Archive for November, 2011

San Francisco Caterers

People looking for good food in San Francisco have a lot of options. In a city known for its diversity, many chefs come to San Francisco to make this city their home. When looking for San Francisco caterers, there are many criteria to consider. The first thing most people think of is food. What is the quality of the food? Is it healthy, is it down home cooking, is it rich, do the dishes have origins in other countries? Also, where is the food actually sourced? Many San Francisco caterers prepare delicious meals, but for someone who wants to prioritize local or organic food, there may be less options. These progressive eaters and entertainers may often search extensively for a caterer that suits their needs. Luckily, San Francisco has Jane Hammond events to fill this gap. Jane Hammond Events serves corporate and other large functions and provides delicious food and impeccable service. Ingredients are local as much as possible, and the company takes advantage of all of the ethnic spice options as much as possible. The company specializes in vegetarian, vegan, fish and seafood options, and enjoys being creative with all of the culinary options available in the Bay Area. Since 1975, Jane Hammond Events has been providing private and public entities of all sizes with a beautiful display of gourmet meals. The food is definitely scrumptious, but the display captures people’s attention right when they walk in the door. Sure, there are many options for San Francisco caterers, but the choice is obvious.

November 1st, 2011

Important Things to Remember About Video Digitizing

If you are looking to transfer video from a tape format to a digital format, you might have heard that it is as simple as plugging in a player to something like a computer and dumping all the video into the computers hard drive. While video digitizing can be that simple, simple video to hard drive transfers are not the entire shooting match.

You can use a hard drive or you can do video to USB storage device but the key is making sure you have the best source quality you can find. That is the real problem and one that can plague most transfers. But how do you deal with a video transfer when your source video is not very good.

One step is to have the video cleaned up before the transfer. While this can can take some time, cleaning up a lot of the video noise on your typical VHS or reel to reel tape will certainly help improve the source quality.

Another issue is what you use to digitize the video that you transfer. One of the most popular forms of digital video to use for a transfer is AVI. This type of file was first introduced in 1992 by Microsoft and it stands for audio video interleave. What this does is allows audio and video to play simultaneously.

However, when you transfer your source video you have the choice between compressing the file to make it more manageable or you can transfer the file uncompressed. However, while not using compression gives you a better transfer the size of an uncompressed file, even a short video can be extremely large and can take up a lot of hard drive space.

After the video has been transferred then you can get down to editing. With digital editing, you can do a number of things. You can further clean up a video transfer, punch up the color and do some things to really bring the quality up on a video transfer. After that you can burn it to a DVD and your video will last for many lifetimes to come.

November 1st, 2011

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