AGENDA, Aug 12, 2004
• Preserving 8mm film
• How to Begin: Creating a home movie on DVD, VCD, or tape
• Advanced: Pinnacle Liquid Edition
Preserving old 8mm movies:
• Do it yourself– Use your old Brownie projector, play 8mm
onto screen/wall/paper; record using your camcorder
• Record to tape• capture directly on PC• view example of “flicker”
• Outsource• Discussion of Options
MY PROJECT: CREATE a GREAT HOME MOVIE from these SOURCES
• Mini-DV tape (~2 hours)
• Commercial DVD- Norwegian Cruise Line
• Commercial DVD- White Pass Railroad
• Video CD – “Magic”
• Numerous digital photos
• Many postcards
CREATE GREAT HOME MOVIESCAMCORDER
DIGITAL CAMERA
• Cannon ZR60 mini-dv ($190)
• Many (up to $1200)
CREATE GREAT HOME MOVIES SOFTWARE
BEGINNING• Pinnacle Studio 9 (www .pinnaclesys.com; $99.99), • Roxio Easy Media Creator 7' (www.roxio.com; $99.95),• Screenblast Movie Studio 3 (http:// mediasoftware. sonypictures. com;
$99.95) • Ulead VideoStudio 8 (www.ulead.com; $99.95).• Mac: Apple iMovie 4 $49 as part of the iLife suite
ADVANCED• Adobe Premier Pro $300 (full)
• Pinnacle Liquid Edition $300 (upgrade) COMPOSING
• Macromedia Director $440 Academic; $1000 stand-alone
CREATE GREAT HOME MOVIES MULTIMEDIA HARDWARE
• P4 or AMD Athlon > 1.5GHZ; 500MB memory min (1GB preferred); >80GB drive space (separate drive is preferred-
• DV input: IEEE 1394 (also called Fire Wire or iLink)• MAC PLATFORM: G3 600 MHZ (G4 preferred) with at least 512MB
memory• (See Consumer Reports, Sept, 2004 • www.dell.com Precision 370 • www.magicmicro.com Barebones• Turnkey ProEdit Workstation (with Liquid Edition) $3200 CAPTURE CARD <$200, (needed only for analog sources)• Some high-end graphics cards have built-in capture cards• Adaptec (www.adaptec.com), • ADS Technologies (www.adstech.com)• Dazzle (www.pinnaciesys.com)
Overall Ratings- Desktop
Source: Consumer Reports, Sept, 2004; other ratings: tech support; repair history
Overall Ratings- Laptop
Source: Consumer Reports, Sept, 2004 ; other ratings: tech support; repair history
INTEL Naming Conventions
• 7xx P4 with HT “Professional Enthusiast”-cutting-edge, ultra-high end to handle the most demanding 2D &3D applications. Q42004– Up to 3.73GHZ, EM64T; 2MB cache; DDR667 with
1066MHZ FSB and DDR2-667 memory
• 5xx P4 with HT “Performance Mainstream”– 520 2.8GHZ, 1MB cache; 800MHZ FSB– 530 3.0GHZ, 1MB cache; 800MHZ FSB– 550 3.4GHZ, 1MB cache; 800MHZ FSB
• 3xx Celeron D “Value” – to handle everyday tasks; avail September, 2004
CREATE GREAT HOME MOVIES PROCESS
PLAN MY CREATION– View footage on television– Conceptualize the finished project– Note scenes to keep or trash
CLEANUP AND DEFRAGMENT DISKCAPTURE VIDEO
– SW automatically detects scene changes– Organizes video into different sections
LAYOUT TIMELINE– Use several audio/video tracks– Move scenes to suit
ADD SPECIAL EFFECTS– Titles and Transitions between scenes– Add music and voice-over
PRODUCTION MANTRA– Create once, and publish anywhere (VHS, VideoCD, DVD, and web site)– Keep file names same: low res web version and high res CD/DVD version