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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 03:51:08 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Reno Digital</title><description>The Hub For Digital Video Production, Editing and Post Production and Cool Tutorials For Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115719166963117553</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 10:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-09-02T05:07:49.643-05:00</atom:updated><title>For those who think I fell off the face of the planet...</title><description><a href="http://www.creativedigitalhub.com">Here's what I've been doing. </a> It's taken me that last 4 months to put all of it together and it's starting to finally come to light. Good times, good times. I should be getting some free time to post over here more frequently in the next 60 days but for now, these little jaunts in will be the extent of it.</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-those-who-think-i-fell-off-face-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115709264110665507</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-09-01T01:37:21.126-05:00</atom:updated><title>Some A1U HD Footage</title><description>Thought everyone might like to see what the A1U can do with light at twilight. The footage was captured on a manfrotto tripod using a 503 head. It's compressed down to 1.5mbps and that's just about the bare minimum for keeping the detail intact. I used SonicFire Pro 4 to score it. <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td><object type="application/x-oleobject" standby="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..." codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701" classid="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95" id="mediaPlayer" height="480" width="720"> <param value="http://www.creativedigitalhub.com/Media/Sunset1mbps.wmv" name="fileName"> <param value="true" name="animationatStart"> <param value="true" name="transparentatStart"> <param value="true" name="autoStart"> <param value="false" name="showControls"></object> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a target="_blank" style="font-size: 85%;" href="http://www.creativedigitalhub.com/Media/Sunset1mbps.wmv">Launch in externl player</a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/09/some-a1u-hd-footage.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115648884427484731</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-08-25T01:54:04.293-05:00</atom:updated><title>OFF TOPIC: Since When Did The Murder of A Little Girl Become An Entertainment Story?</title><description>[WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE] The following entry is not only off topic but it's a verifiable rant. I've long since stopped watching most entertainment shows on TV because they pretty much stopped being about interesting things and started being more about who's wearing the latest fashion and what anorexic model/actress/celebrity wannabe is doing to dispell the rumor that weighing 89 pounds is abnormal. Well, enough is enough. I somehow managed to be flipping through the channels a few nights ago when I stopped at the venerable, and arguably senior citizen entertainment show, Entertainment Tonight and what struck me wasn't simply how vacuous and vapid the vast majority of our celebrity culture is but that the Jon Benet Ramsey story is now considered entertainment news. Let me draw a picture of what this means. It is now completely and utterly acceptable to have the circus of the Jon Benet Ramsey debacle packaged for neat consumption not only on CNN, FOX, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, and CBS but also on channels like E! and on shows like Entertainment Tonight. When the fuck did the brutal murder of a little girl become entertainment news? Seriously, have we lost touch with the importance of actual news that we actually miss the total chaos and absurdity of a show like Entertainment Tonight doing long pieces about the murder of a little Colorado girl. Where in that story is the entertainment? So what we have is a story about Lindsay Lohan's tits (real or not?!?!!??!?!) followed by a Jon Benet fruitloop stalker/alleged killer piece because nothing says entertainment news more than the brutal killing of a little pageant princess and the man-boy who may have loved her to death, wrapped up with a story about who's engaged to whom and if it's really, real this time for real??!?!!?!? Like, we need to know. We can't sleep without knowing. To say nothing of the fact that it's not news for 99.9% of the world in the first place. It's a local tragedy that ought to get good coverage in Colorado and a brief mention elsewhere. How many little girls die every day in the US? I'll let you in a little secret. It's not entertainment news and it has no business being packaged on an entertainment channel or on a long running entertainment program. If I want news, I'll flip to one of the actual, oh, NEWS channels. Then again, I don't happen to think it's worthy of news on actual NEWS channels either but that's a different rant for a different day. It boggles my mind that we now live in a world where this is both accepted and expected. How do I get off this crazy carousel? It's making my head spin and I'm afraid if I fall off I might just end up falling onto Mary Hart doing a hard hitting news piece about John Mark Karr and his fascination with Merry-Go-Round animals. Thanks, but no thanks.