Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 14th, 2011, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,851
Re: Amateur Wedding Video - Advice Needed
Should I personnally pick the music track or take suggestions from the B&G? They have already suggested a song called "Better Together" by Jack Johnson, but I'm not so sure that is good song to use...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 14th, 2011, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,851
Amateur Wedding Video - Advice Needed
As a favor, I recently shot some video of a very informal wedding for some friends. I am very new to videography (as some of you may already know) and my only prior experience was a lengthy dance...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
July 12th, 2011, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
I apologize for not posting back in this thread to let you all know the outcome of the recital video. I had posted an upate in my other thread in the "Wedding / Event Videography Techniques" section...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 29th, 2011, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 135
Views: 23,819
Re: Amateur Recital Video Production
I just wanted to check back in here to thank my team (all of you) for the support and advice that you provided for this recital video production. If I hadn't come to this forum seeking advice, I...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 22nd, 2011, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
I've already found somewhere online that will duplicate at a price of $1.09 each (disc) per qty of 100 (plus shipping) but I'm already out of $$ so I am going to attempt to do it myself. I started...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 21st, 2011, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
Thanks Eric for the advice. I wasn't sure if I should try to fit the whole show onto one Blu-ray or keep with two Blu-ray discs as I am doing with the DVD set.
I'll consider the Blu-ray more...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 20th, 2011, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
I just finished watching my 2hr 20min DVD on my 32" plasma with an upconverting DVD player and it looks SO MUCH BETTER than when played with the "cheap" DVD player I was using prior. I can't believe...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 20th, 2011, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
The 1hr 40min DVD doesn't seem to have any better quality than the 2hr 20min DVD when watched on my plasma TV. I am going to try playing back with other DVD players and other TVs to see the...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 20th, 2011, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
Not really comparing the quality to anything specific. Watching on a Vizio 32" plasma from a "cheap" DVD player doesn't look too bad from about 10 feet away, but up close the faces of the dancers...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 19th, 2011, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
Ok... I'm not so pleased with my first attempt at resizing the video to DVD format. I am rendering out of Vegas using Cineform (YUV 4:2:2) and then using TMPGEnc for the resize. The picture quality...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 19th, 2011, 10:30 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 18th, 2011, 02:13 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
Thanks Ron...
I downloaded a different version that what you are using. I have the following...
I will see if I can download a trial version of the Authoring Works and see if that works for me.
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 18th, 2011, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
TMPGenc allows me to to load my file as the video source just fine (no errors) but when I choose preview it shows just a black screen with no video. It shows the correct number of frames, length,...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 18th, 2011, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
I think I've determined that TMPGenc doesn't read my Cineform files correctly because I am not seeing anything but black screen in the preview window. It doesn't give any errors and appears to be...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 17th, 2011, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
I am trying to convert disc 1 of my project to DVD (MPEG) format using TMPGEnc with the settings shown in the following link... DVD-HQ : Configuring TMPGEnc for high-quality DVD-compliant MPEG-2...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 16th, 2011, 06:36 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 15th, 2011, 09:46 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
The next hurdle is authoring. I want to create my menus in Photoshop, import to DVD Architect, and use buttons with no text over my menu selections. I'm having a hard time figuring out what size to...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 13th, 2011, 08:17 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing - CREDITS
I'm workin' away on this project and am now wanting to add credits at the very end of the video. I've done some research on the credit roll generated media and it seems like that's probably not the...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 10th, 2011, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
Much thanks to Sam for the Color Curve suggestion for cleaning up the "bright" clips!!! Last night I was able to dramatically improve all the cuts on my timelines! I had only used limited cuts...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 9th, 2011, 10:11 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
I am not at my editing PC right now, but I believe Vegas Pro 10 already gives me the option to render using Cineform. I also need to try the Lagarith as suggested.
I am still deep into the...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 9th, 2011, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
Sam... Thanks for the advice - looks pretty good! It may not be too late because the "bright" clips that I am using are only from my secondary camera angle which I am only using sparingly to cover...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 8th, 2011, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
Another thought... I've already been doing a lot of editing in Vegas with the original video files and have spent a lot of time adding chapter markers to assist authoring in DVD Architect. If I...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 8th, 2011, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
Thanks Eric for bringing this thread back to my latest dilemma. I was just about to come on here and ask about what format I could best use for rendering a smaller file that would still work well...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 8th, 2011, 05:41 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
I tried rendering a one hour section of my project last night as an uncompressed HD AVI and I didn't have enough disc space on my 500 Gb drive. I got a "disk full" error when the AVI file reached...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
June 7th, 2011, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,949
Re: Amateur Recital Video Editing
Ron... My intention all along is to try to keep this "as close to the live experience as possible." I am cutting very little from the original footage and allowing the flow to follow the actual...
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