Plieku69 Loc: The Gopher State, south end

It turned out acceptable. I have an 80D and Canon 24-105L lens. We used the in camera mike, shooting indoors.
A better mike would be nice and I am looking into that. I have access to the full Adobe program selection, is there a special program I need to tether the camera to the computer?
for still shots I tether to Lightroom.
I am thinking it would be better to make color adjustments prior to taping as opposed to post production.

Ken

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

If I understand your question, the usual workflow is transfer the video files to your computer. I use Lightroom Classic for that and do it exactly the same as I do for still photos. Once on the computer you can create a "project" in video editing software. "Premier Pro" is included in your "full Adobe program selection". It is complex and will have a learning curve. Very capable and less daunting is Adobe's Premiere Elements but that is not included and must be purchased separately. The simplest, but limited, editor is the one included in your operating system.

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Premier Pro has an excellent color correction tool. And a lot of other great tools. It is to video what LR is to still. It is well worth the effort. Plenty of how-to videos online though they vary greatly in quality. Here is how to tether though in PP, it is called capture.

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/capturing-digitizing.html

Plieku69 Loc: The Gopher State, south end

Thank you very much, that is exactly what information I was looking for.

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

I prefer to record the video in the camera rather than on my computer. I do connect my camera to my Vizio 32" TV with a 9 ft. mini HDMI to HDMI cable. This way I can see a large view of what is on the lcd screen when I video myself and check the focus and exposure before I start the recording. I also use Premiere Pro for editing and tweaking the image. It has most of the same controls and sliders that Photoshop does. Adobe Audition works with Premiere Pro and lets me edit the audio from the Premiere Pro timeline, to change the volume, add echo, cut and paste to cover up mic hits, etc. I use the Zoom R16 as a stand alone recorder then load the wav files onto the Premiere Pro timeline. I use the camera audio to sync the Zoom audio files to the video, then usually mute or reduce the volume of the camera audio.

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Bobspez, I do all that audio editing in PP. I also normalize the audio there too. The only thing I do in Audition is to reduce the noise. You can isolate a sample of the background noise and then remove it from the entire sound track. My files are about an hour and denoising in Audition takes about a minute including going back and forth. Well worth the effort of learning PP. I can always find a tutorial other there for anything I need.

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

I use background noise to cover up errors like a mic hit or a dog bark. I cut and copy a section of quiet background noise and paste it over the sound I want to hide.

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Good idea. My situation is different. I record talks and the HVAC and lighting are noisy. The voice track has an echo but I have yet been able to remove it.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

“We used the in camera mike, shooting indoors. A better mike would be nice and I am looking into that.”

Learn the inverse/square law*. You’ll forget there’s a mic (correct abbreviation) in the camera and always use an external one. A $25 mic, 12” from a subject, receives 100 times as much sound energy from a subject as a $1000 mic at 10’. Guess which one works better?

*Sound (all radiation) dissipates at a rate of 1/D^2, where D is the number of units of distance from the subject. When you move away from a source, the ratio of “signal” (desired sound) to “noise” (unwanted sounds from all other sources) deteriorates.

“I have access to the full Adobe program selection, is there a special program I need to tether the camera to the computer?”

Tethering is for broadcast studios with switchers. When you use a non-linear editor such as Adobe Premiere Pro/Elements, or Apple iMovie or Final Cut Pro on a Mac, or DaVinci Resolve, etc., you intercut different camera angles, scenes, and sounds in software.

“For still shots I tether to Lightroom.
I am thinking it would be better to make color adjustments prior to taping as opposed to post production.”

You’ll find that custom or manual or preset white balance, plus full manual exposure, eliminate the need for tethering and most color correction.

Color adjustment is done in post production, usually for creative effects. It is called color grading. It is analogous to audio sweetening, which is the use of compression, equalization, delay, reverb, etc. to enhance the aural experience.

Plieku69 Loc: The Gopher State, south end

Very helpful Mr Burke, thank you a lot!