CMA/CBI ends as CS3 Continues to Amaze
Hello all. Well, today marked the final day of the CMA/CBI conference in New York. This time around, I focused my sessions around Photoshop CS3, Video for the Web, and Premiere Pro/After Effects CS3. Oddly enough, CBI has always been one of the biggest audiences for Audition...but somehow, they didn't manage to schedule any Audition sessions ;( Oh well. Thankfully, I *was* able to demonstrate Audition 3 at the CBI Fall Conference; but it really would have been great to show it here as well (especially since I had a few students come up to me, asking about it: they had seen me at previous events, and wondered what else was new)
Joining me here at CMA was my colleague John Schuman, who focused his demo on producing rich, interactive Flash content for the Web, and other Web workflows. I hadn't seen John in a while (last time was Max Barcelona, and then briefly in San Jose, back in December) so it was really great to catch up and share some recent 'tales of the road'.
So, I'm due to present in about 8 minutes, which means...this will be the end of the post!
Until next time (and off to the Netherlands in a few days)...
Stay tuned for more, and as always...
Blog on.
Comments
Hey Jason, just wanted to let you know I found your blog you suggested we look up at CMA in New York. I really enjoyed your sessions on CS3. A quick question. What is the best way, if there is anyway, to pull video off of a DVD that has the original footage from a campus event? The original footage is gone and only the DVD remains. The DVD was burned on a PC. I appreciate any help you can give on this topic.
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Hi Tony. Well, if you're asking how to 'RIP' an authored DVD, there are several options. Now, if you explore the disc in windows, you'll basically see an Audio TS folder and a Video TS folder. This tells you that it's a proper 'authored DVD' disc. If you were to explore further, you'll notice a series of files with the VOB extension. VOB's are basically MPEGs, and sometimes a simple 're-naming' of the vob (from *.vob to *.mpg) will allow you to re-import the media into something like Premiere Pro and begin editing. However, that *does not* always work (and, because the VOBs aren't necessarily in order, it can make trying to 're-sequence' something tricky.
The easiest way to do this is to try one of two programs. Premiere Elements (I believe) actually has the ability to rip DVD video content (you may want to check this out online). For this, you can download the demo. You can also try a program which has become *very* popular known as DVD Shrink. (also a download, and it's very small!). This one gives you a little more control over the file format and also does some other things that are pretty cool. Keep in mind that if you are ripping *anything* that is commercial (ie, where ownership/rights are in question) you *must* obtain the appropriate permissions to do so. ;) Hope that helps. ---JL
Posted by: Tony Strawn | March 21, 2008 01:59 PM