Recent content by iskateboard

So I've had my dvx100a for a little over a year now. Lately I have been noticing that when I get home and the log the clips my footage ( I film skateboarding) looks not so clear. It looks kind of grainy almost. For example I filmed yesterday at about 5pm so the lighting was still good with a...

so I want to make a slot machine type of effect for an intro. I have about 6 guys in my skateboard video. And for the intro to everyones part I want to have a slot machine type of effect. Like have close up shots of each persons face and have them split vertically in 4 pieces. Like a slot...

So I want to make a slot machine type of effect for an intro. I want to have close up shots of everyone and have the screen split in 4 like a slot machine and have it be mixed with parts of everyones face and then each part of the screen stops at a part of a specific persons face, which after...

So, I've read all about what each setting does in the files in the menu, but on most of them I don't even notice a different in the picture. Is there a way to test them or to see the difference they make on the image? Sorry for such a dumb question.