http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Forums » Tag: software - Recent Posts en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:11:53 +0000 http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/organizing-video-clips#post-52352 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:18:58 +0000 grinner 52352@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> In each project, I have a bin for sequences, one for talking head, one for b-roll (or multiple bins per location, sunject, ect.) a bin for graphics and a bin for audio. I sometimes have a seperate bin for saved effects and such. t depends ont he project. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/organizing-video-clips#post-52333 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:17:25 +0000 birdcat 52333@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Sony Vegas has a facility to do this built in - Don't know if any of the other NLE's do.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/organizing-video-clips#post-52321 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:05:54 +0000 SargeHero 52321@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Ellesgaard:</p> <p>To organize your videos/files/clips you need to categorize folders. Using folders by date is not the best of ideas,<br /> unless the day is relevant to the content of your videos. In my case (for the weather forecasts) I make a folder with the date of the forecast (12 November), inside of it I make sub-folders by categories (weather maps, the forecast, anchors clips, etc. Each sub-folder with its own footage and graphics) All of this is inside another folder, the month (November). All of them are inside a "Master Folder" by the name of the weather channel name "Juracan TV".  It seems confusing, but its quite simple:</p> <ol> <li>Juracan TV (Master Folder)</li> </ol> <ul> <li>November (Folder) <ul> <li>10 November (Sub-Folder) <ul> <li>Weather Maps (Sub-Folder) <ol> <li>United States Radar</li> <li>Atlantic Satellite</li> </ol> </li> <li>Anchor Footage (Sub-Folder)</li> </ul> <ul> <li>  <ol> <li>Take 1</li> <li>Take 2</li> </ol> </li> <li>Forecast (Sub-Folder) <ol> <li>USA Video Clip</li> <li>Atlantic Video Clip</li> <li>Puerto Rico Video Clip</li> </ol> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>I told you that categorizing by date is not a good idea because you will have so many folder of dates and you will rather not remember what was on it. The trick to categorized folders is naming them with something you can remember easily. For example for a short film that is name "Events" you make a master folder name "Events", you keep making sub-folders inside (Footage Sub-Folder, Special Effects Sub-Folder, Music Sub-Folder, etc) and put the clips in their corresponding sub-folders. Put the master folder in My Documents and if the folder is really important put color labels to them. Also, keep your desktop as much clean as possible. I only put files and folders in the desktop for projects that I'm currently editing. After finishing the project I move the files to my documents and clean the desktop for the next projects. </p> <p> I haven't found a software to organize my clips. I think I don't need it but, it will be interesting to see the features.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/organizing-video-clips#post-52315 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:24:32 +0000 ellesgaard 52315@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi all!</p> <p>I'm sorry for my english, I'm from a little country called Denmark . I hope your understand my question.</p> <p>How do you organize your clips?</p> <p>I have my clips on harddrives, in folders by date. But I have trouble finding things now, after my library have grown a lot.</p> <p>What do you do?</p> <p>I have tried to find some software like FC SERVER, but I can't find some, anyone knows a good piece software (client/server)?</p> <p> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/forums-software-upgraded#post-52045 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:25:09 +0000 admin 52045@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Just <em>posting</em> a test reply.<br />Editing the <strong>reply</strong> also worked.<br />Posting an image works.</p> <p><a href="http://xkcd.com/582/"><img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/brakes.png" /></a></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/forums-software-upgraded#post-52044 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:24:38 +0000 admin 52044@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>The forums software has been upgraded to the latest version. Please let us know if you see any bugs.</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>-Andy</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/best-video-format-for-editing#post-51669 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:33:32 +0000 robgrauert 51669@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>1. If you already have a miniDV camera, I would shoot with that if all you're doing is uploading to Youtube. I understand Youtube has the option to view HD, but it's not THAT good. Although, apparently Vimeo is pretty decent. Anyway, it doesn't matter. No client will look at your work and say "This is crap..It's not HD." You can compress your SD video just fine for Youtube and it will look great. And besides, MiniDV is easy and ready to edit. No transcoding necessary. </p> <p>2. HDCam SR, but you can't afford that. I think AVC-Intra is the best, and DVCProHD...if you can afford those. If you can't you may have to settle for HDV or AVCHD, which are probably suitable for the web anyway. </p> <p>3. Everyone seems to like the Canon HV30...or whatever model number they are at now. Probably HV40 by now.</p> <p>4. I'm not a fan of AVCHD, but it's probably fine for what you're doing. I'd go with miniDV or AVCHD though.</p> <p>5. Your Macbook Pro will serve you will, especially if you go the route of editing miniDV footage.