Question about capturing clips

I’m using Pre7 and capturing video from an HDV tape camcorder via FireWire connection. On the Capture window, I am able to record (capture) from the camera with no problems. But is there a way I can capture from the camera (miniDV tapes), without having to do each scene one at a time? I mean am I able to set things up so that I can have Pre7 record and create each clip automatically as each scene changes?

If you have the option to Split Scene by Timecode selected in the capture workspace, the video should break at every scene (whenever the camcorder was put on pause) as you're capturing. If that doesn't work, you can try Split Scene by Content.
You can also break already captured footage by right-clicking on it in the Project media panel and selecting Scene Detect.

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One last question about capturing from tape

I have a box full of family VHS tapes that I will be capturing into the computer to digitally archive. However, I want to make sure I am doing it the best possible way. These are the two things most important to me:
1. Quality
2. Longevity
1. Quality
I have a VHS/MiniDV JVC SR-VS30 deck connected via firewire into my 2014 iMac. I know that firewire is typically the best option when capturing DV footage into the computer. However, is this still true for VHS and other forms of old tape. I can hook anything up to this deck via composite/s-video in and go out through the firewire connection. However, I wasn't sure if firewire was the best coming from a VHS tape. I also have an old video capture card that has a straight s-video/composite input. Which would be more native to the VHS/analog tapes as far as keeping original quality and the best possible image?
When I use the JVC deck, some programs will capture the vhs tapes and others won't because they won't recognize unless I'm using the DV side. For example, FCPX recognizes the deck, but when I go to import unless it's a dv, it will say "no tape" and I cannot capture anything. iMovie will capture files as .DV. Quicktime will also recognize the deck and capture files as apple prores MOV files. When I compare the QT and iMovie, the QT files look better in my opinion, though I don't know if they truly are. The iMovie dv files have jagged edges like tv lines or something during quick movement and like others say about firewire it looks a little "milky" (though I know this isn't necessarily a bad thing). The QT clips don't necessarily look sharper, but they don't have the hideous jagged edges.
So my question before I start this large project is:
Which capture methods above would you use, or what else would you recommend for best quality?
2. Longevity
Which file format would you recommend saving these files (or just keeping them as they are at capture) for long term storage? When I come back to these files in 10 years and need to convert them to something new, I want them to have the greatest chance of being compatible with whatever lies ahead. There are so many different file formats.
Many thanks for any help along this long process

I want to make sure I am doing it the best possible way.
I have done lots of that.
For maximum quality here is my procedure: ADVC300 > iMovie 06 > iDVD 09/11.
To get your VHS video into iMovie, use the Grassvalley ADVC300 . With the ADVC300 Audio and Video go in, FireWire comes out. It also comes with a nice Macintosh application that works flawlessly with iMovie 06 and iDVD 09/11 (I have used it a few times with iMovie 11).
The ADVC300 has been discontinued by the manufacturer. The included software (which is not really necessary but does enhance performance) is not compatible with OS 10.7 or newer. You can still find the ADVC300 for sale in a few outlets as well as eBay. It will sell between 50% and 100% ABOVE its retail price. Yes, it's that good.
If you can’t find the ADVC300, use the Grassvalley ADVC110.
I have a drawer full of analog-to-digital converters. After using the Grass Valley ADVC300 I find nothing else acceptable.
The program that comes with the ADVC300 has some nice filters that can improve video and audio of the source material. The ADVC300 will take Audio and Video from any source (VCR, Tivo, Satellite Receiver) and convert it to FireWire (iMovie will treat it like a camera).
I would use iMovie 06 with iDVD 09/11, why?
iMovie 09, 11, and 13 uses 'single field processing' meaning every other horizontal line of the video is thrown out, which reduces the sharpness of the footage. iMovie 06 uses ALL of the image to form the video. (Also the latest iMovie CANNOT set Chapeters !)
After lots of experimenting I get the best results using OS 10.6, iMovie 06, and iDVD 09/11. My movies look just like Hollywood!
My primary computer is a Mac Pro, so I just use one of the four hard drives and boot OS 10.6. You can also partition a single hard drive to achieve the same results.
This may seem like more trouble than you want to go through. However, I find the superior quality to be well worth it.

