John Rofrano
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Hmm… can you get more cut-away (B-roll)? Perhaps from a stock footage library? You could use the same cut-away twice as long as there is sufficient time between them. Maybe add a Black & White effect the second time you use it to give it a different look?
On the background, I would use the same background for each. This should give you better continuity. If you wanted it to look like the interviews were done in several locations then maybe have 2 or 3 different backgrounds. Having 7 sounds like a lot to me. You could always do a quick fade up from black for the changes that have no cutaway. Quickly added a lower third with their name is also an indicator that this is a new person.
Sometimes making the change obvious like doing a push left or right is a good way to show you are changing people. If you are cutting back and forth between the same two people then by all means change their background and position in the frame. Since this is all chroma key have one on the left and the other on the right. The change in angle should help with the cut. Of course if their bodies are angled facing the center of the frame, moving one of them to the opposite side will look unnatural because they will be facing off screen. It’s hard to say without seeing the footage.
I don’t know who shot this but hopefully the next time you can have whoever is shooting, do so with the edit in mind. I’m always running the edits in my head while I shoot. But that’s the advantage of editing your own footage. Getting lots of B-roll is always very important.
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I believe you need a PAL FX1 or any Z1. The Z1 is both NTSC and PAL switchable. That is one of the distinctions between the Z1 and FX1. Perhaps you can rent the proper camera for a day?
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> MY QUESTION IS: if we render mpeg-2 and ac-3 for our DVD’s will we loose the embedded markers from Vegas? I assume so.
Actually, those embedded markers are not really embedded. They are maintained in a separate file by Vegas that DVD Architect looks for. You can use a script like Ultimate S Pro to save those markers to a file that DVD Architect will automatically import with the MPG file if it has the same name and is found in the same folder.
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You can use the Sony Preset Manager 2.0 to transfer any audio presets pretty easily. For video presets, you must manually place them into an FX Package for the Preset Manager to see them. Then you must manually remove them and rename them on the target PC. Not efficient or eloquent but kind the “only game in town”. As for preferences you are just out of luck. There is no way I know to transfer them.
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This is probably best asked on the Final Cut forum since it depends on what formats DVD Studio can accept. I don’t have a Mac and use Sony’s DVD Architect so I can’t say.
You didn’t say what format your source is. Is it 4:3 or 16:9 widescreen? Are you NTSC or PAL? The answers to these questions will affect what template you choose. I would start by using the DVD Architect … video stream templates (select NTSC or PAL, Standard or Widescreen) rendering the video as MPEG and audio as AC3. But some DVD authoring programs expect elemental streams. If that’s the case then use the DVD NTSC video stream template. It will create M2V files. You will have to be mindful if your footage is 16:9 and the template is 4:3. Make sure you select the proper template/aspect.
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Just to expand on what Steve said. There are two capture programs that come with Vegas. One for DV and one for HDV. Make sure you are using the correct one.
Your statement:
> When I try to capture with Vegas 8 Pro, it recognizes the camera when in DV mode. As soon as I switch the camera to HD mode, I get an error over the capture preview window that says “The device “Microsoft AV/C Tape Subunit” device could not be opened.
Leads me to believe that you are trying to capture HDV with the DV capture utility because it sounds like you switched your camera into HD mode while using the DV capture. This will not work as you have seen.
You should start with your camera unplugged from your computer. Then switch it into HD mode. Then plug it into the computer and use the HD-SDI capture utility as Steve recommended.
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The Fast Track USB is an awesome little interface and I’m thinking of picking one up for my laptop, but I did not recommend it for Albert because he has condenser mics that require 48v phantom power and the Fast Track USB cannot provide this. The Fast Track is great for dynamic mics like the Shure SM57/58 but not for Albert’s Sony ECM mics.
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> Will/can my system use one of the firewire interfaces for all the system sound or will I still need another card for other programs?
You can use the firewire interface for all system sounds.
I don’t but it can be done. The reason I don’t is twofold: 1) I like to run my audio interface at 48K/24bit and all Windows system sounds are 44.1K/16bit. This means the interfaces is constantly shifting back and forth between the two modes and sometimes it doesn’t switch and you don’t get what you expect. 2) By running the system sounds from your motherboard chip it ensures that they never, ever leak into a recording because all of your recording is being done on a completely different interface.
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Sorry I don’t have any advice at achieving what you saw in preview. The convolution kernel is difficult to work with and could use a much better interface than a mathematical matrix. 🙁
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