Vidding 101: Roadmaps to a Finished Video

[blenderama]

Here's a checklist/road map to a finished video. It's meant to be a simple, big picture (with links) road map, so you don't get lost along the way.

Let's go....


First things First: Set up your project for correct aspect ratio
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Build and credit
Build your video with clips & audio in your editing software.
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Add a watermark & some credits...
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Export & Process
3 easy steps.

1. From your video editing software:
Export an uncompressed file.
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2. (optional for Mac users) Next, take the uncompressed file and clean it up in JES Video Cleaner. This reduces the noise levels and can make your people look like Gods.
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3. Then open the clean file in Mpeg Streamclip to Export an Mpeg-4 file for sharing on the web and/or creating a downloadable file.
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Hope this helps.

Blenderama

[debsd]

Thanks so much for organising the steps in editing in this way - I was just wondering if the JES Video Cleaner was used on freshly made clips or was best kept till exporting. Now I know!

[Elvira]

No Windows version of JES Video Cleaner, sorry! But Mac users are better suited waiting to clean their finished video, rather than each individual clip. (I've tried it that way. BIG hassle, so not worth it.)

[debsd]

Oh I know you can't use it with Windows. I just got a Mac and Final Cut Pro for Xmas so am currently in the middle of a steeeeeeeeeeep learning curve. Will hopefully be able to update my sig one day. LOL.
Thanks for the verification on when to use the cleaner Elvira.

[gidget14]

Dec 29, 2008 1:56:10 GMT -5 debsd said:

Oh I know you can't use it with Windows. I just got a Mac and Final Cut Pro for Xmas so am currently in the middle of a steeeeeeeeeeep learning curve.

Lucky you!

I only starting using Final Cut a few months ago and yes it is one hell of a learning curve but once you get the hang of it you'll never go back Took me a while to learn but just play around with all the settings- and of course there are all the wonderful vidders here to help you just like they helped me! Have fun with your Mac too- they are fantastic!

[Elvira]

Congratulations, both of you, on your Mac and Final Cut purchases! We've got a little Final Cut tutorial here, which also has links to other Final Cut tutorials: fpvideos.proboards60.com/index.cgi?board=tutorials2&action=display&thread=237

I am totally entrenched in Final Cut, and although I've enjoyed learning the other software out there, and think that a lot of it is just great for fan videos, I always return to Final Cut! (There's just nothing else like LiveType out there, I've found . . . ;D )

[debsd]

I am glad to hear such positive things about Final Cut and I can't wait to start playing - I must confess that all my vidding friends adore Vegas and while I love the interface, it had got to the point where I had to render my project in 10 sec segments so it wouldn't crash.
Thanks for the tute link Elvira - I am working my way through all of them at the moment.