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Professional Quality Media Products: Our stock nature video footage and WAV/MP3 music tracks are ideal for producers looking for professional quality products at very affordable prices. Here you will find an excellent and diverse set of HDV and SD nature stock footage collections, delivered in QuickTime movie files, formatted for broadcast video applications, and designed to fit seamlessly into your film or multimedia presentation projects.
Our unique library of music tracks--in both WAV and MP3 formats--provide a great resource of melody, texture, tone, color, and dramatic effect. You'll get both the WAV & MP3 versions when you buy any packaged music collection.
About RVM Standard-Definition Footage Libraries
Standard-Definition and Nature Series-1: Footage for the Nature Series-1 (NS1) library was obtained primarily with the JVC GY-DV5000. There are 525 clips in NS1: 21 collections in 10 nature categories. The average time for all 525 clips is about 19 seconds per clip. NS1 therefore provides more than 2.5 hours of footage. NS1 is available in 4:3 SD only (NTSC or PAL).
Standard-Definition and NS2-NS8: Libraries NS2-NS8 are available in both 1080i HDV and widescreen SD. There are 1050 clips in NS2-NS8 and footage for these libraries was obtained primarily with the Canon XL-H1. Each of these libraries has 150 clips organized into 6 collections (25 clips per collection). The average time for each clip is about 27 seconds so each library has more than 1 hour of footage.
Natural Wilderness Locations: The content and "talent" for NS1-NS8 is entirely nature; there are no objects, roads, cars, wires, or even people to remove. We expended great effort to find as many unique and remotely wild locations as possible, and to capture a certain quality with each shot. Nothing was staged. Every shot was naturally lit. Footage for the NS1-NS8 libraries was obtained within the following 11 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
RVM Standard-Definition Quality
SD Quality and Nature Series-1: The quality of our royalty-free stock nature footage video products will be most apparent when viewed on a true SD (NTSC/PAL) color television or monitor. All footage was benchmarked with a professional system and the JVC TM-H1375SU reference monitor. When you preview the QuickTime clips with a computer monitor, that image quality will not be true to form. For example, when the QuickTime version is viewed on your computer monitor, you may notice some images seem darker or aren’t as sharp as you would like; or others may appear to have certain colors or a hue that appears 'off.' Even if you output to a television, images may vary somewhat according to the television’s design.
NTSC/PAL Reference Monitor: Any apparent issues will dissolve when the clips are imported into an editing system connected to a good reference monitor. In fact, the RVM clips should look fine on just about any standard-definition television system. QuickTime is being used as a container, for the purpose of delivery and preview. In this way, an otherwise unwieldy video file becomes much more portable.
RVM SD Footage Designed for NLE Systems: The SD/NTSC specifications for resolution, color, and luminance result in a high-quality image product that fit seamlessly into virtually any professional video or film production NLE system. The following link provides further detail about our Standard-Definition format libraries:
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About the NS2-NS8 Formats
Nature Series-2 through Nature Series-8: All of the content in the NS2-NS8 libraries was sourced in 1080i HDV. The primary camera used was the Canon XL-H1. The Standard-Definition versions are available in 16:9 widescreen only. The QuickTime codecs used are highest quality Photo-JPEG or H.264. QuickTime v7 or greater is required.
About High-Definition: HD and HDV
HDV, as most are probably aware, is high-definition digital video compressed to the MPEG-2 video format (and using a color space of 4:2:0). This compression method enables the use of standardized tape recording systems and video capture via firewire. HDV files can then be processed and edited with systems that are much lower in cost than those required for 'true' uncompressed HD. We believe the HDV format has amazing image quality suitable for a majority of applications and, overall, is very affordable to work with. We therefore plan to provide HDV format products on a continuing basis.
Our primary acquisition source for HD/HDV is the Canon XL-H1. This camera is capable of obtaining uncompressed HD footage in 4:2:2 color space. However, portable recording of uncompressed HD would be a requirement for many of the remote locations we shoot at. Therefore, as portable HD systems become available--and several solutions are expected in 2008/2009--we look forward to providing footage in this format as well as HDV. Products in uncompressed HD will naturally come at a higher price-point. Please give us a call anytime you would like to discuss these and other options.
