You'll most likely run into vertical sync problems if you try and simply film the projected Super 8 with your video camera. This will result in black bars appearing in your video where the refresh rate of your camera is out of sync with the frame rate of your film.

The best way to get this footage into a digital format is to take your Super 8 to a company that specialises in film to tape transfers. That way you won't have any vsync probs.

If you want to edit in the traditional way, you'll need to get yourself a Super 8 film cutter and splicer. Obviously you can only do this with the film. Trying to cut and splice Hi8 video would be a bad idea ?:)? If you want to edit the video traditionally, you'll have to get your hands on some Hi8 decks and an analogue video editing controller. Needless to say, it would be easier to do it digitally.

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thanks alot. a couple questions;first, what is verticle sync exactly? and i heard having someone transfer the film to tape costs alot. is this true? do you know if they tranfer to hi8? thanks again.

hello, i'm an avid writer, and i love to direct and act as well, i want to buy a camera and editing software for my computer (windows), im pretty good with technology but dont know much about editing software. can anyone help me with what is a good program? i want something that will allow me to do a lot with my footage but at the same time i dont want it to be really hard to learn. Any adice would be appreciated. -dean mrx347?bellatlantic.net

Re: Editing software

Please read the FAQ before posting. Your question is answered there.

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Originally posted by Ed

thanks alot. a couple questions;first, what is verticle sync exactly? and i heard having someone transfer the film to tape costs alot. is this true? do you know if they tranfer to hi8? thanks again.

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The costs aren't as expensive as you'd think because there were loads of people with home movies on Super 8 who wanted them converted to video. Try to find a company that does this for wedding videos etc, rather than a professional company.

The vsync problems come into play because of the different refresh rates of video and film. The easiest way to see what I mean is to look at your computer monitor through your video camera. You'll see the computer screen flickering because the refresh rate of your monitor is different to the rate of your video.

For more information, see the Internet Filmmaker's FAQ question about filmming computer screens (it's in the Cinematography section from memory).

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Where is the faq?

Click on "The FAQs" on the main menu of this site.

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