|
|
Neill, Tony, thanks for your posts.
Yes, I'm aware that they are completely different (I'm still a beginner, but that's one of the few things I'd learned already! lol)
I think the titles room is pretty good. But you can't add subtitles using the titles room. I mean, theoretically you could, but it would take ages!  (imagine translating a full lenght movie to another language using titles!)
But the subtitles room has no additional features. Text goes where they tell you and that's it... I think more flexibility is needed.
|
|
|
Given all the advanced features that PD10 has, I have to say that the subtitles feature is below the standard of all the rest.
Sometimes people make unusual interfaces for their videos, and they wish to add subtitles for the hearing impaired or as additional text and they wish to place those instructions in a text box window on the right side of the screen, etc.
Sure, that system is enough for classical movies, in the lower part of the screen, but video production is a lot more than that... you can make presentations, music videos, animations, etc. and sometimes the lower part of the screen is not necessarily the ideal place for subtitles.
|
|
|
Oh, and here's a very good article on this very topic, highly recommended:
http://www.reelseo.com/royalty-free-music/
|
|
|
As a general rule, you can't use anything that isn't yours. Sometimes youtube doesn't put those videos down because:
a) the record company allows it (Google shares the profits 50% for the company, 50% for them. The video creator gets nothing other than exposure). The problem of course is that your video will contain publicity...
b) So few people have seen it that they couldn't be bothered (although youtube will normally scan your video for music and warn you about it, sometimes refusing to publish material, but you're the only risponsible person for the content of the video).
You could be sued one day though... (if you're 12, no earnings, living in a third world country, they probably won't bother, particularly if the video isn't popular... sounds tough but that's how they do it)
But if you think along the lines of "sure, I used copyrighted material, but my understanding was that youtube can add publicity to my videos and then I'm legally safe", you could be in for a big shock one day...
There are sites which do offer royalty free, no hidden fees, 100% free music. (apart from paid and licensed Royalty free music, jewelbeat -amongst other sites- does have free music that you can use on your videos). You will probably have to mention somewhere that you got the music at their site, this is the common practice.
You just need to inform yourself well before adding music or sound effects to your videos. There was a time, many years ago, when "royalty free" did mean "absolutely free to use". But that of course is no longer so... and many "royalty fee" music tracks need to be licensed first (although there are several types of licenses).
If you wanna go free, you can, but you have to do your homework and find the truly free stuff that you can use.
A good source for free sound effects is freesound.org, but you must read their license agreement (for most sound clips, you only have to mention the name of the FX and sometimes where you got it from).
Avoid trouble, keep it legal. If you create some original stuff one day, you too will want to get paid... 
|
|
|
Thanks everyone.
Bolda: well, I do have alternatives now...
For example, I really like jewelbeat.com, their market is actually youtube creators and they have really competitive and friendly fees.
Tony: But then what can you use it for, to play the music at home?
Actually, they do allow youtube.
The problem is going over their allowed limit. The license is just very hard to understand, and the "physical copies" sentences makes people believe that it only applies to Cds, DVDs and the kind.
From what I've read on the wikipedia about them, and their really obscure licenses and lack of information, I wonder if they're in the ruthless money trappers side of the internet vultures spectrum...
|
|
|
Hi everyone!
A few months ago I purchased a 14 seconds track at royaltyfreemusic.com which I wanted to use as an intro on my videos, which I want to upload to youtube. (it cost me 10 dollars, which admitedly is not very much, but we're talking about a 14 seconds track, to make videos wich very few people will watch...)
It was a long term project, so I purchased the license and that was it, I "parked" the file in my computer.
Now, when I'm about to complete my first video, I decided to double check the "terms and conditions".
(for anyone interested, here's a link: http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/license.html )
There's no mention of "youtube", so I had my doubts. Particularly this point:
I MAY NOT:
Distribute more than five thousand (5,000) physical units of your work incorporating our music without written permission.
When I first read this, I thought the limitation applied to CDs or DVDs...
What happens if more than 5.000 people view the video on youtube though, would this be considered a form of distribution of some kind, even if it's not "physical"??
So I checked with them.
They told me that if more than 5000 people view the video on youtube, I'd have to purchase an extended license! How about that!
It's not like if I'll be making thousands of dollars from those videos, it's a free video for everyone to see and learn, and I even purchased the license! it's absurd!
I checked my license again. It's a contract with "Getty images" (I checked them out on wikipedia, and they have a pretty bad reputation, chasing thousands of dollars from website owners who have used one of their images without paying a license).
I'm still waiting for royaltyfreemusic.com to send me the details of the "extended license", and meanwhile I've been searching other websites who offer very reasonable licenses for their Royalty Free music.
It's a pity because I searched for many days and hours before I found the original sound track which I purchased, the 14 seconds one, it really matches what I wanted...
I tried to find some information about "extended licenses" at Royaltyfreemusic.com and couldn't find anything, which is odd...
I think some of these Royalty free music sites are ripping people off. They´re buying a license to use that music and it turns out that they're not really entitled to use it freely (in a reasonable way).
|
|
|
I'd just like to say that Amstec raises a very important point. I too have the need to have more control over the subtitles (particularly where I want them) and currently, the only way to do it is resorting to things like what James said, which makes it more complicated.
Please Cyberlink, add more features to the subtitles room!
|
|
|
I guess I'll find out about this sooner or later and I guess I'm being a little impatient.
Anyway, I have a question about "layers". I'm not even sure if this can be done...
Basically, I'd like to create a video where, for the sake of simplicity, there are two tracks (video tracks).
Ok, let's say video 1 is the "background" video.
Video 2 is the one on top.
Using the video mixer, I get them to be played simultaneously (theoretically, video 1 can't be seen).
Now, at some point, video 1 contains, say, 100 frames with some "transparent holes".
When the video is produced, will those 100 frames display the background video in the areas with the transparent holes?
|
|
|
I've been having a go at producing a video file with PD10 and I have a question about the screen resolution. 
I've chosen 4x3 for my first videos. 4x3 is perhaps a bit vague... I wish I could have more control over the resolution of the file which is about to be produced.
Why? mainly because I wish to make frames, pips, special effects etc. using my image editor and the exact size of the files is a vital piece of information for me.
I've opened the avi file which was supposed to be 4x3 and I was surprised to find that the screen resolution of the file is 720x526
640 x 480 is the resolution that youtube recommends. When 720 x 526 is reduced to a 4x3 aspect ration, I get 640 x 512 instead... (not sure about the implication of this, as I've only uploded one file to youtube once :X )
Is this the usual resolution size for the videos which PD10 when choosing a 4x3 aspect ratio?
I'm a bit confused about which size I should choose when creating images on my image editor, as changes will happen when they are imported into PD, no?
Go Australia! (at the London Olimpic games)
|
|
|
I'll have to get acquainted with this Chroma key first, then I'll tell you how I went.
Tony, Barry, Carl, thanks a lot!
|
|
|
I'll give it a try and see how I go!
Thanks a lot Carl, very kind of you.
|
|
|
I recently purchased PD10 and I'm fooling around with it (and finding it really interesting!).
I was wondering whether it was possible to export particles to other formats, such as avi or other formats.
I guess I could always use a screen capture program and save it as avi, but I wish I didn't have to do that!
Any ideas?
Cheers
|
|
|
