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Mr. Stock:
I'm looking for one tutorial / website that will hold my hand and explain every aspect of shooting video from a dslr or small video cam for stock footage from start to finish. I know nothing about shooting video, 0, zip, nada. What speed to shoot or if my cam only offers one speed how do i convert, codexes, formats, the whole nine yards. I have an Olympus E-P1 and would like to shoot video for microstock. Even if that camera isn't good enough, at least i can learn and cut my teeth with it. i have iMove but that's it, so how would I create a footage clip. I've heard about stream clip, dont know what its for. Is there a safe way to shoot and process a video that will ensure acceptance across the spectrum of micro stock sites, or is there only a few I should worry about. like to have a complete "how to" that covers every aspect from start to finish in front of me so I don't waste time on the learning curve. Thanks

Sean Locke Photography:
"waste time on the learning curve"

I'd suggest you waste time on the learning curve.  Perhaps a membership at Lynda.com on how to shoot and process video would help.

Or maybe you're just trolling for fun.  I can't tell.

Mr. Stock:
No i'm serious, perhaps I'm making it more complicated then it is, or just not explaining myself well.  The few times I've read posts about video its always questions about codexes, why their different for each site, questions about specific cameras, but my search queries do not  seem to pull up any beginners tutorials explaining video from the beginning. It's always something like "beginning tutorials on shooting wildlife," or "beginning tutorials on shooting time lapse." When I do searches at the micro sites it seams like there are hundreds of questions asking why their video didn't pass for this or that technical reason, which I don't even understand what their talking about.  I was hoping that there was a well known source that kind of explains everything from a total newbie perspective. But if there isn't I'll just jump in and see what happens.

melastmohican:
There were few threads here :-) Apparently it's back 2005 with footage. Agencies take almost everything so nobody would share now-how with competition :-) When market gets saturated and you no longer be able to earn money on stock footage I am predicting there will be hundreds of site telling newbies how get rich quickly shooting footage for microstock.

sharpshot:
I learned all that was necessary from this thread and youtube clips.  It is hard to give a tutorial because every camera is different and there are lots of different software packages.
http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19043

The olympue ep1 is progressive 1280 x 720 (30 fps), so use "PhotoJPG" codec.  Most sites accept 90% quality but istock want at least 95%.  I do most of mine at 95% and send them to all the sites.

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