I have made over 100 small video's mostly of dirt bikes and 4wd action,
now I am trying my had at kitesurfing video's
I to have had trouble with my HD flash storage video camera (Samsung VP-HMX20C) combined with the editing program's that I use (cyberlink Powerdirector 7 and Ulead videostudio 11) I even went out and bought the new i7 computer along with a super fast video card and 8 gig of ram but still having prob's with crashing and stuff. I still use my HD camera but I have to have it record in SD just to have a chance of editing it later but sadly I have had to go back to the good old MinDv tape video cam and I have totally given up on cyberlink Powerdirector 7 which gave me the most grief.

So which camera are you useing and what program do you use? Cheers Marcus

looks like a great camera, but its a big ask for a laptop to handle HD video editing. Ulead video studio is a farely stable editing program, thats the one I use if I don't want any hassels. Looking foward to seeing your next vid, cheers Marcus

Yeah..Mac is king when it comes to editing

coreyb said...

always use a tripod. It looks like crap if you dont use one, even with the camera on wide angle.

I use and old Panasonic camera with the mini DV tapes, and edit on i-movie.

Marcus45 said...

Yeah..Mac is king when it comes to editing

coreyb said...

always use a tripod. It looks like crap if you dont use one, even with the camera on wide angle.

I use and old Panasonic camera with the mini DV tapes, and edit on i-movie.

*rollseyes* oh here we go with how awesome a mac is .


notebooks can do video editing just fine spielberg

I use Cyberlink power director 8 and have had no problems with it at all.. i don't know jack about my computer except its about a 7 year old Dell.. But the cyberlink programme will upgrade SD to HD.. and considering i am using a crappy little Olympus tough designed for stills i have been pretty happy with the movies it puts out.. especially if you watch them in HD.. I know you have probably seen it before but here it is again

Aah yes my least favorite topic - HD too hard to edit. And for many people they cant even get it into the computer..

Its not too bad if you consider that for true HD editing you need to have the investment in Hardware and software for post production.

The mac is probably the best way to get up to speed for a newby as it is so plug and play -

to give microsoft their due they have caught up alot in the easy stakes.

For those who know what they are doing A windows based machine and a quality editor (vegas / premiere etc) will do it too

- but there are so many traps with HD- especially if you arent using a camera / codec from the big 3 (Canon, Sony, Panasonic)

Here is my story:

I was looking into purchasing a Sony Ex series camera a few years back -its got some amazing features , low light and sharpness- but the mpeg 2 codec would mean that i also would need a whole new editing set up. Or super slo entire transcode of all footage - not viable when you are shooting 300 to 400 clips a day.

I went for the Panasonic HVX200 - it records HD in dvcprohd (a brillant fantastic codec)- which edits with the same processor demand as good old DV - so i got 2 more years of productivity out of my edit suite !! (final cut on a g5 power pc MAc Pro tower from 06 ) - And my render times on the timeline (grades / compositing / speed changes) are fast.