</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/08/off-topic-since-when-did-murder-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115401827742212391</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-08-03T10:10:27.213-05:00</atom:updated><title>Putting It All Together: Flying the Sony A1U on the Steadicam Merlin</title><description>Now that all my equipment is here, I'm in the process of putting it all together. The first step to this is spending the next 3 weeks really learning how to fly the Steadicam Merlin and the Sony A1U. For this first video, what you'll see is essentially my first flight with the basic setup of nothing but the camera on the Merlin. The only additional piece of equipment on the camera included the larger camera battery which required that the doveplate be moved forward to compensate for the heavier backend. The footage was shot inside a home with no additional camera lighting and shows that the A1U captures adequate lowlight footage but definitely needs more light. I would never attempt to use this kind of footage in a professional project as it doesn't hold up in the darker areas from a purely technical viewpoint ignoring the newbie Merlin mistakes. The Steadicam Merlin is not a tool for people with limited patience as it requires a great deal of tweaking to maintain good balance. If you watch closely, you'll notice some subtle (and not so subtle) pendulum swings in the footage. For the first flight, I'm pretty happy with the overall look of the footage. I'll continue to add more Merlin footage over the coming days and weeks to document my progress with it and to show what both it and the A1U can do in better lighting conditions. <center><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/y7mjqlRDibs"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y7mjqlRDibs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></center> For most Merlin work, the camera will be flying with both the XLR mount and either a Sennheiser G2 100 wireless receiver for a wireless Boom or the Rode NTG-2 shotgun mounted in a shockmount on the camera so as I get each setup balanced I'll include a post listing my settings as well.</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/putting-it-all-together-flying-sony.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115314182301185318</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-07-17T12:42:48.243-05:00</atom:updated><title>OFF TOPIC: And People Wonder Why Kentucky Gets a Bad Rap For Its' Education System?</title><description><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/Danger.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/400/Danger.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> I'd say something witty here but I'm stumped to come up with anything funnier than that sign. <blockquote>The signs at the cascading pools in Waterfront Park are meant to frighten: They proclaim in bold letters, "danger" and "high levels of hydrogen." But the warnings are bogus. The water in the fountain pools is, like all water, made of two-thirds hydrogen atoms and one-third oxygen atoms. And as any chemistry student can tell you, there is no health threat from coming into contact with H20. David Karem, the Waterfront Development Corp.'s executive director, had the signs made to try to keep people out of the water after health officials raised concerns about bacteria in the fountains last year. However, tests this year show the fountains meeting swimming pool standards.</blockquote> <a href="http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060717/NEWS01/607170372">Karem acknowledged that he might be fighting a losing battle. "I could go out there with stun guns," he said, and it would do no good. </a> Now that's really funny.</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/off-topic-and-people-wonder-why.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115283819997542598</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-07-16T13:19:27.123-05:00</atom:updated><title>Behind the scenes of Reno Digital: Preparing for the Big Day</title><description>I just wanted to take a minute to let everyone know that I am currently in the process of creating a video production company and as such, that's why site updates are kinda slowed this week. Starting a company can eat up so much of your time but I didn't want to neglect this site so I wanted to drop in and say that over the next several weeks I'll be continuing to create cool new content for Reno Digital along with some other stuff. Plus once things settle down, I have much bigger plans that I hope will really stir the creative juices of everyone interested in this whole video editing passion we all share. I'm also going to be documenting the creation and setup of my new company because all of it ties directly into my vision for what I want to do on the web. Early next week, be on the lookout for part one of this behind the scenes look at what goes into creating a video production company. I'll go over the details of selecting equipment and software and how I arrived at the decisions I've made. This series will probably be on going for the next several months as I struggle much like every other new business owner does in all the little details and I wanted to document every exciting and scary step along the way. Till next week, take care and keep on editing. Cheers Greg</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/behind-scenes-of-reno-digital.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115228040151215735</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-07-07T08:53:21.523-05:00</atom:updated><title>Welcome To The Readers of 'Making Movies'</title><description>Howdy! Just wanted to take a moment to welcome all the readers of <a href="http://www.jimthompson.org/wp/">Jim Thompson's</a> great little slice of the blogosphere, <a href="http://blogs.chron.com/makingmovies/">Making Movies</a>. For everyone else who might not know, Jim runs an "officially" sanctioned blog as part of the <a href="http://www.houstonchronicle.com/">Houston Chronicle</a> newspaper's <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/blogs/readers/">team of newly revamped bloggers.</a> Jim's part of that team, and I must say, the first <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/sts-121_front/index.html">NASA</a> employee (that I'm aware of) to swing on by my slice of the blogosphere, webosphere, whateverkindofsphere, leave a comment and I think I know why. Jim has some quality concerns with <a href="http://www.youtube.com">YouTube</a> and we both agree that neither of the big sites is going to win an award for high quality looking video streams. Here's a quick peek at <a href="http://feeds.chron.com/houstonchronicle/makingmovies?m=130">Jim's shootout</a> of Google Video and YouTube Video. <blockquote>If you've been reading this blog for long, you know I have a problem with the quality of YouTube's transcoded videos. YouTube uses an older version of the FLV video codec, and transcodes its videos to too low a bitrate. I discovered this when I uploaded my one-minute video to YouTube. It turns out that this particular video is a kind of torture test for video compression, because of all its scene detail and motion. So I'm going to trot it out one more time.