Technology and Innovation

Don’t forget there are other tools in your editing software. EQ and other filters can make your edit punchy and loud or thin and grungy – it’s your choice. If the project needs a 30-second edit and your cut is 31 seconds, just apply some time compression to squeeze it to the exact length. Export the finished product as a 16-bit 48kHz wav file, and import to the video project. Music editing is a powerful tool that allows you to re-purpose your music library, creating new arrangements and extending the life of your investment. Oh yeah, it’s fun too!

Carving up a music piece can give it new life. You can add bits to other bits to form an entirely new creation. You can define sections to create never ending loops. Or maybe you just need a different length or feel in the piece. Music editing can do all this and much more.

Video distribution was a grim prospect ten years ago. Today there almost seem to be too many choices. As long as you know your limitations and you have the patience for some experimentation, you should be able to get pleasing results. The following question remains, though: where will video be viewed ten years from now? We really wish we could answer that, but, sadly, we left our crystal ball out in the rain

Shrinking your video resoluNext check your data rate options. With video, you will most notice the lowering of the data rate with fast movement. The more motion you have, the less you’ll want to drop the video data rate. If the program you are using has the ability to use 2-pass VBR (variable bit rate) encoding, you will benefit from the compressor’s ability to scan the media twice for better compression.

The Blackberry, the Treo and the Razor are the popular players on the cell phone/video market (and we’ll see what the Apple iPhone does to the tion to match your phone will shrink your file size and assure smooth playback.
Another way to get your file size smaller is with your frame rate, measured in frames per second (fps) and data rate, both with video and audio

Try your best to stay detached from the story and its characters, so that you can be an objective observer. Break the video down into its essential elements and enjoy the discoveries you will make as you enter the video classroom. If you or I made a video ten years ago. we would be extremely lucky if anyone other than our family and friends saw it. Television or a movie screen was the only outlet, and it would have cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars to get your work there.

Steadicams are brand-name stabilizer devices with counterweights which make handheld camera movements smooth, lies videotape. The originals weighed a lot and had to be mounted to the operator with a brace, and the operator had to be trained and licensed in its use. New consumer versions weigh only a few pounds, and you can carry them with one hand.

This doesn’t just mean lying on the floor and photographing up people’s noses. Consider videotaping what a child or pet might see or what goes on under the dinner table. What can Today’s tiny camcorders don’t require the huge supports of yesterday’s huge video cameras; lake advantage of this.

Shoot from a ladder, a balcony, a window, or even from on top of a chair. This bird’s-eye view is a one we’re not used to seeing – things look different and exciting – it grabs the viewer’s attention. Cooking shows often use shots that look straight down on the action, so that viewers can see over the edge of the cooking pans. It’s also a very handy shot for looking at something like a pool game. But why not try an aerial shot of the birthday party or family reunion as well?

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