Can someone shed some light on digital editing? I'm looking for a information on a good digital video camera and also what editing software is available.
Have any of you done video editing and what software have you used?
Just like anyone else, I'm trying not to spend a lot of money. OK...I know more money equals better quality, but I'm not interested in competing with Hollywoood - just producing some instructional tapes for a bunch of signfolks.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Posted by Peter Gariepy (Member # 5434) on :
Virtually all video camera's come with some sort of video editing software now. If this is your first time out playing with video editing software just about any of the ones you get free will work.
Microsoft also has a free video editor - its called Windows Movie Maker. Download it at:
Peter
Posted by Michael Clanton (Member # 2419) on :
There are some cool editing programs out there, but it sounds like Windows Movie Maker would probably be more than enough for what you want to do.
I will be teaching a Multimedia Design class this fall, with one of the programs being Sony Vegas- (you can download a 30 day trial.) It is unbelievable some of the stuff it can do, as well as being relatively easy to operate.
Posted by Curtis hammond (Member # 2170) on :
On the higher end,,, Adobe and Canapus has some good stuff too. Free trials too.
Posted by TJ Duvall (Member # 3133) on :
Avid also makes some very good programs. And iMovie is a very easy to use program as well.
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Raymond, I've played around with Ulead's Video Studio Basic 6- it was a freebee with a computer magazine last year, and I've found it very easy to learn- just drag & drop avi/mpg files into a timeline, add music or sound, start & stop frames where you want, then run the lot as one file.
I only used it to join up bits I'd filmed using the movie mode on the digital camera, and it was pretty intuitive. I don't thinh I looked at the help files or pdf book.
Posted by Pat Phipps (Member # 3617) on :
I’ve used most of the programs listed above and they will all do the job. Another nice, inexpensive, editor comes with Roxio Easy Media Creator. Easy to capture, edit, assemble, render and burn to DVD. Learning curve is not bad either.
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
Thanks to all of you for the help. Now I have a case of "information overload" and the solution now seems worse than the problem. I'll sort through all that you've given me and hope to make a few things come together.
Also, thanks to Brian Briskie for the email and all the help you gave.
Thanks are in order to Brian also for a great meal we enjoyed in Columbus last month. It was quite a picture. There were six of us in this really nice Italian restaurant and I was surrounded by Yankees. There were Italians, Greeks, various other flavors and one Texas Redneck. It was easy to see who stood out like a sore thumb. But they bought my dinner, so it all worked out great.
Everywhere I go I bring back a luggage full of great stories and memories. Now, tell me, in what other profession can you get a bunch of folks together from across the country and everyone gets along? Well, at least for a few days anyway.
Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
Ray
That is what I am doing right now in this module at College....Video and Audio Editing!!!
Adobe Premiere 1.5 is great for both as you can import you clip and cut and edit parts of the footage by cut/copy/ drag and drop items in the right sequences..or delete areas of noise or stail air/spaces and pictures.....
Make sure your frame pure second ratio is the same 30 fps
Work with 48kHz.
Import all your project files in a different folder (Bin) and save the overall files fully as any editing you do will not save your first copies.
Lots of icons but crap and clip is most of the software.
Sorry one other thing! This program is heavy in wheight and needs lots of memory. as well as bus speed in order to flow smooth.
Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
Double Bubble Post!
[ July 06, 2005, 07:36 PM: Message edited by: Stephen Deveau ]
Posted by VICTORGEORGIOU (Member # 474) on :
Raymond, I have Pinnacle Studio Plus version 9 purchased at Frey's around Christmas for about $140. It handles both video and stills, includes green screen and provides for voice over. It's a very nice program. Never having used the other programs, I can't tell you if Studio is better or worse than any of the others mentioned above. Vic G
