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Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders
Canon XH G1S / G1 (with SDI), Canon XH A1S / A1 (without SDI).

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Old November 22nd, 2007, 03:38 PM   #1
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First Try

Hi
My first post here,and proud to own Canon Hx A1 and of course to be a member in this forum.
My first try ,i just got my camera and this is my first shoot ever,kind of Steven style,i shoot in 25 (i own pal one) i did the cut in FCP!
Any feedback will be helpful!
www.bouchakour.de/video/try.mov

Thanks In advance
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Old November 23rd, 2007, 12:55 PM   #2
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Great shots!

Hi Farid,

I'm new here too, but I just thought I'd drop a reply to your post.

I thought the misty images were beautiful. I especially liked the CU berry shots and the perspective of the bench at the end. Are you using the Vivid RGB preset?

Also, if you don't mind if I pick your brain a bit...
• How exactly did you prepare your video for the web? I can't seem to retain the quality when I do a web version...

Thanks!
Sean
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Old November 23rd, 2007, 03:45 PM   #3
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Yes i think that was VividRGb Preset i just wanted to experiment nothing special

For the video I used compressor with a H264 codec and i scale it a bit because the half size was about 100 Mb,i don't have enought room on my space!
Thanks again!
cheers Farid
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Old November 26th, 2007, 09:37 AM   #4
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where do all of you get the background music? is there a free library online?
nice footage btw
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Old November 26th, 2007, 10:10 AM   #5
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where do all of you get the background music? is there a free library online?
nice footage btw
Thanks !
The music is from Smartsound "Cinematique Library" and yes it's not free (lol)
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Old November 27th, 2007, 05:25 PM   #6
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Farid,

Nice job.

I hope to post something soon in the next month or so.

Just an observation....

I'm not sure but..you may have some dust on your lens at the 3:00 position. Again, I'm not sure but it looks a lot like the kind of spots/dust that I see on my still cameras and the dust spot(?) doesn't move from scene to scene.

Thanks for sharing.

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Old November 30th, 2007, 09:08 AM   #7
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This might be dumb, but is Compressor only for Apple? And if so, is there a similar product for PC? I am also having trouble preparing my footage for web as i seem to only get large files with so so quality or small files with horrible quality...
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Old November 30th, 2007, 10:25 AM   #8
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Sorenson squiz does a great job converting to web! yoiu must give it a try,also not that i use as H264 codec wich is also available for pc.
http://www.sorensonmedia.com/pages/?pageID=2

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Old November 30th, 2007, 07:28 PM   #9
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So what would you export your timeline as from Premiere Pro is you were working with HDV to then import it into sorenson to compress it for web?
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Old December 1st, 2007, 02:31 AM   #10
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I think the best workfkow is to edit in HD then export to losless codec (Animation codec for example) quicktime then in sorensson chosse the H264 with best setting,of course don't forget the rezise to half or so,sorenson3 codec is also fine,you have to give it a try!
Note: i'll post a videotutorial next!

cheers!
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