Shayne Weyker
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I poked around the steadymove faq at https://na4.salesforce.com/sol/public/solutionbrowser.jsp?orgId=00D300000001N5U&t=4&cid=02n300000000P7z
and it seems the only working ftp directory for getting the SM plugin for PPro is supposed to have a version of it written for for PPro 2.
–Shayne
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The following document will at least tell you what a lot of pros (albeit documentary makers) who have spent a lot of time thinking about this have come up with.
https://centerforsocialmedia.org/rock/backgrounddocs/bestpractices.pdf
Here’s what it’s about…
“Documentary filmmakers have created, through their professional associations, a clear, easy to understand statement of fair and reasonable approaches to fair use. Fair Use is the right, in some circumstances, to quote copyrighted material without asking permission or paying for it. It is a crucial feature of copyright law. In fact, it is what keeps copyright from being censorship. You can invoke fair use when the value to the public of what you are saying outweighs the cost to the private owner of the copyright.
Download this useful handbook, written by veteran filmmakers to help other filmmakers understand some instances where using copyrighted material without clearance is considered fair use.”
I think a summary of the most interesting bits from that document ought to make it in the CoW magazine or newsletter.
–Shayne Weyker
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So in File > Interpret Footage should I set it to conform the stills to the project (.9) or use the PAR from the jpeg file (1.0)?
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If you have the Flash program and can open the .swf in flash you can export it back out of flash as an uncompressed AVI. The AVI can then be imported to other programs.
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The pictures looked a little stretched or squished (can’t recall which now) when played back in the timeline. I figured it had to do with the pix using square pixels and the project being non-square/DV pixels.
–Shayne
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Was that added in 1.5?
I have 1.0 and nothing comes up when I search for either a highlight or shadow filter.
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I like ScenalyzerLive a lot and love the index feature.
But it can’t control an analog deck/cam. And the tapes he has are all analog. Doug *might* be able to fast-play the tapes manually in his hi8 cam and output through a A->D converter or DV camacorder, and then capture the fast play. I don’t know how the a/d converter will like being fed sped up video. But since the total running time will be shorter the storage space will be reduced. Scenalyzer’s optical scene detection might even work some of the time.
–Shayne
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The cost of paper + toner and the time to punch and bind it don’t make that so attractive.
I am looking for used manuals people didn’t need anymore once they got Xpro HD.–Shayne
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I assume you want maximum quality in minimum file size. With 2 minutes length you might need to go under 1024kbs depending on your audience (especailly if any of them have slow machines and 56K modems), and your webhost’s disk space quota and bandwidth limits.
If your project is made up of animated stills with no or almost no interlaced sources then I suggest doing File > Export Movie out of PPro at 24 frames per second, progressive (24p), 720×480 (or whatever your project’s resolution was), uncompressed AVI.
Then exit PPro and use the use the standalone Windows Media Encoder (available free at download.com) to encode the uncompressed AVI outputing a
24p
320×240
512kbs
movie with audio quality no higher than you need (voice and low-fi music are fine with FM-quality audio).Be sure to max out your quality in WME under options > performance.
Here’s a sample of a 512kbs 320×240 24 fps progressive WMV file done with the above process, based on some stills of varrying size.
https://www.belmontconferencecenter.com/images/PicturesMovieWMV.wmv
–Shayne
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I have 2 17″ LCDs at that res (1 DVI 1 VGA) running off an nvidia FX5200 on a 3GHz 1GB machine and it works fine with PPro 1.0. Though I don’t do effects beyond simple titles and dissolves.
If you’re upgrading anyway and think you may want to do effects or go to 2 DVI monitors later, then you may want something better than the 5200.
–Shayne