Captureing video..? Frames..? -.- A newb looking 4 guidence.

Silenkiller · Post by **Silenkiller** » Fri Aug 02, 2002 11:04 pm

Hello! My name is James. Well, I recently obtained adobe premier 6.. (piracy baby)

lol.. anyways, so, ive been tinkering with the program for a while, and ive come to the point where i see that you have to drag and drop clips to the video timeline... 8) ok.. well, where the hell do i get the clips ?frames? to put there?

I hear about getting dvd's and "Captureing" the video.. ehm

.. how the hell do i do that? What program captures it?

Yes, if there is some help tutorial that explains this, please, can i get a url to the location? Im not looking for a personal tutor or for anyone to whipe my ass for me, i just want to be pointed in the right direction.

Im not really looking to be flamed for this..

hmm.. 50 bucks says im flamed..

alternatefutures · Post by **alternatefutures** » Fri Aug 02, 2002 11:20 pm

Well, you'll be flamed for admiting to software piracy, as you should be, considering a-m-v.org does not condone that behavior. Now, as for your question, read the many and wonderful guides on this site and you will find the answers you seek. (Go to the menu and click the link that says, oddly enough, "Guides")

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 12:10 am

Who needs flames when you have nukes?

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Seriously, though, I've stated my position on software piracy elsewhere -- go search the forums. And read the guides.

It might also help you to read

http://www.aluminumstudios.com/digitalvideo/index.html

Silenkiller · Post by **Silenkiller** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 1:35 am

Heh.. ok, thank you.. lol.. i sure bet adobe is CRYING over their massave loss from me not buying their program for 550.00.. lmao..

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 1:50 am

It's not so much the loss of Adobe's profit that concerns me, but rather the fact that piracy gives governments an excuse to clamp down on our rights. And God knows they don't need another excuse, manufactured or real.

That, and proprietary software is meant to be bought; if you don't like it, don't use it. You can use free (as in free speech and free beer) software, too.

Silenkiller · Post by **Silenkiller** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 2:51 am

Well, ive been reading most the things on this site.. (still have yet to find where it explains how to pull frames out of a dbz ep) and ive come to the conclusion that man.. this is insainly complicated! I mean, im so blown away by all these tech terms and advanced crap that im finding myself lost while im reading these things. Is it really that complicated or am i just to stupied to understand all this?

Silenkiller · Post by **Silenkiller** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 2:52 am

By the way.. ive never ever done anything (other than watch) with any type of multimedia (unless paint counts..)

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 3:31 am

If you take the time to seriously sit down and read the material -- perhaps pull out a few references here and there -- learning basic DV definitions and techniques really isn't much different from any other activity.

The advanced stuff is just that -- advanced -- but once you get past the basic definitions you'll find that those topics really aren't too bad either. You'll also find that, given the advancement of the technology of DV tools, the amount of time you'll spend directly fussing with such things will decrease. (Though this is no excuse for not knowing about such topics.)

But if you just want to rip some frames from a DBZ episode, read the Guides.

Silenkiller · Post by **Silenkiller** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 3:44 am

Alright. I found a manual for the program and im reading it now. Jesus, this stuff seems like its gotta be insainly time consuming... still, its worth it. Thanks for the help.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 3:46 am

Let me expound on some of that:

In my experience, the "advanced" stuff, while it is important to know, really doesn't come into play unless you notice that there is something obviously very, very wrong with the sources that you're editing.
If the red and blue components of the video you're editing are swapped, that's pretty easy to fix; if the video is vertically flipped, that's pretty easy too. If you're getting funky frame problems like flicker, that's a good indication that (1) you didn't deinterlace or (2) you have frame-rate mismatch problems. Both problems, thankfully, are relatively easy to fix thanks to modern DV tools, even though there's a number of ways to fix them.

And so on.

So don't worry. DV really isn't that bad if you don't let it be that way.