I hadn't thought about running it with bootcamp. Good idea. Thanks! I left my PC in London.
And Vegas Movie Studio costs even less than that - it's about $60-70 or £33. Incredible value for what you get. It's a really good editing program for videobloggers - perhaps the best one out there to meet a hobbyist's needs. I no longer feel any need to tell people who are interested in videoblogging and digital filmmaking that the first thing they should do is go out and spend thousands of dollars on a Mac and FCP. The advantages of FCP for the average user do not justify the difference in price between it and Vegas. One of the things I like most about it is that it'll cut MP4 files from a phone or a Xacti without having to import or convert/transcode them. And it's better in almost every way than all the other free and cheap editing programs. Unlike WMM or iMovie 06 (never mind its bastard child iMovie 08), it allows proper multiple-video-track Non linear editing. And in terms of flexibility, format friendliness and ease of use for beginners, it beats the pants off Final Cut Express. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Heath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just to echo Rupert's comments, I use Sony Vegas and while I have not > worked in HD yet, I have been paying attention to AVCHD, since > Panasonic uses that as well. From what I know by checking on fourms, > etc Vegas does a really good job at handling AVCHD natively. > Depending on some factors you can get Sony Vegas Movie Studio for > about 100 bucks and that will edit HD footage, and you can run Vegas > on a Mac with bootcamp I think, maybe something to think about... > > Heath > http://batmangeek.com > http://heathparks.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "ruperthowe" <rupert@> wrote: > > > > "The Apple Apps all have means to ingest AVCHD footage." > > > > Not quite true. The *newest* Apple apps support AVCHD, but with > > limitations. The terrible (in my view) new iMovie 08, for instance > > supports it, but not the better iMovie 6. If you have an older > > version of iMovie or FCP, you're stuck. But then if you have an > older > > Mac, you're stuck, too. Quick google told me that FCP 6 (the latest > > version) initially didn't allow AVCHD import, and then was updated > > last summer to allow it, but with big limitations - only on a Mac > Pro > > and not natively: it transcodes to other codecs that use 10 times > more > > space than native AVCHD. > > > > For PCs, Sony Vegas does support AVCHD - and I like Vegas a lot. > > > > Rupert > > http://twittervlog.tv > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Polack > > <ottorabbit@> wrote: > > > > > > Panasonic also has a hybrid camera - > > > > > http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/shop/Cameras- > Camcorders/Camcorders/Hi-Def-Camcorders/model.HDC- > HS9_11002_7000000000000005702 > > > > > > > > > > Check > > > respective NLE software sites for AVCHD workflow info. > > > > > >
