What Do You Use?

Joshtoon said:
For me I use my IPad Mini. - Note I earned it with a scholarship! DONT JUDGE ME!
I have to use about 3 non-paid applications to make a video.
I don't have a laptop or anything to edit.
I have a camera, but I'm not sure if you could connect it to this.
Everything would so much easier for me if I did have a laptop.

What do you use?
What you wish that you had that would make everything easier?
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Though my pro rig is a Canon 60D for footage, a Zoom H1 with a Lav for sound, and Final Cut Pro on my iMac - I've also been using an iPad and iPhone to make videos as well!

Firstly there are three paid apps you should use that will make the WORLD of difference for you.

FiLMiC PRO (5 bucks or so)
This app (which will also carry over to your iPhone so you don't have to pay for it twice) gives you FULL control over your camera. That means you can select footage size AND framerate. Dropping your frame rate from 30 to 24 will give you that "film look" and boost your production quality! It also gives you easy control of your white balance and your focus.

Pinnacle Studio
This app (I think like 12 bucks or so) was the app I wanted from iMovie. It gives you a LOT more control over your footage and audio. You can get picture in picture, text overlay, and the fine control over editing that a desktop can give. There's a lot of tutorials on YT for it - check it out!

And the best investment:

FiLMiC Remote
(again like 5 bucks , but it's also a one time pay for all iDevices thing) THIS. I can not speak highly enough of this. With this, you can connect as many other iDevices with FiLMiC PRO on them to one iDevice! This means you can use your iPad Mini as a monitor for the rear (and better) camera on your iPhone. You can start and stop takes without having to get up and move! You can even coordinate a 2 camera shoot if you have an iPod Touch or whatever!

You combine these with an inexpensive tripod or stand, and you've got a mobile video studio!

Plus - there IS a way to get better sound on your iPad/iPhone

Head over to KVconnection dot com and and search for "iPhone 1/8 inch microphone adapter – 3.5mm 4 conductor TRRS Male to 3.5mm Microphone Input Jack" (I'd link to the page, but we can't in the forum.)

It's a wire that plugs into the headphone jack and allows you to use ANY 3.5mm mic. Check out the video I shot and edited on my iPad that shows first hand how the mics sound with and without! www DOT youtube DOT com/watch?v=Yep8BgxtYZU
 
Douglas MacKrell said:
Though my pro rig is a Canon 60D for footage, a Zoom H1 with a Lav for sound, and Final Cut Pro on my iMac - I've also been using an iPad and iPhone to make videos as well!

Firstly there are three paid apps you should use that will make the WORLD of difference for you.

FiLMiC PRO (5 bucks or so)
This app (which will also carry over to your iPhone so you don't have to pay for it twice) gives you FULL control over your camera. That means you can select footage size AND framerate. Dropping your frame rate from 30 to 24 will give you that "film look" and boost your production quality! It also gives you easy control of your white balance and your focus.

Pinnacle Studio
This app (I think like 12 bucks or so) was the app I wanted from iMovie. It gives you a LOT more control over your footage and audio. You can get picture in picture, text overlay, and the fine control over editing that a desktop can give. There's a lot of tutorials on YT for it - check it out!

It's a wire that plugs into the headphone jack and allows you to use ANY 3.5mm mic. Check out the video I shot and edited on my iPad that shows first hand how the mics sound with and without! www DOT youtube DOT com/watch?v=Yep8BgxtYZU
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You see my first choice was getting Imovie.
Though I don't have enough funds for it.
All I have is 1.19$
That's pretty much all I am going to have for a while:
 
El Gato Game Capture (Console Gameplay)
Fraps (PC Gameplay)
Blue Snowball (Microphone for commentaries)
Sony Vegas (Video editing)
Photoshop(Channel art, thumbnails, etc.)
Xbox 360 & Gaming computer(For playing Games)
 
Oh damn, you had to open this can! Ok, here goes:

Gaming PC with Fraps, Audacity
Xbox
PS3 x2 (old and new, I'm a collector)
HD PVR2 Gaming Edition
Tritton Pro+ cans (still debating a new mic, watch out for a thread later)
Vegas Pro 12, Photoshop, After Effects (I know some people in the right places, thank god)
And my pride and joy, 70mbps internet, I've had 40 upload at one point (I work for BT)


I'm still useless at editing but I'm getting there. I'm only just mastering thumbnails too.

I have a habit of buying stuff that's shiny then eating beans on toast for the rest of the month.
 
Joshtoon said:
You see my first choice was getting Imovie.
Though I don't have enough funds for it.
All I have is 1.19$
That's pretty much all I am going to have for a while:
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Sorry to hear buddy! I know how it is being a student and scraping by on what you can while you study. The good news is that vloggers don't need high production value - they just need to present their topic and people will listen! You can always add fancy wheels on that car later in life.

You should look into YouNow - which also has a free app that runs on iOS. It allows you to livestream to an active audience using the iPad's camera!
 
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