ThatsCohmedy
Well-Known Member
Hey all, hope everyone's having a great Super Bowl morning.
My equipment is not exactly the best, but I'm trying to figure out the best configuration with the stuff I've got. I'd love some advice.
I'm recording with a Logitech 910c webcam, which supposedly records in full 1080p HD, but I'm a little skeptical of it. I've been recording through my fiance's iMac, which is not the camera's biggest fan (it has more settings available on a PC). I also have an iPhone 5, not sure if that would record better or worse than the webcam.
After recording the video through the webcam, I import the file into iMovie HD on the computer. I'm pretty sure as soon as I import the file, it takes it from 1920 X 1080 down to 640 X 480. Not sure how to avoid that or what other free programs might be better to use.
For the sound I use a Blue Snowball microphone and that seems to work pretty well. I've been using Audacity to edit the sound and I'm starting to get the hang of it. After cancelling some of the noise, I import it into iMovie and sync it with the video.
After uploading the video at the highest quality possible (no compression, 3 minute video is about 4 GB), the video has bars when it's being viewed sometimes. I'm not sure if that's because its 640 X 480, I assume it is. Ideally, if I'm actually filming in full HD, I'd love to import it into an editing program that doesn't immediately drop it down in resolution. Also ideally, if that program was free, I'd be happy
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Any thoughts anyone has on my current (semi-crappy) setup and ways I can do a bit better for no cost (or a minimal cost) would be appreciated. Thanks!
- Bryan
My equipment is not exactly the best, but I'm trying to figure out the best configuration with the stuff I've got. I'd love some advice.
I'm recording with a Logitech 910c webcam, which supposedly records in full 1080p HD, but I'm a little skeptical of it. I've been recording through my fiance's iMac, which is not the camera's biggest fan (it has more settings available on a PC). I also have an iPhone 5, not sure if that would record better or worse than the webcam.
After recording the video through the webcam, I import the file into iMovie HD on the computer. I'm pretty sure as soon as I import the file, it takes it from 1920 X 1080 down to 640 X 480. Not sure how to avoid that or what other free programs might be better to use.
For the sound I use a Blue Snowball microphone and that seems to work pretty well. I've been using Audacity to edit the sound and I'm starting to get the hang of it. After cancelling some of the noise, I import it into iMovie and sync it with the video.
After uploading the video at the highest quality possible (no compression, 3 minute video is about 4 GB), the video has bars when it's being viewed sometimes. I'm not sure if that's because its 640 X 480, I assume it is. Ideally, if I'm actually filming in full HD, I'd love to import it into an editing program that doesn't immediately drop it down in resolution. Also ideally, if that program was free, I'd be happy
.Any thoughts anyone has on my current (semi-crappy) setup and ways I can do a bit better for no cost (or a minimal cost) would be appreciated. Thanks!
- Bryan
