Week 2 - 2/25-3/3

2/25

Today was our first meeting in class since the project was assigned. Me and Connor quickly covered the most important things, the title, editing software, and basic plot line. The title is going to be called ROUGE. We are naming it after the weightlifting brand and I feel like it would pop on the screen in big bold red letters. The editing software we had two main options. 

1. NCH- Video Pad. This is going to be the one we use. On its website we both agreed for the price of 40, it had everything we were looking for, especially the aspect of it being a movie centered editing software. Here are some of the key features 

• Overlay text for captions and movie credits
• Chroma key green screen video production
• Import and mix music tracks like a pro
• Use sound effects from the free Sound Effect Library
• Fine-tune color and other visual effects
• Slow down, speed up or reverse video clip playback
• Reduce camera shake with video stabilization
• Add photos and digital images to your sequences
• Share online or directly to Facebook and YouTube
• Save to PSP, iPod, iPhone or 3GP mobile phone
• Export movies in multiple resolutions including full HD, 2K and 4K (720p, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p and more)

 

2. The other option was Adobe Premiere. Some if its main features are (source)

• Premiere Pro supports high resolution video editing at up to 10,240 × 8,192[10] resolution, at up to 32-bits per channel color, in both RGB and YUV. 
• Audio sample-level editing, VST audio plug-in support, and 5.1 surround sound mixing are available. 
• Premiere Pro's plug-in architecture enables it to import and export formats beyond those supported by QuickTime or DirectShow, supporting a wide variety of video and audio file formats and codecs on both MacOS and Windows. 
• When used with Cineform's Neo line of plug-ins, it supports 3D editing with the ability to view 3D material using 2D monitors, while making individual left and right eye adjustments.

 Due to the pricing of over 200$ we decided not to go with this, we also did not want to use WeVideo because we have been unsuccessful accessing the shots offline and for a project of this magnitude we don't want to take any chances.