i need lots of sfx help...
i need lots of sfx help...- special effects and filmmaking
ok i need to know every last thing i need to hook my cam. up to my comp including programs and an about cost of every thing i really need to know to get the ball rolling on my movies there nothing with out editing and i know nothing about comp. thanks
p.s. dont blow this post off like most of my others
I'm not gonna pick on you, Egotard.
I'd like to help, but you are asking a VERY vague question about a very broad topic. I suggest you learn the basics yourself by trial and error, then once you have a feel for things and you know what you're doing, then come back and start asking more specific questions. I learned a lot before I ever got online, several years ago. Go watch some good films and carefully observe film techniques. Sometimes I think it helps when shooting a sequence of scenes to decide what *doesn't* look good, rather than what does. For example, it looks stupid to use a dissolve transition between every cut. Duh.
Of course, with hardly any budget, one can't always achieve the exact camera angle they want, and soforth. You know what I'm saying?
No single factor is more important than another in filmmaking. A great scene could be ruined with lousy sound. Or even terrific sound effects can't always fix a crappy scene. OK I think I'm wandering away from the original question asked...uhh..
Anyway, to try and answer your question, decide what you can spend on equipment. Used stuff can be cool. You don't have to buy everything brand new. And even great equipment can be crap in the hands of the unexperienced. Learn the ropes!
Isaiah
ok try this one... i need to know
1) what is a video cap card what is it used for...what is a good one for a beginner to buy
2)what is the best editing program on the market which (i) a begginer could use and is pritty easy to learn... i was thinkin premeire?
3)how much all this costs
p.s. price is no real prob but i guess around 1-300
p.p.s. i wasent asking how to make a movie just editig...as in sfx not how to
shooting a sceen
Yeah I understand, Egotard..I kinda got off the subject. A habit of mine.
Anyway, I have two capture cards. One of them is not real great, and it was given to me by my cousin. I don't think it's manufactured anymore. It's the Philips EasyVideo card, and like I said, it's not a *great* card, but it is OK. I also have the Real3D 16MB video card with TV inputs and outpus. In 1998-1999 this card cost as much as $300 new. I bought it unopened, unused, but now brand new, for $60. It has decent video capture and comes bundled with MediaStudio Pro VE (video edition) which is a fairly good video editor with lots of neat effects, but its chroma key abilities leave much to be desired. It is quite expensive and it would probably be wise to buy Premiere or After FX from Adobe, which are also rather expensive, but they can let you do some great stuff. Try as much as you can to find used equipment. You'll save a bundle. The capture card I have doesn't work too good with my system, because I'm running out of disk space. If you want high quality captures and sound recording with the video, you'll need a big, fast hard drive. There are some relatively affordable 7200rpm drives out there, that don't have a SCSI interface.
Your capture will turn out better also I'm sure if you have a fast CPU and bus speed. A Pentium III is ideal in my opinion. I have an AMD 233 MMX which is not bad, but I plan to upgrade to an Intel Pentium III.
So, to summarize:
1. A capture card is a device that connects to your computer, either internally or externally, which is the thing that basically gets the video into your computer.
2. Probably the best video editing software for a beginner (with a relatively large budget) would be something like Adobe After Effects, which I've seen version 3.1 go for as low as $100 on eBay, and version 4 for around $180.
3. And I answered that question already. Check out the Real3D card at www.real3d.com. It's a nifty card, but you might want something nicer. It's probably good for a beginner, though.
Hope this helps!
Isaiah
Read a book in the film making section of your local book store, or search the archives. Millions of poeple seem to come onto the board to ask that exact question. Theres no suchthing as a powerful easy to use program. if its powerful its hard to learn, if its easy to learn it cant do to many advanced things. As others have said, learn by yourself, you get more out of it.
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