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transfer film to NLE for editing?
What is the process for getting film say 35 mm taken of a family vacation and getting it in to final cut or premiere for editing and then back again. I have read of people doing this, but I don’t have the foggiest idea of what is needed or even the cost of doing this. Can it be done at a home base business or do I need to take it some company and leave my first born as a down payment?
Someone enlighten me!
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I presume you are talking about snapshots.
You can buy a scanner for under $100., but this is slow if you have a lot of images.
I use a digital still camera set up on a tripod, and I place the snapshots one by one on a music stand to rephotograph the images. Don’t get hung up on framing at this point – leave some “bleed” around the edges (Try to get them level, though). This part goes quite quickly – much quicker than scanning. Then I transfer the digital stills to my computer and import them into Premiere. They typically have to be resized individually, which takes a bit of time. At this stage you can also set up pan/zoom moves using keyframes in the effect control window to add some zip to your “slide show”.
Don’t use a super high resolution setting in your still camera – this will bog down Premiere. Use something around 1500 x 1000 pixels. This will give you enough resolution to allow zooming into your image without things getting soft.
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