</p> <p>6. I love FCP, but it sounds like that will be overkill for you. Final Cut Express is probably the better option. I think it's only $100.</p> <p>7. Do you have Adobe Premiere to edit video with? That's very similar to FCP, so I'd save the money and go with that if I were you. Just be sure it supports the format of video you are recording though.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/best-video-format-for-editing#post-51665 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:18:48 +0000 CruzinCostaRica 51665@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi all, just registered 10 min ago, so my 1st post. I am new to editing, and I need some advice.</p> <p>Sorry if the post is long with several questions, but I figured that was better then 5 diff posts. </p> <p>Let me give you some detail about what my needs and limited experience are, equipment I have now, so that you have enough details to help me.</p> <p>I have had video camera's in the past, but never did anything in terms of editing. The last 4 years I've had a Sony DCR-PC350, uses Mini DV  tape and takes 3 megapixel stills, records to Sony Memory stick for the stills.</p> <p>As of April 2009, I am now in charge of all marketing and sales for a real estate project here, an ocean view mountainside community (from 300 ft above sea level to 3000 ft) about 5 miles from the Pacific beaches, set in a 1000 acre Nature Reserve, approx 100 lots and custom homes over the next year. For now, I am the only one on our new development team that has any computer background, so I take all the photographs and video tape and do the editing, which right now has only been small clips uploaded to youtube for clients to see.</p> <p>So I am responsible for producing all the photography and "quick" video for the project website, and there is no end of things to shoot, be it the views from the lots, the equestrian center, all the bird and animals, the river that runs through our community, 50 different "eco tourism" activities, sportfishing trips, visits by new clients, etc. All of this to be used in marketing the project.</p> <p>I started with the older Sony in April, and a friend loaned me a Nikon D80 DSLR, (never used a slr or dslr before) with the standard F-S DX 18-135 mm and a fisheye lense, so I am using it and with my limited knowledge, the photos seem great, but honestly I have left it on automatic settings so far (except some macro shots).</p> <p>I went overboard on software (I think I did) so the lack of tools would not give me an excuse not to learn, as I have just about everything in Adobe CS3 and some CS4 updates, IMovie 09 and the older IMovie HD, and 10 different programs, some free, that have to do with converting to different formats of both audio and video. So far, I have "played" with IMovie 09, but have not actually created anything yet with any of the better tools, except something in April using the older Sony mini dv and windows movie maker, which is very limited, and I would rather not boot to Windows for editing, I am focused on learning the correct mac-centric software for real editing.</p> <p>I run a 15' Macbook Pro (pre-unibody) 2.5 Ghz Core 2 Duo upgraded to 4Gb Ram and a 7200 rpm 320 Gb hard drive, and a separate 19 in ch monitor, also running Paralllels 4.0 and virtualizing Windows XP, just for some legacy programs from before I went Mac, I have 2 Tb of external disc space, usually running through firewire 400 for better speed then USB 2.0, so that is my current computing power.</p> <p>I have purchased two new items since July, the 1st was a new Canon SD780, 12 megapixel still and 720HD Video, primarily because I could have one compact tool "always with me", and I have to say I have been very happy with it, and the fact that is records to .mov (from Canon website-records in modern H.264 format and encodes mono audio as Linear PCM at 16 bit / 44.1KHz, then stores the result in a QuickTime MOV) so I can pop the SDHC in a card reader and transfer to my mac and play in quicktime with no editing/conversion, a bonus when with clients in the field.</p> <p>But I dropped it, and no store in Costa Rica had a new Canon SD780, so I was desperate with a video shoot for a new client scheduled, and so I found a 2 year old Panasonic HDC-SD5, small and light but shoots great HD Video (1080P) and has 3CCD, but it records to AVCHD format. I have no real knowledge if that is better/worse quality Video, or better or worse forediting then the H.264 format/.mov format of the small Canon, but I can not just shoot and view on my Macbook pro, if I have 20 minutes of raw video, it takes 25 minutes to import and convert in Imovie before I can use it.</p> <p>I am fortunately in a financial position to get (some) new equipment the next 2-3 months, be it cameras, more powerful computing, other editing software, etc. So I am armed and dangerous, as I can buy new equipment and tools, but still don't know anything beyond basics to use the tools (better cameras, better video cameras, more powerful computer and other digital editing peripherals, and editing software) though I am an enthusiastic and fast learner, and am truly enjoying this new creativity.</p> <p>So I thought I would ask experts, to give me advice before I buy, so I end up with the right equipment, and get focused on the right editing tools and software so I have a shorter and more productive learning curve.</p> <p>Small form factor is critical, if it's not on me, I get no shots, and 50% of the time I am in rugged terrain, around rivers, up and down the mountain hiking, some times "rock climbing", where I need to use both hands and not carry much, and often on horseback or quad, so a Goriila Pod tripod and the little Canon were perfect, often just the Canon. Many times I had to leave the bigger Nikon D80 in the SUV, otherwise I would break it or soak it in the river. But I default to the Nikon for the really nice shots. I mention this form factor as I have been looking at something "in between", maybe a bridge camera like one of the ultrazooms that eliminated the seperate dslr lens, still has 20x zoom and HD Video (like the Canon PowerShot SX20 super-zoom)</p> <p>Some specific questions.