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05-17-2006, 11:02 AM
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Hello All!
I have been looking around for a good video editor for over a month now and I have found it very hard to come to a conclusion on what to buy. So I decided to join these forums and ask.
I am just starting to get into DV stuff and and so I am looking for a good editing program that is reliable and not too expensive, doesn't require a university degree to operate, won't hog all of my computer's resources, has a great sound editor and can do some more technical things such as single frame editing (e.g. like for rotoscoping). I am also after features such as colour grading, green screen/blue screen, reversing of footage, and a good customizable DVD menu system. I doubt that there is any progam that has all of those things. Is there any program (or programs) that you could suggest?
I have looked quite a bit at Pinnacle Studios and Premiere Elements but after reading a lot of reviews there seems to be a few setbacks with both of them. I have downloaded the trial version of Vegas 6 and it seems to be fairly good but it can't do all that I am after.
Has anyone got any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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05-17-2006, 01:45 PM
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The only thing I see that vegas wont do is the rotoscoping (but I may be wrong, feel free to interject if anyone else knows better). I think the only way to rotoscope is with a decent paint/photo program, actualy Im interested to find out myself so if anyone else has info on rotoscoping please post.
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05-18-2006, 07:01 AM
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Yeh, Vegas 6 can do most of the things but it can't do DVDs (you have to buy the DVD maker that goes with Vegas 6) and I don't think that it can do green screen. Can it?
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05-18-2006, 11:27 AM
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Premiere elements will do all of that except the rotoscoping. However if you spend the extra £30 (ish) and get Photoshop Elements with it then you have everything you need.
As for the "won't hog all my system resources" statement though. You'll be lucky 
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05-18-2006, 12:22 PM
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Vegas has a felixible 'green screener', the colour keyer, will key on any colour.
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05-19-2006, 06:49 AM
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Premiere elements had some bad reviews that has put me off. Just little things that I think would make it a pain to use. Also the fact that is takes up a few GB of harddrive space doesn't make me happy about buying it. But alas it seams to be the only one that can do rotoscoping.
Vegas 6 has a "green screener?" I can't find anything on that in the help files. Maybe I am just blind.
Do any of you know of a progam like Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro that can import video into a film stip? I have a program called Animation Shop which can import film into a strip but it can only save it as a gif which doesn't have very good quality.
One program that I downloaded the trial of which seems to be fairly good for effects is EffectsLab. I don't know what the full version is like. Have any of you heard of it?
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05-19-2006, 08:56 AM
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In vegas under the FX tab look for "Chroma keyer" (green, blue whatever colour screener).
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05-19-2006, 10:18 AM
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ah yes, thank you. It is quite neat that.
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06-06-2006, 06:17 AM
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Hey thanks guys. I decided to go with Vegas 6 and bought it the other day. Just got to await for its arival :\
Cheers,
Geekman
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