Nick Szpara
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just kidding – “chapter menu 2” is the actual menu, not the background video file
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cool – thanks chris
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the dvx lets you shoot in 60i, 30p, 24p, or 24p advanced. by variable frame rates, i meant the hvx lets you shoot in 8,12,18,20,22,24,28,30,48,60 fps or something like that.
as far as my experience, the dvx is completely compatible with vegas.
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“I have been asked by my friend to shoot his wedding. I have done many other things but never a wedding. I have really had no desire. None the less, I told him that I would.”
hmm. i make a lot of short films (so my friends/family assume i’ll do any video stuff). my friend who is an architect asked me to shoot his wedding (for free), so i asked him to design me a house for free. i try not to get sucked into this kind of stuff, because, especially with family and friends, they dont understand that a 12-hour shoot and then the 30 hours to edit and master a dvd is worth thousands of dollars.
BUT, sometimes if there’s good food it can be worth it.
good luck!
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first, probably the best website for the camera is http://www.dvxuser.com – a lot of industry professionals (including the people at panasonic who develop the camera) monitor the site and you can learn a lot.
as for the “film look,” that seems to depend on who you talk to. in terms of the dvx, that means adjustable gamma curves meant to emulate a higher dynamic range and the light response of actual film stock. Other people will tell you its a shallow depth of field and softer detail in the image. 24p is a direct result of the initiative for video to emulate film, since 35mm is shot at 24 fps, and there is no interlacing on a piece of film. and generally, people say it just looks better.
as for hdv, all i’ve heard is negative reviews. it still has trashy color sampling like dv and although it does record at hd resolutions, it is a highly compressed format that isnt good with motion and is actually more taxing on an editing system than DVCProHD. so i would suggest (if you have the money) the panasonic hvx-200 which is essentially all the features of the dvx, but in HD with added goodies like tapeless recording, DVC50, and variable frame rates. -
are you actually animating the ufo (e.g. taking a frame, moving the model, taking another frame…)? most model work like UFO fly-bys is done by rigging some thin wire to the model then actually flying it past the camera like a puppet. this is shot in slow motion (45 – 60 fps) to smooth out the motion and make it appear more “weightless”. if you are going frame by frame, i would suggest testing the motion with a digital camera or something before shooting a roll of film only to get it back from the lab and have to re-shoot
good luck
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i’ve gone the after effects rotoscoping route before, and if you’re just editing home movies, i wouldnt suggest it – it took roughly 6 weeks to rotoscope a 12 minute short in the way you’re suggesting. the color pass filter combined with a traveling matte wont get the most accurate results, but it will be a heck of a lot faster
good luck,
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thanks, jeff!
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sorry about the last post – i searched the archives and i guess just restarting the program fixes it.
cheers!