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About Jonathan H Pienaar
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Expertise
Professional Final Cut Pro HD editor, with some experience in DVD Studio Pro, Motion and Shake. Currently working mainly for South Africa's version of "60 Minutes" - "Carte Blanche". Please include in your question they type of computer you have (PC or Mac) and which operating system (e.g. OSX Leopard, Windows XP, Ubuntu Linux) so that I can be sure I'm giving you the right advice.

Experience
20 years as a professional editor: worked in feature films, commercials, music videos and actuality. Never worked in Reality. Never will.

Organizations
South African Guild of Editors

Education/Credentials
High school, 2 years of university degree.

Awards and Honors
CNN African Journalist of the Year Category winner (twice)

   

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avi dv editing11/21/2009Jeff Greenberg
  Q: i have been trying for a week to do this i have downloaded a program which let me deleter frames but ...
  A: Dave, I don't know how much help I can be with such a short timeframe. I'd recommend recapturing ...
avi flv11/18/2009Brian Alves
  Q: What programs or applications do you have to download to open videos that are in the avi or flv ...
  A: To play the AVI files: Quicktime player (free) http://www.apple.com/quicktime or Windows media ...
edit video11/17/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: i have a video which is a finished product with the video title at the buttom of the screen. i want ...
  A: No, sorry, once something is part of the picture, that's it! Using some semi-pro software you may ...
digital video11/16/2009Brian Alves
  Q: I shot a home video not long ago and I would like to take a couple of still shots from the video for ...
  A: You can actually take still shots in Quicktime Here's how 1. Double-click your QuickTime movie 2. ...
About connection10/31/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: I have a philips dvd player with out s video socket. but i need to connect my this player in to my ...
  A: There is no easy way to do this, and to give you the best answer I need to know what you are wanting ...
Canon HF10 and final cut10/29/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: first of all sorry for my bad English , I'll try to be as more clear as possible. I'm a movie-maker ...
  A: I am not familiar with the Canon HF10 (or AVCHD for that matter) - I have now researched it a ...
Burning MP4'S to dvd?10/26/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: I have a wealth of video footage in MP4 format, from concerts I have been to all over the world. I ...
  A: Converting to DVD should not necessarily degrade the quality - in fact you are "uprezzing" - you are ...
Video_TS10/25/2009R. Ferguson
  Q: Ferguson: I hope you can help me. I recently downloaded a movie but it came in an unfamiliar ...
  A: They are DVD formatted files. Looks like you downloaded an ISO/copy of a DVD. If you can burn them ...
2 Cameras into a Mac10/24/2009R. Ferguson
  Q: I have two JVC KY-F550U cameras that i would like to run into my iMac to be used for golf ...
  A: That camera has firewire output. So to use two cameras, you would need to have 2 firewire ...
Burning MP4'S to dvd?10/23/2009R. Ferguson
  Q: I have a wealth of video footage in MP4 format, from concerts I have been to all over the world. I ...
  A: I've had varying luck converting from MP4's. I recently had a project where I had success w/ 5 ...
Burning MP4'S to dvd?10/23/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: I have a wealth of video footage in MP4 format, from concerts I have been to all over the world. I ...
  A: My assumption, as always is that you are running Windows. Yep, you'll have to convert them, which ...
DVD Burning Issue10/22/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: I'm trying to burn my holiday photos on a dvd so I can watch it on Television. But there seems to be ...
  A: To be honest, not sure - but it's possible the anti-virus is set to check every file that gets ...
DVD Burning Issue10/21/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: I'm trying to burn my holiday photos on a dvd so I can watch it on Television. But there seems to be ...
  A: Hmmm... a bit of trouble-shooting necessary here... What program are you using to burn the photos? ...
Sony Imagemixer10/13/2009R. Ferguson
  Q: I currently have five mini cassettes I want to edit on my computer. The camcorder is a Sony I got ...
  A: USB typically isn't fast enough for good quality throughput. Firewire is. That should solve the ...
Sony Imagemixer10/11/2009R. Ferguson
  Q: I currently have five mini cassettes I want to edit on my computer. The camcorder is a Sony I got ...
  A: By 'mini-cassette' I assume you mean it's a Mini-DV (or DVC) tape. If that's the case, you're in ...
COPY VHS TAPES TO DVD'S9/28/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: I HAVE OVER 300 GREAT MOVIES (NOT HOME VIDEO) THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CONVERT TO DVD'S. WHAT EQUIPMENT ...
  A: Hey Judy The problem here is that these tapes (I presume they are VHS) have been encoded with a ...
compressing to zip9/27/2009Jeff Greenberg
  Q: i have a 7-zip compressing software and i have a foler full of videos that add up to little over ...
  A: Krystine, Let's do each question separately: "Can I use compression software to make video much ...
video editing Mac files on PC8/28/2009R. Ferguson
  Q: I have some videos that a friend shot and loaded onto his Mac before he sent them to me. I copied ...
  A: I would imagine that most editors would play .dv files so it's a matter of finding a free one. I ...
Audio Filters in FCP Version 58/20/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: I have asked questions of you in the past, but it has been a while since my last one. I have a ...