Question about capturing with JVC GY-HD200U

I am looking at this particular camcorder, JVC GY-HD200U, and was wondering if there is any issues capturing footage into FCP6. Does any one own or worked with the JVC GY-HD200U or early model?
share you thoughts about this camcorder if you have worked with it.
much thanks

Excuse my naivety here, but how does one go about importing HDV 720 as 'pro res'?
Can this be done by changing the import / capture settings, or does it require transferring the material to HD?
I'm using footage from my JVC HD GY100 in 24p. I've spent over a week trying to import the material into FCP through a JVC BR-HD50 deck with absolutely no luck, and it's getting really frustrating!!
I'm dealing with over 80 tapes of footage, so I don't have the option of going through each tape and logging individual clips. I've been trying to import entire tapes at a time.
I keep getting a 'stream error' prompt when attempting to capture.
I've tried with both start / stop detect on and off, I've tried to 'capture now', which seems to work until the very end of the tape / capture, at which time another error is reported. I've also attempted to set in and out points a minute or two from the beginning and end of the tapes, then batch capture the logged tape. Again, no dice.
Unfortunately I haven't had luck with anything, and I'm getting very frustrated.
I'm not a professional editor, so perhaps I'm missing something very basic? I have no clue why this format is so difficult to import!! I've never spent over a week trying to figure out how to import footage!
I don't care whether each tape I import is an entire tape or cut up into clips at time breaks, but I can't seem to get anything!!!
I really appreciate anyone's suggestions here. I'm at my wits end.
And again, I don't usually do this type of work, so if you could describe in detail any suggestions / solutions I would be very grateful. Many thanks.

Question about rearranging clips in the storyline

I hope I can explain my question clearly: I have a storyline with multiple connected clips. I want to add a generator under a clip so that I have a black background. In other words (and I don't know the propery terminology), I want to put a generator in and then take what is now the "main" clip and the clips connected to it and make all of them connected clips on top of the generator. But, when I try to do this by dragging the clips around, I can't do it. The main clip and the clips connected to it that I'm dragging around just end up going on the left or right side of the generator clip.
How can I do this? Is it possible? I noticed that if I delete all of the connected clips from the main clip, I can move the main clip above the generator clip and have it become a connected clip. But that presents a problem because I need all of the clips, and I've already gone to the trouble of syncing them.
I also noticed that I can take the main clip and its connected clips and turn them into a compound clip and then connect it, but that complicates the editing for me.
Thank you for any advice.

Well, as far as why I want a black generator, I'm using a split screen effect and I want to put some titles (text) on 1/2 or 1/3 of the screen. Maybe I don't need a generator to do that. I'm still learning all of this. I'm sure that if someone like you (someone with your experience) sat down and watched what I'm doing to achieve what I want, you'd have a million tips on how to do it better. But I guess that's stuff I'll just have to pick up as I go along.
I didn't know it was possible to put clips under the primary. That certainly helps.

Question about capturing from FX1000

Hello everyone. This is my first post here tho I have been searching these forums for some time now.
I looked for my question but i could not find one that helped me.
Anyway.
So I just got a HDR-FX1000 and I love it!
I just filmed my last show and when I plugged it into my television with the HDMI cable i was drooling.
so now I want to import the footage onto FCE but the problem is that It's looking like a normal ol' HD camera. The colors are not even as bright. I'm wondering if it has anything to do with my computer screen but I have a new Macbook pro so I doubt it.
I exported it onto quicktime and still the same. I am now dumping it onto iDVD and I'm going to see how that looks on my television.
Anyway is there some kind of settings I should be using when Capturing from my FX1000? and is there a good export setting to retain the same HDV quality?
Thank you very much in advanced. I appreciate any and all help!
also, if you are in the Los Angeles area and wanna do any shooting with my FX1000 let me know. I'll go if its not too far and won't charge you anything. I'd like the experience of using the camera
Luie

I'm starting to wonder if it has anything to do with the Fire Wire I have. I had a bunch of Fire Wire cables around the house but I had to buy a new one because of the MacBook Pro. It's very thin too...
the HDMI cable is really thick. Anyone think this an be a part of the issue?

Major question about movie clips

Ok so for this class project i have tried it all. I want to get a certain clip our of a certain movie but i cannot find a way to do this at all. What applications do i even need. I need so info about this asap please. Will imovie work or do i need another. I know final cut studio will work but thats like over 1,000.00 and i'm not looking to spend that much. All information is greatly appectiated

Hello horsecrazy,
I want to get a certain clip our of a certain movie but i cannot find a way to do this at all
Do you want to export a single clip from an iMovie project? If so, place the clip in the timeline, then choose File > Share from the menu. Select Quicktime and "Full Quality" and make sure you check "Share selected clips only". Hit share and have a coffee while iMovie exports.
hope this helps
mish

