The discussion about video standards for live processing has been summarised as: Codec: Motion JPEG (for interlaced footage) or Photo JPEG. Compression ratio/quality: Quality 80 is a decent baseline for JPEG, though you can crank as high as 97 to improve quality. Keyframes: Encode a keyframe on every frame so it’s ‘scratch-ready’. Alpha channels: For [...]
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Talking about optical illusions, here’s a bunch of them. Great that many of them are made as javascripts so that the effects can be changed. [ youtube=http://youtube.com/w/?v=_dIya1aJJKA]
Read more →An interesting review of the new Sony HDR-SR1 HDD based HD video camera. Except for the fact that there are no decent video software to edit this type of video format, and the lack of support for OS X, this looks like a great camera.
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I have been using the JVC Everio GZMC500, one of the first hard drive based video cameras with a decent price tag and ok features, for more than half a year and my general impressions are very positive. Positive things: No tapes!!! 3CCD, excellent for recording in dark concert/lecture halls Very small and handy Negative [...]
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Lasse – Hyperactive is a very simple and low-cost videomusic production, but also very powerful and funny.
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