Posted on 02/19/2007 9:10:28 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
This is to go along with all the other options mentioned here. Anothe video editing software option is Roxio's Titanium Toast, now in its eigth version. Follow the link for more info: http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/titanium/overview.html.
Another way to bedazzle your friends is to use a burner that has Lightscribe technology. I use this little baby at the link: http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10071. After you place your info on the disc, you simply flip it over and literaly burn the label on it. You can design your own artwork. It's a neat way to finish your project. Looks great, too. There's several brands that use Lightscribe technology, so it's your call.
Roxio is indeed a powerfull program. A bit too powerfull for my tastes. I had about %20 burn failure with it back in 2001-2002. Granted it will do things Nero could only dream of, it still hogs requests and bullies other programs. If you want to capture stills from dvd, Nero premium "showtime" dvd player will capture to your hearts content.
I was just throwing out my .02 to NotJustAnotherPrettyFace. I've seen a lot ot posts in the past mention Nero. Never used it myself but it looks like a nice arrow in the quiver. I'll have to look into Nero's details. BTW, I use a Mac G4 dual. I do a lot of graphics work. I don't have anything against PC's. Just a personal preference.
VideoLan is a good tool,
also try this freeware program for PC:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/movica
This is an editor for non-linear video. Exactly what you are asking for.
Have you gotten the video into digital format yet?
That in itself is going to need another piece of software.
When you say "action shots" are you loking to get captured still images off of a old video (photo montage), or do you want short clips from old videos (video montage) ?
Some friendly suggestions:
1. There is freeware out there that can take care of your needs. Those telling you to go buy a new Mac are out of their gordes.
2. You might need to borrow a better video card and you would do well with at least 1GB of RAM, and 2 hard drives. One for windows and the video capture software, one for the video file to be saved on. Borrow a video card from a friend/colleague, or use your $100 budget to get a new card. Someone's kid is a pc gamer who has a dual output 512MB or higher video ram card that can appear at 2048 x 768 resolution or better. Most new cards can do widescreen dual screen, which would be even better for your wall projection. I haven't seen a projection screen at PC monitor resolution for sale in years.
3. You need to take your video and record it into a digital stream. This can be time consuming, give yourself plenty of time to record these videos. (Not sure in what format your video is in). Use www.virtualdub.org software for this. Rip at highest quality you can, remove audio capture to save yourself time. You are trying to prevent "shearing" and to keep the blacks actually black.
4. If you are doing video montage, try the free
http://sourceforge.net/projects/movica first.
5. keynote.org is a good way to control a "powerpoint like" presentation
6. Make sure your PC has a dual monitor card running and you have 1 monitor next to you and one as the wall projector. This is another reason you'll need a high end video card. Disaster prevention step.
7. Practice, through in a classical CD and practice scrollling through the montage.
This project sounds pretty cool, good luck!
A mac user,,, you've never known the "joys" of hackers viruses, and malwares..... You really dont know what you're missing, be glad of it!
Like a slideshow, I guess, is the best way to describe it. But I need to control the timing of how the slides are shown and thus I think Powerpoint might be the best way to go about that part of it.
Thank you for that rundown on specifics. Much appreciated. I will ping you all when my volunteer work is done.
If it is on DVD, then WinDVD or CyberLink PowerDVD can capture screen shots at any time by the click of the mouse and automatically save in .gif or .bmp format.
If they are in .mpg format then you can use any of the other software products mentioned here to enter into an editing session and do screen caps from within.
Thank you, also, for that information. Considering I'm getting the footage from various sources, I think I'm going to be working with both of the formats you mentioned above.
Actually, the lastest versions of PowerDVD will play back mpegsaswellas capture stills.
Ahh dolt.......correction.
Actually, the lastest versions of PowerDVD will play back mpegs as well as capture stills.
That's OK - I could read what you wrote. (Don't beat up on yourself too hard! :-). Thanks for adding to this thread!
Thank you - I ended up using your suggestion since we already had IntervideoDVD on this computer. Worked like a charm! :-)
Thank you for all your instructions. Lucky for me - someone else did all the video conversion over from videotape to digitized footage on a DVD. So all I had to do was to playback on the DVD drive on this specific computer (from which I'm posting right now), then, and capture.
I have several friends who work in graphic arts. All of them use Macs for their work.
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