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Jonathan H Pienaar

South Africa
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.86
  • Clarity of Response 9.96
  • Timeliness 9.86
  • Politeness 9.98
  • Total Questions 133
 Professional Final Cut Pro HD editor, with some experience in DVD Studio Pro, Motion and Shake. Currently working mainly for South Africa's version of "60 Minutes" - "Carte Blanche". Please include in your question they type of computer you have (PC or Mac) and which operating system (e.g. OSX Leopard, Windows XP, Ubuntu Linux) so that I can be sure I'm giving you the right advice.

Jeff Greenberg

Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.87
  • Clarity of Response 9.80
  • Timeliness 9.94
  • Politeness 9.90
  • Total Questions 976
 I can answer questions about Final Cut, Avid, DV cameras + editing, Hi-def, production, filmmaking, DVD creation and special effects. Please do not ask me questions about your desktop, NOR your windows machine, nor ANYTHING to do with copyright infringement.

R. Ferguson

U.S.
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.76
  • Clarity of Response 9.93
  • Timeliness 9.85
  • Politeness 9.93
  • Total Questions 651
 Some technical knowledge in connectivity, systems, cameras, image/video software. I am better at project development, scripting, organization, conceptualization. I know Photoshop, AfterEffects, and some others but am no real expert on them. I also have knowledge in the development and production of interactive CD-ROM`s.

Brian Alves

On Vacation
returns 11/15/2009
  • Knowledgeability 9.69
  • Clarity of Response 9.72
  • Timeliness 9.75
  • Politeness 9.92
  • Total Questions 342
 I can answer anything related to digital video- from streaming media to desktop video: consumer, prosumer or professional.

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2009-10-31 About connection:

Hi Suresh There is no easy way to do this, and to give you the best answer I need to know what you are wanting to achieve? In order to capture an S-video signal, you will need a video capture card

2009-10-29 Canon HF10 and final cut:

Hi Guido I am not familiar with the Canon HF10 (or AVCHD for that matter) - I have now researched it a little, but some things are not clear. My understanding is that the camera has internal memory

2009-10-26 Burning MP4'S to dvd?:

Hi Lee Converting to DVD should not necessarily degrade the quality - in fact you are "uprezzing" - you are increasing the size and frame rate. But while increasing the size, any softness or blurriness

2009-10-25 Video_TS:

They are DVD formatted files. Looks like you downloaded an ISO/copy of a DVD. If you can burn them to a disc as they are, they may work. How to get them directly to wmv or rp format I don't know.

2009-10-24 2 Cameras into a Mac:

That camera has firewire output. So to use two cameras, you would need to have 2 firewire connnections on your 'puter. I'd connect the cams via firewire and then go into the software and find out how

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