Topic: so, i taped some shows (aud/vid) and now i want to make it snazzy... (mac)

[justink]

AVCHD files, audio from my taping rig.  i also have a few other camera angles to mix in.  those files are ripped from youtube in mp4, or flv.

i'm working on a mac. 

what is the best app to utilize for the editing/syncing that i need?

what is the workflow?  (video edits first, music sync later?  sync first, edits later?)

if there is a faq or workflow somewhere, that would be awesome.  if someone would like to take me under their wing, that would be better.

i have full 720p video on a tripod and dpa4021 > ACM V3 > R-44 audio for smashing pumpkins and dave matthews and tim reynolds... really would like to produce something nice.

[keytohwy]

AVCHD files, audio from my taping rig.  i also have a few other camera angles to mix in.  those files are ripped from youtube in mp4, or flv.

i'm working on a mac. 

what is the best app to utilize for the editing/syncing that i need?

what is the workflow?  (video edits first, music sync later?  sync first, edits later?)

if there is a faq or workflow somewhere, that would be awesome.  if someone would like to take me under their wing, that would be better.

i have full 720p video on a tripod and dpa4021 > ACM V3 > R-44 audio for smashing pumpkins and dave matthews and tim reynolds... really would like to produce something nice.

Your best option will be apps like Final Cut Express or Pro. You'll get better editorial control, etc. It will take a little time to learn, but the rewards are there.

I'd suggest taking your master audio/video footage and building on top of that. PM me if you wanna discuss further.

Keytohwy

[DLay]

Unless you're looking to get into working with video and editing more often, you're probably better off using iMovie. Its already on your mac and though its limited compared to Final Cut, it also doesn't have the learning curve of FC.

[Shadow_7]

I tend to do things the hard way.  You'll want to sync the audio first IMO.  Which you can do while you generate a proxy to help in edit choices.  This should give you relative time stamps for each of the camera angles.  A good program probably finds this on it's own.  Or I could be wrong, as I've never used one.  But I've resolved to scripting most of my stuff in bash, which takes a while to process and requires a little manual effort to train it.  On the plus side, it also allows a redo of the entire process, verbatim, if I happen to discover a better way in terms of results, not efficiency.  Or if I'm just bored and want to see what it looks like through the gimps predator plugin.  Being a weekend warrior helps to have the time/resources to travel the long road.  Since it's a hobby, not a paid gig.

[willndmb]

Unless you're looking to get into working with video and editing more often, you're probably better off using iMovie. Its already on your mac and though its limited compared to Final Cut, it also doesn't have the learning curve of FC.

imovie will not let him do multi camera stuff (unless one of the new versions does)

recently i converted flv files (dmb 10/10/10 webcast) and needed mpg streamclip to do it as fcp will not accept the files in that format
the audio will get messed up in the process but thats not really an issue here because you have your recording

i suggest dubbing your audio and main footage first
then line up other footage to that - you can use the audio to get close and then adjust from there
export to dvd

would love to see the d+t stuff when you are done
would poss convert it for you if you like too

[liveween]

AVCHD files. i'm working on a mac.

Which Mac model are you working on?  PowerPC or Intel processor?  Number of cores / core speed / amount of RAM?


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