Vertical Shooting / XL1S at DVinfo.net

Alan Van Vliet · December 27th, 2004, 12:36 PM

Hello,

I am a still photographer and I shoot a great deal of tennis, 90% of it vertically.

I am shooting videos for short clips on the web for an instructional tennis site.

Forgive my ignorance, but has anyone had any experience shooting DV vertically. Obviously playblack will be a consideration, but I "should" be able to tailor my playback frame (e.g. Quick Time or Flash) to match the "portrait" mode.

I have a great deal of wasted horizontal space to get full body shots of players, particularly on the serve, which will have a contact point of between 9 & 10 feet.

This would allow me to shoot a lot tighter, as all I want to portray is the player.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Regards, Alan Van Vliet

Hendy Witanto · December 28th, 2004, 11:14 AM

Hi,
I think the easy way how to eliminate the vertical problems is shooting it without movements with the best conditions and than make the movements you wanted in cutting software .. Of course you will have to do it with "zoom" tools that make your pictures lower quality, but for the WEB publication it still good...

that is just idea... :)

Dan Uneken · January 2nd, 2005, 09:47 AM

If you can rotate the image in flash and play a "portrait" oriented image, you should be able to crop a normally filmed "landscape" oriented image to a portrait oriented one, eliminating horizontal space and thus (as I presume is your goal) end up with smaller files. The resolution of the XL1S will be more than sufficient for the web, even when you crop the image to 1/3 of its original size.

Alan Van Vliet · January 6th, 2005, 08:49 AM

Guys,

Thanks for your thoughts. I have been experimenting with the sizing of the Quick Time Player, and just by swapping the dimensions it shows me the type of crop that I am looking for.

The only problem is the QT Player controls get cropped as well. Got to work on that one.

I'll do the same with the editing software so I can reduce the file size as well.

I'll post when I get some results.

Thanks again for your ideas.

Regards, AL

December 27th, 2004, 12:36 PM	#1
Alan Van Vliet Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Pinehurst, NC USA Posts: 69	Vertical Shooting / XL1S Hello, I am a still photographer and I shoot a great deal of tennis, 90% of it vertically. I am shooting videos for short clips on the web for an instructional tennis site. Forgive my ignorance, but has anyone had any experience shooting DV vertically. Obviously playblack will be a consideration, but I "should" be able to tailor my playback frame (e.g. Quick Time or Flash) to match the "portrait" mode. I have a great deal of wasted horizontal space to get full body shots of players, particularly on the serve, which will have a contact point of between 9 & 10 feet. This would allow me to shoot a lot tighter, as all I want to portray is the player. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Regards, Alan Van Vliet

January 2nd, 2005, 09:47 AM	#3
Dan Uneken Major Player Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Andalucia, Spain Posts: 301	If you can rotate the image in flash and play a "portrait" oriented image, you should be able to crop a normally filmed "landscape" oriented image to a portrait oriented one, eliminating horizontal space and thus (as I presume is your goal) end up with smaller files. The resolution of the XL1S will be more than sufficient for the web, even when you crop the image to 1/3 of its original size. __________________ Film & TV locations & production Spain http://www.fotofilmvideo.com/

January 6th, 2005, 08:49 AM	#4
Alan Van Vliet Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Pinehurst, NC USA Posts: 69	Vertical Shooting Guys, Thanks for your thoughts. I have been experimenting with the sizing of the Quick Time Player, and just by swapping the dimensions it shows me the type of crop that I am looking for. The only problem is the QT Player controls get cropped as well. Got to work on that one. I'll do the same with the editing software so I can reduce the file size as well. I'll post when I get some results. Thanks again for your ideas. Regards, AL

December 28th, 2004, 11:14 AM	#2
Hendy Witanto New Boot Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Prague, Czech rep. Posts: 16	Hi, I think the easy way how to eliminate the vertical problems is shooting it without movements with the best conditions and than make the movements you wanted in cutting software .. Of course you will have to do it with "zoom" tools that make your pictures lower quality, but for the WEB publication it still good... that is just idea... :)