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Aug 07, 2009 03:50 |  #1

Hi,
Brand new to this section as I'm looking for an HDV camcorder. I'm not looking for anything professional btw. What are your favorites?
Also, I do not have any video editing software. Are there any decent and inexpensive software I should look into? I'll need it for HD editing.
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Aug 07, 2009 06:49 |  #2

Sony vegas is really good and you can get a mini version called sony movie studio, although i dont know what features it has

in vegas you can have numerous layers of video and sound in HD, SD, iPodD, any other format you want. once you get used to the editing system they have its really easy to make sweet vids, also you can take those skills over to something more popular like premiere, even though i dont find premiere near as good as vegas (opinion)


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Aug 07, 2009 08:17 |  #3

I have VideoStudio 11 Plus and it does everything I want - which isn't much compared to some I'm sure - BUT it doesn't output to 1080p, only 720p. I dunno if I'm missing a setting but it's annoying to shoot 1080 and only get 720 out. So, if you want to stick with 1080 then look elsewhere (or figure out what I'm doing wrong :) ).

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Aug 07, 2009 10:17 as a reply to  @ dan j's post |  #4

Noted with thanks. I'll do more search from your suggestions.


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Aug 07, 2009 10:51 |  #5

One that is nice to have (though hard to use, but absolutely free) is megui+avisynth. You can do just about anything in that combo, but you don't get a gui editor. There are some avisynth gui things out there though if you want to try.


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Aug 07, 2009 14:57 |  #6

Canon Vixia HF10 and Final Cut Pro are my favorites.


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Aug 08, 2009 22:45 |  #7

I use Edius - very fast, stable, and multiformat compatible. The best user forum on the net too. You can also run it on a Mac with Bookcamp. http://desktop.grassva​lley.com/products/EDIU​S/index.php (external link)


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Aug 08, 2009 22:52 |  #8

If you're on a Mac, Final Cut Pro is your best bet, it comes as part of the Final Cut Studio, USD$999.00 brand new. May or may not be in your budget, but the program is robust - worth the money.


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Aug 09, 2009 16:04 as a reply to  @ darosk's post |  #9

I should have mentioned that I use PC, duo core 2 with 4g of ram. Any good software to go with that?
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Aug 09, 2009 19:43 |  #10

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I should have mentioned that I use PC, duo core 2 with 4g of ram. Any good software to go with that?
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If you want to go top of the line, production quality stuff, avid and enough said. If you aren't that hard core, sony vegas and adobe premiere are top choices. If you want free programs, avisynth+megui+vobsub.


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Aug 10, 2009 08:30 as a reply to  @ basroil's post |  #11

Thanks a bunch. I'll look into Vegas and Premiere for sure.


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Sep 15, 2009 02:42 |  #12

Adobe Premiere Pro FTW!


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Sep 15, 2009 10:38 as a reply to  @ Paul J McCain's post |  #13

Thanks for the advise.
I've gotten a HF S100 and Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum package. Also, I've purchased a set of training dvd from Vasst and everything is all good.


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Sep 24, 2009 06:58 |  #14

I'm curious which is better myself. Could you tell me, Vincent, if you like the Sony software?


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Sep 25, 2009 22:24 as a reply to  @ SuzyView's post |  #15

The Sony software is awesome. I've also bought Vasst trainning DVD and it's worth every penny.


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