</blockquote> Now in fairness to Jim, and also because the man is a NASA software engineer, I can't argue that it appears the Google Video clip video quality looks better. How can I begin to compete with a NASA guy? I got my degree in Journalism from a school in Kentucky. Jim, well he only helps <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineer">WRITE CODE</a> for our <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/index.html">SPACE SHUTTLE</a> Program. He's got the freakin' ultimate trump card. <blockquote>Me: Google Video Sucks. Jim: Oh yeah? Well, I just helped launch the Space Shuttle. Me: Hmm, would ya look at the time? I gotta go paint the kitchen. </blockquote>But in all seriousness, anytime like minds get together cool things happen and I'm glad Jim is passionate enough about this endeavor that out of what must be a busy workload he takes the time to talk about his love for making movies in such an open forum both on his site and over here. So to Jim and all you fine Texas folks, welcome to Reno Digital. Make yourselves at home. Stay a while. We've got lots of cool stuff coming, and if you're interested in movie making and video editing then you've come to the right place whether its over on <a href="http://blogs.chron.com/makingmovies/">Making Movies</a> or right here. Plus, take a look at the sidebar links and see if there aren't a few sites you might not have visited. We'll probably bump into each other elsewhere. If we do, don't be afraid to say hi. Ain't the internet cool?</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/welcome-to-readers-of-making-movies.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115225286561977411</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2006 06:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-07-07T01:25:25.416-05:00</atom:updated><title>Fun With YouTube: This Site Is Not THX Certified</title><description>Just on a lark I stripped the THX opening titles from a movie, made a few *ahem* adjustments, and sent the file to out into that wonderful land called <a href="http://www.youtube.com">YouTube.</a> While waiting for it to finish uploading a thought occured to me. I wonder if modifying the resolution settings would create a properly scaled video that I might be able to fit on the top of the sidebar. And ya know what? It worked. But for those of you wearing bifocals here's the normal rez version of it. For everyone else, I think I'll leave it there. Now I just need to come up with one new sidebar video for each page. Good times. <center><div class="module-about module"> <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A58I2gHRhlo"> </param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A58I2gHRhlo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> </div>This Site Is Not THX Certified</center></description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/fun-with-youtube-this-site-is-not-thx.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115215663860130949</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-07-06T11:11:32.103-05:00</atom:updated><title>The Google Video and YouTube Video Shootout</title><description>As more and more of the free video hosting services spring up I thought I'd take a moment to compare the relative quality of the two largest providers of the service for ease of use, available options and image quality. First up, Google Video. Signing up for both services requires the same information and both signups work as intended. The process for uploading video to Google is essentially the same as uploading video to YouTube with one significant difference. The Google Video Uploader application allows you to cue multiple videos and runs as a simple standalone application so you don't have to be logged in via your browser to manage your videos or upload them. You'll simply enter your Google account information and password and the application does the rest. <center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/google2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/400/google2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></center> <center>Google Video Uploader Interface</center> UPLOAD INTERFACE: Google: 1 YouTube: 0 As far as speed, neither seems especially fast although in unscientific testing I believe that YouTube is marginally faster by about 10%. But there are far too many variables to make any definitive statement regarding who's service is the fastest. UPLOAD SPEEDS: Google: 1 YouTube: 1 <a href="http://productiontools.blogspot.com/2006/07/google-video-and-youtube-video.html"> You can find the rest of the shootout here.</a> </description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/google-video-and-youtube-video.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115204631234815267</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2006 20:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-07-04T16:42:33.980-05:00</atom:updated><title>WEDNESDAY FEATURE</title><description>RECORD-EDIT-PREMIERE WEEKLY CHALLENGE Since this site is about our community, it's time to start showing your latest masterpiece to the world and letting them decide just how masterful it really is. Record-Edit-Premiere, or REP for short, is all about taking chances, sharing your creative vision and letting the community vote on what they enjoy for each week's entries. Here's how it works: every Wednesday I'll post the REP CHALLENGE and any rules that might be in play. Each REP CHALLENGE will be a different theme. This week, for its debut, I'm posting it on Tuesday because today also happens to be a national holiday for the USA and a great day to shoot some video. REP CHALLENGE FOR WEEK ONE: The Fourth of July REP CHALLENGE REQUIREMENTS: Your video submission must be over 2 minutes long but no longer than 5 minutes long. What you shoot is up to you, but it must somehow include the theme for this