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Digital Video Photography
Editing and Equipment

• IBM PC Club
• June 2004
• Bob Stephens
• bob-stephens_at_pacbell.net

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Introduction

• Bobs Background
• Digital Video Photography Class
• At SeniorNet, Almaden Center

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OverviewThe Past
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OverviewTwo Basic Areas
VCR
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Three Basic Areas
PC
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Three Basic Areas - Plus
Mini DV, D8 (DV), Analog Cameras Micro DV is
Discontinued
Some Vendors Ulead Adaptec Sonic
Factory Pinnacle Adobe
Windows Movie Maker 2 WMM2 (XP)
PC
Analog Analog
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Three Basic Areas Connect
VCR Analog Input
1394/Firewire/iLink Digital Composite, S Video
Analog Analog Converter card or box
1.0GHZ, 256MB 13GB/Hour of DV Video 1394 for
DV Analog card USB 2.0 for photos 2nd Video
Capture drive
PC
PVR
CD Writer DVD Writer
VCD (VHS quality) SVCD (better) DVD (best)
VCR
DVD Player
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Cameras and Editors

• Video Editors
• What do we want to accomplish?
• Features

• DV Camcorders
• Are they good cameras?
• Digital Cameras
• Are they good camcorders?
• Features?

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Dispelling the Myth

• DV produces 720x480 pixel pictures (broadcast
  quality)
• Some cams have up to 1.5M pixels for digital
  pictures
• Would you buy a 1.5MP camera today?
• Camcorders DO NOT make good digital cameras
• And digital cameras DO NOT make good camcorders

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Dispelling the Myth

• Most Digital Cameras produce low resolution/frame
  rate video, many without sound (but within that
  limitation they serve a useful purpose)
• A few do produce acceptable video. The Fuji S602
  when combined with the 1GB IBM Microdrive will
  produce a very reasonable 680x480 15 minute video
  with sound. And up to 30 minutes at lower
  resolution (VHS), OR about 3000 high resolution
  pictures.

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Mini DV Camcorder Features

• Up to 20x Optical Zoom
• 500x Digital Zoom Of very limited value
• Viewfinder and LCD displays
• Battery life and HOW do you charge the batteries
  (YES youll need 2 batteries)
• Pass though (digital to/from analog)

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Show Video Zoom Video
Show Camcorder
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Video Editor Features

• Capture Input
• Delete unwanted portions of the video (one
  estimated is 50 of the video)
• Merge multiple video clips
• Add Titles
• Add Transitions
• Add Pictures
• Add Sound
• Preview video
• Create Viewable video

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Video Editor Features

• Enhance video (change color, double the speed,
  etc.)
• Add credits (scrolling credits)
• Authoring for DVDs
• Menus
• Motion backgrounds
• Output

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Show Surfing Video
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Video Editor Features

• Make Output
• Save as a file (various formats)
• Burn a VCD or SVCD
• Burn a DVD
• Save to DV camcorder
• Analog output (camcorder, VHS, etc.)

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A basic video that contains some of our desired
features
Show Bogey and Friends
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All Camcorders
Composite Analog
Tape Source
VCR
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Passthrough
Analog camcorder
DV
Composite Analog
PC
1394 Digital
Tape Not Used for Passthrough
VCR
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Digital 8 or D8 Camcorders
8mm Digital Tape
8mm Analog Tape (Read only)
May Support Passthorugh
PC
1394
Tape Source
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Canopus Breakout Box
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Minimum PC

• 600MHZ, 1.0GHZ better
• 128MB, 256MB better
• Lots of disk space, 40GB marginal
• Consider 200GB for 100 as a second drive for
  video
• Video, sound, 1394, analog capture card, USB 2.0
• Check your video software, Id use their
  recommended PC, not their minimum PC

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PC OSs

• Most to least desirable XP, W2K, 98SE, ME
• Very limited NT Support
• Be aware of the 4GB file size limit of FAT32. XP
  or W2K with NTFS recommended

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Why XP?

• The most stable Windows OS
• The best supported OS
• Plug and play
• Expanded device support
• Supports NTFS file system
• Includes WMM 2
• Second choice for video is W2K

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NTFS File System

• Stability and Recovery from errors
• Efficient for small file sizes, directory cluster
  size, file lookup
• Up to 8 Peta bytes (1,000,000 GBs)
• No 4GB file size limitation

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Vendor Editor Software

• 100 Range
• Digital Video Creator 80 (Dazzle), Dazzle
  recently merged with Pinnacle
• DVD Movie Factory 2 (Ulead)
• DVD Picture Show 2 (Ulead)
• Screenblaster Movie Studio (Sonic Foundry)
• Studio 9 (Pinnacle Systems) and other related
  products.
• Video Explosion Deluxe (Nova)
• Video Studio 7 (Ulead)
• Video Wave 5 (Roxio)

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Vendor Editor Software

• 300 Range May contain breakout box hardware
• Digital Video Creator 150 (Pinnacle/Dazzle)
• Hollywood DV Bridge (Pinnacle/Dazzle)
• Studio Deluxe (Pinnacle)
• Studio Moviebox (Pinnacle)
• Above 300
• Liquid Edition 5 (Pinnacle)
• Premier (Adobe)
• Vegas 4.0 (Sonic Foundry)

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Video Player Software

• Youll also want to be able to view video on your
  PC (besides the video editor preview window)
  thats quick and easy to use
• Windows Media Player (WMP version 9) that comes
  with the Microsoft OSs will do the job, in
  addition to many others

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Commercial DVD Format

• Single Sided, Dual Layer (DVD9)
• Top layer 4.7GB
• Bottom layer 3.8GB
• Total 8.5GB

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Recordable DVD Format

• Single Sided, Single Layer (DVD5)
• 4.7GB
• Dual Format and , Both formats are popular
• Four Medias DVDR/RW and DVDR/RW
• DVD-RAM, Not nearly as popular as the Dual
  Formats

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Recordable DVD DL Format(Dual Layer)

• Just starting to become available for consumers
• Cost about 300
• Media cost?
• Software support?

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DVD Labels (physical labels)

• When compared to CDs
• DVDs have higher RPM
• DVDs have higher temperatures
• General Advice DONT LABEL DVDs
• Use permanent pen
• Or printable DVDs with printer

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Windows Movie Maker 2

• Screen shots from WMM2
• The functions of WMM2 are typical of video editors

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WMM2 3 Windows
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Notice the Preview Window, Collections and
Timeline
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Movie Tasks

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Timeline

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Show Funny Cats Video

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Darn Cat!
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Thanks John Zimmerman

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The End
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Demo WMM?
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Digital Video Photography

• IBM PC Club
• 3/9/04

• Bob Stephens
• bob-stephens_at_pacbell.net

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Digital Video

• IBM PC Club
• June 2004

• Bob Stephens
• bob-stephens_at_pacbell.net

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