Starting a New Project and Capturing from Tape
Sam Kauffmann · 2012
I remember attending a conference about fi fteen years ago; a well-respected video engineer declared that the end of fi lm as a recording medium was upon us. “Soon there won’t be any more motion picture fi lm, ” he stated fl atly. “Everything will be shot on videotape. ” Funny how predictions work. People still shoot on fi lm while the end of videotape as a recording medium seems just around the corner. I’m not in the prediction business, so I’m not making any, but with P2 cards and cameras that record directly to drives or optical discs, you’ve got to wonder. The point is that this chapter is all about capturing what you’ve shot on videotape into the Avid. In Chapter 7, I’m going to explain how to get your picture and sound from cameras that record onto memory cards and P2 cards. So the question is: How much longer will this chapter be relevant? We’ll see.