Recent content by movingyourvision

First of all: If you save a movie and want to do more work with it (e.g. convert it for DVD), always choose the AVI file format and the best quality available. It is almost certain that Nero will then be able to read and convert your file. WMV is only good for compressed web publishing and...

I don't understand exactly what kind of films you are going to make, but there are some general issues about multi-camera shooting: Pro: - No continuity trouble. You don't have to take care about positions and stuff, if you repeat the scene from a different angle. - Theoretically half the...

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_Ratio Do you have a widescreen tv? If not: Do you have letterboxing (black bars at top/bottom of screen)? Or does the picture even fill the full screen? How do you play back your footage? Directly from the camera? Or do you burn a DVD?

If you are going for the option with a computer for recording, check out the Timershot Powertoy from Microsoft. It's a simple tool that just saves still images from any attached camera at a given interval. Pretty simple, but what else do we need?

Yes, the different screens are probably the reason for your problem. That's why professionals use incredibly expensive calibrated monitors for color correction. Is the difference that drastic when you compare the screens with a commercial DVD? If your computer doesn't have a video out and you...

Well, almost any external microphone (even if attached directly to the top of the camera) should give you better quality than internal ones, which always pick up some noise of the camera's tape drive. A minidisc recorder is probably really the best idea for an external recoding device. Use one...

Most of the common editing software has a simple blue/green screen function built in. So you might want to have a look at the built-in plugins of your software. Which editor are you working with? It would help to know what you are using, because much of that stuff is in plugins rather than stand...

Yes, I'm afraid it is your soundcard. I know this problem from a friend of mine. According to the Avid website, Realtek soundcards are not supported by the software. As far as I can remember, is was meant to work with Avid HD 5.2 and higher. So, I'm afraid with 5.0, you will need to check this...