It is possible you can use your camcorder as a passthrough device, what make and model do you have? Check the documentation for the camcorder and see if it allows passthough from an analog device to the computer. As Paul and I have both said, do not buy a USB device, the Pyro Link is around $140 and...

Paul is completely correct. I started down the same road with a capture card and was I ever sorry. I wrote an article about it if you want to read the whole story http://videoinasnap.chuckengels.com/source/chuck/chucks_corner_10-05.htm A digital converter is the only way to go, a little more expensi...

I am generally putting it on the same track. When you put it on the same track do you split a video track as well as the audio? If so the audio is linked to the video and you may need to unlink. If you are not splitting a video track also and just the audio track is splitting then you are not using...

Sidd, How about a 'How To' on building that steadycam?

Welcome Steve, I hope we can see some of your work sometime :) Thanks for the great comments, we try hard to be as much help as possible. I love some of the new stuff that has been posted lately, that is what we are all about, helping each other do things we never would have dreamed of on our own :-D

Very true Beth. If there aren't many images we could provide the images along with the project file, but just using the files Chris has suggested will work just fine

Chris, You don't really have to go to that measure to share prel project files. When I open one of your project files it will ask me where the files are, all I need to know is how many images I need and the names of the originals along with the track they go to. If you name the images by number it m...

Of course you all remember this dont' you?

http://www.chuckengels.com/articles/pageturn.html

And this
http://www.chuckengels.com/PremierVideo ... mehold.wmv

Welcome to muvipix Chris, where have you been?

A few other tricks that you may already know; System properties, Advanced tab - Performance Settings Set to 'Adjust for best performance' and then on the Advanced tab there set both options for 'Programs'. Virtual Memory will be very important for that machine, set it for at least 500mb (too much is...

Wow, that is a tough call Bob. I did just pick up a brand new JVC MiniDV cam for $218 and it works great but does have the smaller screen. One thing about most of the HD cams it that they still can shoot SD as well, so you don't have to shoot in HD if you don't want to but have the option. Another q...

The best pans and zooms on still images can be learned from the master, Ken Burns. Almost every still image in all of his documentaries has some sort of zoom in or out and pan movement. You hardly notice it because most times it is so very subtle but makes the image come alive. Knowing where to star...

In most cases it works best when you press the Ctrl Key before you select the clip and don't release it until after you drop the clip. The ALT key will also make things work differently as far as dropping and moving clips. There are 3 possibilities; Overlay, Split, Insert. Depending on what key you ...

Gave me a good laugh Rusty

One more 101 question. How do I copy & paste from someone's post and have it show up in a box in my post? Two ways really, there is a little 'Quote' button that will do it for you, or you can add the [quote] yourself in the box where you type your message. There is also a 'Quote' button in the ...

A Good example would be a current music video, pretty much any one. Watch to see how long any one shot stays on screen, 1 - 3 seconds for a large portion of the entire video. This doesn't apply to all but it does apply to many. It may not change the subject but it does change to another angle or cam...