week. You can create a slideshow if you so desire using still images and audio. Your video should be appropriate for all ages and at no time should you endanger yourself (like our <a href="http://www.darwinawards.com">Darwin Awards Candidate</a> in the <a href="http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/for-everyone-in-good-old-us-of-be-safe.html">clip</a> below) or anyone else during your video. To submit your video, post it to <a href="http://www.youtube.com">youtube</a>, and send the link to <a href="mailto:renodigital@insightbb.com?subject=REP CHALLENGE ENTRY">REP CHALLENGE ENTRY</a>. Please include your first name and last initial for voting purposes, a brief summary of your entry including running time and the tools you used to create your entry (Photoshop for graphics, filters, transitions, effects, etc.). No more than six entries will be accepted for each REP CHALLENGE so don't wait to submit your entry. The deadline for submission is midnight on the following Tuesday of each REP CHALLENGE. I'll post all the entries the following Wednesday along with the next REP CHALLENGE. Along with posting the entries, there will also be a poll for voting on your favorite entry. The poll will run until midnight on the following Tuesday. In the event of a tie, I will cast the deciding vote. The winner will be annonced as part of the REP CHALLENGE and the video will be put in the HALL OF FAME for all to enjoy. So, you think you're the next Spielberg, Scorcese or Altman? Well, it's time to find out just how good you are and this week you'd better have some serious fireworks to make that happen. Oh, and if you happen to have fun and learn something new along the way, well, that's what the REP CHALLENGE is all about in the first place.</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/wednesday-feature.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115195894734453208</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 20:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-07-03T15:35:47.353-05:00</atom:updated><title>For Everyone In The Good Old US of A Be Safe This Holiday</title><description>Look, I like beer and explosives as much as the next red-blooded American man does, but it doesn't mean when your best friend Jerry says he wants you to hold a tube of questionably manufactured Chinese explosives you think that would be a great way to spend your night when, in point of fact, chances are better than 50/50 someone ends up screaming in agony while a certain part of someone's hand is suddenly a brilliantly colored fireball. <center><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SvFDWhybkwM"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SvFDWhybkwM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></center> So, I'm asking you to consider very carefully your answer before you agree to Jerry's request. After all, it's kinda hard to scrub through your niece's birthday party video with a stub and one good eye. For everyone outside the USA, have a great Tuesday. Be safe this Fourth of July Greg</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/for-everyone-in-good-old-us-of-be-safe.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115195757250667779</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 20:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-11-21T18:19:36.700-05:00</atom:updated><title>The New Poll Is Now Available For Your Voting Pleasure</title><description>If you haven't voted yet, now's your chance to add your two cents to yet another internet poll. Only this time, your votes actually count for something other than who has has the best computer game or which movie is most likely to suck. Here, you get to vote on what you'd like to see for new demonstrations, and tutorials. All for one low price. Well, ok. It's free. But you gotta spend the time reading each poll response so that counts for something, right? This week's polls asks the searing question: <blockquote><orange>What kind of Premiere 2.0 How-To video would you most like to see?</orange></blockquote> What are you waiting for? Go click. You'll be glad you did.</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/new-poll-is-now-available-for-your.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115189860330454005</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 03:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-07-05T03:31:22.483-05:00</atom:updated><title>Fun With Keyframes: Making Homer Play Basketball</title><description><blockquote>Stuart Klein - 7:13pm Jul 2, 06 PST (#1 of 1) Greg, Can you do the same thing for me to illustrate use of keyframes to replace a face in a video that is moving around with a face from a still photo without putting keyframe points in every frame of the video as suggested in response to my question on the form (see "Replace face in video with face in still photo" (1 message; 6/29/06). If you can, I would appreciate it very much. Thanks, Stu Klein </blockquote> Here ya go, Stu. This is the same type of effect you'll see in use on America's Funniest Home Video's when they take host Tom Bergeron's head and put it into some of the submitted videos. It's a surprisingly funny effect even here on an 11 second clip with Homer Simpson. For this excercise, I found a picture of Homer Simpson online, copied it into Photoshop, cleaned it up and then added it to the project media bin. From there, it was just a matter of placing the head onto the first frame where I wanted it to show up. Then, opening the properties panel and activating the toggle animation button to record my keyframes I began the process for making Homer play basketball in my short clip. Just scale the head to make it more in line with your other subjects and you don't really have to do it frame by frame since you can adjust his head as the frames change. <center><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fu48_etuBDg"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fu48_etuBDg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></center> It's a matter of tweaking it because the players head moves alot, you'll move Homer as well and the keyframes are automatically added. You can flip the head using the horizontal flip option under the Video Effects menu to keep it facing the right direction and as the video goes along, you can keep adding flips as necessary and the timeline reflects the flip rather than having to break the clip up into sections. All your tweaks can be recorded on the same piece of video. <center>SCREENSHOT FROM HOMER KEYFRAMING PROJECT</center> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/HomerKeyframeExample.0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/400/HomerKeyframeExample.