</p> <p>1. Have I overlooked the older camera (Sony DCRPC350) as it seems good video quality, and records to mini dv tape. </p> <p>2. What is the best format in 2009/2010 for HD Video recording, so I maintain high quality all the way thru editing and final product.</p> <p>3. Suggestions of the best small Video Camera, or was I fine with that sweet little Canon SD780 with the 720 HD Video and .mov format(for my level of knowledge)</p> <p>4. Should I stay away from AVCHD, or is that a good format for editing and video quality, once I learn the tools..I have read posts on other forums, some hate it, some say it's OK if you have the computing power. All I know is that I can't "drag and drop" from camera to Mac and play quickly, but I don't want to disregard the format and give up on my current Panasonic 3CCD/1080HD Video Camera if that is the only problem.</p> <p>Should I be moving to a quad core Mac Pro Desktop for serious editing, or are the current/next gen high end 2009/2010 Macbook Pro's with the newer processors and 4,6 or 8 GB enough power.</p> <p>Should I move right away to FCP, or FC express? or...? </p> <p>Or learn the adobe tools I already have, because I am new, user friendliness and fast learning curve are critical.</p> <p>Again I appreciate any and all suggestions, computer or camera equipment, software, downloads, links..you name it.</p> <p>my Skype is marazul.ray, and my email is <a href="mailto:raycruzcr@gmail.com">raycruzcr@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Thanks in advance, and if anyones is coming to Costa Rica, give me a shout..</p> <p>Ray</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/editing-software-3#post-51465 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:29:50 +0000 film814 51465@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>To get really good slow motion you really need to shoot at 120 or more frames per second.  The standart 60 will only work it you're wanting to slow the video to 50% original speed.  If you want it slower, you'll have to look at cameras, not software.</p> <p> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/editing-software-3#post-51459 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:32:34 +0000 naish54 51459@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I like to use after effects, you can do great time ramps in it, theres tutorails on how to achieve looks such as 300 slow mo ramps at <a href="http://www.videocopilot.net/">http://www.videocopilot.net/</a> and also to be sure to have your shutter speed up as high as allowed, compensating of course for the light, open up the iris, and try not to use gain. high shutter speeds will allow for much better slow mo(if your camera can use manual settings)</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/editing-software-3#post-51445 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:36:44 +0000 Sk8EditPro94 51445@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Sorry. I forgot to mention i need to sow motion without interpolating frames. Here's an example: </p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27NIADlYuVU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27NIADlYuVU</a></p> <p>please watch the whole video and pay attention to slow mo parts.</p> <p>bad example:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrZREBvP8fM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrZREBvP8fM</a></p> <p>good example of ramped slow mo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNxyEnLn66Y">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNxyEnLn66Y</a></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/editing-software-3#post-51321 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:58:33 +0000 birdcat 51321@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Sony Vegas Pro has excellent speed controls - both simple (ctrl-drag on the timeline) and powerful (velocity envelopes).</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/editing-software-3#post-51315 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:12:56 +0000 robgrauert 51315@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Do you know what format of video are you working with? </p> <p>If you are still shooting miniDV, I think a Macbook with Final Cut Express will give you what you want. Also, a good slo-mo PLUG-IN is Twixtor. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/editing-software-3#post-51314 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:41:37 +0000 Sk8EditPro94 51314@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> As a skater, all I'm really looking for is a software that can do good slow motion. I'm sure it also has to do with my lack of experience that I can't do good slow mo, but I just want to make sure it has that capability, like for example Windows Movie Maker can't do good slow motion because it only allows you to use the "slow down half" feature. I will learn how to make slow mo edits later, but first I need to find a consumer quality software that I can work with on practicing my slow motion. Can anyone please help? Thanks.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/beginner-needs-advice-on-hardwaresoftware-for-documentary#post-50275 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:40:57 +0000 cfox 50275@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>It seems I forgot to mention something huge in my original post that would have helped guide the suggestions thus far. My delivery method for my documentary project will be DVD and web video (smallest file size possible), so if I would have disclosed that in the beginning I'm sure I would have been guided to the point where my research led me today. The camera I was looking at was great, but there's no way for me to burn AVCHD to a regular DVD disc, and the majority of my target audience does not own a Blu-Ray player, nor do I own a BR burner. So, although that camcorder is very nice and I'd love to start with that one, if I can't burn my HD video then I can't justify purchasing an HD camera at the moment.