AboutTroy Smith Expertise I can answer questions on professional or amateur filmmaking and questions on Final Cut Pro, video cameras, lighting, sound recording, scriptwriting, storytelling, directing, producing, editing, multi-camera productions, shooting sports, picture to video, using DTE hard drives, using video cameras and editing in a very creative way and some 16mm filmmaking. I can't answer too many questions on 35mm filmmaking.
Experience I have been a professional filmmaker since 1995 and a film teacher since 2000. I am publishing a textbook for beginning filmmakers called "the New Filmmaker's Adventure". I have experience in the area of low-budget feature filmmaking, Iam the co-owner of the production company called Imminent Entertainment LLC, I have worked on hundreds of videos, TV shows, multi-camera events and low budget, professional productions, corporate and consumer videos, Final Cut Pro, scriptwriting, directing, videography and cinematography, sound, lighting, editing, and producing.
Organizations Independent Feature Project - Chicago
Education/Credentials Western Michigan University '95 BS in film production Magna cum Laude
Maine Media Workshops '02-07
Expert: Troy Smith Date: 5/29/2008 Subject: print to video
Question When making a DV copy of a project and using the 'print to video' in Final Cut Pro...how do you set the speed? (SP, LP)
I have miniDV's that are 60 minutes long but say they record up to 90 minutes on a different setting, and need that, but don't know where to set it.
Any info would be great.
Thanks
Chris
Answer When using any tapes, you ALWAYS want to record in SP (Standard Play) mode and not LP (Long Play mode). It's really a selling gimmic. To get 90 minutes on a 60 minute tape means that the tape runs slower and has less "room" to record information on, so the image quality drops dramatically. I think that it's worth the price to always shoot and print in SP and never re-record over your tapes (re-recording also makes your record and play heads dirty).
I have had bad luck with using Print to video in Final Cut pro, but if it works for you - great! What I do (and have all my video students do) is go:
Final Cut Pro > audio/video settings
Set Video and audio playback to go to firewire to your deck
Now, when you hit your spacebar, the project will play in your deck, just hit record before you play your project. If your record deck is your camera, you must put the cam in record pause mode to see the project.You don't have to do it this way obviously, but it has always given me better results than "print to video."
Hope this helps and good luck! If this didn't answer your question - let me know!
