'In cam' editing of footage
I was looking at the mock-up of the Scarlet, and it looks like there is a dial/joystick control arrangement at the back.
I’ve knocked up these illustrations to help visualise some ideas I have about how a camera could be used to capture and edit footage.
First three illustrations have the LCD viewfinder in what I call the Closed/Landscape/Portrait configurations. The LCD when in Portrait orientation pivots high up on the casing. This would better accommodate left and right handed operation.
The next two illustrations are from the back and illustrate Landscape and Portrait LCD orientations.
On the rear of the casing there is a big orange dial encircling a green force sensing joystick (the colours are to make explanations easier.)
The nice thing about having a dial on the camera is that it’s control is always backwards/forwards or right/left in both Landscape and Portrait orientations (indicated by the floating arrows.) useful if you were using the dial to ‘scub’ back and forth through footage.
This dial also be used to flick through menus faster then using the joystick.
I have a second set of labels which could also be applied to the two physical orientations. Shooting/Review.
The camera can shoot and review in both orientations, but Portrait would be more suitable for shooting. Landscape would lend itself to review and editing as the camera could be placed on a flat surface. There might be function buttons on the deck in front of the screen?
The orientation of the LCD becomes more interesting when you put two cameras next to each other, and hook them up with a wire to form a portable edit unit.
In this configuration, I don’t need a laptop to edit the footage. One Scarlet becomes the ‘source’ and the other loaded with fresh storage media, the ‘edit destination.’
I’m not saying the two Scarlets would be required to review and edit footage. A single unit could do the job using the dial to ‘scub’ through the footage and possibly the joystick control to trim/split/dump/join clips.
These thoughts are a response to having to regularly edit my footage ‘in the field.’
I could be travelling back from holiday and want to review and edit down my footage. Or on a work trip and I need to free up some space on the storage media.
I’ve knocked up these illustrations to help visualise some ideas I have about how a camera could be used to capture and edit footage.
First three illustrations have the LCD viewfinder in what I call the Closed/Landscape/Portrait configurations. The LCD when in Portrait orientation pivots high up on the casing. This would better accommodate left and right handed operation.
The next two illustrations are from the back and illustrate Landscape and Portrait LCD orientations.
On the rear of the casing there is a big orange dial encircling a green force sensing joystick (the colours are to make explanations easier.)
The nice thing about having a dial on the camera is that it’s control is always backwards/forwards or right/left in both Landscape and Portrait orientations (indicated by the floating arrows.) useful if you were using the dial to ‘scub’ back and forth through footage.
This dial also be used to flick through menus faster then using the joystick.
I have a second set of labels which could also be applied to the two physical orientations. Shooting/Review.
The camera can shoot and review in both orientations, but Portrait would be more suitable for shooting. Landscape would lend itself to review and editing as the camera could be placed on a flat surface. There might be function buttons on the deck in front of the screen?
The orientation of the LCD becomes more interesting when you put two cameras next to each other, and hook them up with a wire to form a portable edit unit.
In this configuration, I don’t need a laptop to edit the footage. One Scarlet becomes the ‘source’ and the other loaded with fresh storage media, the ‘edit destination.’
I’m not saying the two Scarlets would be required to review and edit footage. A single unit could do the job using the dial to ‘scub’ through the footage and possibly the joystick control to trim/split/dump/join clips.
These thoughts are a response to having to regularly edit my footage ‘in the field.’
I could be travelling back from holiday and want to review and edit down my footage. Or on a work trip and I need to free up some space on the storage media.
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