Editing Video from two Cameras

Xavion wrote on 5/9/2006, 9:54 AM
I just ordered a Canon GL2 camcorder and currently have a
Panasonic PV GS 150. Will the quality difference be so noticeable
that I would not want to us the two cameras on the same project?

I'm thinking if there is a noticeable difference in over all video quality, I can use a Movie Looks effect in Vegas 6 to even out the footage.

Any ideas'?

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johnmeyer wrote on 5/9/2006, 10:18 AM
I use my early generation Sony TRV-11 NTSC SD DV camera intercut with my Sony FX1 HDV camera (where the whole project is rendered to 720x480 MPEG-2). The difference is, obviously, noticeable, but certainly not jarring. The key thing, as I am sure others will tell you, is to get the color balance between the two as similar as possible. Surprisingly, this is often more noticeable than the change in resolution, sharpness, clarity, or any other measure. If you remember early color TV broadcasts from the late 1950s and early 1960s -- especially sporting events -- the colors would change each time they cut to a new camera. It was very disconcerting.
[r]Evolution wrote on 5/9/2006, 11:15 AM
If the 2 cameras are waaaay off or just too hard to get exactly right... you may have to start planning your shoots for this and get certain shots with the 'Clean' camera and do MTV or Stylized shots that with the other.

I've got a cheap 1CCD camera that I do this with all the time. I set it up to look intentional by choosing certain angles to be shot with the 1CCD camera.

For instance... I'll do an interview and use my GOOD camera for the Face Shot... at the same time I'll use my 1CCD for a Side Shot. Cutting between the two looks cool. I like to use PIP's this way also. This really adds to the effect that the camera's look different intentionally.

But like I say... you have to plan for it or you'll just have a bunch of Crappy Footage that you can't use.
GlennChan wrote on 5/9/2006, 3:28 PM
Using the color correction tools in Vegas, you can definitely match the cameras a lot closer.

http://glennchan.info/matching/matching.htm

The webpage will more or less give you the gist of it.

Absolute Training vol. 4 with myself and DSE shows how to use the Vegas interface to match different cameras.

It's certainly more convenient to use identical cameras, but sometimes you have to work with what you have... matching cameras is not so bad.