Had to search for this, knew I'd seen it somewhere: http://www.avid.com/US/products/avid-studio
At £140 it could be an option. I used to use Avid Liquid, it was quite stable, but obviously I have not tried this version as I have AP now :-) Neil. On 25 August 2011 17:35, Julian Baldwin <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > Mark, > I suspect that Uwe's suggestion of Premiere Elements may be the most > straight forward for you. The current version is V9.0 but V10 is due out > in September. This means that the V9 is available at very good prices > and indeed I have a box containing the bundled version (Photoshop > Elements v9 + Premiere Elements v9) sitting on my desk at the moment > having just arrived. The current UK price for that is about GBP 66 (= > USD 100 approx). > The 'system requirements' do NOT include a 64 bit operating system but > mention that a 3GHz processor with SSE2 support is required for HDV. A > dual core processor is required for AVCHD. > > You may wish to note that when HDV is captured it produces an .m2t file. > This is a form of MPEG2 and requires the MPEG2 facilities of Premiere > Elements which are probably NOT included in the free trial version of > PE. This is because Adobe have to pay a licence fee to use the MPEG2 > codec and therefore do not make it available in the trial (free) version. > > If PE doesn't suit you and you can't find a suitable version of Premiere > for your 32 bit system I would suggest that you consider the cheaper > version of Grass Valley's EDIUS program which is called 'NEO 2 with > booster pack'. Actually I believe NEO 3 may be out now. This is a very > versatile program with a great reputation for stability and it includes > an intermediate codec which will 'unpack' compressed HD formats such as > HDV and AVCHD into an .AVI file which can be edited by a much more > modest speed computer. I think Grass Valley offer a 30 day free trial. > > Incidentally, be aware that .AVI files are not all the same and an AVI > file created (captured) by one program may well not be readable by all > others. It is important to know which codec was used to create the file > and to have it available on the machine you are intending to play or > edit the file on. > > If you feel the need for more guidance about which program is best, you > may need to give us a bit more information about the type of material > you are producing and what is to be used for - e.g. Holiday (vacation) > videos or quick turn-around news for TV. > > Let us know how you get on as other people may find themselves with a > similar dilemma. > > Julian > Bristol, England > *********************************************** > > On 25/08/2011 14:14, [email protected] wrote: > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > 1c. Re: best 32 bit Premiere version for HD video editing > > Posted by: "Mark McLaughlin" [email protected] weavsigman > > Date: Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:17 am ((PDT)) > > > > > Thank you Uwe, I'm looking at HDV input from miniDV cassette tapes, > > which arrives as, .avi? > > > > Will look at Elements, is its advantage merely price, or abilty > > to run on 32bit OS and intake& edit HDV? Version numbers? > > > > System is XP pro 2.8 gig clock /w 2.5 Gig ram, 3 - 500Gig HDs > > > > Cheers > > > > Mark McLaughlin > >> ----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Uwe Soltau > > >> Sent: August 24, 2011 11:50 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [AP] best 32 bit Premiere version for HD video editing > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Mark, > >> > >> The last 32bit version is CS4. > >> What do you mean with HD? HDV or AVCHD? > >> CS4 handles HDV well but not AVCHD but then you computing > >> power is also important. > >> > >> What type of videos are you making? You might consider > >> Premiere Elements as an interim solution.(US$ 100) > >> > >> Uwe > >> > > > [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/
