What's the best way to do this...
by Robert Godina
on
Jun 25, 2008 at 2:54:42 am
Hello!
i am working on a doc that is going to require the showing of a lot of b roll, such as photographs and especially documents which are 30 years old.
my question is, what's the best way to show this stuff? should i scan it, photoshop it or video it? obviously this stuff needs to be readable on screen so i am wondering how the pros do it.
the best example of what i want is this. just watch the first few seconds of this where you see the documents.
Re: What's the best way to do this... by Rocco Forte on Jun 25, 2008 at 7:27:36 am
I too use a lot of stills in docs. Sometimes it's better to put all your stills on one timeline and export them as one video. Then use the video when editing. If they're physical images, then scanning would yield the best results probably.
Other times, you might want to film them, a la "Dog Town N Z-Boys" (see it if you haven't)
Here's an example of stills being used in may different ways:
Re: What's the best way to do this... by Jim Tuchschmidt on Jun 29, 2008 at 4:48:45 am
You do not say what software you use to edit. I use stills all the time and have found scanning them gives me the most flexibility. There is a great guide available on the LAFCPUG website that you can purchase to help you figure out at what resolution to scan the image, I then clean them up in photoshop.
I edit with Final Cut Studio. You can place the picture on the time line and, once the rough cut is done, animate them by sending them to Motion. There is a good tutorial about this on Ken Stone's website.
