[Pat Ford]

Thanks guys.

Will relay the information to my associate. Don’t have Final Cut myself.

[Pat Ford]

Thanks for your contributions, gentlemen.

One thing I did not tell you….the footage is usually made up of the content of what once was two 16×9 screens. Sometimes these are arranged vertically; sometimes they are arranged horizontally (stacked). It’s the content of multiple screens in an exhibit.

So, this is what I have done. See if there is a problem….

I imported the footage (720×480) into Premiere. I interpreted the par to 1.2. I then scaled the video so that it all fit in the frame.

The down side to this, as someone mentioned, is that the video is much reduced in size, but all of the original footage is within the frame. And thus, the original composition is intact. For my purposes right now…I am logging…I think this is best.

Sound reasonable?

And have a great 4th weekend!!!

[Pat Ford]

Thanks for your contributions, gentlemen.

One thing I did not tell you….the footage is usually made up of the content of what once was two 16×9 screens. Sometimes these are arranged vertically; sometimes they are arranged horizontally (stacked). It’s the content of multiple screens in an exhibit.

So, this is what I have done. See if there is a problem….

I imported the footage (720×480) into Premiere. I interpreted the par to 1.2. I then scaled the video so that it all fit in the frame.

The down side to this, as someone mentioned, is that the video is much reduced in size, but all of the original footage is within the frame. And thus, the original composition is intact. For my purposes right now…I am logging…I think this is best.

Sound reasonable?

And have a great 4th weekend!!!

And Mark….I thank you for for contributions here and on other forums. Your answers are always well-written and knowledgeable. Furthermore, you do not succumb to the temptation of criticizing a relative noob (like me) for his lack of knowledge.

I think you should consider doing instructional books. Thanks for your help here and elsewhere.

[Pat Ford]

Sorry guys, don’t know where that par dimension came from.

Here are some descriptors from Super file converter:
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480
Height : 480 pixels
Pixel Aspect Ratio : 0.844
Display Aspect ratio : 1.778
Display Aspect ratio : 16/9

Does that make it any clearer?

Thanks guys

[Pat Ford]

Sorry guys, don’t know where that par dimension came from.

Here are some descriptors from Super file converter:
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480
Height : 480 pixels
Pixel Aspect Ratio : 0.844
Display Aspect ratio : 1.778
Display Aspect ratio : 16/9

Does that make it any clearer?

Thanks guys

[Pat Ford]

For a corporate shoot the client wanted to use PowerPoint….as you know they think that is simple.

On this shoot we used a scan converter…can’t remember which one my camera guy has but I think he said it was a couple thousand bucks.

We also got copies of the slides and converted them to AVIs with Camtasia.

The Camtasia version was far superior. The scan converted versiion was muddy and blurry in comparison.

Camtasia is about a $300 program…though you can use it for a month fully functioning.

I don’t know about the motion screen capture utilities first hand, but I have heard positive things about them.

[Pat Ford]

[Mark Suszko] “”The video has to attract clients with diverse needs”.

I’m looking at that statement and I’m going to ask you: ….why?”

Let me be a tiny bit more precise with the description of the client’s business. It creates a kind of marketing material for businesses. Sometimes it just furnishes a design; sometimes a physical product is created and it rolls out the door. As I said above “the video has attract clients with diverse needs.” But it is not like the company is selling the products in a hardware store. In fact, the company is selling just one thing: the excellence of their design and fabrication. Now, the clients that come to the client want may want many different services and/or products but it all goes back to excellence in design and fabrication.

Sorry to have to speak in riddles; I hope you understand.

[Pat Ford]

Mark….

Thanks so much for taking the time to answer my queries. I know it takes time and I appreciate it.

Just read your note and I am going to go back and absorb it.
Thanks again.

pcf

[Pat Ford]

Thanks for taking the time to answer my question. Ok, what you are saying about nonlinearity makes sense….

Are a lot of corporate videos done this way? The ones we have done have been more linear….but they have been training video and others with a narrow and specific goal.

This video is to be sent out to prospective clients to introduce the company and its range of services. The video has to attract clients with diverse needs.

One of the sections of the video as it was originally planned was to answer the typical questions that are asked in an initial contact. (How long have you been in business? etc.) We were going to animated text and perhaps combine it with images. Narration by voice over. This could certainly be one of the sections.Obviously we do not want this to look cartoony….like the 60s Batman tv show.

Another section would be demonstration of expertise and shows a portfolio. The client calls this the trust building section.

Finally, the business for whom we are doing this has some very big name clients. We were thinking of listing the clients in a credit roll.

Are we making progress here?

I meet with two guys tomorrow, one a production guy the other a motion graphics/animation person. All this helps.

Anyway, this has helped. Any further advice from anyone will earn my undying gratitude!

Thanks all!

[Pat Ford]

Thanks for your note.

It’s obvious that there were several things wrong.

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/motion_text_in_fcp_spencer.html
has some good advice regarding text. Though it refers to Motion, the same can be done in AE.