David J
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The beta version 4 of Scenalyzer allows you to chop up clips that have already been captured in DV format.
Easier to do this in Scenalyzer than in Premiere and much easier to edit with lots of small clips that bits of a very large one.
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Use Motion (or the Transform effect for a little more flexibility if required) possibly plus Basic 3D. Bezier keyframes give a lot flexibility in PPro 1.5.
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Disk space is cheap enough nowadays to consider having external or caddied drives on which to store the full-resolution originals instead of cramming everything into corners on the base system. For stills, storing the originals on data CD or DVD is space efficient without losing quality. For short enough projects, original-format video can also be stored on DVD.
Next best is back to tape.
Last resort, in my book, is lossy compression for archiving.
As long as you have no requirement to edit afterwards, then some of the lossy CODECs can be useful, albeit at some hit in quality. WMV has a good name nowadays, too.
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Have you tried exporting from AE in the uncompressed Animation CODEC using millions+ color space? That should keep pictures and alpha together, but at the expense of more disk space.
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As Steven says, FireWire capture from a DV source is just data transfer – no processing and no access to elements of the stream like there was with analogue.
On the other hand, if your source is analogue and you are using a bridge to generate a FireWire input, then a readout of audio levels during capture could be very useful since you will be able to adjust audio levels in the analogue domain before its conversion to FireWire.
If you need to watch audio levels during capture, then Scenalyzer Live has this facility. http://www.scenalyzer.com has a trial download which watermarks footage but is otherwise functional before you buy.
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Thanks for that. I know it’s there, but haven’t used it yet.
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If all else fails, you could always try a crossfade transition (or two?) instead of using opacity.
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Magic Bullet Movie Look is on the Premiere Pro distribution CD.
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I have had no problems with smudging of labels from the Canon, and I use mostly compatible inks rather than the expensive Canon originals. Neither have there been any complaints from customers about any of the hundreds of CDs and DVDs I have produced with this printer
However, I’ve just tried rubbing a sample quite roughly with a wet finger, and I did generate a smudge. There are products available to cover the label with a waterproof layer after printing if this is an issue.
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I use a Canon i965 inkjet which can print directly onto printable CDs and DVDs. There are cheaper alternatives with the same facility.
Results in my case are excellent and the Canon label-print software makes design a brezze.