  A: It's hard for me to understand what you mean by "fuzzy" audio. If the sound has been recorded at ...
recorded video my Panasonic NVGS158/19/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: Sir, how can i recorded vedio my Panasonic NVGS15 onto my Laptop ?
  A: You'll have to purchase a DV cable: this is also known as an IEEE 1394 or firewire cable, and plug ...
various video and vhs ?8/19/2009Jeff Greenberg
  Q: How do you make live video links into channels to view on tv? Also how do you fix up the quality of ...
  A: Richie, Unfortunately, the web really isn't in a standard that our TV's understand. "They're" ...
various video and vhs ?8/18/2009Jeff Greenberg
  Q: How do you make live video links into channels to view on tv? Also how do you fix up the quality of ...
  A: Richie, 1) How do you make live video links into channels to view on tv? I don't really understand ...
VCD to DVD8/17/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: I have a VCD CD with .DAT format and want to convert it to DVD to play it at home DVD player. Can ...
  A: What you want to do is a 2-step process; the first is called "ripping". Here is some software you ...
VCD to DVD8/17/2009R. Ferguson
  Q: I have a VCD CD with .DAT format and want to convert it to DVD to play it at home DVD player. Can ...
  A: First let me say that I don't typically deal with VCD's. Their quality is bad and they are a pain ...
video formats8/8/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: i have videos that are almost 30 min long.i want to convert them to a file size under 50 mb but i ...
  A: The problem with converting and compressing video files is that all the formats use "lossy" ...
video formats8/8/2009R. Ferguson
  Q: i have videos that are almost 30 min long.i want to convert them to a file size under 50 mb but i ...
  A: Unfortunately I don't have a direct answer for you. Whenever you try to make small file sizes you ...
editing a video8/6/2009R. Ferguson
  Q: Hey! I am trying to edit from youtube.com video. I am currently running Windows XP. When I tried ...
  A: Movie Maker is free with WIn XP and I assume Vista so there's a version for you out there. You ...
Creating DVD with Multiple AVI ( for personal use only)8/6/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: Good Morning, I would like to ask if is it possible to burn 20-25 avi files, mostly 20-25 minutes ...
  A: Apologies for the late answer. I use DVD Studio Pro, but the following principles should apply. ...
Can my home theater system play footage by Panasonic or Sony camcorders?8/2/2009Jeff Greenberg
  Q: I have a Philips home cinema system (Philips HTS6515/05) which, according to the catalogue, can play ...
  A: Quynh, A definitive maybe. If you buy a HDD/Flash media camcorder it won't record MPEG2 - rather ...
.flv video7/25/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: I have a video in .flv file format. how do I change that to something that FCP can read..
  A: Assuming you are working in a DV-PAL project, you need to convert it to DV format. Use Mpeg ...
Software to improve the quality of old video and pictures7/13/2009R. Ferguson
  Q: I have video casset recordings of family ceremonies nearly 20 years old, which I turn into DVD. But ...
  A: Sorry but you really can't improve the quality of your video. It can only get worse, not better. ...
Rounded edges7/12/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: Hey Jonathan, I feel like this is a stupid question but I cannot figure out how to get the effect ...
  A: Um, not a stupid question. I'm sure there must be a plugin somewhere that does it, but so far I ...
Final Cut Exporting7/8/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: I have a 30 min short film shot and edited in HD 1080/24p waiting to be exported from final cut. I ...
  A: Sorry for the late reply - I have hit a bit of a busy period. There are a couple of ways of doing ...
saving captured file7/7/2009R. Ferguson
  Q: I have installed ulead videostudio in my pc.When I connect camcorder to the pc, I am able to view ...
  A: You have to CAPTURE the video...you can't just play it and view it through the software and expect ...
video codec6/30/2009Jeff Greenberg
  Q: I am a AllExpert on MG, Triumph & Jaguar and I am trying to learn video editing. I have Ulead video ...
  A: Howard, Whoops, I didn't mean to write this much. To some degree, .mov (QuickTime), and .AVI are ...
desktop video capture software6/30/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: I am hoping to use a desktop capture software to segment parts of a DVD I recorded and make youtube ...
  A: Hey Rich No, ME was Milennium Edition, the precursor to XP, and best forgotten ;) This software ...
desktop video capture software6/30/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: I am hoping to use a desktop capture software to segment parts of a DVD I recorded and make youtube ...
  A: Doesn't seem like a bad spec for this kind of thing. You may want to check that you have the latest ...
Software to join video files6/29/2009R. Ferguson
  Q: I have video recording about 3 hour’s duration, but it is split into about 560 mb sizes in many ...
  A: Any video editing program should be able to do this as long as the files are some type of 'normal' ...
video codec6/28/2009Jeff Greenberg
  Q: I am a AllExpert on MG, Triumph & Jaguar and I am trying to learn video editing. I have Ulead video ...
  A: Howard, Good connecting with you. The question I have for you is "WHAT did you send to your ...
desktop video capture software6/27/2009Jonathan H Pienaar
  Q: I am hoping to use a desktop capture software to segment parts of a DVD I recorded and make youtube ...
  A: I'm sorry this is pretty much outside my expertise, but I'll give it a shot. I have found it hard ...

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