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> 1) Re: Camera Stabilizers
> 2) Re: Video CD
> 3) Re: Video CD
> 4) Re: Video CD
> 5) Re: Video CD
> 6) Cast worksheet
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> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 23:33:15 -0500
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: Camera Stabilizers
> From: David A. Schwartz <d.a.schwartz at verizon.net>
> Message-Id: <E1996F36-7182-11D8-A4D6-000393C5806C at verizon.net>
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> Christopher <christianfilm at mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Kathi,
> >
> > I found your post about Steadycams to be very useful and resourceful
> > and I think you are right. What do you suggest for a small indie
> > shoot? I am uncertain which stabalizer devide to go
> > with. Steaditracker? Glidecam?
> >
> > Chris
>
> Chris, go with the Glidecam if you can afford it. I'm a professional
> Steadicam operator and I've demo'd the Glidecam. It's one of the first
> Steadicam ripoffs to emerge legally after the expiration of the
> original Steadicam patents. As such, it's pretty good for what it is
> and probably up to the demands that a low (or no) budget indie would
> place on it. I'm talking about the body harness and spring arm version
> of the Glidecam. I think they also make a hand-held version, and these
> devices (like the SteadyTracker) have limitations in that they really
> don't isolate the operator's movement from the camera. They do help a
> bit by increasing the inertia of the camera so your moves are a little
> less squirrely, but they won't do much in the way of eliminating bumps
> and shakes from walking shots. For that, you're gonna need some
> springs. The Hollywood Lite was a pretty good-looking unit for DV
> cameras. I never actually tried one, but it looked like a credible
> version of a slimmed-down Steadicam. I'm not sure if they're still in
> production, but I'm sure you could find one somewhere out there.
>
> Dave Schwartz
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 20:42:27 -0800
> From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com>
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: Video CD
>
> >The word I couldn't think of in my previous post was ASTARTE. Making
> >a video CD in this version of Toast (3.52 I think) Toast tells you
> >to use ASTARTE. Does anyone know what ASTARTE is
>
> IIRC, Astarte were the original developers of Toast and several other
> products. They were bought by Adaptec, who then spun off Roxio.
>
> Zane
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> Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 23:54:49 -0500
> From: James Asherman <jimash at optonline.net>
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: Video CD
> Message-id: <E4D62210-7185-11D8-B863-0003933EDC98 at optonline.net>
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>
> On Monday, March 8, 2004, at 11:42 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:
>
> >> The word I couldn't think of in my previous post was ASTARTE. Making
> >> a video CD in this version of Toast (3.52 I think) Toast tells you to
> >> use ASTARTE. Does anyone know what ASTARTE is
> >
> > IIRC, Astarte were the original developers of Toast and several other
> > products. They were bought by Adaptec, who then spun off Roxio.
> > Zane
> >
>
> You really want at least version 4.
> 5 would be better.
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 21:21:12 -0800
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: Video CD
> From: Gregg Gorrie <ggorrie at telus.net>
> Message-ID: <BC729448.16168%ggorrie at telus.net>
>
> on 3/8/04 1:24 PM, 18151 - Gary D. Long at txglong at sc2000.net wrote:
>
> > The word I couldn't think of in my previous post was ASTARTE. Making a
video
> > CD in this version of Toast (3.52 I think) Toast tells you to use
ASTARTE.
> > Does anyone know what ASTARTE is
> >
> > Gary Long
>
> Astarte M.Pack was (is) a program that allowed you to convert video files
to
> MPEG-1 which is the standard format for VCD. I did a couple of VCDs using
> Astarte and Toast and was quite happy with the results (at least compared
to
> other solutions at the time). I >believe< Apple bought them out (at least
> their DVD authoring software) and based the first versions of DVD Studio
Pro
> on that (someone please correct me if I'm wrong here).
>
> I guess you have a couple options here: hunt down a version of Astarte
> M.Pack or update to Toast v5.x or later, which has the ability to do the
> conversion to MPEG-1 internally.
>
> I don't know if there is much point in making VCDs these days. For the
same
> price (or less) of updating to the above software, you could pick up the
> iLife package and use iDVD to make DVDs, which will contain more video in
a
> much higher video quality than VCDs. The cost or DVD-R media has fallen
> below the $1 USD/per DVD floor, so that is no longer an issue. I guess the
> key is whether or not you have a DVD-R burner.
> --
> Gregg
>
>
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> From: "18151 - Gary D. Long" <txglong at sc2000.net>
> Message-Id: <200403090633.AAA38298 at nighthawk.sc2000.net>
> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 00:35:04 z (CST)
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: Video CD
>
> Thanks to Gregg and all who posted in response to my question about Video
CD/Toast/Astarte. The obvious answer is to at least upgrade CD burning
software or better yet, get a dvd burner. Soon.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gary Long
>
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> Message-ID: <12728902.1078815011493.JavaMail.christianfilm at mac.com>
> Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 22:50:11 -0800
> From: Chris Zayachkowski <christianfilm at mac.com>
> Subject: [MacDV] Cast worksheet
>
> Hey,
>
> Anyone know where I can find a template or guide to a Casting Worksheet?
>
>
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