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caturing from VHS

X-Tina
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May 5, 2003, 8:17 AM

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Hello Everyone, I am just starting out in the wedding video business and my plan is to work with another videographer and him do the actual footage and then I take the footage provided to me on vhs and capture into my computer to edit and charter out and burn to DVD. The first tapes I did worked fine but know I seem to have a problem with color. The captured tape looks purple and green and I even tired a commerical WHS tape and it looked the same. Any idea what is going on and feedback on the senrio we are using.
Thanks
Tina

X-Dazz
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May 5, 2003, 9:48 AM

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Does your videographer have a DV cam and do you have a firewire port for DV capture.
Do you do the camcorder to VHS transfer or him ?
Did the color problem start on the origainal(raw footage), VHS or PC.
We all started with a budget but if you have a DV capture device It would be wise to not even use VHS during capture.
A bit more information would help for feedback.
Camera he uses, and your capture device.
Daryl.

X-Doug_Graham
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May 5, 2003, 11:06 AM

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: Any idea what is going on and feedback on the senrio we are using.
I don't know what's going on, but your process is losing quality unnecessarily. You should be capturing directly from the camera original DV tapes, or a Firewire copy of them. Dubbing to VHS introduces a serious quality hit.
Regards,
Doug Graham

X-Paul_Holt
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May 5, 2003, 8:55 PM

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Tina,
You must do everything! you can to change your current workflow. I'm going to be a little more direct than the others...working from VHS dubs is unacceptable in todays digital enviroment...look I realise there can be money problems to begin with but you must focus all your current resources on obtaining the digital camera masters to ingest directly into your NLE.

Regards Paul Holt

: Hello Everyone, I am just starting out in the wedding video business and my plan is to work with another videographer and him do the actual footage and then I take the footage provided to me on vhs and capture into my computer to edit and charter out and burn to DVD. The first tapes I did worked fine but know I seem to have a problem with color. The captured tape looks purple and green and I even tired a commerical WHS tape and it looked the same. Any idea what is going on and feedback on the senrio we are using.
: Thanks
: Tina