First Try at DVinfo.net

Farid Bouchakour · November 22nd, 2007, 03:38 PM

Hi
My first post here,and proud to own Canon Hx A1 and of course to be a member in this forum.
My first try ,i just got my camera and this is my first shoot ever,kind of Steven style,i shoot in 25 (i own pal one) i did the cut in FCP!
Any feedback will be helpful!
www.bouchakour.de/video/try.mov

Thanks In advance

Sean Sanczel · November 23rd, 2007, 12:55 PM

Hi Farid,

I'm new here too, but I just thought I'd drop a reply to your post.

I thought the misty images were beautiful. I especially liked the CU berry shots and the perspective of the bench at the end. Are you using the Vivid RGB preset?

Also, if you don't mind if I pick your brain a bit...
• How exactly did you prepare your video for the web? I can't seem to retain the quality when I do a web version...

Thanks!
Sean

Farid Bouchakour · November 23rd, 2007, 03:45 PM

Thanks
Yes i think that was VividRGb Preset i just wanted to experiment nothing special

For the video I used compressor with a H264 codec and i scale it a bit because the half size was about 100 Mb,i don't have enought room on my space!
Thanks again!
cheers Farid

John Welsh · November 26th, 2007, 09:37 AM

where do all of you get the background music? is there a free library online?
nice footage btw

Farid Bouchakour · November 26th, 2007, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Welsh

where do all of you get the background music? is there a free library online?
nice footage btw

Thanks !
The music is from Smartsound "Cinematique Library" and yes it's not free (lol)

Roger Lee · November 27th, 2007, 05:25 PM

Farid,

Nice job.

I hope to post something soon in the next month or so.

Just an observation....

I'm not sure but..you may have some dust on your lens at the 3:00 position. Again, I'm not sure but it looks a lot like the kind of spots/dust that I see on my still cameras and the dust spot(?) doesn't move from scene to scene.

Thanks for sharing.

Rog Lee

Alessandro Garabaghi · November 30th, 2007, 09:08 AM

This might be dumb, but is Compressor only for Apple? And if so, is there a similar product for PC? I am also having trouble preparing my footage for web as i seem to only get large files with so so quality or small files with horrible quality...

Farid Bouchakour · November 30th, 2007, 10:25 AM

Sorenson squiz does a great job converting to web! yoiu must give it a try,also not that i use as H264 codec wich is also available for pc.
http://www.sorensonmedia.com/pages/?pageID=2

cheers

Alessandro Garabaghi · November 30th, 2007, 07:28 PM

So what would you export your timeline as from Premiere Pro is you were working with HDV to then import it into sorenson to compress it for web?

Farid Bouchakour · December 1st, 2007, 02:31 AM

Hi

I think the best workfkow is to edit in HD then export to losless codec (Animation codec for example) quicktime then in sorensson chosse the H264 with best setting,of course don't forget the rezise to half or so,sorenson3 codec is also fine,you have to give it a try!
Note: i'll post a videotutorial next!

cheers!

November 22nd, 2007, 03:38 PM	#1
Farid Bouchakour Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 25	First Try Hi My first post here,and proud to own Canon Hx A1 and of course to be a member in this forum. My first try ,i just got my camera and this is my first shoot ever,kind of Steven style,i shoot in 25 (i own pal one) i did the cut in FCP! Any feedback will be helpful! www.bouchakour.de/video/try.mov Thanks In advance

November 23rd, 2007, 12:55 PM	#2
Sean Sanczel Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 31	Great shots! Hi Farid, I'm new here too, but I just thought I'd drop a reply to your post. I thought the misty images were beautiful. I especially liked the CU berry shots and the perspective of the bench at the end. Are you using the Vivid RGB preset? Also, if you don't mind if I pick your brain a bit... • How exactly did you prepare your video for the web? I can't seem to retain the quality when I do a web version... Thanks! Sean

November 26th, 2007, 09:37 AM	#4
John Welsh Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA & Cologne, GER Posts: 47	. where do all of you get the background music? is there a free library online? nice footage btw

November 23rd, 2007, 03:45 PM	#3
Farid Bouchakour Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 25	Thanks Yes i think that was VividRGb Preset i just wanted to experiment nothing special For the video I used compressor with a H264 codec and i scale it a bit because the half size was about 100 Mb,i don't have enought room on my space! Thanks again! cheers Farid

November 27th, 2007, 05:25 PM	#6
Roger Lee Major Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Western Minnesota Posts: 227	Farid, Nice job. I hope to post something soon in the next month or so. Just an observation.... I'm not sure but..you may have some dust on your lens at the 3:00 position. Again, I'm not sure but it looks a lot like the kind of spots/dust that I see on my still cameras and the dust spot(?) doesn't move from scene to scene. Thanks for sharing. Rog Lee

November 30th, 2007, 09:08 AM	#7
Alessandro Garabaghi Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Orlando, Fl Posts: 132	This might be dumb, but is Compressor only for Apple? And if so, is there a similar product for PC? I am also having trouble preparing my footage for web as i seem to only get large files with so so quality or small files with horrible quality...

November 30th, 2007, 10:25 AM	#8
Farid Bouchakour Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 25	Sorenson squiz does a great job converting to web! yoiu must give it a try,also not that i use as H264 codec wich is also available for pc. http://www.sorensonmedia.com/pages/?pageID=2 cheers

November 30th, 2007, 07:28 PM	#9
Alessandro Garabaghi Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Orlando, Fl Posts: 132	So what would you export your timeline as from Premiere Pro is you were working with HDV to then import it into sorenson to compress it for web?

December 1st, 2007, 02:31 AM	#10
Farid Bouchakour Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 25	Hi I think the best workfkow is to edit in HD then export to losless codec (Animation codec for example) quicktime then in sorensson chosse the H264 with best setting,of course don't forget the rezise to half or so,sorenson3 codec is also fine,you have to give it a try! Note: i'll post a videotutorial next! cheers!