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> You certainly don't have to keyframe every single frame of the video but the more you do the better your end result can be. It can be as accurate or as loose as you want it to be. For this, I didn't spend much time at all doing it and it turned out ok. I think it's funny just because Homer makes me laugh anyway and I'm not above going for the cheap laughs. I also went back in and did it with TIME STRETCH of 50% for a nice slow motion effect. Cheers!</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/fun-with-keyframes-making-homer-play.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115188395853967355</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2006 23:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-11-18T12:41:22.146-05:00</atom:updated><title>Creating Highlight Videos Worthy Of SportsCenter</title><description><a href="http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc0ca4c/0">From the official Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 Boards </a> <blockquote>Sports Movies- How to highlight one individual Steve Lovas - 02:25pm Jul 2, 2006 Pacific Does anyone know how to do this in Premiere Elements? I'm trying to make a sports video of my son for college and would like to place an arrow or highlight him prior to a play commencing. Many thanks </blockquote> This is for Steve over on the official Elements 2.0 boards. Here's the latest demonstration video showing what you can achieve when you combine the power of Premiere Elements 2.0 with the power of Photoshop Elements 4.0. <center><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RZxUHzb6tW4"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RZxUHzb6tW4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></center> It's a nice way to use Photoshop Elements 4.0 to really make highlight videos POP by exporting the frame you want to use from Premiere Elements 2.0 into Photoshop, using the lasso tool to isolate your image, using layers to seperate it and then using all the cool filters to make it really jump out before bringing it back into Premiere. Best of all, it's a relative easy process to follow and the results can be very nice. For my short clip, I first used Premiere Elements 2.0 to find the most likely frame to pull out. To make your life easy try to find a frame that has your subject clearly defined in it. This makes the process of pulling him or her out of it much easier than if you have to clean up alot of the image. Once you find that frame, you're going to export it as a still frame for editing in Photoshop. Make sure you set the preferences to deinterlace because it makes a significant difference in the image quality once you're in Photoshop. FINAL COMPOSITE SHOWING PHOTOSHOPPED PLAYER IMAGE WITH PREMIERE TITLE EFFECTS (VERSION ONE above; VERSION TWO below) <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/bball1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/320/bball1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/bball2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/320/bball2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> Once you get that image into Photoshop, it's just a matter of using the magic lasso tool to outline it. Take the outlined image, COPY it, paste it into it's own layer and then go to town with whatever filters and effects you want to use on it. For this brief example I simply used a gradient effect as the background. You could definitely use a nice outline effect around your subject along with a drop shadow if you wanted to make it pop. I spent all of 5 minutes creating the cutout. With a little more time and effort you can really achieve a clean, ESPN looking image. Plus, you'll be working with footage you shot so hopefully you'll have a myriad of options for finding a good frame unlike here where I just googled for the clip and made it work for this exercise. If you plan ahead, you can really do some outstanding stuff using this process. Bringing it back into Premiere Elements 2.0, you need only place the image on the timeline at the point where the frame belongs. If you leave Elements open while you're working on the image then when you come back in the CTI is right where you need to split the footage for insertion. I recommend trying to let several seconds elapse before using this as the effect feels much more dynamic that way. Once you insert your image, it then becomes a matter of using titles to inform your viewers about the player you're highlighting. This is one of those times when getting crazy with transitions is not only acceptable but highly recommended. I've also included two versions of the clip to show the different effect possibilities. Just make sure you're consistent with them and you'll achieve the strongest result. Cheers!</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/creating-highlight-videos-worthy-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115182384787273012</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-07-02T23:41:44.100-05:00</atom:updated><title>Transitions Compilation Now Available, No Really, This Time I Mean It...</title><description>Just completed the Video Transitions compilation. It is now posted and ready for consumption. I will say that I found several really nice effects that I never would have found otherwise. Good stuff. <center><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wkx-ZJL0gTY"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wkx-ZJL0gTY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></center> A couple of quick points. First, the Keying Transitions are not represented in this compilation as I didn't have any keyed material to use but luckily there are only 4 not seen here. Second, I swear the 3D Motion - Spin transition looks nothing like any spin I've ever seen. I checked it twice to make sure I didn't miss something. Lastly, I really think after using cross dissolves as my go-to choice 9 out of 10 times I like how most of the Slides work and I'm gonna try to use them more. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/Gradient1.7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/200/Gradient1.5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/Gradient2.6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/200/Gradient2.5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/Gradient3.2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/200/Gradient3.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/Gradient4.0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/200/Gradient4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Favorite transition that I'd never considered let alone even seen: Wipe: Gradient Wipe and you'll find it at the 5:07 mark in the Transitions video. It's just cool. And looking at the screen caps I realize that it reminds me of a blowing snow kind of effect. I also think the key to a good edit is to maintain consistency and transitions are a big part of that. You can always tell someone new to editing because they pepper the video with 27 different transitions in a 3 minute clip. :)</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/transitions-compilation-now-available.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115180668101948192</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2006 02:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-07-01T21:45:34.160-05:00</atom:updated><title>Premiere Elements 2.0 Tip O'The Day: The Workbar Shortcuts</title><description>This tip was <a href="http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc0c6ed/2">posted</a> over on the official boards but it's too good to let hide over there. <blockquote>You can set the workbar position wherever you need it to be by moving the CTI to the in point(the starting point for your needs), press ALT-[ now drag the CTI to where you want the out point (the ending point for your needs) and press ALT-]. Now the workbar should be right where you need it most. This sure beats playing hide and seek looking for the end point of the work bar on long projects. Plus, don't forget that by double clicking anywhere on the workbar area it automatically extends the full length of your progect.</blockquote> Special thanks go out to Ken Jarstad for dropping this in our lap. Nicely done!</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/premiere-elements-20-tip-othe-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115178342141877748</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2006 19:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-07-02T23:42:07.976-05:00</atom:updated><title>Tired of trying to figure out what all the Video Effects look like in Premiere Elements 2.0?</title><description>Well, so am I so I did something about it. Oh sure, there are still images of each effect but does that make sense for a program about VIDEO editing? I took two clips of video (sunsets), made each clip 5 seconds long and proceeded to take each and EVERY Video Effect and apply it to one of the clips. In order to make sense out of it all, each effect is labeled clearly for Category and Style. <center><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FDaPOEVBPqs"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FDaPOEVBPqs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> </center> What I learned is that the vast majority of effects require some type of keyframing to really make the effect pop. In some instances, without setting keyframes the applied effect makes little to no noticeable impact on the clip. The keying clips all relate to matting out some element in your video and as such the blue/green screen mattes don't really translate for this exercise so just understand that you'd need some footage shot in front of a blue/green screen to use either of these effects. The Tracking Matte effect is the effect used most often for blurring out someones face, or license plate in videos. It can also be used to make titles show video within the title. In most instances, I used the default effect properties settings. You'll know where I didn't because the effect either keyframes, moves or is skewed in some way to demonstrate the effect. With all the effects, titles, cross dissolve transitions and music the final render output is 320x240 at 1.5mbps and took just over five minutes to render for the youtube version. The running time is 7:10 and the file is 90 megabytes. I'm currently working on creating another version of this to show the Video Transitions which should be completed and ready for viewing this weekend. Check back here for updates. Cheers and Happy Effecting!</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/tired-of-trying-to-figure-out-what-all.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115174753475146212</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2006 09:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-07-01T04:52:14.763-05:00</atom:updated><title>Something Big Is Coming Soon...</title><description>It's all about effects and transitions. That's all I can say right now. But it's big. :) Stay tuned. I'm beat and going to bed.</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/07/something-big-is-coming-soon.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115171747288538184</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2006 01:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-07-02T23:42:42.393-05:00</atom:updated><title>How To: Basic Keyframing in Premiere Elements 2.0</title><description>One of the <a href="http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc0b68d/1">forum members</a> from Abobe Premiere Elements asked about moving titles over her pictures in an Elements 2.0 created slide show so I thought rather than tell her, I'd make use of our tools to show her and anyone else who might be unsure about how keyframes work. <center><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-SpFwHxFH_w"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-SpFwHxFH_w" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></center> It seems silly to try to tell someone how to do something in a medium that by its very nature is visual and audible. And in light of how simple it really is to create with the tools at our disposal I've created a quick and easy video to demonstrate the technique. Enjoy.