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JonMorley

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hi all,

ive been wanting to edit video for a while so went and got myself some software, Pinnacle studio 14.

im finding it very limited, have anyone else used this?
 
A colleague used this and found the same as you did. He now used Premier Elements
 
will check out your suggestions will these allow me to make my own titles (flashing/ moving words etc)
 
I have used pinnacle studio 12 and ulead video studio 11. Ulead was better than pinnacle. This was some time ago, I now use imovie which is a mac software.
 
If you can afford prem 10 or 11 then get it as it leads onto prem pro cs6 or above. I started with prem 7 and now have cs6! Amazing
 
Until Adobe sort their pricing structure, Premiere CS7 won't sell well.

Have a look at Lightworks.
 
Is Movieplus easy to use?

I have never edited a video in my life - or seen anyone else do it, so I would be starting from scratch and at the moment I wouldn't even know how to open the program or start editing in any way shape of form. I have a compact with a video mode on it an dI have thought about doing some - but have no idea where to start or how to go about it! Or even who to ask or where ot look.:puke:

Photography I have grown up with, so I have no idea how I started with digital pics, it is too long ago to remember now.

Any help gratefully received.
 
I find MoviePlus X5 quite easy to use, and they have an excellent user forum if you get any problems. I'ts a bit like the Canon 7D, lots of options but you don't have to use them all straight off, start simple and then experiment. There are also plenty of YouTube videos on how to do things.
 
JonMorley said:
hi all,

ive been wanting to edit video for a while so went and got myself some software, Pinnacle studio 14.

im finding it very limited, have anyone else used this?
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Haven't heard about the one you use..
I used to editing videos with WMM, and now edit with ShowBiz. it's the imovie for pc, you can edit videos just by dragging clips into storyboard. Special effects such as transitions, subtitles and so forth are allowed to live up your videos.

It supports most common video files editing, combine mp4 editing software, avi editing software, mkv editing software, mpeg editing software and so forth
 
I use Premier CS6 (as part of the creative suite). It is great but you have to get into it for sure as with Photoshop you can scratch the surface but the real power is beneath.
 
Lensflare said:
Is Movieplus easy to use?

I have never edited a video in my life - or seen anyone else do it, so I would be starting from scratch and at the moment I wouldn't even know how to open the program or start editing in any way shape of form. I have a compact with a video mode on it an dI have thought about doing some - but have no idea where to start or how to go about it! Or even who to ask or where ot look.:puke:

Photography I have grown up with, so I have no idea how I started with digital pics, it is too long ago to remember now.

Any help gratefully received.
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In that case look at Windows Moviemaker to start with - quite under-rated yet as simple as it can be.
 
V8burble said:
I use Premier CS6 (as part of the creative suite). It is great but you have to get into it for sure as with Photoshop you can scratch the surface but the real power is beneath.
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CS7 is great. It's moved lots of features onto the GPU and is lightning fast.

Lightworks is coming on leaps and bounds and is free. Despite being free it's very good and was used on the King's Speech.

Whatever, get one with the traditional edit workflow. If you learn movie maker and upgrade, then you'll need to re learn later on. I'll post a brief overview later when in front of pc.
 
Back in the day when film and TV was shot on film, daily exposed film was rushed back to the company HQ and processed. The processed film was sorted into physical bins e.g. main characters, establishing shots, atmospheric audio etc. These rushes were viewed in a preview room, shots chosen, in and out points marked in Chinagraph and sent to the editor to cut and lay. Once complete, the processors would render to final cut reels.

So in editing software, you take the camera rushes (files) and process them to an editing format like the open standard Digital Nonlinear extensible High Definition (DNxHD) or the proprietary Apple ProRes. This is either done using external specialist software like Eyeframe Converter or using a plugin from a camera manufacturer. In the edit software, the video files are stored in virtual bins. They are viewed in a preview window, in and out points marked and played onto the timeline. The video is viewed and when complete, is rendered to file.

This technique is as used by Premiere Pro, Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, Vegas, Cinelerra, Lightworks, Serif....

Personally, I use Eyeframe to create ProRes, edit in Lightworks Pro and render to ProRes, then use Eyeframe to create files for Vimeo, DVD/Bluray or CasparCG.

If using Lightworks Free, Eyeframe will convert to high bit rate MPEG2. The Light works tutorial videos are excellent.

If you learn to edit on a non-timeline system, upgrading could be hard.
 
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