overlay and compositing functions, including bluescreen/greenscreen c...

Then make sure that they have green or blue skin too. Then you can use a red screen. :p

It's your movie. Plan ahead. Don't have characters that where both green and blue at the same time.

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Copy your video from camera to VHS. Set up the VCR to play to the TV via Coax (Antena) cable. Have the cable in loose on the VCR. Aim the camera at your TV. Hit record on your camera, play the VHS copy and jiggle (that's the technical term, of course) the coax connector while the video plays back. T...

I have this program, but only used it once or twice. Yes, I'm a HUGE Ulead MSP fan, but, having used Bryce & the dvGarange 3dToolKit, I was pretty disapointed with Cool3D Production studio. For the price, I'd say that it's AWESOME at easlily making 3D animated logos. It also has some really nice...

BTW: Virtually all video (esp. consumer ones) cameras shoot interlaced and video editors EDIT interlaced unless you specify otherwise. The reason is that TV's are interlaced displays.

More details on this site.

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WinMorph Free program for making animated morphs between images. Voodoo Camera Tracker Free tool for camera tracking (similar to Icarus) Free/Cheap CGI Applications There's a whole list of <$99 CGI programs at the Amateur Movie Portal. Many programs are free. Explosion Videos Don't forget that kill...

Cool. Glad it helped.

Note: I said Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, GREEN (reordered) not CMYK(K=black) which is for printing.

Note the color pattern on page two of these specs on one model of Sony, NTSC Color video CCD (pdf).

This is not the typical arrangement, but it is used occationally.

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First, I totally agree with Jerry that it is really personal choice and you should try-before-you-buy to get a feel for a few programs. That said, personally I switched FROM Premiere TO Media Studio Pro because I found it to be more powerful and useful for in the DV editing arena. There's no questio...

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The point is that there are MANY factors involved in aquiring a good video image that happen well before digitization and nearly all these things are significantly better in a $2k-$3k pro-sumer camera vs. everyday consumer camera. Larger lenses allow more light to reach the CCDs. Higher quality opti...

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If it's not asking too much, I'd love to see (well, hear) the hovercraft sequence sounds in here. I'm thinking there would be sounds for the Logos engines, flight, machine guns, maybe even the Sentinals. (It's been a while since I played it.) If you do generate more sounds, feel free to let me know....

DircTV and cable carry CSPAN (I think that's the right network) which broadcasts live sessions from the US Congress and Senate.
You could probably just record that using the inputs on a miniDV camera.

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My Canon ZR25 is now a good 2 years old (maybe more) and it has never let me down. The ZR's are great cameras for their price. The one issue that I've heard about the newer ones is that the camera mic actually pics up the motor sound if your scene is too quite. Good idea to use the money you saved t...

Sorta yes & no here. Pretty much no Adobe anymore for me. I used to use Premiere and Photoshop, but then faced the prospect of shelling out more $$$ do to effects with After Effects, plus upgrade all three apps all the time. :( I still keep my old copy of Photoshop 5 around for photography, but ...

I'm all set, thanks. (I'm running Icarus v2.07)
... but there may be others here that have 3dMax that could use it.

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The actual simulated camera movement is usually done with w 3D program like 3dMax. There used to be a free program called Icarus that would calculate the proper camera animation, but that has gone commercial and sells for a few thousand dollars now. You may still find a copy somewhere on PTP network...

Originally posted by papercut I need some sad songs, to a sad scene. A scene where someone dies. Something like a woman sings with violins and stuff in background. Something that YOU think would fit. Thanks. Please post the artistsongtitle here. Evanescence : All of Me Exactly what you described (p...