Video in the studio

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Video in the studio
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• Why video in the studio?
• Record lessons for practicing purposes
• Record recitals
• Gift to parents and students
• Posting on web for public access
• Studio marketing
• Creating teaching material
• Practicing guidelines
• Etc

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• Some examples
• My sample DVD
• Websites that feature recital video
• http//www.katzpianostudio.com/performances.asp

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• Steps for video creation
• Recording
• Importing into computer
• Editing
• Preparing and burning DVD
• Preparing for web publication

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1. Recording
Firewire cable
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1. Recording

• Use a digital camera - easier uploading to
  computer
  
• Most digital cameras can be connected directly to
  computer to import video
  
• Cable used to connect digital camera to computer
  Firewire IEEE 1394 iLink

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1. Recording

• Suggestions
• Buy a tripod
• Two cameras may be better than one
• Be sure your hard drive has plenty of space (60
  Gbytes or more)
  
• Or buy an external hard drive (120 Gb)
• Some cameras have a microphone input that you can
  use for better sound

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2. Importing

• Importing (aka capturing) loading the video
  up to your computer

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2. Importing

• Computer needs
• A firewire port (very common). Or USB (slower)
• A program that will allow the computer to upload
  video through firewire
  
• iMovie (Mac, comes with computer)
• Pinnacle Studio (PC, 100)
• Ulead VideoStudio (PC, 100)

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Importing

• If video was recorded in a digital tape
• Insert tape in camera
• Connect camera to computer
• Open program (e.g. iMovie) and get it ready to
  capture
  
• Press Play in camera

Firewire cable
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Importing

• If video was recorded directly into DVD
• Insert DVD in computer
• Open program (e.g. iMovie)
• Import video file into program from program menu

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Importing

• If video was recorded directly into computer
• Open program (e.g. iMovie)
• Open or import video files from your hard drive

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Importing

• If video is in an old VHS tape
• You need to buy a digital video converter (aka
  video capture device)
  
• Dazzle (50-90, Mac, PC)
• Datavideo DAC (200)
• Plextor (60, PC)

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Importing
Video and audio cables
Firewire or USB
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3. Editing

• Edition process
• Trimming clips
• Arranging clips in the right order
• Improving, muting, adding or modifying audio
• Adding transitions between takes or sections
• Adding titles

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Editing

• Examples shown using iMovie
• Other similar programs
• Pinnacle Studio (PC)
• Ulead VideoStudio (PC)

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Editing
Monitoring screen
Clip area
Timeline
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Editing

• Trimming clips
• Select clip in clip area
• Select portions to be deleted
• Press Delete
• Or
• Select clip in clip area
• Select portion to be kept
• Select Edit-Crop

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Editing

• Demo with iMovie

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Editing

• Arranging clips in right order
• Drag clips in correct order to timeline

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Editing

• Editing sound
• For example, increasing the volume of takes
• Drag clip to timeline
• Select View-Show clip volume levels
• A purple line appears over the clip. This is the
  volume
  
• Increase or decrease with the mouse at any point
  of the clip

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Editing

• Demo with iMovie

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Editing

• Adding transitions between clips
• Select the Editing tab (above timeline)
• Select the Transitions tab
• Select the clips between which you want to add a
  transition
  
• Select a transition, drag and drop it between
  clips. Wait a few seconds while the transition is
  built
  
• You can later erase a transition by dropping it
  to the trash

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Editing

• Demo with iMovie

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Editing

• Adding titles
• Same as transitions, but click on the Titles tab
  instead
  
• Type the text you want to insert
• Choose Over black to add titles over a black
  background as opposed to on the clip itself

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Preparing DVD

• Typical DVD structure
• Menu
• Movie 1. 2007 Recital
• Chapter or scene 1. Marys piece
• Chapter or scene 2. Johns piece
• Chapter
• Movie 2. 2006 Recital
• Etc
• Movie

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Preparing DVD

• Simplest DVD
• No menu
• One movie
• No chapters or scenes

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Preparing DVD

• With iMovie
• Create chapters or scenes within your movie
• Export movie to iDVD
• With iDVD
• Create look for menu
• Import other movies (with or without chapters),
  e.g. Recital 2006
  
• Burn DVD

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Preparing DVD

• Programs to prepare and burn DVD
• iDVD (Mac)
• Pinnacle Studio (PC)
• Ulead VideoStudio (PC)
• Nero (PC)

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Preparing DVD

• Demo with iMovie and iDVD

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Burning DVD

• As simple as pressing a button
• Demo with iDVD

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Preparing for web publication

• Since internet speeds are fairly slow
• Web videos tend to be small (as opposed to full
  screen)
  
• Quality is low (smaller files)
• Highly compressed
• Mpeg-4
• .mov
• Etc

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Preparing for web publication

• iMovie is the easiest way to prepare
• Select Share-Share
• Choose the QuickTime preset and select one of the
  compression levels
  
• For web, choose either Web Streaming or Web
• Other programs Pinnacle Studio (PC), Ulead
  VideoStudio, etc

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Preparing for web publication

• The file obtained this way is ready for
• YouTube upload
• Publication on blip.tv
• Upload and publication on your own website or
  blog