If you haven't tried Sony Vegas yet, give them a shot...you can get a free full working trial for 30 days....For PC's I think it's the best editing software out there....
Heath http://heathparks.com/blog --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Adam Quirk <qu...@...> wrote: > > I just said "thanks Rupert" out loud. Neoscene just made my life much > easier. I'm kicking myself for sitting on it this whole time. > > Yeah I like Premiere, but it's a fickle mistress. It crashes every once in a > while, as do all computer programs I suppose. I think it's about the same as > Final Cut, but I've only used FCP a couple times. I really like the keyframe > animation options built into Premiere, and it's pretty easy to switch back > and forth between After Effects and Premiere on the same project. In my > dreams, AE has audio editing and can import any codec. > > AQ > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Rupert Howe <rup...@...> wrote: > > > I found myself tempted back to PC for the first time yesterday. > > Realised how often Apple decisions that affect video (in their apps, > > browsers, phones, Quicktime) have pissed me off and how little I trust > > them to keep doing the right thing. > > And then saw this - the Adobe/Nvidia Mercury Playback engine: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xso6CGdsl2c&feature=player_embedded > > And thought about the possibility of switching back to Adobe CS5 video > > apps on PC > > You obviously like Premiere? I haven't used it properly since the > > nineties, I don't think. > > > > Rupert > > http://twittervlog.tv > > > > > > On 15 Apr 2010, at 16:45, Adam Quirk wrote: > > > > > I think I downloaded that and forgot to install it. Trying it now, > > > thanks. > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Rupert Howe > > > <rup...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > Sorry - pasted wrong link: > > > > http://www.cineform.com/neoscene/ > > > > > > > > On 15 Apr 2010, at 16:35, Rupert Howe wrote: > > > > > > > > > Have you tried using Cineform Neoscene AVIs? > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.videoguys.com/Item/CineForm+Neo+Scene+PC/54E4543435F454E4.aspx > > > > > Comes highly recommended for easy cutting of 5D Mk2 clips in > > > full HD > > > > > with Premiere. > > > > > Costs $99, but they have a trial. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rupert > > > > > http://twittervlog.tv > > > > > > > > > > On 15 Apr 2010, at 16:11, Adam Quirk wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> I got a 7D at the beginning of the year and I'm still not > > > > >> comfortable with > > > > >> my workflow. Hoping someone here has some experience with it. > > > > >> > > > > >> 1. Pull clips into my raw video folder using the EOS Utility that > > > > >> comes with > > > > >> the camera. This works well. > > > > >> > > > > >> 2. Convert the 1080p h.264 clips to raw uncompressed AVIs with > > > > >> converter > > > > >> software (I use AVS). This is mainly because Premiere won't > > > import > > > > >> them as > > > > >> is. Was hoping to find a preset online to download, but haven't > > > seen > > > > >> one > > > > >> yet. > > > > >> > > > > >> 3. Pull them down into the timeline and render the whole thing. > > > If > > > > >> you don't > > > > >> do this, it's pretty much unusably jerky. Even after this, it's > > > not > > > > >> always > > > > >> smooth. I have a powerful machine too. I find that if I disable > > > the > > > > >> audio, I > > > > >> can scrub the footage pretty smoothly, but that just means I > > > have to > > > > >> disable > > > > >> the video track when I want to cut to the audio. FML. > > > > >> > > > > >> 4. Cut, render, compress. > > > > >> > > > > >> So this is a bitch and a half, and I have been reading up on > > > other > > > > >> people's > > > > >> 7D workflows around the web, but 90% of them are on Macs. Has > > > anyone > > > > >> here > > > > >> been working with 7D footage on a PC? > > > > >> > > > > >> Thanks, > > > > >> Adam > > > > >> > > > > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
