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SYNOPSIS
With Scenalyzer Live, developer Andreas Winter has created a small, inexpensive utility for DV capture that includes some convenient and useful features lacking In many NLE capture utilities. You can rename, organize, and categorize clips with a handy, thumbnail-rich GUI as you capture, index, and trim clips directly in the application. If you're doing same-day edits from DV tapes, it will greatly streamline your workflow.
PRICE: $39
FOR MORE INFORMATION. CONTACT:
Andreas Winter
www.scenalyzer.com
have you ever wanted to capture DV footage but found your NLE's capture utility too limited to do what you needed? If this has ever happened to you, check out Scenalyzer Live. With Scenalyzer Live, developer Andreas Winter has created a small, inexpensive utility for DV capture that includes some convenient and useful features lacking in many NLE capture utilities.
A few years back, a new version of the NLE I was using appeared with modifications to how the program handled captured files. My workflow at the time was to capture everything as one big file and tediously scrub through each file, locating scene breaks and creating small files in the bin pointing to each of those pieces. The new release compounded the problem for me, so it was time to find a workaround or an alternate solution. Enter Scenalyzer Live.
GETTING STARTED
Scenalyzer Live installs easily, either from a CD you can order on the company's website or from the downloadable version also available on the site. The program is all about streamlining your capture process, and accordingly it gets right down to business. When you open the application, Scenalyzer prompts you to choose the folder in which it will place your captured clips. Once you have assigned the capture folder, you are ready to upload your clips.
Some interface features you will notice upon startup are the VTR controls and preview on the left, and the thumbnails of each clip on the right. There is a capture button below the thumbnails. Press it and your camera starts rolling.
CAPTURE AND CATALOG
After capture begins, Scenalyzer begins to separate itself from your standard capture utility. The program displays thumbnails as the clips are being captured so you can see what each clip contains.
There are scene-detection settings that allow...