</p> <p>Stepping down to an SD camera just made things much less complicated for me as far as hardware/software, so let me just run one other things past you guys. Instead of the Canon HF S10, would the Canon FS22 be sufficient? I'm having some difficulty finding answers to my questions about the speicific cameras in question, so I hope you guys aren't tired of helping this newb yet. I just need a camera that will be able to shoot some good footage for a documentary. It must have decent sound or ability to connect a mic, must have tripod connection, etc. Please give any advice on the camera side if you can, and I'll promise to stop posting for a while, lol. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/beginner-needs-advice-on-hardwaresoftware-for-documentary#post-50271 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:17:25 +0000 cfox 50271@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Alright, so I'm in the process of purchasing a couple external hard drives to get a head start on this before I bite the larger bullet of ordering the sotware and camera. Here's where I'm at so far...</p> <p>LaCie 1TB external HD, very affordable at $165 each from Dell. Only problem is it doesn't appear my PC has FW 800 connectivity (heard Vista doesn't support that interface yet...?), so I won't be able to daisy chain two of these on the 800Mbps side. So here's the big question, do I get two drives and daisy on FW 400 or just get one drive and connect via eSATA?</p> <p>Thanks again for all the help! </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/beginner-needs-advice-on-hardwaresoftware-for-documentary#post-50193 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:45:47 +0000 cfox 50193@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Thanks so much for the helpful advice!  I know I'm bound to hit some snags along the way, as you said, but I wanted to get as many suggestions as possible from people with much more experience.  So, thanks for that!</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-software-for-3d-animated-real-world-terrain-flyovers#post-50162 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:06:19 +0000 NormanWillis 50162@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> don't know.  sorry.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/beginner-needs-advice-on-hardwaresoftware-for-documentary#post-50161 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:04:10 +0000 NormanWillis 50161@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>And it sounds like you are doing your research, which is good.  You will hit snags, but persevere.  Your basic plan seems sound.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/beginner-needs-advice-on-hardwaresoftware-for-documentary#post-50160 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:02:48 +0000 NormanWillis 50160@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>You'll be fine.  You'll have some technical support issues, because that is the nature of the beast.  But your basic plan and strategy is sound.</p> <p>You definitely want a second hard drive for HD: and in fact a RAID 0 setup for the second drive is even better, although not entirely necessary.  </p> <p>AVCHD is a bear, because the files are compressed so much.  The processor has to uncompress them on the fly in order to edit them, which is a big job, so it taxes the processor heavily.  However, you can ease the load on your machine somewhat by transcoding the files with Cineform NeoScene, a $99.00 utility through Videoguys.  I use the Canon HF S10 (which I love) and the AVCHD .mts files make my CoreDuo Quad 3.0GHz run at 95% capacity on all four cores.  However, when I transcode the files first with NeoScene they run at about 57%, and the colorspace is much better.  NeoScene is the cheapest thing you can do to increase your relative processing power/speed.  It makes AVCHD editing so much easier.</p> <p>Internal drives are at least hypothetically better than external drives.  Some guys have problems with external drives, but it all depends on you and your machine.  Most guys use external drives with out problems, but if you have the option, bring the hard drives inside of the box to eliminate problems.  The same goes for DVD or BluRay burners.  Most times you are fine.  But.</p> <p><em>&gt;&gt;Second, am I starting too big?  I don't really want to use Windows Media Player, and I know that Adobe Premeire is very high-end, so if there's something int he middle that will get the job done and make my project look just as nice, please let me know.</em></p> <p>If you want something 'in the middle' try Sony Vegas.  It is a comprehensive all-in-one suite that is very easy to use.  Most of the people on this forum (maybe 2/3rds) use it, because it is so easy to use, and because it delivers excellent bang for the buck.  It does not have the higher-end features of CS4, but lots of guys use Vegas for their primary (because it is so much easier) and then they export whatever needs 'finishing touches' to CS4 with a free utility called DebugMode Frameserver (which I have not used yet, but everyone loves).</p> <p>I hope that helps.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/beginner-needs-advice-on-hardwaresoftware-for-documentary#post-50159 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:51:05 +0000 cfox 50159@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I've been trying to read around about the compatability with the Canon VIXIA HF S10 and Premeire Pro, but I need some confirmation.  I've read there may be difficulties with this model's encoding (AVCHD) and Premier...any idea if this camcorder will cause me any problems if using it with Premiere to edit?