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I'm dipping into this part of TP for the first time and have yet another question about software. I found this thread useful https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/video-editing-software-for-mac.656207/ but it was some time ago, and specifically I'm interested in the audio options.
I sometimes video live music - amplified, loud, mostly poorly lit and small venues. Recently I've invested in a small Olympus recorder to record the audio separately and have been manually syncing it in iMovie on my MacBook Pro. All just for fun, so not for professional purposes.
I'm still a relative novice using iMovie, but I've found some frustrating limitations. For one video I couldn't quite get it synced exactly - it was either just before or just after, jumping in discrete amounts when I moved it - snapping was off and I am picky! Another issue is that I can't 'save' the file so I can go back to a previous edit if I muck it all up. Perhaps I could save it as another project? I'd also like to link the synced audio with the video so I can cut it or move it and they stay together.... I think I have to export it and then reimport it. There are other niggles.
From what I can tell my options are Adobe Premier Pro, Final Cut Pro or Davinci Resolve - all around the £300 mark. Are there any other options which might give a bit more control but are not so expensive?
I will probably have to live with the limitations of iMovie, but I thought it was worth asking, just in case....
I sometimes video live music - amplified, loud, mostly poorly lit and small venues. Recently I've invested in a small Olympus recorder to record the audio separately and have been manually syncing it in iMovie on my MacBook Pro. All just for fun, so not for professional purposes.
I'm still a relative novice using iMovie, but I've found some frustrating limitations. For one video I couldn't quite get it synced exactly - it was either just before or just after, jumping in discrete amounts when I moved it - snapping was off and I am picky! Another issue is that I can't 'save' the file so I can go back to a previous edit if I muck it all up. Perhaps I could save it as another project? I'd also like to link the synced audio with the video so I can cut it or move it and they stay together.... I think I have to export it and then reimport it. There are other niggles.
From what I can tell my options are Adobe Premier Pro, Final Cut Pro or Davinci Resolve - all around the £300 mark. Are there any other options which might give a bit more control but are not so expensive?
I will probably have to live with the limitations of iMovie, but I thought it was worth asking, just in case....