[Jim Toscano]

How much was the system that you were happy with? Any info or links to a good system?

[Jim Toscano]

What s NAB?

[Jim Toscano]

I bought it! Can’t wait to pur over it! Thanks again guys!

[Jim Toscano]

Thanks Noah. I heard of that book before. Its a steep price, but I think that Im going to do it.

Its informative? Worth it?

I think I need it! Thanks again!

[Jim Toscano]

I have the HMC 150. The client wants “HD” I think that 720p 24fps will work and will be easier to work with the smaller footage but still look good on a DVD right? Do you agree?

I havnt used the camera much, that why Im asking.

any other tips for the shoot?

[Jim Toscano]

Noah,

Im shooting a 1/2 day event tomorrow. I’ll be shooting at a Museum. shooting A speaker, a couple short interviews and some broll footage.

I’ll then need to put together a a 2 to 3 minute web video and then a slightly longer version on for a DVD.

Im not sure if I should shoot it 720p or 1080p or what frame rate? How do you know? any tips?

Your advice in the past has been great.

-Jim

[Jim Toscano]

Joe, I shot in avchd because that is my camera format. I output tiffs at 1fps because the goal is to create a timelapse video. I didn\’t know any other way to get this effect than outputting stills. And tiffs seemed like the best option. I thought about just speeding up the footage, but it doesn\’t have the real timelapse look and feel.

If you see a better way, please let me know.

I appreciate you taking the time to post.

[Jim Toscano]

Ok, then I have a revised question. What I have is a ton of tiff files in a couple projects that need to export out, then I need to string em together, then export again for on the web use.

[Jim Toscano]

Do you have any advice when it comes to exporting in a loss-less format?
The original footage was shot in AVCHD 720p, then I used Media encoder to kick out Tiffs at full resolution.

Each reel is huge in size but will only only export out at about 1 minute each because the still were sped up in order to create a time lapse video. Is this still going to take forever to render and export out?

Iv been trying to study up on exporting, but I am still green on it.

Any help?

[Jim Toscano]

I used your advice, seems to be working great. One problem. Each still is 3 mbs. No biggie except that when I import the images into a project, the project becomes huge and at a point it won’t accept any more images, so u have about 4 projects open.

Is there a way to combine all the projects of nested footage?