About the NS2-NS8 HDV Libraries: These libraries are the High-Definition extension to our original SD-based ‘Nature Series-1’ library. NS2-8 focus on similar categories and themes as NS1 with one of the major differences being that NS2-8 was shot in 11 states of the American West; NS1 was obtained entirely within California.
NS2-NS8 are all ‘pristine nature’ ... no objects, roads, cars, or people. We expended great effort to find as many unique and remotely wild locations as possible--and, to capture a certain quality with each shot. There is a great deal of variety in angle, perspective, lighting conditions, and subject matter. Nothing was staged and every shot was naturally lit.
High-Definition Video Product Information
- High Definition (HDV) Resolution = 1920 x 1080 (see screen aspect, below)
- Frames per Second = 30 fps (29.97, also given as 60i) or *25 fps (50i)
- Screen Aspect Ratio = 16:9 (Full widescreen 1920 x 1080. Note that 1920 is achieved via the pixel aspect of 1.33. Therefore, the QuickTime preview clips will be in 1440x1080, but when the clips are output to any true HD-TV monitor from your NLE, the actual size will be adjusted to 1920. This is due to the 1.33 aspect and non-square pixels, where 1440 multiplied by 1.33 = 1920.)
- Product Source NLE: Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 with Matrox RTX2
- QuickTime Codec: Photo-JPEG (H.264 may be used for NS2) QuickTime v7 or greater is required.
*Our 1080i footage libraries are available in 50i format by direct request only (via phone or email). Online orders are currently limited to the 1080/60 format.
All of our HDV stock footage is benchmarked with the Samsung 24” 244T HD monitor (with the full 1920x1080 resolution output directly to the Samsung from our system’s Matrox RTX2 DVI port). This HDV digital video footage is designed to be imported into NLE applications such as Apple’s Final Cut Pro, Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, Edius, Sony Vegas, and others. In order to see the true color and stunning quality, these clips must be viewed on a qualified HD video display—one that is capable of the full 1920 x 1080 resolution. Once imported into one of these NLE applications and viewed with an appropriate reference monitor, the real quality will be apparent.
The following link will explain in more detail about our videos:
Click Here for Additional Information on RVM High-Definition Clips
Click Here for a Guideline on using 1080i clips in 720p and 24p Projects
About the RVM Music Tracks
All of the tracks from our "Classics" and "Folk" Series collections are from the Public Domain. We took great care in selecting a diverse and eclectic set of ambient and dramatic musical textures that we believe will greatly enhance your creative palette--providing vitually unlimited possibilities for layering audio into your video, film, and multimedia projects.
Our music products were "performed" (and recorded therein) by a "digital orchestra" whose source is select players from the world-renowned Vienna and Boston Symphony orchestras. These "players" cover virtually every instrument in a standard orchestra setup and are, in effect, specially programmed to perform when driven (conducted) by the right set of midi-based computer applications. In the "soundware" industry, these specially-programmed digital instruments are known as "samples" (or sample libraries). Sample libraries are now commonly used in television and film productions.
A Note on Music Quality
Music fidelity and quality has the same system and perceptual limitations as video; that is, if played on lower-grade consumer equipment, you aren’t going to get the true quality. The .WAV files are of much higher quality than the .MP3 (due the MP3’s highly compressed format). But, for many applications, the .MP3 versions may be adequate. You just have to be aware that the high compression of an .MP3 file results in a much faster rate of deterioration; that is, as you add reverb or effects and re-compress, the likelihood of getting unwanted artifacts (pops & clicks, etc.) will occur much sooner than with a WAV file. Additionally, the WAV files, with the right audio equipment, will produce a superior quality sound.
Our royalty-free stock music tracks were carefully mixed with flat studio monitors and, in our listening tests, we found the Apple iPod to be a very good previewing system overall. The following link provides greater detail about our music products:
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