</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/06/how-to-basic-keyframing-in-premiere.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115169814405007193</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-06-30T15:09:04.060-05:00</atom:updated><title>CAMERAS: The Sony HVR-A1 HDV Review</title><description>Since HDV is the current buzzword, everyone and their brother seems to be talking about the move from miniDV to HDV. Here's a review of Sony's midlevel Prosumer camcorder, the HVR-A1. It sits between the cheaper HC3 and the Z1, and seems to offer a nice feature mix as you'll see. <blockquote>Let me be clear at this point. The image quality of the A1 (or the bigger and more expensive Z1, which has three CCDs) will never compare side by side with the full-sized HDCAM cameras, but more and more these small, cheap HDV cameras are providing acceptable B-roll and alternative angle shots to the productions that I work on. If anything, the A1 should be compared with the Z1, and in that realm it is awfully close. Except under low-light situations where the A1 shows quite a bit more noise in the shadows, this one-chip wonder is almost identical in image quality to the Z1, which has a terrific picture to begin with. In a pinch, I would have no problem cutting shots from the A1 into a show shot with a Varicam or HDCAM. Especially if using a small camera is the only option.</blockquote> The rest of the review <a href="http://www.dv.com/reviews/reviews_item.jhtml?category=Cameras&articleId=188700830">can be found here</a>.</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/06/cameras-sony-hvr-a1-hdv-review.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115169732977465919</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-06-30T14:59:02.036-05:00</atom:updated><title>PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT: A Nice Review of the Cool Steadicam Merlin</title><description>For those video production folks looking to take your personal video skills to a whole new level you owe it to yourself to consider a tool like the Merlin. There's a nice review of the Merlin over on <a href="http://www.dv.com">DV.com.</a> From the BOTTOM LINE <blockquote>The Merlin is the best kind of magic-technology that works so well that it seems magical. This unique stabilizer follows my golden rule: appropriate solutions always take common sense into account. The Merlin is the right size, weight, and price. It's an excellent solution for stabilizing small camcorders.</blockquote> Head over here to read the <a href="http://www.dv.com/news/news_item.jhtml?articleId=168601423">full review.</a> Check out the <a href="http://www.steadicam.com/handheldmerlin.html">official site</a> for more information along with a <a href="http://www.tiffen.com/userimages/steadicam_merlin_demo_med.mov">short video demo.</a></description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/06/production-equipment-nice-review-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115163535089488993</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-11-18T12:34:58.000-05:00</atom:updated><title>24 Titles Step-by-Step: The Process For Creating Title Effects From The TV Show Using Photoshop Elements 4.0 and Premiere Elements 2.0</title><description>First, we need to get the color right. Head to <a href="http://www.fox.com/24">http://www.fox.com/24</a> and copy the "24" logo. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/24howto00.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/400/24howto00.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> Next, we need to fire up Adobe Photoshop Elements (or your favorite image editor) to start creating "24" title effects. Open a new document, paste the "24" logo we just copied from the website onto the blank document. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/24howto01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/400/24howto01.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> Now, open a new file using the NTSC DV settings as seen in the screenshot below. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/24Howto1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/400/24Howto1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> Since we're dealing with two different sets of title effects let's look at the opening logo reveal effect. For this, you are going to be working backward from how the effect actually plays out. In other words, since the effect starts on a black screen and ends with our logo, in Photoshop we start with the whole word and erase our way back to black. It's simply a stepping process for creating each frame with one or two fewer pieces of our digital clock logo. If you don't have a digital clock font you can <a href="http://www.fonts101.com/xt_fontdetails_az_FID!18191~DSDigital~font.html">get the font right here.</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/24howto1_1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/400/24howto1_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> Be sure to save after each erasing session. You should try to have a simple naming structure to make the actual editing process in Premiere as easy as possible. For my project I called the first file SCOMPLINKFINAL (the fully revealed logo) and each subsequent file I simply added 01,02,03,04 all the way to SCOMPLINKFINAL17 (an empty black frame) <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/24howto1_2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/400/24howto1_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/24howto1_3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/400/24howto1_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> Open Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0. First setup the preferences for adding the .psd media files we just created by setting the still image frame duration to 30 (1 second of screen time). Next, CREATE TWO FOLDERS in your media bin for each set of title effects we're going to be adding. THIS IS IMPORTANT. DO NOT add the files into the media bin. If you do, they could be mixed up and you DO NOT want to have to keep clicking to find the right one. