i come from a fine arts background rather than film making one, and because of this i own a digital camera that takes short movies with sound, not a dvc
i have been unable to export these movies into premiere - when i upload them onto my pc they save as .avi files, but (from what i can gather from the premiere help) only the type 2 .avi files can be used
as i connnect with a usb port and not the other kind of cable, i doubt that there is a way that i can capture the movies off my camera with premiere
so i imagine that in order to do this i'm going to have to convert them or something - this is not my area of expertise at all so if anyone else has used their digital camera movies in premiere, please let me know how you did it
thank you ?-?
Okay, for clarification, when you refer to your digital camera, is it a digital-still (digital photographs) camera or a digital-motion (digital video a.k.a. DV) camera?
From what you said thus far, it sounds like you are using a digital-still camera's ability to take 30 to 60 second movie clips which are creating these .avi files.
So as not to confuse you, I'll wait for your response before I give you ideas.
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yep, it takes movies of up to 7mins with sound but is primarily a still photograph camera
this is the thing that's causing me issues because i can't get premiere to acknowledge (because of the cable issue) it so i can't capture the movies using it
hooray!
The fact that it is a digital-still camera is going to create more work for you in my opinion. To my knowledge Premiere does not import the AVI file format. I may be incorrect in that though, I have not worked with Premiere.
However, my recommendation (if you are stuck with only working with that digital-still camera) is to find a program that will convert the AVI files to a format that Premiere will recognize (most likely DV, at least that is what I would suggest).
On the other hand, if you can get your hands on a DV camera, I would highly recommend it. The camera you have sounds limiting, only being able to capture 7 minutes at a clip, and I'm guessing that you can not use an external mic with it? That is an absolute must in order to capture quality sound.
If for the time being you're just playing around with Premiere to see it's capabilities and learn the ins and outs of the program, then I acknowledge you for taking that first step and just stick to finding a program that will convert the file format.
If there's anything else you need help with, don't hesitate to ask.
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"Look, there's a rhythmic ceremonial ritual coming up."
thanks for your help - i think i'll have to get onto kazaar or something and see if there are programs that can help me
the kinds of films that i make are generally intended to be integrated into installations/ performance etc so the issue of sound quality and the length of time i can tape for isn't too big a deal at the moment because i collage animation and still images with action quite a bit
having said that, a dv camera would be nice...
thanks again ?_?
