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By: Curtis Clegg

Curtis Clegg — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:31:33 +0000

Richard, thanks for a great tutorial! It goes far in de-mystifying some parts of the production process.

I put off clicking on it for a few days because frankly I am feeling a little overwhelmed by the video process lately (especially after watching some of the high-quality stuff on here, and reading about some of the high-end and pricey equipment and software). A lot of what you discussed in the compression tutorial applies equally well to even Adobe Premiere Elements, which I am currently using. I am looking forward to part 2.

Kirk – thanks for the Hillman Curtis link. His short films are evidence that simpler can sometimes be better.

By: Kirk Mastin

Kirk Mastin — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:16:11 +0000

Since there’s no clear place for me to post/share this, I’ll put it here for now :)

I bought and read the Hillman Curtis books and they are great. Really inspirational and really easy to connect with.

Here’s a link to Hillman Curtis’s video web page. It’s interesting to see storytelling/video art, from a designers perspective. In a way it’s a bit more honest feeling than a lot of stuff I’ve seen from photojournalists.

Maybe it’s because Hillman never learned the ‘Rules’ about storytelling….he just went out and did it instead.

http://www.hillmancurtis.com/hc_web/film_video.shtml

By: richard

richard — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:10:10 +0000

my file size test was much lower with qmusic; no real loss/difference in quality vs. acc.

By: zach wise

zach wise — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:14:35 +0000

Great job. Good overview of the dark art. Just wondering why you choose qMusic in Quicktime compression over AAC?

By: TomW

TomW — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:16:12 +0000

Thanks, Richard! I’m tucking this away for safekeeping.
Just curious if you have any recommendations on the video camera front? I’ve played around with a Canon Powershot S3 which does video and image stabilization keeps things steady. It’s fairly cheap, too.
- Tom