bigsinky

what do the rest of you guys use for dv editing, capture. the software that came with my jvc dv is crap. any recommendations? i have thought about adobe premiere and pinnacle stuff. how do these rate?

cheers

big sinky

mega_stream

I was just gonna post the exact same question

I got Adobe Premier, been trying for the last few hours to add a transition effect, the bloke I work with showed me how this afternoon, took him seconds and it looked very good.

I think Adobe is one of the best, it's just not that easy to use until you get the hang of things. Which I havn't yet

Anyone know of any good dummies guide sites for DV editing?

DV sure eats into your HDD space aswell

Try a 30 day eval of Premier from the adobe site.

chrisowe

Ulead Videostudio is good if your new to DV editing. You can also make your own DVD's with it, if you have a DVD burner that is.
Or if you have Windows Xp spend no money as it comes with Movie Maker, a not bad basic program.

ragnarock2

Mega, to add a transition effect, overlap the 2 movies (need to be on 2 differen video lines, and drag the transition onto the transition bar (it will then expand to meet the size of the overlap) click the timeline next to the transition, and click return to render the transition (you will need to do this each time you add/change a transition)

Took me ages to first figure out how to do it, but am now finding it quite easy!

Daz34

The latest Windows update greatly improves Windows Movie Maker that comes with XP. Not exactly comprehensive but pretty good & easy to use.

Darren