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-hdc-hs250-editing-software#post-50142 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:04:45 +0000 david5566 50142@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>you can choose youtube. It has a function called Video Remixer. You can upload each video to YouTube.com, then you can edit online. It will cost you nothing.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-software-for-3d-animated-real-world-terrain-flyovers#post-50139 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:13:08 +0000 sockydr 50139@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Thank you for the info, Norman.  For Blender and Lightwave, do you know if they can take .dem (Digital Elevation Model) files, and satelte overlay files as input to build 3D models?  I know if I can do that, then I should be able to do animated camera moves around the model.  If you don't know, I can ask around the communities for those programs.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-software-for-3d-animated-real-world-terrain-flyovers#post-50138 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:50:11 +0000 NormanWillis 50138@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> you can also ask about lightwave on Creative Cow</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-software-for-3d-animated-real-world-terrain-flyovers#post-50137 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:49:04 +0000 NormanWillis 50137@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> <a href="http://www.blender.org/">http://www.blender.org/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.newtek.com/lightwave/">http://www.newtek.com/lightwave/</a></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-software-for-3d-animated-real-world-terrain-flyovers#post-50136 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:40:53 +0000 NormanWillis 50136@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>have you looked at lightwave 3d?</p> <p>I think there are also some Open Source alternatives.  You might google "Open Source Lightwave 3d", and see what you come up with.</p> <p>I hope that helps.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-software-for-3d-animated-real-world-terrain-flyovers#post-50134 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:05:34 +0000 sockydr 50134@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I’m looking for help in finding software that I can use to produce 3D animation video flyovers of real world terrains. I would like to make professional looking 3D animated video of scenes such as flying up to and around Mt Rainier in Washington, or Mt Whitney in California. I know that Google Earth professional offers such a product, but the cost is at least $400.0 per year, which is prohibitive for my budget restricted hobby. I tried 3DEM from Visualization Software LLC, but was unable to seamlessly stitch together the .dem files for the terrain I needed. I also tried MicroDEM, but had the same problems as 3DEM – plus it was not easy to use. If anyone knows of such a product or can point me in the right direction to find such a product, I would really appreciate it. I’m willing to pay a reasonable one time purchase price – I just can’t afford a yearly subscription fee like Google Earth Professional. Thanks for any help.</p> <p> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-hdc-hs250-editing-software#post-50072 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:46:10 +0000 tlhatton 50072@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I have recorded a 2 hr video and made CDs but was unable to bring the video in HD into Premiere to edit and to combind clips is there a editing software out there that is free or cheep that someone can recomend. At the same time is there tutorial that can help in using the software and also the Panasonic HDC-HS250. Thank you all for your help.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/beginner-needs-advice-on-hardwaresoftware-for-documentary#post-50021 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:35:48 +0000 lmenningen 50021@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>1. I use PremierePro CS4 and use multi-cameras and may have many more than three timelines/sequences, some nested, and all the other stuff you'd do when editing, and PremierePro handles them just fine. There doesn't seem to be a limit to the number of timelines.</p> <p>2. Your computer should be OK, but having three (3) internal or eSata hard drives can help. Premiere lets you allocate drives: say drive C for the system and project files, drive D for your source files and a third drive for the preview files. This allocation provides tremendous speed improvements. Buy tera-byte drives.</p> <p>3. Your processor should be fine - mine is the i7-940 which is only slightly faster than yours, but I do have 12GB memory. Before I went to Vista 64-bit I had a system with only 4GB of memory, and PremierePro CS4 constantly crashed on projects of very minimal size. It was very frustrating, and it crashed on over a dozen projects. The problem was that 4GB in a 32-bit OS is not enough. You have 6GB and a 64-bit OS which is much better, but be alert for crashes - that shouldn't happen unless you have a larger project; most projects should work just fine.</p> <p>4. Editing doesn't make much use of your kind of graphics power, but of course it won't interfere in any way either.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/beginner-needs-advice-on-hardwaresoftware-for-documentary#post-49969 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:11:34 +0000 BruceMol 49969@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I capture to an internal hard drive for editing, but I also eSATA drives for backups. My preference is to have 2 copies, one on the data drive of my computer and one on an eSATA drive which I regularly exchange for another drive in my safety deposit box at the bank. Read about the read/write speeds and I'm sure you'll go with eSATA. My new m/b (ASUS P6T) has an eSATA port and I was able to add an eSATA card to my other computer quite easily.</p> <p> </p>