HD Video Editing Software - Idiot Proof

[enivre]

Hi guys,

I used to do video editing in the old Premiere back in the SD days, now I've just bought a consumer HD camera and premiere can't work with the HD files anymore.

I don't really need the frills that premiere gives, I just need something to piece things together, at most add some text, then export it to DVD.

I've tried the vegas demo but that was firstly unstable on my computer and secondly too hard to get used to. I can't get Premiere CS3 because it'll screw up the CS2 programs which I currently have installed.

Any ideas on what else I can use?

Thanks!
Ervine

 

[ness96]

Hi guys,

I used to do video editing in the old Premiere back in the SD days, now I've just bought a consumer HD camera and premiere can't work with the HD files anymore.

I don't really need the frills that premiere gives, I just need something to piece things together, at most add some text, then export it to DVD.

I've tried the vegas demo but that was firstly unstable on my computer and secondly too hard to get used to. I can't get Premiere CS3 because it'll screw up the CS2 programs which I currently have installed.

Any ideas on what else I can use?

Thanks!
Ervine

I use Vegas 7 + DVDA4 on a Core2 Duo Laptop (Free laptop form Starhub promotion). HDV edit and burn to DVD for full 2hours length video clips without problem. No regret to go on Vegas. I too am new on Vegas but after a while, find it easy to use. Tons of Vegas Tutorial online. Was from Premiere background too.

Enjoy.

Dennis

 

[tchoonyong]

Hi guys,

I used to do video editing in the old Premiere back in the SD days, now I've just bought a consumer HD camera and premiere can't work with the HD files anymore.

I don't really need the frills that premiere gives, I just need something to piece things together, at most add some text, then export it to DVD.

I've tried the vegas demo but that was firstly unstable on my computer and secondly too hard to get used to. I can't get Premiere CS3 because it'll screw up the CS2 programs which I currently have installed.

Any ideas on what else I can use?

Thanks!
Ervine

If you use a mac the latest imovie 08 is a totally idot proof editing software that supports a wide variety of HD camera like AVCHD... you just drag and drop anything you want and within half an hour a video done.

 

[enivre]

I use Vegas 7 + DVDA4 on a Core2 Duo Laptop (Free laptop form Starhub promotion). HDV edit and burn to DVD for full 2hours length video clips without problem. No regret to go on Vegas. I too am new on Vegas but after a while, find it easy to use. Tons of Vegas Tutorial online. Was from Premiere background too.

Enjoy.

Dennis

Actually I can use vegas to edit, just don't like it... problem is, it keeps crashing on me. Maybe it's coz I'm on vista 64bit. :cry:

I also heard the mac's imovie can do HD, but I'm on a PC.

 

[jaegersing]

Vegas is not stable on HDV if you have many clips. It's not bad if you capture as one long clip and then divide it inside Vegas, but if you try to bring in many (100+) separate m2t clips it chokes up and crashes. I've been using Vegas for years, but find myself going to Edius for HDV projects, it feels much more solid. Would call it idiot-proof though. Maybe idiots shouldn't edit HDV? Ha ha just joking.

 

[enivre]

Ah no wonder.. my HD clip got captured in many multiple files... okay will try again..

 

[Hobbes00]

I edit HDV in Premiere Pro.2 Its fine.

 

[enivre]

I edit HDV in Premiere Pro.2 Its fine.

Strange, why couldn't mine work.. maybe I was using the wrong version.

Anyway got the videos to work in vegas after recapturing the video in bigger chunks instead of 100s of tiny segments. Looks great after converting to DVD and playing it back on an LCD TV.

Thanks guys!
Ervine

 

[TechMage]

Edited HDV using Premiere Elements don't even need Pro version.

It really good for a hundred plus dollars $140+ the last I bought...and come with Photoshop elements too. Can do most of what the pro version can do.