User Group Meeting on 8/14

Tonight’s meeting started with a discussion on copyright by Yasir Salah. We discussed some of the issues related to Broll and grabbing video and images off of the internet. We discussed the good and bad of YouTube and we all received some great handouts.

Yasir passed these URLs for your reading pleasure:
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/

He showed us a video of the founders of YouTube discussing copyright:

This is a six minute portion of an hour long interview found here: http://fora.tv/2007/05/23/Chad_Hurley_and_Steven_Chen

Ned showed us his new PMWEX3. Sony’s latest XDCAM model has a similar small form factor as the EX1, with a few noticeable upgrades.  The viewfinder on the EX3 uses the camera’s flip out LCD - with a eye cup/lens system to allow you to look at the LCD through a viewfinder. The camera is a little larger and most impressive - it has replaceable lenses.

Changing Lens On Sony EX-3 from Ned Soltz on Vimeo.

Ned showed us how “easy” it is to replace the lens. It was Ned’s first time - and it took a few minutes to walk us through it - but a very simple process. He replaced the standard lens with a longer Fujinon lens.

Don recorded the process so we could demo the editing and workflow process. Ned loaded the Sony SXS card in his MBP. Ned again showed us ShotPutExpress - an app used to copy the media from the Sony SXS card to multiple locations. He then opened Final Cut and opened “Log and Transfer”, renamed the clips and imported them into Final Cut. (He noted that it is good to change your sequence settings to use the Apple ProRes 422 Codec for rending. (this is not XDCAM specific -just a tip from Ned)

Ned also showed the DVRig Jr for easing your day if you plan on holding your EX1 all day.

We took a few user questions about Quicktime files not loading in FCP and an issue with burning an HD DVD - where the output video looses resolution and clarity.