Lee's answer is good, but if you've never used Adobe products before, as Ewe says, you can and will drown fast.
Many editing packages use a similar type layout on the screen, but, how you implement the effects, add titles and a whole host of other things can be tedious and a somewhat different learning curve each time, due to the nature of the manufacturer's interface. Some (not Adobe), allow you to directly 'add' effects, like picture in picture, titles and various 'transitions', that connect two scenes together (dissolves etc), by simply clicking on an icon or a drop down menu. However, Adobe needs for you to 'drag and drop' effects onto the 'timeline' (the actual running video clips), or, create a new title to then drop onto the timeline. Adobe is actually quite intuitive, if you 'learn the lingo' or system first, others are like WYSIWYG editors, you want, you add, you place then edit sort of thing. There are lots of Youtube videos that can get you through what you want, they do get you there, but not always why or how the procedure is implemented, for an actual basis for learning the system you do want or need to learn, if that makes sense. Online tutorials from places like lynda.com are a godsend, if you can subscribe and then learn under your own steam. Some of these paid for videos are available 'elsewhere' on the 'net, or even Youtube, I guess it depends on your morality really and how quick you want to learn or get up and running, or, want to know the basics that will work with you throughout the whole process. Some editors you will pick up fast, others you wont. I picked up on Adobe many years ago, it works sort of backwards as regards others in some ways, but I stuck with it and can happily say it worked for me. Cheers, Neil. On 11 January 2012 17:37, Lee Menningen <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > To answer your question, Adobe Premiere Pro has all the features you'd want > including multi-camera support. I always use multi-cameras and sync them (I > sync them by feeding identical audio to all cameras and sync the audio > waveform. Otherwise, trying to sync on video can be very trying!) And no, > you do not focus on the starting frame - you will be syncing on any > convenient point within the overlaid clips. > > Philosophically, it's easy to realize that with editing software, while > just > about any product can help you make a final video, each of them will do > things in a way different from the others. Also, the more "professional" > software will do many more things than the simpler software. The more > complex software has tools allowing nicer looking videos whereas the > simpler > software may be slightly more limited. > > From your standpoint consider two things: One, if you're going to be > involved doing this over and over again, it might be profitable to invest > time and money in learning a more complete software package whereas for a > quick-n-dirty one time investigation effort, using a simpler software may > suffice. Second, if the video is to make presentations then a more polished > look is justified than if you are simply doing engineering analysis work. > > Lee > > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] > On Behalf Of megawatt > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:07 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AP] Getting started > > > > Newbie here. I have a project I'm working on in a manufactoring facility. I > have never used any video editing software. I don't even know what to call > video editing stuff - absolutly clueless. What I'm looking for is editing > software that is somewhat easy to use but must have the abililty to merge 2 > to 4 video clips onto one screen. I don't know if that is called > multi-frame > or what. Basically, I want to sync a few clips of manufactoring equipment > such that I can see them operate simultaneously. Of course I would need to > adjust the starting frame of each clip such that the starting points are > the > same. This will allow me to compare performance between the equipment. > Could > someone please suggest the software I need. Any help would be greatly > appreciated. > Tks! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
