Video Camera Settings by Zuly Serrano https://padlet.com/gp704596/7byi599e5qoi en-us 2018-11-05 17:13:08 UTC 2025-10-22 17:55:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Moderncam.png gp704596 https://padlet.com/gp704596/7byi599e5qoi/wish/300599142
  • Quality Settings: Use high resolution 720p or HD settings
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  • Compression Type: H.264 (with an AAC or MP3 audio codec)
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  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
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  • Resolution: 1280 x 720 and Frame Rate: 10-15 (preferred)
    • Resolution & Frame Rate: This is vitally important when shooting with multiple cameras each camera needs to have the exact same resolution and frame rate.  Making footage settings match each other will make it so much easier to edit.
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  • Frame Reordering: Unchecked
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  • Key Frames: Automatic
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  • Data Rate: Automatic
    • ]]>     2018-11-05 17:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gp704596/7byi599e5qoi/wish/300600553     Manual Exposure gp704596 https://padlet.com/gp704596/7byi599e5qoi/wish/301122641 Manual exposure will keep your footage brightness from changing as you move the camera and will allow you to precisely control how bright or dark you want to show what’s in front of your lens. ]]> 2018-11-06 17:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gp704596/7byi599e5qoi/wish/301122641 Aperture gp704596 https://padlet.com/gp704596/7byi599e5qoi/wish/301123127 To achieve cinematic video footage, this is probably the most important camera setting after the length of your lens and the frame rate.  Without an aperture of f/8 or faster (f/5.6, f/4, f/2.8), your DSLR footage will probably look like it came out of a lesser-grade camcorder because everything will appear to be in focus.]]> 2018-11-06 17:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gp704596/7byi599e5qoi/wish/301123127 gp704596 https://padlet.com/gp704596/7byi599e5qoi/wish/301640066 2018-11-07 17:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gp704596/7byi599e5qoi/wish/301640066 gp704596 https://padlet.com/gp704596/7byi599e5qoi/wish/301640307 2018-11-07 17:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gp704596/7byi599e5qoi/wish/301640307 gp704596 https://padlet.com/gp704596/7byi599e5qoi/wish/301640691 2018-11-07 17:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gp704596/7byi599e5qoi/wish/301640691