Pluraleyes

What's nice about the Pluraleyes software is that it allows for the audio device to keep rolling when the camera is stopped and started. What I mean by this is that due to the 12 minute approx. recording time of DSLR cameras, these obviously need to be stopped and started. Usually, the audio device would also be stopped and started at around the same point and then the scene would be re-marked again using a Clapperboard etc. The nice thing about Pluraleyes is that the audio file be continuous and it just fits in the video where necessary. Therefore, you can start the audio running, start and stop the camera as much as you like and then throw all of the short video clips at the software, along with the continuous audio file and Pluraleyes aligns all of the clips to the appropriate place along the audio file into a new FCP sequence. Video tutorial to follow soon....

LCDVF

It is my intention soon to get back into blogging and will be posting my findings / tests / videos of the Canon 550d DSLR camera together with other features such as recording double system sound via a Zoom H4N and Final Cut / Pluraleyes etc.

In the meantime, I have just purchased a viewfinder which adheres to the back of the camera via 4 pretty strong magnets and also offers a 2X magnification. I have to say that this device is simply fantastic and provides not only an incredible unobstructed view of the LCD which is essential for focussing (especially outside in sunlight), but also an extra point of contact for increased camera stability.

Here is a picture....



More to come....

Pluraleyes

Very recently discovered some extremely effective software for automatically aligning audio to video when using a double system setup. "Pluraleyes" is a plugin for Final Cut Pro which basically lets you throw any video files at it, together with the accompanying audio files and it will align them automatically and then place each of the newly aligned clips into separate sequences. There is no need for any kind of visual / audio cue (clapperboard for example) and it seems to work extremely well in the basic tests I have done with it.

I will be posting a tutorial video on using this piece of software very soon....

UPDATE: Here are a couple of tutorial videos...

Canon EOS550D

It's been a long time since my last Blog, but I just thought I quickly mention my new toy - the Canon EOS550d DSLR camera. This camera is simply awesome and allows for full HD video at 24fps and 25fps (plus others too). Audio capabilities are not so good, so I have also got hold of a Zoom H4N audio recorder to do double system sound.