Ultra-noob question about creating clips

Sorry if this is answered elsewhere - I don't even know where to look.
I'm working on a simple editing project. I've sucked in (I forget the proper term) an entire DV tape of material into one big file. Now I'm trying to pick out the good shots and save them as separate clips - about 50 of them. These clips will then be converted to a different format and reassembled using some special software outside of FCE to create an interactive web video.
There seem to be about a gajillion ways of doing this. Master clips, independent clips, sub-clips. Right now I'm having a problem with clip names because of the master/associate business. I want to organize individual clips into folders (Folder A -> Clips A1, A2, A3, etc). But when I try to name a clip, ALL the names change. And no amount of setting the clip as Independent seems to affect it. Not only that, but I'm so green I still can't figure out what to highlight - the clip in the timeline or the clip in the folder or both.
Can someone point me in the right direction? I don't even know what to ask.

G'Day ap0110,
Welcome aboard the FCE forum.
Here is another method:
Double click the long clip in the Browser and it opens in the Viewer.
Mark an In and Out point in the Viewer. You will have two black triangles facing one-another in the Viewer scrubber bar when completed. Notice the bit in between the triangles is lighter in color than the rest. This bit can be made into a re-namable Sub-Clip.
Go to Modify> Make Subclip. Command-U (keyboard shortcut).
The modified clip now appears in the Browser ready to be re-named. Enter new name.
Do this as many times as required.
Right click in the Browser and a pop up appears with an option to create a _New Bin_.
Drag the newly named Sub Clips into a Bin of your choice.
Al

Question about Captured footage and naming

Hi everyone,
I am trying to archive some old work by saving the TL's and by storing footage names down for future problems with clients shall they arise.
What I am wonder is when footage is captured you name it and as the name appears in your bin (ie.... Filming Day 1 Tape 1a) it does not appear that way in the captured scratch folder. For my purpose which name should I write down? The old as I see it in FCP? or the one "Untitled 1" as it appears in the captured folder?
If I ever need to come back to it and I have to recapture the footage which name will FCP look for?
Thanks for the help!

If you name your clip when you log it, before you capture it, that is the name it has in the capture scratch folder.
If you change the name later, in a bin, the name of the file in the capture scratch folder does not change, and you have laid a trap for yourself, as it will be a painful experience re-connecting later if the names don't match.
If you, or the others in your shop, captured carefully, you should be able to batch capture from the project file.
Unfortunately, if you or someone else did not take care in logging and capturing, you may be in for some difficulty when those clients return for revisions.
One strategy that might work in this circumstance would be to copy the whole project to a separate disk media and all. This will get expensive quickly if you are doing any volume, but might save you for a few poorly managed, very important, projects.
Hope this helps.
Tom Meegan

Questions about movie clips

I want to play a movie clip in a separate file. First, I use loadMovieNum("[url]",1); which works, but the movie is ends with being too large, even though I adjusted the movie clip's size and exported it. When I load the movie, is there something I can do to adjust the movie in code?
Also, when the movie ends, is there a way to have it move the main page to the next frame (e.g., on(release){gotoAndStop(2);})?

Bump. Anyone?

Question about capturing ProRes HQ from D5

I routinely capture 10bit uncompressed video from HDSR or D5 to FCP thru a Kona 3.
Yesterday, I captured from the D5 (1920x1080 23.976psf) directly to ProRes HQ using the AJA Kona 1020x1080 23.98sf capture preset. The captured ProRes HQ format came in as 23.98 "upper field dominant". Is this normal with psf material, I thought it would be "none" for progressive.
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Sorry, I meant Progressive segmented Frame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProgressivesegmentedFrame

A question about movie clips and the eraser

So I'm kinda new to flash and whatnot, probably not nearly as
good as half you people with the scripting and I donno what half of
things you say are.. and yeah.. but I'll learn one day. :]
Anyways.. so I want to use the eraser tool to erase a
graphic, but it doesn't seem to be able to do that. Basically I
have this picture of an eraser and when I l click the link I want
the eraser to erase the page, but the thing that actually could
erase doesn't seem to erase things unless they're made in flash.
Suggestions???
Also, how do you make a movie clip stop moving when you hover
over it?

