[Jake Williams]

Good article thanks Walter. Really shows why taking risks is important in personal life and business. Without the risk of failure and the triumph of success we are just spinning our wheels. Hope 2012 is filled with more success than failure for all of us.

Jake Williams
Editor/Multimedia Specialist
Cine-med

[Jake Williams]

Hi Eugene,

I have had similar problems and just end up using a third party program. Give this program a try:
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/10367/metadata-hootenanny

It allows you to edit the file’s metadata. Another approach is to open the file in QT pro, add the chapters and save as. Good luck.

Jake Williams

[Jake Williams]

Correct form (for Mike):

first pass: process import: Shit!
Again: Encode, Encode, Ah!
Thank God for the cow

Jake Williams

[Jake Williams]

First pass, process importer error
Try again:encoding…encoding…encoding…encoding…encoding…
Thank God for the cow

(or is that Thank Ron for the cow?)

Jake Williams

[Jake Williams]

It is generally a good idea to avoid the hybrids but the digital SLRs have advantages too. The large sensors will give you better quality than a smaller/cheaper handheld camcorder. The disadvantage is the ease of focus when shooting video.

Since you have the ability to add a telephoto lens to your kit when you have the money a DSLR kit may be a good solution for you. Just make sure you find a camera with the an appropriate frame rate and size:

For example:(a little higher $ than you specified but ebay might help with that)
720p @ 24fps and compatible with older manual lenses if you have an old nikon 35mm still camera lying around.

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond90/page2.asp

Jake Williams

[Jake Williams]

What kind of a project are you planning? Is a digital SLR a possibility? For sound capture you still need the external mic and then you can recorders with xlr inputs that interface with your ipod for around $100 (or standalone)

A used XL1 or XL2 might be the way to go (both have 20x zoom but the can be upgraded later). I shot a wildlife documentary with an XL2 and was very happy with the zoom capabilities of the stock lens. For close-up of insects I used a DVX 100. They are mini-dv cameras though (should be okay unless in the desert or the arctic). That being said, patience and a soft foot fall as well as staying downwind can allow you to get a lot closer and will make for better shots. (if you are running and gunning out in the woods without a tripod then being at full zoom is going to give you a lot of shaky shots).

Good Luck.

Jake Williams

[Jake Williams]

Couldn’t help but chime in on the ring of opinion so far expressed:

Political ads like these are of course examples of the worst side of free speech but vitriolic statements have been used in political media for years by countless artists, satirists etc. Why blame the editor? Why not examine the system it exists within. Write your state and federal congressman and encourage him/her to introduce mandatory public campaign financing law. Direct your anger where it can help to reform the system.

Jake Williams

[Jake Williams]

Another way to accomplish the desired result is to select the clip in the bin, go to the clip menu and select audio options>source channel mappings.

A pop up will appear and you can choose how you want premiere to treat your audio. One caveat of this method is that once the audio is in a timeline changing the mapping won’t matter unless you pull the clip on to the sequence again.

You have to change the source channel mapping on the clip THEN drag it into your sequence.

Jake Williams

[Jake Williams]

Hi Bobby,

You will lose quality every time you zoom in. There will be a sweet spot for every shot. The overall loss of quality will be minimal and you shouldn’t be too concerned about it when considering the gain in versatility. If it looks good in your program monitor at 100% (more accurate than fit) then it will look good in your export. If you are going to use still frames I would suggest making the still frame, creating an HD seq to use for exporting and export a tiff of the frame at native resolution then rescaling back down for the 720 timeline. This will save you a lot of headaches with stability as the project grows.

Jake Williams

[Jake Williams]

Hi Bobby,
Since you are going to the web which will be progressive then editing progressive should prevent no problems. When deciding whether or not to use a DV NTSC timeline or a 1080 timeline keep in mind that in the 720×480 you will be able to adjust the framing of your 1080 footage since the frame size is so much larger.

Jake Williams