Funny...you can tell which individuals haven't read through the whole thread before posting. 
NSXPO 2003 Videos
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Doh! Sorry 'bout that... got a little to excited about the video!! 
Found the answer to my question a couple of posts down...
Awesome video though!!!
Found the answer to my question a couple of posts down...
Awesome video though!!!
AndyH said:
I was the second car during the parade laps and we were told to keep it at 45 mph.
Here is a video of a hot lap in my stock '96 NSX-T. Sorry for the wind noise but I haven't had a chance to edit in some music.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4288485561&code=7306965&mode=invite
p.s. this is not a streaming video so you will need broadband for a quick download - it is 33 mb
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Cooooool. I ended up not using my camera mount during hot laps (I was repeatedly told I shouldn't have a suction cup mount in my car even though I had strapped it in REALLY well). So my only in-car video from the track was during the parade laps.
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<B>Akira</B> : i've heard there are a few probs with external HDD's ... this tip comes probably too late, but grab yourself a copy of partition magic. If WinXP corrupts a partition (ie. is appears as 'unknown' or 'unallocated'), 90% of the time you can recover it with PMagic.
I know this because through personal experience on numerous occassions.
BTW, what do you think of Premiere Pro compared to Pro?
My thoughts: I had a play with Pro just last week... some of it is DEFINITELY better (for one thing, the Titler is more stable), a few things are more tedious (inserting keyframes on fades). Need a 21" monitor. Also i hate the "conformed audio" which wastes sooooooo much HDD space.
I know this because through personal experience on numerous occassions.
BTW, what do you think of Premiere Pro compared to Pro?
My thoughts: I had a play with Pro just last week... some of it is DEFINITELY better (for one thing, the Titler is more stable), a few things are more tedious (inserting keyframes on fades). Need a 21" monitor. Also i hate the "conformed audio" which wastes sooooooo much HDD space.
NTFS
I downloaded the evaluation copy of GetDataBack NTFS and it has been able to read the data on the drive. The MFT is corrupt, so the root directory tree has a lot of garbage in it, but I can still find many if not all of the folders and find nearly all of the files I have been worried about losing.
The evaluation copy doesn't let you COPY files (I have to register it for that much needed function)...but it lets me open files in their native apps (so I can still save them out on my good drive). This has already allowed me to rescue many things without even paying a dime!
I assume you mean compared to 6.5? My thoughts are that Pro is not ready for prime time. If I had realized it was a major rewrite, I may have waited until version 2.
PROS: Pro's definitely faster at scrubbing through DV video, the draft mode previews transitions and effects better than the real-time preview of 6.5, I like attaching transitions to clips rather than a transition track (especially because it allows you to use transitions on titles and other composited elements), I'm thrilled that it reverses field dominance by shifting rather than swapping fields, less crashes when bringing up the titler, better keyframing, and, FINALLY, the full resolution of images can be preserved so I can scale all the way into them (I wish I still had the source footage from the last Prime Canyon Drive since I pushed in on several photos...the one of the cake got especially blurry).
CONS: Pro's playback to DV device seems to less solid (I use 6.5 in the rare instances I need to go back to DV tape to avoid drop outs)...not to mention the blue screen error I get when I turn on my DVcam after Premiere Pro is launched, Pro's Adobe Media Encoder behaves oddly when not using DV resolutions, gradient wipe transitions (my fave) are busted, MPEG editing still not reliable (microMV support questionable), conforming audio (as you mentioned) is a pain, what happened to the always de-interlace when dropping below 100% speed option?, and I'm pissed that you have to pay extra after three 5.1 AC3 encoding sessions.
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I bought Premiere Pro as part of the Adobe Video Collection Standard Edition, which also comes with After Effects, Audition, and Encore DVD. I haven't had much time to play with After Effects or Audition, but Encore DVD rules!
<B>Akira3D</B> : sorry i've hi-jacked this thread with technicial Premiere conversation. least it keeps it at the top.
Umm... yeah... i meant 6.5 vs Pro... not Pro vs Pro.
I had to ditto your list of complaints about Pro; there are a few things i didn't notice in my play though (haven't bought it). The first thing that struck me was "if i want the project window/timeline and effects control all open at once, i'm gonna need dual 21" monitors!"
i've been wanting to use Encore DVD. i bought DVD-lab coz EncoreDVD took so long to be release. It's awesome; simple to use but very powerful and NOT template driven!
A sure way of reducing your chances of corruption on transportable drives is to use FAT32 instead of NTFS. WinXP won't let you format anything over 40GB with FAT32, however, the Partition magic will and WinXP will read from it no problems. FAT32 supports massively huge drives (except 64k clusters are a waste; but not if it's for video).
Umm... yeah... i meant 6.5 vs Pro... not Pro vs Pro.
I had to ditto your list of complaints about Pro; there are a few things i didn't notice in my play though (haven't bought it). The first thing that struck me was "if i want the project window/timeline and effects control all open at once, i'm gonna need dual 21" monitors!"
i've been wanting to use Encore DVD. i bought DVD-lab coz EncoreDVD took so long to be release. It's awesome; simple to use but very powerful and NOT template driven!
A sure way of reducing your chances of corruption on transportable drives is to use FAT32 instead of NTFS. WinXP won't let you format anything over 40GB with FAT32, however, the Partition magic will and WinXP will read from it no problems. FAT32 supports massively huge drives (except 64k clusters are a waste; but not if it's for video).
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How user-friendly do you think Adobe Premiere 6.5 and Premiere Pro are?
Also, what font did you use for all the text in the video if you don't mind me asking? And do you know where I can find it?
I'm thinking about getting a new video-editing program (I love doing this stuff) and need some suggestions. The one I'm using right now doesn't allow transitions for titles, or sweet special effects like the one in the beginning of your video (I don't know how to explain it....right after the "NSXPO 2003 Parade Lap Session). And I also want to keep the audio when I slow down/speed up a certain clip. When I change speeds on my program it just deletes all audio even if you change it by 1/10th.
Thanks.
Also, what font did you use for all the text in the video if you don't mind me asking? And do you know where I can find it?
I'm thinking about getting a new video-editing program (I love doing this stuff) and need some suggestions. The one I'm using right now doesn't allow transitions for titles, or sweet special effects like the one in the beginning of your video (I don't know how to explain it....right after the "NSXPO 2003 Parade Lap Session). And I also want to keep the audio when I slow down/speed up a certain clip. When I change speeds on my program it just deletes all audio even if you change it by 1/10th.
Thanks.
That's a good question. Having studied film/video produciton in college, I found Premiere 6.5's approach fairly intuitive. My more tech-savvy side finds Premiere Pro's approach more ideal in some ways, but more cumbersome in others. Tough call. Adobe doesn't typically make software that I'd say is user-friendly.
Bill Peirce's NSX TrueType font used to be available on www.nsxsc.com, but I'm not sure it is around any more.
That's a radial blur...and I animated the amount of blur to produce the resullting effect. I also used a touch of radial blur in the sped up sequences in my NSX Prime Canyon Drive 3 video.
Many programs let you "unlink" the audio from your video so you can shift or alter the speed of your images without affecting the sound (or vice-a-versa). Premiere Pro further allows you to attempt to maintain the pitch while changing the speed of audio, but, in my brief experience with Pro, I suspect it doesn't do as good a job as some of the dedicated sound processing programs out there (i.e. Sound Forge).
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