Video editing software recommendations
Posted 14/02/2013 - 17:54
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On a Mac, Final Cut Pro and on a PC, Sony Vegas
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 14/02/2013 - 18:02
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I buy my son Serif Movie Plus. You edit with proxy files to reduce the load on your computer when editing. I do not have a clue with this but I use the rest of their software suite for Photo, DTP, Draw and web design and love it.British from Nottingham! Big discounts for regular customers.
Posted 14/02/2013 - 18:26
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Cyberlink Powerdirector Ultimate v11 is the one topping
all the lists at present. I've never used it so I don't
know how compatible it is.
http://video-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
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all the lists at present. I've never used it so I don't
know how compatible it is.
http://video-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
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Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
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I have used Windows Movie Maker on a PC and imovie on my mac. Both are 'bundled' with the respective OS on new machines (well Win 7 anyway) or can be bought cheaply or downloaded free.
I found them both to provide basic editing functions and a simple 'film' could be produced from several clips with a music or commentary soundtrack.
I converted to mac and I do find that imovie definitely has the edge in functionality.
For anyone starting out (that still includes me!) I would recommend these packages as they provide a basic introduction before moving to something more powerful.
I have also used Adobe Premier Elements (available for mac and PC) which is a very good package and can be bought for around £70. With this you can produce some very professional results.
However I now use Final Cut Pro X (mac only) which is a full pro package (although some pro's may disagree). This does cost £199 but provides some fabulous functions and is fairly intuitive to use.
I'm sure others will be along to mention other packages.
One word of caution with video editing is that it is very, very, very memory and processor intensive. I have 16Gb Ram in my MacBook and you can still hear the poor thing grunting as it tries to render some of the video. And I haven't done much HD yet!!
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