MattHawkins Online - Film Making Forum

lol. It was hiding That happened to me once, but I'm using Apple, so, yeah.

umm...it does show up

GarageBand converrts the files to AIFF, so there is a loss in quality.

Camera/Camera Stuff: Canon ZR65 Hakuba Fluid Head Tripod Sound: Audio Technica Shotgun Mic + 5-6 other mics Boom Software: Final Cut Express HD Ableton Live 5 Finale Soundtrack LiveType Lighting/Misc: Lowell Lighting Kit (two full lights w/ barn doors + one porta-light + gels, umbrella, etc.) Strob...

Lots of editing programs have chroma keying: Final Cut Express, Adobe Premiere, Vegas, etc. but you'll sacrifice the ease-of-use part. You could always get a seperate software for greenscreening. I'm not advertising or anything, but if you go to httP://www.fxhome.com they make software for "Lig...

jackbauer24, I'm not sure if keyframing in Final Cut Pro is the same as in express, but anyway: keyframing is just setting the position of objects throughout the time line. So, if you wanted to have a picture zoom in, you would set one point to all the way zoomed out. Then, later in the timeline, yo...

I'm 13 and I used Final Cut Express HD Very simple keyframing and motion blur.

What kind of monitor?

Well, here's one: Medium Quality, MPEG-4 (Right Click, Save As). If you like it, I'll send over the full quality version. If not, I can try making a different one.

I'll try...

This always happens Stupid Final Cut Express exports files that won't work on PCs. *sigh*
Sorry about that, DEDFX. Yeah, this was pretty much a test, to practice for making a film with an actual story (other than about tea). I'll upload a mpeg 4 version.

More of a test/practice than a film, but anyway, it's about making a cup of tea...with a twist.

About 2-3 minutes long.

Not My Cup of Tea

Yet another great short film . There was a bit of microphone noise in the first scene, like the sound the mic makes when it's tapped. The titles where really cool.

It must have gotten a good grade...

Final Cut Express HD is compatible with AIFF files only; any other file will skip during playback. To convert the song: 1. Burn it to a disc in the original format (using iTunes) 2. Import it back from the disc (into iTunes) Now the song will be unprotected, and in iTunes preferences, you can set th...

Thanks Scott, this is very helpful stuff.

I have Final Cut Express HD, but I really doubt that my computer could handle HD footage without running out of memory. Is an HD video file much bigger (memory wise) than a normal DV file?

No...

I'm pretty sure you can plug your mic directly into the GL2, becuase the GL2 has 3-Pin XLR inputs. BUT...if you're not using the mic for a shotgun mic, and are putting it on a boom, that's a good choice (as long as it's 3-pin XLR to 1/8" stereo)

How did you animate the title that says "Kentertainment Pictures?" Keyframes?

Yes, I know. I'm shooting in 16:9, stretched. When I put it on the computer to edit, it un-stretches to 4:3, with black bars. I'm wondering if I should export the video stretched in 16:9, and try to resize it so that it is wide again? Right now, the software is exporting it as 320 by 240. Should I r...

When I export the movie in that pixel ratio, should I leave it streched vertically?

Okay, heres an example: http://www.fanflicks.com/tickets/cw.htm
The actual video is wide, instead of having a 4:3 square window with black bars on the top and bottom. Anybody know how to do this?

I'm using Final Cut Express HD. Just wondering if there is a way to export a compressed movie in 16:9 widescreen? I know how to export with bars at the top and bottom of the picture, but I've seen films on the web where the window is wide, and there are no bars. Thanks.

I'm starting to wonder if this person will ever come back to the forum.

It can be powered off of either.

This is kind of the same concept as a tutorial that NoControl Cinema has: http://www.nccinema.ch/efx13.html