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/24Howto5_5.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/400/24Howto5_5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/24howto1_5.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/400/24howto1_5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> For the Opening Title Reveal Effect, you may want to go back into preferences and set it to a duration of 15 frames as you will be manually tinkering with each frame to achieve the desired result. If you watch the shows opening, each clock piece reveals out of sequence and the process speeds up from start to finish. All in about the span of 7 seconds. Hence, you are going to be tinkering repeatedly with TIME STRETCH on every frame if you want to achieve the right look. Plus, you need to drag the same frame back into the timeline several times to give the effect that random look. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/24howto1_6.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/400/24howto1_6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> Once you get the Opening Title Reveal to look the way you want, you can then move onto the ticking clock effect which is a piece of cake in comparison. All your work is done for you by now since setting the preferences for still frame duration is all that you need to do. Well, that and making sure to put the correct frame on the timeline in the correct order. Now, playback your newly created 24 Title Effects. It's pretty cool, but it's missing a major element. That's right. Sound. Unfortunately, there's no easy answer here for the sound effect since it's virtually impossible to find a good version of either sound online. Trust me, I tried. I ended up ripping the first five minutes of an episode using the DVD Ripper program I talked about in the prior blog to then import that 5 minute clip into the timeline, unlinked the video and audio, deleted the video from the timeline, moved the Logo reveal sound to the Logo and moved the ticking BOOM sound to the digital clock readout numbers. At that point it's just a matter of making the sound run the length you need it to run. The counting up clock syncs easily since the beats of that BOOM are at one second intervals. Just make copies of it as many times as your needs dictate. For the Logo reveal sound effect, here's where you'll realize just how fast that thing gets. I gave up trying to sync the video to it but you can see the effect of sound and picture is still pretty effective. And here is my final render with titles and sound. <center><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ei-_d4uppb8"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ei-_d4uppb8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></center> Well, that just about wraps it up for this little Step-by-Step Guide. I hope you found it helpul. If you did, let me know. I'd love to get some feedback. :)</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/06/24-titles-step-by-step-process-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115161103122896511</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-06-29T18:34:01.596-05:00</atom:updated><title>A Very Nice Ripper and Video Conversion Program</title><description>Converter Desktop showing format options for conversion <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/XilisoftConverterscreen1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/400/XilisoftConverterscreen1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> DVD Ripper Desktop showing format options for ripping<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/XilisoftDVDRipperScreenCap.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/400/XilisoftDVDRipperScreenCap.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> A Look at the Desktop Layout for both programs <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/1600/XilisoftScreencaps.0.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6551/554/400/XilisoftScreencaps.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> For anyone interested in making rips of your personal DVD collection for portable media or video editing snippets, I highly recommend <a href="http://www.xilisoft.com">Xilisoft DVD Ripper Platinum</a> for DVD ripping. If you have home movies in a format you don't like, Xilisoft also makes a great video conversion program as well. The best part about both programs is that they are versatile and speedy in converting and ripping. I use them all the time and the only issue I run into is DVD Ripper sometimes gets testy when you try to start the ripping process because it just won't start and you have to exit out and back in to get it to begin. Otherwise, it's got just about every type of media file format you could want. It's a very straight forward process and lets you choose just how you want to rip (chapter specific rips for snippet collection or even time based ripping if you know the in and out points for your snippet), I love it. It's just flat out loaded with options for tweaking so that you can finesse file sizes if you need to make them really small without killing the quality completely. And, no, I don't get paid for gushing about either program though that would be nice. :) <a href="www.xilisoft.com"> </a></description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/06/very-nice-ripper-and-video-conversion.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30417430.post-115154353247089531</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-06-28T20:12:12.476-05:00</atom:updated><title>Welcome to Reno Digital</title><description>Here we go. It's gonna be a wild ride.</description><link>http://renodigital.blogspot.com/2006/06/welcome-to-reno-digital.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Greg Watts)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item></channel></rss>

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