Aesop's Fable : Video Content Capture

For my fable i used video as part of the interactive content.

When I started this project, i had intentions of using college HD cameras and booking out a studio, unfortunately I was given notice to quit my current property while doing this project, and finding somewhere else to live took main priority.

This left me with less time than I had originally anticipated to complete the project, meaning I had to work around some of my original intentions.

Capturing video using one of colleges cameras is one things i ran out of time to do. In order to work around this I used my mini dv video camera, hooked it up to my MacBook and used PhotoBooth as the capture program.

Not the most professional way to do things, but under the circumstances it was the only way I could get things done, also goes to show with the right tools and knowledge most things are possible

Take a look at the pictures below to see my set-up

mini dv camera - firewire - photobooth

Just a quick post

I haven't been a mac user for a great deal of time (maybe three years?) I have only been using Leopard since December 2007, before that i was using Panther and things have changed vastly since then)

I am still constantly learning things about OS X

Anyway the point of this post was to say i have just discovered that by hooking up a mini dv camera with a firewire cable to your Mac it is possible to take pictures with it using the built in app photobooth.

Although i am not sure what quality a mini dv camera takes pictures at i would imagine it to be a higher resolution than the built in isight camera, which could come in useful.