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Post by Walter on Mar 1, 2012 10:53:12 GMT -7
Well I picked up a new camera a few days ago. Got it at a very good price and it shoots in HD 1920x1080/60i.
Only problem is that it compresses the files into mp4 H.264 format. I'm having a terrible time trying to get these files edited because of it. It doesn't play nice with Adobe Premiere or After Effects in this format. I've tried to convert the files into other formats such as uncompressed AVI and into .mov files but still have problems with the rendered video having color problems and frame rate problems.
Anyone have any suggestions?
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Lone Wolf
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Post by Lone Wolf on Mar 2, 2012 13:11:09 GMT -7
What type of converter are you using to convert it to AVI?
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Post by Walter on Mar 2, 2012 19:37:24 GMT -7
MP4Cam2AVI, MPEG Stream Clip are two that I've tried so far.
Also tried rendering to .mov and .avi in Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere CS3.
Going to try Adobe Premiere CS4, I've read that it can work with HD video (supposedly it was the main improvement over CS3)
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Post by Walter on Mar 4, 2012 21:53:38 GMT -7
Well after several days playing with different converters and different settings in Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects I finally got my camera to play nice!
I was able to get the video files to render correctly in After Effects by using the h.264 compressor.....life is good
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Lone Wolf
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Post by Lone Wolf on Mar 4, 2012 22:24:51 GMT -7
So CS4 worked, or did you get it to work in CS3?
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Post by Walter on Mar 5, 2012 5:13:00 GMT -7
Well I have After Effects CS4 and I got it to work in that fine once I figured out that the issue I was having was related to codecs.
I managed to get it to work in Adobe Premiere CS3 (couldn't get CS4 to install and didn't want to spend a lot of time messing with it.) I still have to do more tests though to really be sure. For now since I'm applying effects and adjustments it's actually easier to just do the bulk if not all of the editing in After Effects. Saves me the step of processing it in Premiere. However, working in premiere for the basic editing cuts is much easier than AE and is usually worth the extra step if you're going to do a lot of cutting and pasting and have a complicated project with multiple clips, stills etc.
Here is an unedited clip of a helicopter landing at the Palm Springs hospital on Indian Canyon taken with the camera the day I got it.
and here is the same clip with some color correction applied
and here is the same clip after traveling back in time to the 1970's to edit it
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Lone Wolf
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Post by Lone Wolf on Mar 5, 2012 23:29:54 GMT -7
Looks good (especially the 1970's edit).
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Post by Walter on Mar 6, 2012 1:27:54 GMT -7
Thanks! As you might imagine, these YouTube videos don't do it justice because they are shrunk down. The full screen HD files this cam creates have really nice clarity.
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Lone Wolf
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Post by Lone Wolf on Mar 6, 2012 3:30:34 GMT -7
I can imagine.
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