Capturing great quality video at a concert is more difficult than setting up a camera wherever you can find space and shooting. You have to navigate around the sea of people, find safe spots to setup your cameras and keep the drunk guy without his shirt on from spilling his beer on you after telling […]

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Update, December 19, 2007: Please see my follow-up post with additional info on how to make Premiere AAF exports work.
I spent about four hours yesterday trying to devise an audio post-production workflow for a client shooting single-system (no audio field recorder) on the Panasonic HVX200 and editing in Adobe Premiere Pro 3.1.0. Conclusion? It’s not […]

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One of the most important aspects of a live concert is the sound quality. Whether it’s the fluidity and balance of the mix that your ears perceive at the show, or in our case, the accurate reproduction of that sound in the 1’s and 0’s of your recording.
In Part 2 of this guide on […]

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So the Canon HV20 does 1080p for $900. So why not shoot the next Star Wars: Episode II (1080/24p on a Sony F900) with it? Because of the common misconception between “HDV” and “HD” resolution.
I was reading a thread over at TapersSection discussing the Canon HV20, and a user there was very quick to […]

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When I need to make a quick movie-only DVD to preview a project on another TV, I usually author the DVD quickly using Sony DVD Architect 4.0. While DVD Architect has the ability built into it to also burn the disc, I opt to burn my test discs Ahead Nero ROM Burning. Why?
In […]

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