Filters

antzpompeii · Post by **antzpompeii** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:29 am

After you capture a movie in AVI/DV format and then you edit....

Should i be splitting the movie? its a 30min movie.... reason i'm asking this question is because when i apply a filter to the movie (it filters the whole movie).... Should i split the movie every 2 min and apply filters to all of these sections? sorry for the silly question....

Calver · Post by **Calver** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:51 am

I use a small free program called WinDV to capture AVI files from my camera. It creates a separate AVI file for each clip from the DV tape. I can then select the clips I want and add them to the timeline. Then I can do the final trimming of the clips, insert transitions, and add filters to individual clips where necessary.

Regards,
John

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:58 am

Hi

The clip in the timeline is only a thumbnail representing your video file saved on your hard drive, usually in the working folder.

Applying a filter will effect the whole thumbnail.

Some Options.

1 / You can capture to Dv-Avi and select the ‘Split Scene’ option. This will split the captured file into pieces usually every time the cam corder recorded footage.
The individual thumbnails being placed in the timeline.

2 / You can ‘split by scene’ after capture. This will keep the main capture file in one, only splitting the thumbnails.

3 / You can use the scissors to cut the clips in the timeline anywhere you like.
Use this to edit and remove unwanted frames.

Once you have individual thumbnails you can apply the filters to any you choose.
You can use more than one filter to each clip (max 5 I think)

Hope this Helps

Trevor

antzpompeii · Post by **antzpompeii** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:20 pm

Calver wrote:I use a small free program called WinDV to capture AVI files from my camera. It creates a separate AVI file for each clip from the DV tape. I can then select the clips I want and add them to the timeline. Then I can do the final trimming of the clips, insert transitions, and add filters to individual clips where necessary.

Regards,
John

Thanks John
Actually i also have Picture Package which is a very simple program,,,, i might also give that a go if i can't get around VS.

Thanks.
Regards,
Antz

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:31 pm

but as Trevor has already said - you can split your video up in VideoStudio - no need to mess about with other programmes - do it all in VideoStudio

antzpompeii · Post by **antzpompeii** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:36 pm

BrianCee wrote:but as Trevor has already said - you can split your video up in VideoStudio - no need to mess about with other programmes - do it all in VideoStudio

I'm working on it right now.....

Calver · Post by **Calver** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:01 pm

BrianCee wrote:but as Trevor has already said - you can split your video up in VideoStudio - no need to mess about with other programmes - do it all in VideoStudio

There's no messing about involved - you just run the program and get on with other things.

John

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:56 pm

Except to me using two programmes to do a job that one of them will do is "messing about"

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Calver · Post by **Calver** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:41 pm

Perhaps we should agree to differ on this one. While my little program is busy capturing my video, I'm working on my project in VS. To my mind this is not 'messing about' but 'increasing productivity', and making full use of the tools available.

John

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:05 pm

There is another way. It all depends upon the movie and why you need to include a filter in the first place.
Sometimes it is better to split the movie up, but not always.

Last year I converted all my Super 8 films to DVD
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=8849

Some of these required that the whole video had adjustments to brightness/contrast etc. Some needed cropping to remove jagged edges, but those jagged edges seemed to slightly move about here and there.

To apply these filters without cutting the video, you can use KEYPOINTS.

As luck would have it I only answered a query about keypoints a few moments ago. View this post for an explanation.

http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=11472

harperv · Post by **harperv** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:04 pm

i use picture package to get my clips off my camera. then it is a simple matter of dragging and dropping them into the library. i can check them there to see if i want to keep or delete. then i bring them into the timeline and do any trimming etc.
i was using another program which then allowed me to join them together but that wasnt really necessary as i can do that in the add chapter menu.
My problem at the moment is that my husband only got the camera at christmas and i only have a couple of movies to mess about with at the moment. I burn them to a dvd rw and then go back and try more effects etc on the same old stuff.
I am so pleased you are asking all the questions its really helping me too.