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YOU WILL FIND THAT WHEN EDITING YOU MEDIA, VARIOUS SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE WILL GIVE DIFFERENT RESULTS, THIS IS WHY WE STRESS THAT YOU MUST "EXPERIMENT" WITH YOUR MEDIA. FIRST OF ALL, MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THE ORIGINAL FILE. WE MAKE ARCHIVE COPIES OF ALL OUR RAW MEDIA, BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE EDITED IT, IT IS NO LONGER AUTHENTIC AND IF YOU HAVE NO MASTER FILE TO REVERT BACK TO THEN YOU MAY LOOSE ANY CREDIBILITY OF POTENTIALLY VALUABLE MATERIAL. FIRSTLY, LET'S START WITH AUDIO OR "E.V.P". TRANSFERRING TO A P.C IS RELATIVELY EASY DEPENDING ON YOUR HARDWARE, BUT IN MOST CASES THESE DAYS IT IS DONE VIA USB OR FIRE WIRE. ONCE YOU HAVE GOT YOUR FILE TRANSFERRED AND THE ORIGINAL BACKED UP IT IS THEN TIME TO EDIT. YOU MAY LOOK ON THE NET FOR SHAREWARE OR TRIAL VERSIONS OF SOFTWARE, SOME OF WHICH WE HOPE TO FEATURE ON THIS PAGE SOON, AND IT'S WELL WORTH TRYING SOFTWARE YOU ALREADY HAVE. WITH AUDIO WE HAVE FOUND THAT USING DIFFERENT EQUALIZER AND ESPECIALLY SPEED SETTINGS CAN SHOW UP SOME VERY INTERESTING RESULTS, AND IT IS ALSO HANDY TO HAVE SOME FORM OF WAVE GRAPH THAT CAN SHOW YOU ANY PEEKS OF A SOUND FILE IN IT'S ENTIRETY, THIS WAY YOU CAN SINGLE OUT ANY HIGH PEEKS, ALTHOUGH YOU SHOULD NEVER RELY ON THIS AND CHECK ALL OF THE FILE (FOR BEST RESULTS USE SOME DECENT HEADPHONES).
VIDEO TRANSFER IS BEST DONE WITH FIRE WIRE, OR IF YOU HAVE ONE A DVD CAMCORDER'S DISC STRAIGHT INTO YOU DVD DRIVE. FOR BEST RESULTS YOU WILL NEED A P.C WITH A DECENT PROCESSOR
AND A DEDICATED GRAPHICS CARD, AND A GOOD AMOUNT OF RAM. AGAIN ONCE YOU HAVE BACKED UP THE FILE YOU CAN TRY DIFFERENT SOFTWARE FOR VARYING RESULTS, BUT ONE THING STAYS THE SAME, MAKE SURE YOU EXPERIMENT!. MANY PROGRAMS WILL ALLOW YOU TO LIGHTEN OR DARKEN, USE VARIOUS DIFFERENT PLAYBACK SPEEDS, ALLOW YOU TO TAKE STILL IMAGES AND EVEN TURN THE PROJECT BLACK AND WHITE!. SOME MORE ADVANCED SOFTWARE WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO MUCH MORE SUCH AS MESS AROUND WITH GAMMA, NOISE, HUE, EQUALIZATION ETC, BUT THIS IS ONLY REALLY PRACTICAL ON A HIGH SPEC MACHINE.
PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE MEDIA FORMATS TO EDIT. MOST COMPUTERS WILL HAVE SOME FORM OF EDITING SOFTWARE INSTALLED ON THEM FOR PHOTO'S AND THE AMOUNT OF SOFTWARE AVAILABLE (SOME FREE ON THE NET) IS INCREDIBLE!! SIMILAR TO VIDEO, YOU CAN LIGHTEN OR DARKEN, ADJUST VARIOUS THRESHOLDS, BUT MOST OF ALL YOU CAN ZOOM IN ON THE IMAGES. THIS DOES PROVE TO BE VERY INTERESTING WITH SOME PHOTO'S AS YOU CAN SEE CLOSE UP WHAT THEY REALLY ARE! IT IS NOT SO NECESSARY TO HAVE A STATE OF THE ART COMPUTER EITHER AS MOST RELATIVELY MODERN COMPUTERS WILL BE MORE THAN ABLE TO COPE WITH THE TASKS OF A SINGLE PHOTO. YOU CAN ALSO ENHANCE THE PHOTO WITH MANY PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS SHARPEN THE IMAGE. BASICALLY USE ANYTHING IN YOUR DIGITAL ARSENAL TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF ANY "INTERESTING" PICTURES. BUT DON'T FORGET TO ALWAYS KEEP ON TO THE ORIGINAL…….OR THERE WILL BE TEARS!!!
IF YOU ARE TO USE ANY MEDIA TO "PROVE" ANYTHING HOWEVER, TRY TO USE THE ORIGINAL, AS SCEPTICS WILL ALWAYS ARGUE THAT THE FILE HAS BEEN DIGITALLY ALTERED. YOU MAY ADVISE THAT THE MEDIA HAS MORE TO OFFER WHEN IT HAS BEEN ENHANCED OR THAT OTHER THINGS CAN BE SEEN OR HEARD. AND WHEN "PLAYING" WITH THE ORIGINAL, MANY SCEPTICS HAVE COME ACROSS INSTANCES THAT HAVE BEEN FOR EVEN THEM DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN.
WE HOPE TO BRING YOU REVIEWS ON SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE IN OUR NEW WEBSITE, AS WELL AS ALLOWING MEMBERS TO ACCESS OUR RAW MATERIAL. YOU MAY EVEN DISCOVER SOMETHING WE HAVE MISSED!
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