If you shoot DV or HDV (high-definition DV) you can buy a 60-minute tape for about $2 and capture direct to your computer: no other costs are required...
quote:Maybe I am missing something. Yeah :). Shooting film costs tens of dollars a minute, shooting DV or HDV costs a couple of dollars an hour :)....
One thing I find is that if I take two weak ideas and throw them both into the same story, I often end up with something much better than either by th...
Unfortunately I'm at the other end of the M4... You could try filmshed.com as well: that's mostly for Welsh movie-makers, so there might be some pe...
Not sure what you need, but I might be able to help some way or another.
Usually, yes. But some .avi codecs use higher compression than MPEG-1 and MPEG-2: DiVX, for example, gives a similar quality to MPEG-2 in maybe a thir...
Congratulations :).
A lot of people are using non-Quadro cards, though you may need one for a certified system.
It means how many seperate video files you can process at once. For example, a system that can handle five video streams can do a preview of video foo...
No, if you output to tape or DVD the only options are 24fps or 30fps (or 25fps in PAL). Somehow you'll need to convert your footage to one of those fr...
quote:Okay, so when Avid finaly does support HDV on Xpress Pro, there should be no conversion/conpression involve, correct? And this will result in fa...
It's one of the only routes right now, I'm not sure if it's the best :). I know Liquid Edition can also edit HDV and some versions of Final Cut. On...
Yes, there's a plugin you can download:
I think you can only capture DNxHD format with Avid's high-end HD editing hardware. To edit from the Z1 right now you either have to capture in DV mod...
Yeah, it can edit DVCPRO HD, or any HD content that's captured in Avid's own DNxHD format, but native HDV support is still in Beta test at the moment.