322 LESSON 18 Exploring Adobe OnLocation CS5
Getting started When working with cameras connected to your computer via an IEEE 1394 con-
nection, Adobe OnLocation can record video directly to disk, bypassing the slow
process of recording to tape and then capturing. Adobe OnLocation also provides
professional monitoring tools and scopes, which can dramatically improve the
quality of the video that you shoot.
In addition, Adobe OnLocation provides great organizational functionality by
allowing you to set up your shot lists beforehand, either manually or by importing
a script from Adobe Story. It also lets you name and add metadata to shots in real
time as you shoot. This functionality works with both tape-based devices, such
as DV and HDV camcorders, and also camcorders capturing in SD cards or hard
drives, such as Digital SLRs and high-end MPEG2-based camcorders from a num-
ber of vendors, including Canon, JVC, Panasonic, and Sony.
Specifically, with Adobe OnLocation CS5, you can create timestamped placehold-
ers for video shot with such nontape devices and then link the actual clips to these
timestamped placeholders after the shoot. Finally, you can import these clips, and
the associated metadata, directly into Adobe Premiere Pro.
Setting up Adobe OnLocation Adobe OnLocation communicates with camcorders and other OHCI-compliant
devices using the IEEE 1394 standard. You can connect your camera to your
desktop or notebook computer, as described in Chapter 4, via an IEEE 1394 cable,
just as you would to capture video that you’ve already recorded to tape. However,
instead of capturing video to Adobe Premiere Pro, you will be recording live video
directly to your computer. This requires your computer to be “on location” with
your camcorder. These are the basic steps to follow:
1 Connect the camcorder to your computer.
