What's going to be happening at the V.A.S.S.T. seminar?

All sessions are held in one room, no multiple sessions are ongoing.

Hardware Configuration

Tips and tricks to avoid common pitfalls in the NLE system.

 

Setting up hard drives

 

Configuring hardware and software for most efficent workflow with Premiere 6.5 and Canopus Storm 2.

Basics of DV

Resolution

Frame rate 

Codecs

Importing analog footage

How DV works

Storing tape, etc.)

Capture/File Management

Keeping track of your video, audio, and other media for editing in Premiere.

Setting Preferences for various project types and multiple drives.

Sound on location

Getting sound into the camera with quality. Sound is the most important part of ANY video presentation, and we'll show quick and high quality ways of getting audio into your camera, saving loads of work in post production

Lighting Tricks

Getting the most import part of a scene on to tape in the best way possible. 

Editing Basics in Premiere 6.5

Transitions

Filters (How to apply when to apply)

Slo-motion tricks and techniques

Plug-in's: Making great use of 3rd party tools

Exploration of plugin tools from a wide variety of manufacturers, plus stock effects found in Premiere and the Canopus Storm plug-in package.

Importing Stills into Premiere 6.5

Using Imaginate

 

Using Photoshop to prepare files for best use in Premiere 6.5

 

Importing Power Point, etc)

Free time/self time

Afternoon Session Topics:

Digital Audio for Video

 

Importing audio, audio pitfalls, tips and tricks to get the best audio possible from interviews, events, and other video experiences

 

Ripping CD's

Chromakey  for DV:

Achieving quality green screen results in the difficult DV/4:1:1 realm.

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Titling Tips:

Using Inscriber's titling tools as found in Premiere 6.5

Also tips on building professional titles w/effects and angles

Compositing methods/

(putting together multiple layers of video for stunning output, and creative excitement! )

Mixing Audio

Prepping your video's audio for final output to broadcast or replication. Learn the new audio toolset found in Premiere 6.5, and in Storm Audio

Webstreaming/Encoding

Using Procoder

Which codec should I use for what bandwidth of streaming?

Printing to Tape:

printing to tape using manual tools, automated tools, after final render or using  the real-time features of Storm/Premiere 6.5

Burning a Multimedia disc

Creating the VCD, SVCD, or MPEG for DVD from the final video product. We'll touch on authoring for DVD as well