I am new to lighting techniques. In the past I have taken my home camera out only on days when the skies were blue and I had good sunlight. But, now, I want to make a teaching DVD on the new standards put out by the American Heart Association for CPR. This project will take me indoors. Can anyone tell me how well the 500 W work lights that you buy from Home Depot might work out for indoor video projects such as mine.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: for_laekker To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [AP] Movie quality... Thanks for your reply Glen. I'll check out the camcorder and get back to you. I'm pretty sure it's crap. I've got a couple of other alternatives which I could post too, then maybe you can give a suggestion about which is best? I know I'm not going to make a Hollywood production, but really want people not have the feeling af watching a "home movie". It's not a serious project by any means, but that doesn't mean it has to look like it isn't! I was thinking about using a couple of work lights (approx. 500W) with at sheet in front of it to diffuse the light. Would this be good option for a basic lighting setup? Does anybody know of a tutorial for basic processing, that could improve the image quality? Many thanks OMC --- In [email protected], Glen Tubbesing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem is NOT your Firewire transfer, since Firewire is a > digital-to-digital, lossless procedure. The "special box" you mention > would actually give you lower quality than your Firewire transfer. More > than likely, it's either the camcorder or camera skills. If you can > give us the brand and model of your camcorder, we can give you reports > on its quality. > > The reason why professional films have such good quality is that they > spend thousands, sometimes millions, of dollars on lighting, equipment > and materials, so that they get the good, high-quality look. You can't > expect to get the same quality with a $300 camcorder recording on a > miniDV tape. But, with some processing, proper lighting, and good > camera skills, you can look better than "home movies." > > Let us know the brand and model of the camcorder and we'll give you a > report. > > Good luck, > Glen in Vegas > > > for_laekker wrote: > > Hi > > > > I've been a member for a while, but have never posted here before. > > > > I'm a total newbie (from Denmark, so please excuse my english), > > since I have only made one project in Premiere Pro 1.5 > > > > I'm recording with some cheap miniDV camcorder (can't remember the > > brand or model since it's one I borrow). When transfering the shoots > > to my computer over Firewire, I fell like quality is very poor > > (can't really judge if the quality is as poor "inside" the camcorde, > > when look at the LCD). Is this a result from poor camera skills, the > > camcorder quality (guess it's a fairly cheap camcorder) or the > > transfer over Firewire. > > A work where I borrow the camcorder (I've been told) they have > > special PC for transfer/editing, which have a special box through > > which to transfer from camcorder to PC. This should give better > > quality (don't know much about it, since I've only been told about > > it). Is my bad quality simply because of the Firewire transfers? > > After having transfered through Firewire, is it possible to improve > > the quality (in some fairly simple manor)? > > I'm kind of thinking like the improvements you see on professional > > films. When watching unprocessed bonus material, it's pretty bad > > quality (pale colours and grainy), which is kind of like the problem > > I'm having... If someone know a tutorial to "restore" the quality of > > the shoots I would be very thankful. > > > > Many thanks > > OMC > SPONSORED LINKS Video production Video server Video streaming server Adobe premiere training Adobe premiere pro Adobe premiere 6.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "Adobe-Premiere" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/2jUsvC/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/ADr1lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
