AbsoLut Posted December 16, 2003 Report Posted December 16, 2003 Hey guys, i'm gettin a video camera for christmas.. And ever since i seen a video way back of sport bikes doin wheelies and crazy shit, it's always made me want to make a video.. And that ATV video you guys posted on here really set it off .. t.t So what all do i need to make a good video? I'm thinkin a helmet camera and maybe a camera mounted to the front of my 'shee on the radiator plastic.. but iunno.. also anyone know of good "free" digital editing programs.. or heck just expensive.. i'm takin a loan from the bank so a few more hundred wouldn't hurt. :\ -AbsoLut <3's You t.t Quote
dogboystoy Posted December 16, 2003 Report Posted December 16, 2003 I am assuming you would buy a digital video camera. If you want to stay relatively cheap, you would want to buy one that would record on a mini dv cassette tape. I have one and its great. But to edit it and do all the stuff to have scene transitions and titles and crap, you will need to install the software and maybe hardware on your computer. When I got mine it came with no software for the computer. I think they all come with it now. I like the Pinnacle brand video editing software. I believe it is "Pinnacle Studio". The thing is you need to have a computer with enough RAM and HD space to handle the file sizes (my computer eats up about 10 gigs for an hour of video. Once you edit it, you will then compress it to whatever format you want (MP3, MP4, SVCD, etc.) When its compressed (depending on how you do it) the hour video will compress down to 200MB or so. But if you need to buy the software/hardware kit: I paid about 130$ for it, and I love it. I have used ULEAD software and am not impressed with it. My company does use it, but I think that it is not very user friendly. Good luck Quote
AbsoLut Posted December 16, 2003 Author Report Posted December 16, 2003 i have a 3.2 ghz with 200 gb hd 1gig ddr ram, think that'll handle it? :\ but someone on my AIM list recommended me a video editor called Video Vegas.. he used to to make all his CS video's and boy do they look sharp.. so i think i'll get it Quote
. Posted December 16, 2003 Report Posted December 16, 2003 Just a thought, if your gonna be running a helmet cam, you gotta get a digital camera with a video input. And instead of mounting a camera to the shee, why dont you just get another velcro piece and velcro the helmet cam to your shee. It'd be much easier. You'll basically get the same picture, but with less shaking if you have it mounted to your body. On a side note, I'm so incredibly pissed. Rode for like 5 minutes around the block of my buddies with the helmet cam on to check everything out on it, then went to our one riding area, and put the camera on camera mode instead of vcr mode by accident. The next 2 hours of riding footage all you get is the sound.....and a black picture of my camcorder shooting in my backpack.....and then at the end of the ride I do a wheelie on gravel and end up doing a cartwheel on my shee, bending an a-arm, and breaking my camcorder.......basically all for nothing. For xmas I'm getting my camcorder fixed ($230 some odd dollars) and I'll be back in business. It was quite an expensive wreck. It's a sony TRV330. Pretty sweet camcorder. Quote
Justintoxicated Posted December 16, 2003 Report Posted December 16, 2003 i have a 3.2 ghz with 200 gb hd 1gig ddr ram, think that'll handle it? :\ but someone on my AIM list recommended me a video editor called Video Vegas.. he used to to make all his CS video's and boy do they look sharp.. so i think i'll get it I think you will need a 6000MHZ or greater and at least a couple terrabytes of space, 3 gigs of ram and a $100,000 camcorder. Microsoft Visual Studio 2 is decent, for free software. Way better than version 1 anyhow. Quote
XTShee Posted December 16, 2003 Report Posted December 16, 2003 You will also need to install a firewire card in your PC to transfer the video if it does'nt already have one installed, so make sure you have a spare expansion slot. The cards are cheap enough. I used to edit my vid's on a PC with a 400MHz Processor 128ram and 80 gig drive so i think you will be sweet Quote
Killer_Shee Posted December 16, 2003 Report Posted December 16, 2003 If you want to be serious about editing video with a PC, there is only one option for software. I run Adobe Premiere and it is absolutely the best. The Macintosh computers are actually better for these types of applications, but Adobe is a real good solution for use on a PC. You will be able to produce professional looking video with a MiniDV camera coupled with Adobe. The firewire cards are readily available on eBay for a little bit of nothing--you should be able to pick up a card and cable for 10-20 bucks. Quote
Justintoxicated Posted December 16, 2003 Report Posted December 16, 2003 The one I was talking about is called windows movie maker2, not visual studio ..Oops...Adobe is the best but its not free either and I found it was not able to work with the AVI formats from my digital, but movie maker did....Weird... macs are slightly faster at this but still cost 3x as much to do everything else. Quote
Killer_Shee Posted December 17, 2003 Report Posted December 17, 2003 AVI is the only format I edit video in, Adobe has been flawless for me using the .avi format. Any other format compresses the video too much and ruins the quality. MPEG is okay for posting to the net and watching the post-edited video, but raw footage for editing, .avi is the only way to go. Quote
Wallrat Posted December 17, 2003 Report Posted December 17, 2003 Canon makes some cheaper mini-dv camcorders that have video input. The ZR series (ZR-40 or so is the cheapest). I bought the ZR45 about 2 years ago for about $500 I think...maybe it was $400. With that all you need is a lipstick cam or you can even use one of those CCTV cams from Fry's ($50 for a mildly decent one). The lipstick cam is usually powered off a 9-volt and uses regular RCA plugs. The Canon's come with an adapter to plug RCA's into the camcorder. Don't bother trying to mount the camcorder itself to the shee. I tried this with my old camcorder and it turned out like crap - too shaky to even tell whats goin on. Quote
AbsoLut Posted December 17, 2003 Author Report Posted December 17, 2003 rofl my bad, i meant buy another helmet cam and mount it to the side of my shee, not the actual camera whoopsi.. :\ Also i was thinkin, i'll make it Divx cuz they have good qualities.. anyone know a proggie that converts to Divx from camcorder? Quote
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