starthorn
05-26-2009, 12:46 AM
what does TRS use to edit its videos?
scoobydiesel
05-26-2009, 01:15 AM
Was final cut pro and After effects and stuff...But idk what mike is doing now.
lavahot
05-26-2009, 01:55 AM
Was final cut pro and After effects and stuff...But idk what mike is doing now.
Prolly a crystal ball and some Mountain Dew. <3 you Mike.
scoobydiesel
05-26-2009, 02:54 AM
I didnt mean for that to come out mean if it did?
joeyrock
05-26-2009, 03:21 AM
Mike explained his work-flow in the "Keying" thread over the page...
Hey guys - a couple of things about how the show is shot and how I edit etc.
First of all, right now we're shooting with a Sony HD camera... however, it's older than what Steve had at the end of his editing tenure. This is the primary reason for the blurriness with the single close-ups. We're exploring other options to bump up the quality. The new kinos for the lighting has improved things considerably and it'll only get better!
So anyway, we shoot one wide shot for each segment at 1080i. I take the footage and bring it into a 720p Motion project where the chroma key effect is applied. This is also where all the graphics and other fun goodies are added. I end up creating 6 virtual cameras by creating separate Motion projects - wide, "2 shots," and singles - with different levels of scaling and blur to the background. This creates the effect of a different angle when in fact it's the same shot, just zoomed in. Each "angle" is then brought into Compressor to be rendered. Each angle takes roughly an hour to render, even on my 8-core Mac Pro. So, as you can see, it takes all day Saturday and into Sunday to render out all the angles.
Then I take the rendered angles into Final Cut and create Multiclips of the 6 angles, allowing me to watch and cut between the different angles in real-time.
All of this genius post process is Steve's creation and works extremely well. Right now it's the only cost-effective way to make the show dynamic with multiple angles, when we only have the means to shoot with one camera.
So there ya go... probably would make a good behind-the-scenes video... Hmmmmm. :)