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Yep I agree... but that was only a test for the rotors to be animated

I did that short "movie" : http://sm.stickthemepark.com/copter.mov showing an helicopter moving from the top to the bottom of the screen. I did it using 3 layers composited in adobe after effect , its pretty simple and easy to do ... and I decided to share it with you !!!!

http://www.adstech.com/products/USBAV_7 ... d=USBAV701

this would be the best for you, its an external usb 2.0/1.1 capture device, look at the website for more info and other similar productse

I did not understand a word but I'm sure its better with a s-video wire.. !

well, thath means that if you can afford it, buy a Gl2,

well, if you look at the piotures, the gl1 looks more "plastic-ish" and a little bit bigger. The gl2 looks more professional and stronger than the gl1. But this is maybe an ilusion due to the contrast/size of the pictures. for the specs, the gl2 consume less power than the gl1. for the qua...

yep....

There is a "RFU DC OUT" next to the "A/V OUT" and "S VIDEO OUT" on my hi8 camcorder, what is it ? I searched a bit on search engines such as google for "rfu dc" but i did not find any description of what it is. I guess it is a wire to transfer videos but is it...

Here are the GL2 specs : GL2 Item Code: 7920A001 Power supply (rated): 7.2 V DC Power consumption: 4.8 W (using viewfinder), 5.7 W (using LCD screen) Television system: EIA standard (525 lines, 60 fields) NTSC color signal Video recording system: 2 rotary heads, helical scanning systemDV system (Con...

Ok, thanks Riggzy, I'll try each one of them!

Sorry for bringing this topic to the top and for double-double posting : ) but I would like to get an answer !

In fact, this camcorder do not record audio..... so maybe you can use your dv camcorder to record the audio... ( if you need to... )

Ok, I understand...

sprry for double posting, I just forgot to tell you that my capture card was a ATI wonder Pro ...

what will you do with that cam insert coin ? dont you have a dv camcorder ?

I bought a video capture card to capture videos from a HI8 camcorder. I would like to know what would be the best (free or not) capture software.

thank you

I'm using a HI8 camcorder too and , for capturing videos to my pc, I bought a capture card from ATI ( TV WONDER PRO ). It is really easy to install ( I did it myself ).

Here is the link so you can see what it looks like:

http://www.ati.com/products/tvwonderpro/

so, thanks guys , i solved the problem, i downloaded new drivers,restarted the pc, and it worked fine

Hi, I have a tv output in the back of my pc, and windows XP. What i want to do is to plug my pc to my tv so i can play "counter-strike" on my big tv screen. everything is pluged ( s-video) to the tv and should work. the last thing i have to do is to setup the display properties so the sign...

why not ?

tell me if it works

put something like This on the floor so that the camera wont see it.... lol, i dont know how to call that in english thats why i put tha picture... then you make it move from a place to another place ( right to left/left to right ) using AE or Premiere.

[Edited on 17-11-2003 by stickmurder30]

omg, grant, you double posted !

there is a tutoriale here : http://www.towerhost.com/~ryan-w/ryan-w ... _ball.html

for plasma balls

thanks for the help man, i got better results with ae, using your tutorial of course !

Originally posted by insert_coin
p.s why are you doing it in photoshop, that has got to be the worst way of doing it ever.

what would you use then ?