Questions for video editors

**carfrancis** · June 2nd, 2005 02:13 PM

hi guys,

sideline ko kse mag-edit ng videos pero small-time pa lang (weddings, birthdays, VCD souvenirs, school projects, etc.). gusto ko na sana mag-upgrade pra makakuha ng bagong clients..i've been using Pinnacle DC10 capture card for a couple of years now. Analog capturing lang sya and i want to add digital na since marami na gumgamit ng DVcamcorders.. and para DVD output na rin.

i'm not sure if pwede na bibili lng ako ng firewire port for the digital inputs and still use my DC10 for analog (para mas mura). if ganun, will there be an issue sa rendering? or bili nlng ako ng totally new AV/DV capture card? (un sa Pinnacle kse costs around P10-15thou, mjo mabigat din).

also, ang licensed software ko is Pinnacle Studio 7 lng. Gusto ko sana ng Pinnacle Studio 9 or Adobe Premiere. San po kaya merong licensed editions na mura lang? Mahal din kse ung online purchasing nila.

Hope you can help me out! ;) Thanks!!

**uvax** · June 2nd, 2005 02:41 PM

Since your budget is tight, just buy a firewire card. You can get one from PC shops for about 1K. So with the firewire card and your existing DC10 card you can do both digital and analog capture. You can stick with Studio 7 as it can handle DV capture. That's it.

**Mushi Mushi** · June 2nd, 2005 02:51 PM

Nako-konsiyensya ka ba about using pirated CD? Yung Adobe Primiere kasi eh P100 lang sa mall. Kung mag-e-edit ka sa bahay, hindi ka naman ire-raid ng NBI malamang. :praning:

**carfrancis** · June 2nd, 2005 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by Mushi Mushi

Nako-konsiyensya ka ba about using pirated CD? Yung Adobe Primiere kasi eh P100 lang sa mall. Kung mag-e-edit ka sa bahay, hindi ka naman ire-raid ng NBI malamang. :praning:

hehe ndi nman.. kaya lang po mdalas pag pirated software, mraming ndi naka-unlock na effects. ska madalas mag-hang o kaya may problem sa installation kse ndi kumpleto ung files. kaya nakakainis din. hehe..

**carfrancis** · June 2nd, 2005 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by uvax

Since your budget is tight, just buy a firewire card. You can get one from PC shops for about 1K. So with the firewire card and your existing DC10 card you can do both digital and analog capture. You can stick with Studio 7 as it can handle DV capture. That's it.

that's what i was thinking. kya lng pag nag-render un, aling hardware ang gagamitin ng Studio? un firewire card o un DC10? kse nakaka-epekto rin daw un sa video quality eh. tama po ba?

kya ko gusto Studio 9 kse i need ung video overlay na effect.. meron din po bang mabibili na installation cds ng special effects and sounds that can be used with Studio? wla kse ako nakikita sa PC shops eh. thanks po!

**uvax** · June 2nd, 2005 03:49 PM

Firewire card and DC10 are capture cards. Walang kinalaman ang mga ito sa rendering. Yung CPU ang ginagamit sa rendering kaya walang epekto sa video quality ang mga card na ito.

**carfrancis** · June 2nd, 2005 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by uvax

Firewire card and DC10 are capture cards. Walang kinalaman ang mga ito sa rendering. Yung CPU ang ginagamit sa rendering kaya walang epekto sa video quality ang mga card na ito.

ah ok. thanks for clearing that up.

someone once told me na may kinalaman daw kse un eh!.. self-study lng kse ako kya i don't know much about the technical/hardware aspect of this business.

**yebo** · June 2nd, 2005 05:11 PM

i was just asking the same question to villman computers but for me it's for capturing dv images from my camcorder to a laptop. they reccomended Snazio Pocket PVR which costs P5998. see mo, www.snazio.com/Links/PVR.html meron din yata sila sa villman for a desktop, mas mura http://www.villman.com/

then pag meron ka na turuan mo ko ha ehehehe! wala pa ko alam e, naubos na kasi yung dv tapes ko so need ko ilipat sa vcd/dvd, mas mura kasi blank disk kesa dv tape.

**Mushi Mushi** · June 2nd, 2005 06:08 PM

Instead of Pinnacle, why not try the Taiwan video cards like:

PROLINK
http://www.prolink.com.tw/english/pr.../mutimedia.htm

and

KWORLD
http://www.kworld.com.tw/

Hindi hamak na mas makakamura ka pa. The quality is even top-notch. Your customers can never tell the difference. Isipin mo kung P10,000 yung Pinnacle mo, ilang kasalan o binyagan pa ang ta-trabahuhin mo para ma-recover mo yung P10,000 na investment mo?

About software, hindi rin hamak na mas maraming features ang Adobe Premiere kaysa sa Pinnacle Studio. In fact, Adobe Premiere is used more often sa Hollywood movie studios. Okay na okay yung nabili kong Adobe Premiere jan sa may Makati Cinema Square - fully functional. P100 lang.
:praning:

**oldblue** · June 2nd, 2005 06:32 PM

wala pa ko alam e, naubos na kasi yung dv tapes ko so need ko ilipat sa vcd/dvd, mas mura kasi blank disk kesa dv tape.

have the same prob here. d ko pa din na-transfer sa PC yun mga tapes ko from beach outings and exhibits. parati naman out of stock yun firewire cards na mura.

have you guys heard of the new JVC 4GB Microdrive. ok no! considering ang size lang ng isang DVD movie is more than 4GB. sana ma-push itong format na ito not only to videocams but also to digicams & computers.