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Posted by Lisa Greene on 06/01/06 17:08
Hello!
I am about to undertake a new job handed to me when our previous video
editing person passed away unexpectedly. I work for a children's
non-profit organization (learning disabilities) and we have been
producing a fair amount of videos on DVD for the generally interested
and for our large membership base.
In short, I will undertake the challenge of transforming 40 hours of
digital video into (hopefully) twenty-90-minute videos (mostly
training). The film was taken using a Canon GL2 camera and I'll be
capturing the DV via firewire to a new Intel iMac (2Gig Ram, 500Gig
HD).
I have done some video editing and production so I'm not a complete
novice. And I'm lucky because the cameraman who took all the video
above was a fine camra editor himself and knew when to
stop/start/cut/pan, etc., while vtaping which makes the final editing
job much easier. I will transfer the film into a video editing
program, clean it up where needed, add titles and credits, additional
sound track and some dubbing then somehow place our logo so it faces in
and out of the video in the lower right hand corner every 45 seconds or
so.
To do all of the above I am looking at Final Cut Pro Express HD
(Universal Binary release). I'd like to ask those of you with video
editing experience, especially with FCP or FCPExpress, for your advice,
assurance and any tips you care to offer before I start this project.
As noted, I'm comfortable with the video production editing and process
(a lot of iMovie), even the DVD setup, process and burning. What I
haven't done via video production is to add that company logo
throughout a film. We've seen some of our video 'lifted' and used
without our permission and want to avoid the legal litigation involved.
For those with FCPExpress experience: can you tell me if the process
of adding such a logo is an easy thing to do with FCPE? That is, does
FCPE offer the ability to float text or a logo image over the frames
during the editing process or during the final exporting process? Do
you know if I can fade that image in/out say every 45 seconds or so?
I have been experimenting. When using iMovie I can float a title as
opening or closing credits but I can't slap a logo or text in that
right hand corner. To put that logo in that position I must turn to a
background transparent graphic imposed over the movie and re-recorded
through QuickTime Pro. I'm hoping FCPE will make it easier so I don't
have to reprocess the finished film.
Comments, advice or guidance greatfully appreciated. Pardon my
cross-posting but I'm trying to reach as wide an audience as possible.
Thanks!
Lisa
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