I want to buy a firewire card but which software would be best?
Pinnacle Studio 7.0
Ulead Uideo Studio 5
Premiere 6.0 LE
All under £100 with the card. Or is there some other inexpensive software which would be a better buy?
If you only have a budget of around £100, then I would suggest you go for Hauppauges DV Wizard.
It retails for about £99, and comes with Uleads, "Media Studio Pro 6 Special Edition" (which is all but the full version). It takes a little playing with to understand, but after only a few weeks I`m sure you will be it`s master.
It should fulfill your every need, and save you having to upgrade to bigger and better things later on.
Studio 7 is good but I feel you may quickly out grow this when the video editing bug bites.....
[This message has been edited by SM1 (edited 11 June 2002).]
The Cameo 600 from Terratec is an OHCI Card with front bay mountable breakout box and Mediastudio Pro 6.0 VE which IS upgradeable to 6.5 - the full version.
If you're new to digital video editing and you just want to get your feet wet before you spend a lot of money, Studio DV from Pinnacle is a good bet. It includes Studio 7, which won an Editor's Choice award in PC Magazine, and a FireWire card. If money is no object, then try stepping up to the Pro-One from Pinnacle, for a little more than $1,000 you get real-time editing, transitions and effects. And it comes with the full version of Premiere (not LE).
-Rick
I think of the three options mentioned, for a complete beginner, Pinnacle Studio 7 wins by a country mile.
I have used Pinnacle Studio 7 for a while now and it's a doddle to use. Excellent introduction to video editing and the support forums are very informative.
I suggest having a look around LynxDV for some very good software bundles & some keen prices.
i.e. Video Studio 5 & Media Studio Pro 6VE for around £60.00 or Premiere lite for £75.00 including the ADS Pyro + other stuff.
Regards
Thanks for the replies guys.
Hi,
I wont recommend any particular software - other than to hint....
You should try out a few BEFORE you purchase. Ulead is a company that offer trial versions... you should test these out.
John Price has pointed out a very good route to follow - check it out.
A Firewire card for £22 can be purchased from http://www.Dabs.com/ with Ulead Video Studio... Type in "Value" in the Fast search.
I'd also recommend a trip to Pinnacles forum site for Studio7 just to read the postings - some get deleted!!
Direct Link: http://webboard.pinnaclesys.com/read_forums.asp?WebboardID=1&SectionID=58&lng=1
All Forums: http://webboard.pinnaclesys.com/default.asp
There is of course the SoftDeko site to look at for links to and information about lots of editing software:
Visit the http://www.softdeko.8m.com/atod.htm for Links to all software
or try http://www.softdeko.8m.com/video_editing_record.htm http://www.softdeko.8m.com/video_editing_record2.htm http://www.softdeko.8m.com/video_editing_record3.htm http://www.softdeko.8m.com/video_editing_record4.htm
just to name a few :)
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@SoftDeko
Note - Altered instructions for Dabs - use "Fast" search.
[This message has been edited by eaglefhart (edited 12 June 2002).]
Thanks eaglehart for all the links.
good idea about the trials - I didn't realise they so many did them. For anyone interested in the same question as me there's a 30 day premier trial available as well
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/