Student needs help with editing!

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seamus

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Hey all,

I am an art student working often with video. I want to present a project that I am working on at the moment as part of my application for a Masters degree. The project consists of three films projected side by side.

But I have a problem.
I can only submit film work on DVD which would mean that this project would be viewed on three separate DVD's in isolation, instead of one single piece.

Having tried to use Photoshop CS4 to place all three films on one screen, but the results are messy to say the least.

Can anyone recommend how I could do this. I'm freaking out.
 
I don't think Photoshop is a video editing program... Maybe you meant Premiere?

Mess with the scale and position until it comes out the way you want it.
 
Create three picutre in picture effects so all three sources fit on the screen as you see fit. If side by side, the images will be pretty small.

Michael
 
Please clarify what you need to do. It sounds like you want to have three different films play consecutively on 1 DVD? Is that right? If so, slap them together on an editing timeline, and export to a DVD authoring program.
 
Nascency Chris said:
How could you be working on a Masters and be so lost? Kinda unfair to ask for help on something like this I think...
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Have you been to graduate school for film/video/media? I have and this does not surprise me. Many people in graduate school are creative directors and writers and not technically savvy. That's what makes grad school so exciting. Left-brain & Right-brain people working hand in hand.
 
ChrisFigProductions said:
Have you been to graduate school for film/video/media? I have and this does not surprise me. Many people in graduate school are creative directors and writers and not technically savvy. That's what makes grad school so exciting. Left-brain & Right-brain people working hand in hand.
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Nope sure haven't... bully for you though. Would it not behoove a person, with the state of the world today, to not at the very least, have a rough idea of what they need to do? I mean, he could have at least gotten the software correct...

And my original point still stands... I feel its one thing to ask others in the same situation as you (grad school, master program, etc) but to go out into the wold to seek help for a project kind of defeats the purpose of the project, does it not?
 
This is a forum for people to obtain knowledge. He asked a question, and we're trying to help. If you're not interested in helping non-technically-savvy Master's students, that's fine. But I don't have a problem since I've attended and graduated from Graduate School. So again, this doesn't surprise me.

Most writers & directors are CREATIVE, and not TECHNICAL. That's how it is.
 
Nascency Chris said:
And my original point still stands... I feel its one thing to ask others in the same situation as you (grad school, master program, etc) but to go out into the wold to seek help for a project kind of defeats the purpose of the project, does it not?
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For what its worth I got my Masters too. And one of the ways you learn in these programs, as in life, is solving problems through networking with others in the field, and through asking questions of those with experience in the field when you're stuck.

So it does not defeat the purpose. This OP has a unique problem and he is justified certainly in asking for help with it. That is exactly what we as working professionals in the field do, in participating in this forum. It is not as though anyone here is actually doing the work for the OP.
 
sewolla said:
For what its worth I got my Masters too. And one of the ways you learn in these programs, as in life, is solving problems through networking with others in the field, and through asking questions of those with experience in the field when you're stuck.

So it does not defeat the purpose. This OP has a unique problem and he is justified certainly in asking for help with it. That is exactly what we as working professionals in the field do, in participating in this forum. It is not as though anyone here is actually doing the work for the OP.
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Now see that makes total sense...thank you.
 
And it doesn't stop in graduate school - I work with creative folks all the time (directors, etc.) that have no notion as to how the technology part works, but they can out a story on screen that makes you want to watch... that's why filmmaking is a collaborative process and we all learn from each other towards a common goal.
 
MichaelP said:
And it doesn't stop in graduate school - I work with creative folks all the time (directors, etc.) that have no notion as to how the technology part works, but they can out a story on screen that makes you want to watch... that's why filmmaking is a collaborative process and we all learn from each other towards a common goal.
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See that makes alot of sense as I think about it...had a shoot in FL last month and our production manager said the same thing basically (and was very quick to point out that he had not picked up a camera in about 15 years lol)...

Maybe I'm wierd then?? I like to learn and have always tried to absorb as much as possible involving different aspects of the production process...so at this point I am a jack of all trades but master of none...yet.
 
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