Re: [Avid-L2] The growing trend to use DSLRs for HD video shots.

I found that if you install the Flip software on your NewsCutter, the
files will import directly.

On 6/7/10, Dom Q. Silverio <domqsilverio@gmail.com> wrote:
> Did the Flip cam thing twice a year ago or two ago.
>
> Workflow was:
>
> 1. Backup media to USB/Firewire drives.
> 2. Use Sorenson Squeeze in an old xw8000 or xw8200 to recompress files to
> 15:1s for offline import to Unity (we added a second 500GB drive in the HP
> computer for the Squeeze output)
> 3. Edit
> 4. Decompose for online
> 5. Select clips for re-encoding as 1:1 8bit SD
> 6. Batch import for online
>
>
> This was the best method we found for the 100 hours or so of
> "diary/confession" Flip cam footage.
>
>
> Dom Q. Silverio
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 5:41 PM, John Heiser <jpheiser@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >>(sigh) We already use footage shot with little "Flip" cameras during
>> sports.
>>
>> I feel your pain. We have an entire project coming up which is being shot
>> on
>> a Flip-type camera. It's purely budgetary. The one shining ray of hope is
>> that the client, who's shooting it, has shot before and got a Kodak camera
>> with an external mic input. So at least the interviews will be
>> intelligible.
>>
>> ----
>> John Heiser
>> o2ideas
>> birmingham, alabama, USA
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:11 PM, James Hoppe <james.hoppe@wilx.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > Bite your tongue Robert! ! !
>> >
>> > (sigh) We already use footage shot with little "Flip" cameras during
>> > sports.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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Rob Lawson
System Administrator, ACSR ISIS, Windows & Interplay
CBS News

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