Video Editing - Page 3

Praxeas · #21 03-01-2008, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RandyWayne

This one retails for over 1800 (but we paid about 300 as students through the UW Madison).

right...my web suite would be cheaper though as an upgrade. I can or could have gotten it for like 500....Photoshop alone is that much lol

RandyWayne · #22 03-01-2008, 11:51 PM

Premier, Photoshop, and Audition are the three I use constantly.

Monkeyman · #23 03-02-2008, 12:12 PM

Final Cut Pro!!!!!!!!

us dudes in the know call it FCP

Avid is good too...also, Avid (not express) is what a lot of TV stations use so...

Also, I need to mention, Apple's Imovie that comes with every mac is SIMPLE, and puts out a pretty good project. I have used it many times for small, tight-budgeted projects.

CC1 · #24 03-02-2008, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Ronzo

You can usually pick it up on Amazon for a lot less than Sony sells it for on their site.

Believe me I am the ultimate bagain shopper. I search Amazon, google, nextag, pricegrabber, etc before I buy anything!

CC1 · #25 03-02-2008, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Monkeyman

Final Cut Pro!!!!!!!!

us dudes in the know call it FCP

Avid is good too...also, Avid (not express) is what a lot of TV stations use so...

Also, I need to mention, Apple's Imovie that comes with every mac is SIMPLE, and puts out a pretty good project. I have used it many times for small, tight-budgeted projects.

Of course my dream is to have Final Cut Pro along with a top line Apple computer. However that is not in my budget right now.

I was stretching things to buy a new Dell dual core desktop with 4 gigs RAM, 320 gb HD, firewire ports, media card reader, DVD dual layer burner, etc. That was under $700 plus $180 for a new 20.1 Widescreen monitor from Tiger Direct where the Apple I want would be about $3000 minimum plus the $1200 for Final Cut.

ManOfWord · #26 03-02-2008, 02:29 PM

I am working on getting Final Cut Pro to compare with Avid Express Pro. I just tried iMovie and it is terrible!!! It does not seem like you can drag clips onto a timeline and edit with fades, cuts etc. With Vegas Pro, you just drag the clip, drag the end or beginning of the clip to cut it, pick your fade effect and voila!!!

Monkeyman · #27 03-06-2008, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ManOfWord

I am working on getting Final Cut Pro to compare with Avid Express Pro. I just tried iMovie and it is terrible!!! It does not seem like you can drag clips onto a timeline and edit with fades, cuts etc. With Vegas Pro, you just drag the clip, drag the end or beginning of the clip to cut it, pick your fade effect and voila!!!

I didn't know there was an Avid express pro? I knew there was a normal avid and an express, hmm I need to look into that. There are 2nd party companies like Gee Three that make great add-ons to iMovie, I can turn around a small project in minutes if need be. Of course, it doesn't come near FCP which is a lot of fun to use I must say! The new iMovie '08 looks a lot like FCP now...

I would tell folks to hold out, save up the shlamolians and pay for the Apple gear, it is sooooooo much easier/faster to use. Your jobs that you pick up will pay for the gear in no time. For instance, I held out for a really nice camera ($$$) as soon as I got it, I started to land bigger jobs and it paid for itself in 2 jobs!!!