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Nov 16
2008
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The basic rule of thumb when selecting project settings is: Match settings to your source material and not to the final output. Even if your goal is to create a low-resolution video to run on the Internet, wait until you finish editing and then reduce the output quality settings.
Before capturing you should critically view your raw footage and look for "keeper" clips and sequences, the best interview sound bites, and any natural sound that will enhance your production. The purpose is twofold: to better manage media "assets" and to speed up the video capture process.
I have a “skeleton” directory on my edit machine that contains all the folders and files I would use in a typical project this way it is easy to find files when I come back to a project after a period of time. Mine looks something like this: