Processing Video
Nov 16, 2022 07:31:02 #
I've mentioned using Cyberlink's PowerDirector to process video. Yesterday I discovered an amazing feature. When shooting with three or four cameras, I can tell the program to coordinate the sound. Within about a minute, it adjusts the positioning of all the clips, and switching from one to the other has perfect sound alignment. That used to be a difficult, lengthy job to do manually.
Having said that, you'll probably tell me that all video editors can do that.
Having said that, you'll probably tell me that all video editors can do that.
Nov 16, 2022 12:48:10 #
Bittmoore
Loc: SE Wisconsin
Which version?
I got me PD some years ago (5-6?) and soon afterwards the computer went belly up and I never got around to installing it on any of my newer ones as I don't do much video and DVDVideoSoft's FreeStudio's tools do what I need for the most part (paired with ImgBurn when I need to make a DVD or DVD ready files) but I do recall liking PD's capabilities and options. I may just need to poke around and find those install file(s).
I got me PD some years ago (5-6?) and soon afterwards the computer went belly up and I never got around to installing it on any of my newer ones as I don't do much video and DVDVideoSoft's FreeStudio's tools do what I need for the most part (paired with ImgBurn when I need to make a DVD or DVD ready files) but I do recall liking PD's capabilities and options. I may just need to poke around and find those install file(s).
Nov 16, 2022 18:35:02 #
Bittmoore wrote:
Which version?
I got me PD some years ago (5-6?) and soon afterwards the computer went belly up and I never got around to installing it on any of my newer ones as I don't do much video and DVDVideoSoft's FreeStudio's tools do what I need for the most part (paired with ImgBurn when I need to make a DVD or DVD ready files) but I do recall liking PD's capabilities and options. I may just need to poke around and find those install file(s).
I got me PD some years ago (5-6?) and soon afterwards the computer went belly up and I never got around to installing it on any of my newer ones as I don't do much video and DVDVideoSoft's FreeStudio's tools do what I need for the most part (paired with ImgBurn when I need to make a DVD or DVD ready files) but I do recall liking PD's capabilities and options. I may just need to poke around and find those install file(s).
I'm using 19 now. I think I have 20, too - or my son does. Each one is a little different.
Nov 17, 2022 07:50:33 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I've mentioned using Cyberlink's PowerDirector to ... (show quote)
That's been around for quite a while, at least in Avid
Nov 17, 2022 08:51:45 #
kymarto wrote:
That's been around for quite a while, at least in Avid
I suspect most video editing programs must be able to do that, but it sure makes life easier.
Nov 17, 2022 09:16:49 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I suspect most video editing programs must be able to do that, but it sure makes life easier.
Absolutely essential for multicam shoots
Nov 17, 2022 09:37:58 #
kymarto wrote:
Absolutely essential for multicam shoots
I've been doing it manually, and that's no fun!
Nov 17, 2022 10:06:31 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I've mentioned using Cyberlink's PowerDirector to ... (show quote)
Most professional editors do have a version of that feature...
Nov 17, 2022 10:11:30 #
burkphoto wrote:
Most professional editors do have a version of that feature...
I didn't realize that PowerDirector had it.
I don't have a serious, legitimate use for this kind of processing, but I like doing it.
Nov 17, 2022 10:31:51 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I didn't realize that PowerDirector had it.
I don't have a serious, legitimate use for this kind of processing, but I like doing it.
I don't have a serious, legitimate use for this kind of processing, but I like doing it.
Try it with two cameras on your ukulele subjects. Use both camera angles, but only the better sound track.
For this to work, the sound and video have to be separated, and all video locked in sync with one sound track that becomes the base of the main timeline.
Nov 17, 2022 13:01:13 #
burkphoto wrote:
Try it with two cameras on your ukulele subjects. Use both camera angles, but only the better sound track.
For this to work, the sound and video have to be separated, and all video locked in sync with one sound track that becomes the base of the main timeline.
For this to work, the sound and video have to be separated, and all video locked in sync with one sound track that becomes the base of the main timeline.
I've been using three or four cameras. I tried using a Tascam recorder, but the camcorders had better sound. This isn't a job for me - just learning and experimenting. There were ten people at Saturday's session, and eight have viewed it since last night. Pretty good.
Nov 17, 2022 13:31:37 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I've been using three or four cameras. I tried using a Tascam recorder, but the camcorders had better sound. This isn't a job for me - just learning and experimenting. There were ten people at Saturday's session, and eight have viewed it since last night. Pretty good.
Sound works just like on-camera flash. It dissipates or "falls off" according to the formula 1/(distance from the source)^2 or "one over D squared." So at ten feet from a sound source, you have 1% of the sound level you have at one foot from the same source. Cranking up the microphone input level just amplifies more noise and background clatter, the farther you get from the desired sound.
I'd rather have a $40 mic a foot from my subject than a $400 mic ten feet away! (I've actually tried that test, and it proved true.)
Nov 17, 2022 13:36:23 #
burkphoto wrote:
Sound works just like on-camera flash. It dissipat... (show quote)
Definitely. We are now meeting in a large, echoey room, so sound isn't ideal.
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