video editing software ?

[Leo]

Hi all..

Just got my camcorder hooked up to my pc via a firewire cable.. anyone recomend a good video editing program?

Thanks in advance,
Leo

[Knight440]

Leo you got windows XP? key here is the file size and the new windows moive make works mint.

[QuAdRaCeR244]

I use MGI VideoWave 4. I really like it. I'm not sure where we got it. One day it was just on the computer.lol. i will see where they got it:D

[Freeride]

Go figure, i have video wave 4 and i hate it. Im gonna get hooked up with somthing else pretty soon, any ideas?

[fourwhls]

I use Pinnacle Studio. It seems to work the best.

[Leo]

I've been playing with windows movie maker (ME not XP) but I'm more looking for something I can edit full screen type movies with then record back to watch on a vcr (or DVD player is that possible?)..

Not so much vid's to email etc..

Here's one I was just playing around with

http://www.kvvi.net/~leo/race.wmv

Leo

[CHAUNCY]

Sweet Video. What song is that ???

[forum]

ummm. im trying to think what its called.

o yes. after a little research.

Adobe premeire works very well. it can get complicated but can do just about everything. I use the program from xp to capture the clips then import them into premiere. the new premier might have that special capture thats seperates the black out scenes but im not sure.

[JLanphear]

I think Adobe Premier is probably one of the best programs out there, but it's complicated...I haven't figured it out yet. Vegas Video is really good too, and I have seen the results from it and they are great...even better is that it seems a lot easier to use.

-Josh

[Knight440]

Originally posted by CHAUNCY
Sweet Video. What song is that ???


Ramones old school Punk:cool:
I WANNA BE SEDATED

Nice Vid Leo

[Leo]

Originally posted by Knight400EX
Ramones old school Punk:cool:
I WANNA BE SEDATED

Guess I dated myself eh? lol.. :eek:

I've got Adobe Premier running, completely lost.. lol (plus I don't think I can afford to actually buy a copy)..

Thanks for the suggestions, I guess I'll keep dl'ing and trying different programs until I find one I like (and can afford!).. lol

I know one thing.. I thought my PC was pretty fast until I started playing with vids.. Time for an update I think.. lol..

Leo

[Striker49]

Originally posted by Leo

I know one thing.. I thought my PC was pretty fast until I started playing with vids.. Time for an update I think.. lol..

Leo


Vid editing is hard on any computer. Ive got a 1.6 ghz XP, 256 DDR machine and its hard on it. If you do upgrade, look into a stick of 512 DDR Ram, that should help a whole lot. And Ram is realatively cheap at the moment, compared to what its been in the past anyways. :)

[XANDADA]

Vegas Video 4.0 by Sonic foundry is my choice over Adobe Premiere.

[Leo]

I've got a gig of pc133 running right now, lol..! It's an older PIII 866 chip w/ 133mhz fsb.. I'm having video card issues at the moment (radeon 64ddr)..

Soon it'll be time to build a bigger, better, faster box :D Then I can retire this one to file storage and toss that crappy 333PII that I've been using LOL

Leo

[PhilMoore]

Sweet!

I just ordered a G4 power mac with dual 1.25 ghz cpu, 640MB RAM, 80gb boot, and 160gb data drive. Plus, I got a DVD writer drive, and some kinda thingy that converts analog video to digital so I can make DVD's out of my home videos and stuff.

I am just counting the minutes til it gets here!

[Ralph]

what kind of wire did u get, Where? and how much? im interested in getting my video on my computer but have no idea what wire to get

[PhilMoore]

It is a Formac Studio box. It links to the computer via IEEE firewire and the VCR is supposed to plug directly into the box.

I don't actually have it yet, but it should be here tomorrow or Friday (I HOPE).

http://www.formac.com/p_bin/?cid=solutions_converters_studiodvtv

[beerock]

Hey you notepad freak!:blah

hit me up on aim I can hook u up with some shiznit.

I use ulead video and i have a couple others too. but ulead is good.

[Doibugu2]

Leo,

Nice video! Was that you riding, I hope so. Hate to see the creator with out a ride.

But I do a lot of reading on this site. Has some decent info.

http://www.cnet.com/software/1,11066,0-3227896-1202-0,00.html?tag=dir-ve

Hope it helps.

[Freeride]

Originally posted by Doibugu2
Leo,

Nice video! Was that you riding, I hope so. Hate to see the creator with out a ride.

But I do a lot of reading on this site. Has some decent info.

http://www.cnet.com/software/1,11066,0-3227896-1202-0,00.html?tag=dir-ve

Hope it helps.

LoL, im a creator without a ride.

[Doibugu2]

Originally posted by Freeride
LoL, im a creator without a ride.


Yea, but your not THEE Creator. (Exriders founder!)

[muff]

in premier do you guys know how to get the edited video back onto the camcorder so I can get it on vhs?

I dont know how to keep the file sizes down while still keeping an ok quality, like 1/4 screen size, my 12 min movie was 1.8gb :eek:

[Leo]

thanks for all the tips guys...

Adobe Premier made my eye's hurt :huh

I'm liking Vegas Video.. 20 minutes in I actually had a working video.. LOL..

Leo

[TORO1968]

Hey,

I've had experience in using Adobe Premier and Pinnacle Studio DV Versions 7 and 8.

I'd say that the Pinnacle software is definitely the best I've seen yet for ease of use, quality, features, etc.

One thing thats cool about Studio DV is that it allows you to edit video on your computer in a low-res mode so it doesn't take up tons of your memory and hard drive space, but when you're ready to finish up your movie, it remembers where it pulled the clips from your tape in your camcorder and makes a high-res version from that. Also, with Studio DV, you can control your camera with your the program which is pretty convienent. The Studio DV software doesn't cost much either, under $100 the last I checked.

Adobe Premier definitely makes my eyes hurt too! :huh

Let me know if you want more details about the Pinnacle program.

-Jordan

[Freeride]

Are you guys buying all these?

[CHAUNCY]

Originally posted by Freeride
Are you guys buying all these?

I was thinkin the same thing then thaught they dont cuzz it would cost a lot of money wouldnt it ???

[muff]

Originally posted by CHAUNCY
I was thinkin the same thing then thaught they dont cuzz it would cost a lot of money wouldnt it ???

they're on the computers at school, there would be no way I could pay for premier, I have premier here at home on the trial verson so if I go to use it I'll work on it for a long time at once, you get 30 days you work on it