Three huge questions for my Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD2000A and my iMac with iM09
*I have the Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD2000A. This question covers decisions that must be made*
(1) before I start to shoot video,
(2) After I edit my film and prepare it for the next step, and
(3) Before I make that next step.
I have gone through many pages of the User Manual, reviewed my notes taken from this forum, and reviewed the notes that smart individuals who know iMovie '09 (but not necessarily my camera) have given me.
*PART I: Getting the advice gathered from helpful people set into the Preference Options of my HD2000A.*
Person 1 in this forum advised that Using “Full” would take up a lot of space, and therefore to use “Large,“ which yields a good video.
Person 2 in this forum said, ”Well for what you want to do with your output, I would use this setting on your camera: *HD-SHQ: 1280 x 720 (30 fps/9Mbps“*
......but I now am having trouble finding a menu screen that has that setting for me to select. 8-(
Person 3 said to use 720 p at 30 fps because of trouble with the 60 fps. As in the case above, I cannot find the menu screen to opt for this 720 / 9Mbps
I want to make videos for Youtube and my Gallery, not for tv although who knows someday. With that in mind, I am assuming that the above advice is probably agreed with by most of the readers of this forum, but does anyone disagree before I begin shooting and end up later regretting the formatting choice I made?
I want to use High Definition, but it does not have to be the +Tip Top Best High Definition.+ It can be +Pretty Darn Good High Definition.+
The difficulty lies with finding the screens in the HD200A where I can set my options and frankly, dealing with the thick but small little User's Manual which stays open only if I use my huge wide plastic paper clip. 8-(
*PART 2: AFTER THE VIDEO HAS BEEN SHOT AND BEFORE I EXPORT IT TO MY IMAC:*
After I have shot the video, how do I get the footage onto the iMac? I bought a Card Reader. So far I have not seen instructions for what to do, but I will look for them yet again in the User's Manual. If you have the User Manual please tell me what page “Card Reader” info is on, because all I see here is info on which plugs to use for getting the clips _into a television!_
*Part 3: AFTER I HAVE EDITED ALL THE FOOTAGE:*
It was suggested that rather than send it immediately to YouTube or to my Mac Gallery, I should SAVE IT TO MY HARD DRIVE. Then, after that, I can use that virgin saved footage to either my Gallery or YouTube.
However, let's say that the footage is now in my external 2 terabyte Seagate hard drive and I want to send it to YouTube. What do I do? How? Do I send it back to iMovie '09 and then select ”Send to YouTube/My Mac Gallery”?
An afterthought!!! When I have that virgin saved and edited footage in my external hard drive and then want to send it back to iM09, should I make a copy of that footage or does the footage stay there in its virgin form, thus precluding the necessity of duplicating it for the next round of sending to, say, my Mobil Me Gallery?
I realize that this is very elementary and you all are into more complex issues, and apologize for not being quick enough to figure it out or find the right page int this thick manual which keeps trying to flip closed. 8-(
~L (My chest feels lighter now.)
(1) before I start to shoot video,
(2) After I edit my film and prepare it for the next step, and
(3) Before I make that next step.
I have gone through many pages of the User Manual, reviewed my notes taken from this forum, and reviewed the notes that smart individuals who know iMovie '09 (but not necessarily my camera) have given me.
*PART I: Getting the advice gathered from helpful people set into the Preference Options of my HD2000A.*
Person 1 in this forum advised that Using “Full” would take up a lot of space, and therefore to use “Large,“ which yields a good video.
Person 2 in this forum said, ”Well for what you want to do with your output, I would use this setting on your camera: *HD-SHQ: 1280 x 720 (30 fps/9Mbps“*
......but I now am having trouble finding a menu screen that has that setting for me to select. 8-(
Person 3 said to use 720 p at 30 fps because of trouble with the 60 fps. As in the case above, I cannot find the menu screen to opt for this 720 / 9Mbps
I want to make videos for Youtube and my Gallery, not for tv although who knows someday. With that in mind, I am assuming that the above advice is probably agreed with by most of the readers of this forum, but does anyone disagree before I begin shooting and end up later regretting the formatting choice I made?
I want to use High Definition, but it does not have to be the +Tip Top Best High Definition.+ It can be +Pretty Darn Good High Definition.+
The difficulty lies with finding the screens in the HD200A where I can set my options and frankly, dealing with the thick but small little User's Manual which stays open only if I use my huge wide plastic paper clip. 8-(
*PART 2: AFTER THE VIDEO HAS BEEN SHOT AND BEFORE I EXPORT IT TO MY IMAC:*
After I have shot the video, how do I get the footage onto the iMac? I bought a Card Reader. So far I have not seen instructions for what to do, but I will look for them yet again in the User's Manual. If you have the User Manual please tell me what page “Card Reader” info is on, because all I see here is info on which plugs to use for getting the clips _into a television!_
*Part 3: AFTER I HAVE EDITED ALL THE FOOTAGE:*
It was suggested that rather than send it immediately to YouTube or to my Mac Gallery, I should SAVE IT TO MY HARD DRIVE. Then, after that, I can use that virgin saved footage to either my Gallery or YouTube.
However, let's say that the footage is now in my external 2 terabyte Seagate hard drive and I want to send it to YouTube. What do I do? How? Do I send it back to iMovie '09 and then select ”Send to YouTube/My Mac Gallery”?
An afterthought!!! When I have that virgin saved and edited footage in my external hard drive and then want to send it back to iM09, should I make a copy of that footage or does the footage stay there in its virgin form, thus precluding the necessity of duplicating it for the next round of sending to, say, my Mobil Me Gallery?
I realize that this is very elementary and you all are into more complex issues, and apologize for not being quick enough to figure it out or find the right page int this thick manual which keeps trying to flip closed. 8-(
~L (My chest feels lighter now.)
24" Intel iMac 222.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, Mac OS X (10.5), Lexmark All In One printer, copier, scanner & fax. Two dead external hard drives
