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Posted by keith on 09/28/41 11:39
"peter" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>I shot a sing and dance show along with a professional videographer who was
>invited by the producer as a favor. Since it was going to be mulit-cam
>editing, I kept my camera rolling until I switch tape for ease of
>synchronization. I also told my other amateur friends to keep their cam
>rolling but it didn't occur to me I need to ask the same of the
>professional. In the end, the professional started and stopped his camera
>several times per tape (minDV).
>
>Now I'm the editor and I'm tearing my hair out trying to cut and synchronize
>his video clips to the other clips. This is a very manual job; I have to
>look for fast movement/sound or camera flash in the show and use this to
>line up the different clips. Finding the "fast movement" is not always easy.
>Perhaps next time I would bring my own camera flash and fire it every 5
>minutes... (just kidding).
>
>Is there perhaps some way to sync the clips automatically that I'm not aware
>of? Maybe there is real-time code imprinted on his tape that keeps running
>even when he stops the cam?
>
>I'm using premiere pro 1.5 and my cam is trv900. I don't know what cam he
>was using. It's a shoulder mount camera and he gave me miniDV tapes. I could
>ask him if it would help.
>
>-p
dont know that camera, but TOD timecode (time of day) is a good idea.
would get you "close" to sync.
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