Jeff Carpenter
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The right plan for you might be to seek out a professional and pay them to help you get started.
I say this because I run and design my own web page pretty well but I don’t think I could do everything you’re asking for. Given the amount of time I spent to get myself up and running I think you have to ask yourself just how valuable your time is. Things like paying online is a concept that I’d much rather pay someone to do for me than figure out myself.
If you do decide to do this yourself I suggest buying some books. Online advice is great to get past problem areas, but I would have never figured out everything I know without the help of things like “Dummies” books. (Or any book that explains things plainly and easily.)
Good luck!
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Thanks, Jonathann.
I won’t be able to try it out until next Monday but it looks like a good bet!
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1) This is NTSC DV, I assume?
And, more importantly:
2) What version of Photoshop?
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Once you type a word into Spotlight, hit the Enter key and it will open up a seperate window instead of that pull-down menu it usually uses. You get a lot more control there. There are also ways to use Spotlight technology in the Finder window itself.
And there are also Smart Folders. There a lot of ways to use Spotlight without actually clicking on that blue icon in the corner.
Read this:
https://images.apple.com/macosx/pdf/MacOSX_Spotlight_TB.pdf
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Is there any particular reason for going HD? If these are students just trying to learn then just going with DV would offer all the opportunity for education at a much lower price.
Either way, I suggest going with Powermacs. That way, if you do go with DV for now it will be possible to upgrade them later with capture cards that could handle HD in the future. If you are set on HD for now then I’d go over to the HDV room and start reading old posts there.
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Thanks to both of you.
I know that matching footage will be more work, but I’ve never been afraid of spending time on that kind of challenge. As long as I can work it out I won’t mind the extra effort it takes.
I guess it just comes down to whether or not I’m willing to put more work into my business work in order to get more enjoyment out of my hobby-work. For me, I think the answer’s going to be ‘yes’ to that.
It’ll be a challenge, but when ISN’T this stuff a challenge? Thanks for your thoughts.
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Ok, next I’d go to APPLICATIONS/UTILITIES/DISC UTILITY and repair the permissions on the system drive.
If THAT doesn’t let you erase it then click on the item and hit APPLE-I. Look for the ownership permissions in there and see if you can set it to anything that makes a difference.
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Forgot to mention one more thing…
All of that work is for nothing if you capture as DVCPRO, since it’s using the same compression as DV.
If you want to capture as DVCPRO50 or some kind of Uncompressed format then it might be worth it. But for DVCPRO there’s no reason to go to this much trouble.
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I don’t have that camera so you’d probably have to ask in the Panasonic forum to get a final answer…BUT…
With most cameras like that you can do what you’re asking by using the S-Video output on the camera. Chances are, it IS pre-compression. You’ll need something on your computer that can capture from S-Video, but if you have a card like that you’re set.
Your video is being converted to anaglog in the camera and then back to digital in the computer to do that, so I guess they’re will be SOME loss in quality, but I’m betting it will be very slight. It’s probably worth it if you’re looking to avoid DV compression for something like, say, green-screen work.
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The simplest way to make a DVD is to export a quicktime movie from final cut pro (using project settings and “not self-contained”) and to open up iDVD and drag that file into a project there.
Spend about 20 minutes reading the help file and messing around with the all the setttings and prefrences. You’ll figure it out pretty quickly. (The most important thing is to figure out how to preview the disc in the program before you burn it!)
For no-frills, quick-and-easy DVDs that should do you just fine.