by Brian Sather, created Apr 21 2009 - 12:23pm, updated Oct 18 2009 - 3:15pm
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Short lecture by Brian Sather at Eastern Oregon University on 4-12-09.
Describes the basic steps for working with video from start to finish.
The video process
- Record video: Raw media formats are saved on a camcorder in MiniDV, CD-rom, hard drive, or flash. These original copies should be retained indefinitely as the raw footage because any future editing and saving degrades quality or compromises the media.
- Capture/import: Using software to save the video to a computer for editing. This is usually done with editing software.
- Editing: Using a video editor to manipulate and sequence and add annotations. These include Adobe Premiere, iMovie, Pinnacle Studio, Movie Maker, VirtualDub, and other software.
- Encoding/export: Choosing a common format to "save" the edited video. This can be done with the video editor or by exporting from the video editor and then using a converter to save it to a different format (MediaCoder is recommended). MPEG4/DIVX files have good compression without much quality loss. Flash (SWF, FLV) is the most standard web format that has good compression and embed capabilities. If audio is not essential for the clip, it may be stripped to add further reduction in file size.
- Codec: The end user must have codecs installed on their computer that recognizes the encoding format. Many codecs are installed with computer operating systems and media players, but many more are also available that may need to be downloaded separately. In general, the most recent versions of popular media players can play most video files.
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| Video Editing Process 4-21-09.mp3 | 3.43 MB |