Digital Video Production

So, you’ve been using your digital camera or camcorder often, and want to know how you can put together more advanced footage. Digital video production is becoming extremely popular these days, and you can use these skills to transform ‘normal’ home videos and vacation footage into a quality movie. Here are some of the products and equipment that you’ll need, as well as the best brands to shop from.

You may want to add features like animation or graphics to your work, so you’ll need to know about brands like Casablanca, which manufacturers a digital video editing system that will allow you to work on your video and photo footage to get it looking just the way you want. There is a DVD burner included in products like the Renommee, which renders video footage rather quickly and has a 300 GB hard drive for storage.

To include shapes and effects in your photos and live footage, you may want to try the 3-D Shapes Professional software as well, produced by Impulse Inc. You can choose from 14 3-D effects that will make your work stand out, along with two image processing choices that will give you the practice you need to create a series of professional short films. The program is also great for helping you to transition to different scenes in your short film or slide shows, including features like the diamond effect, in which the first scene folds into a diamond, and rotates off the screen in the direction you choose. You can also select the sphere feature, in which the first scene forms into a sphere, then rotates and disappears from the screen.

The right HDV recorders are also a big part of digital video production, and you can find lots of the equipment that you need by visiting your local electronics stores, like Circuit City or Radio Shack. You can also order online by visiting www.HDVRecorder .us, where you’ll find descriptions about recorders (i.e. product specs, editing applications, archiving capabilities) that will help make your purchasing decision easier. The recorders allow you to monitor your footage in high definition, so you can decide what to archive and how to save your short films for further use.

Other digital video production devices like echo duplicators can also be found online when you shop at www.pcmag .com or www.mitchellproduction .com. You’ll find tips on how to make the most of your home movies and digital photos by visiting www.sonystyle .com or www.apple .com as well; these companies have devices that are compatible for both your Mac and PC, which means you can take the best photos and create home movies wherever you go. You can also get software updates on the latest products when you visit the sites often.