I have a short film I'm shooting quickly coming up... It's being shot on an HDW-900 camera package.
The question I have is this... What's the best way to approach editing? I don't have the money to rent out a professional editing suite, so, it needs to be edited on my home computer.
Should I just get it transferred to Mini-DV, edit it, and then, if someone wants to broadcast in HD, simply explain to them that they'll need to re-edit the HD version? I'm pretty sure there is no way to conform a mini-dv edited timeline to the original HD.
OR...
Should I look into upgrading my home system so I can actually edit the original HD footage? I'm running windows... so, what kind of equipment would one need? Is it possible to have the HD footage dumped to a HD by a transfer lab? The money required to rent an HD deck would be out of the question!
Re: HD Short Film by Justin Allen on Apr 28, 2003 at 8:34:08 pm
David,
Currently, a fully configured HD editing system, with capture cards, HD drives, computer and everything necessary to edit on-line runs between 35,000 and 45,000 dollars. That's probally out of the question.
You can transfer to Mini-Dv and create your final result, and if done correctly, use the EDL to on-line at a HD facility. We do this all of the time.
Also, where is the final viewing of this product to be, corporate, broadcast, or other?
I guess I would ask, if you are shooting in HD, why aren't you editing in HD? Rates are getting cheaper all of the time.
Re: HD Short Film by David Pritchett on Apr 29, 2003 at 3:25:43 am
Thanks for your reply! I appreciate it.
We are calling in a LOT of favours... and are using a grant, which is allowing us to shoot HD.
Otherwise, the budget would just not be there.
Can you go into more detail on how you would get the HD footage transfered to Mini-DV.. and how you could possibly use your EDL to conform it to the original footage?
I was under the impression that MiniDV could not write 'real' TC.. let alone HD TC which is based on 24fps...?
If you do not need the various 3D animation options, but still want a lot of that functionality, Vegas Video in Windows is equivalent, and perhaps superior to FCP on a Mac, depending on what you need to do, as always. That's around $600 plus computer and storage.
Re: HD Short Film by Bob Bonniol on Apr 29, 2003 at 7:29:55 pm
SOFO's big rollout at NAB.
With Vegas 4, the app is resolution independent, and they've added a bunch of HD functionality.
I wouldn't expect anything like realtime behaviour, but on a PC with HD in and out (say an HDBOXX, or something with a Bluefish) you CAN edit HD, render, and output.
I expect this is SOFO counting on Moore's law to make their app into a realtime HD solution eventually, and I'd say they have made a safe bet. Might take a couple of years.
Best,
Bob
Creative Director
Mode Studios / Monarch Designs
www.monarchdesigns.com
Art of the Edit Forum Leader
Re: HD Short Film by Bob Bonniol on Apr 29, 2003 at 10:01:51 pm
Net rumours. They sold off some other assets (streaming technologies I think) to focus on their video/music aditing apps. They are in fine shape jusging by the growing legions of converted Vegas editors.
Best,
BB
Creative Director
Mode Studios / Monarch Designs
www.monarchdesigns.com
Art of the Edit Forum Leader
Re: HD Short Film by ric marty on Apr 29, 2003 at 10:42:06 pm
Not of ver 6. Ver 4 maybe, check at www.aistinc.com its the former US aist office they might have one, They are having a close out sale and everthing is real cheap and upgradable to ver 6. check them out.