Ok - let's go step by step:
Re-re wrote:
> In flash CS3 there's an eraser tool that lets you erase
things, but doesn't let
> you erase graphics from what I can see.
"Graphics" is a pretty general term - it can mean anything
from vectors to bitmaps to symbol
instances. I have to assume that you are referring to
imported graphics. Please clarify.
If you are finding the eraser tool does not erase "graphics"
then you are either trying to erase a
bitmap or an instance.
If bitmap: you must break it apart or Trace Bitmap (convert
to vectors) before using the eraser
tool. More importantly, if you are trying to erase part of a
bitmap, it is probably more
advantageous to go back to the original source file and edit
it in your graphics editor and
re-import into flash.
If it is an instance of a Graphic symbol, double click the
symbol to enter Edit Mode - then use the
eraser tool (assuming the artwork inside this symbol is
vector art. If a bitmap refer to the
previous steps.
>
> But I have this button that looks like an eraser, and
when it's clicked I want
> the eraser to swipe across the page and erase it,
leaving it white from behind,
> but sence the ereaser tool in flash doesn't seem to let
me erase graphics, I
> was trying to figure out how to exicute my idea.
Here's where my confusion increases - this is a different
issue from the first one right? The eraser
tool and this eraser button are 2 different things? Let's
assume this eraser button is something you
made ok? But your last scentence still confuses me - what
does the Flash eraser tool have to do with
your eraser button?
What I think you want might be found by going to
www.flashkit.com and searching for "scratch lottery
ticket" or similar.
>
> Also, I have a movie clip with a botton on it, and the
movie clip rotates
> consantly. I want it to stop rotating when I hover over
the botton. How do I do
> that?
Give the MC an instance name and target it on rollOver of the
button:
on (rollOver) {
myMC.stop();
Chris Georgenes
Adobe Community Expert
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Quick Question About Multiple Clips

Hey guys,
Is there any way to turn multiple clips into one single clip? More specifically, multiple clips that have already been placed on the timeline. I have ten clips right next to each other on the timeline and I would like to turn them into one single clip with no edit marks. Kind of like the "Consolidate" option in Pro Tools. Is there any way to do this without exporting or nesting? Thanks!
Joe

Is there any way to turn multiple clips into one single clip? More specifically, multiple clips that have already been placed on the timeline.
File>Export>Quicktime movie. Check the SELF CONTAINED option.
Is there any way to do this without exporting or nesting?
No.
Shane

Question About Expanding Clips

I inadvertently condensed the bars of clips that I'm using for a project that appear in the lower right panel. How do I re-expand them?

Ann,
Thanks for the quick response unfortunately it didn't do the trick. Obviously, I'm not explaining the problem well. As I am creating a finished video I'm moving imported clips into the right bottom panel. These are blocks of colored-coded clips that I can cut, expand, move as I wish. Somehow, I hit something that condensed these to much smaller blocks that I'm not able to work with. I hope I'm getting to the problem. Thanks.

Urgen question about uploading clips (the 1000th post about it probably)

I uploaded a video which was in .mpg format. Imovie says that .mpg is incompatible for imovie, so i converted the video into an .avi format which does allow it. The problem is when i directly upload an .avi video into imovie it uploads perfectly and i can see it in the event, but when i convert the video into a compatible video format, it loads but it wont show up in the event. Please help me, and if you do not understand the question then please inform me so i can rephrase it. Thank you very much

im using any video converter, but whatever i convert it to, it ends up doing the same thing

A Question About Editing Clips

I have a project where I have 35 different clips approx 2 minutes each. I want to edit them down to :30 seconds each. No problem there, but how do I save them as just the 'new' :30 clip? I don't ever want to revert to the original clip.
The reason for this is I don't want each clip to be such a large 2 minute file (size wise) when I compile all my different :30 second 'movies'.
Is there a way to trim the excess footage without keeping the embedded file in tact?
Thank you.

aaaah, know I understand.... (why doesn't everybody on this planet speaks english??)
well, you could use an older version of iM; with that, it was possible to "empty the trash"... but that resulted very often in BIG trouble, because the file system of iM got a hickup and the projects got corrupted....
I'm not tired to repeat:
iM has, as many software, a concept; it is meant as a basic edit app for the engineering-challanged-consumer: connect camera, some seconds off, some titles plus, little music, back to tape/burn on disc......
(have a look at that new "magic" feature...some software "decides", what is worth to look at what I have recorded last weekend.... THAT is what I call weird ;-))) )
and:
video is space consuming; I do own three hd, allmost half a terabyte, just for editing my "little son-shine drives trike" movies... ;-)) so, I really don't understand the people complaining they cannot free hd space WHILE doing a project...- the concept of this software says: do your edit, and as long you're doing that, you have access to everything, nothing gets lost... finish your project, and the disc is clean&empty again for a new project...-
another and:
your are able to preview your tape; you are not "forced" to import everything! as Bob Ross would say: now, you have to make a big decision... - import or not to import....
just to mention: all pro-apps work non-distructive too...

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