A high quality editing suite?

[miker]

for the PC may I recommend Sonic Foundry Vegas Video 3.0

the only reason I don't use that more is because my card's RT stuff requires Premiere6.

the audio side of most NLE sucks bigtime, but Vegas is sweet, oh so sweet!

it's not all just video filters y'know ;-)

frankly I think the 'big' players are getting worried by desktop NLE, I mean Avid is already crumbling from market erosion.

I agree with redlum on this at least -- all you really need is the ability to cut, crossfade and fade to black.

as to colour correction, that can be pretty important too but it isn't always necessary depending how you shoot your footage in the first place.

I think if I was new to the market I'd either see if I could afford a Mac with OS-X and some dandy software or plump for the most expensive PC I could afford plus ?60 DV card + Vegas Video + keygen ;-)

and maybe, just maybe, a USB based Soundblaster Extigy ~?150

then don't forget you huge plasma screen ...

[Mods]

That's cool, thanks. I know how to use most software these days, and I pick it up real quick so selecting software and things to edit with (i.e. ULEAD, Adobe) etc won't be too hard.

It's the actual system. I've heard good things about Amiga's but I've hardly ever touched one.

The thing I'm trying to achieve is, by the end of the summer, i'll be out of education and not going to university. I really want to get film production under way. Of course this will mean needing to get a job etc probably in the industry (as a runner, woohoo!) but in my spare time, or if I can make a thing of it, I want to create a film that will be applicable and acceptable to be shown at film festivals around the UK, maybe around the world.

Therefor I don't want to get a **** system that won't do me any favours. Premiere is easy, I like it, but after using it at school, it just KEPT putting everything out of sync etc but the computer it was running on was fairly good.

It's the whole "PC" issue. PC's (especially with Windows) aren't designed to create video productions on. They're designed to market and sell Microsoft and **** you about every which way possible. I'm trying to find machines that are specifically created for home video editing.

It'd be nice to find out what IDeepthroat.com use actually. LoL [img]wink.gif[/img]

Mods

[steven_craig]

hey, im back... good to see you all again after the troubles [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

im a bit biased here but iv used a few systems on pc's and macs (never an amiga tho), and the one that was the most stable was the mac. expensive yes, but when time is money - you profit tenfold...

how is it so stable you ask, mods? APPLE make the hardwear to run the APPLE softwear , to connect to the APPLE designed firewire connection...etc etc

p.s. i dont want to start another f?ckin pc vs. mac debate [img]graemlins/cry.gif[/img]

[Xendar]

Hi Mods,

I would definitely recommend you take a look at Pinnacle Edition. It is a good alternative to Premiere. It is the updated version of Fast's Studio DV (Pinnacle bought Fast earlier this year). Slightly similar in look and feel to Avid Xpress DV. Lots of cool features including background rendering. It sells for ?379 + VAT and comes with a Firewire card.

At the moment there is a special offer where Pinnacle Impression DVD Pro is bundled free up until 30th June.

For further info take a look at www.pinnaclesys.co.uk or www.planetdv.net


Regards

Mark Smith - www.neonfilms.co.uk

[miker]

ah, balance

http://www.digitalvideoediting.com/2...ditorial50.htm