On Tuesday, May 28, 2002, at 09:56 AM, Pat F Bass III. wrote: > 2. I will mostly be using the video in short instructional video clips > of 2 minutes or less. Is the editing capability of imovie sufficient > or does one quickly feel they need a program like final cur pro? What > is the learning curve of such a product? Also any suggestions on > hardware/ software for video projects?
Start with iMovie?it's free?and adequate for short clips. It will provide an introduction to the Mac platform and is a great learning tool. FCP is available with an academic discount for around $500. You can use it out of the box, but like anything worthwhile in life it has an open ended learning curve. There is a lot of web support for iMovie and FCP. Links below. For hardware, fast and large. I would encourage a Powermac G4 over the G4 iMac. The Powermac allows for the expandability you may eventually require. Expect new ones to be introduced at MacWorld in July. Current models will drop in price, or you can get the latest and greatest. You will eventually require an additional large 7200 rpm HD. That can be installed internally on a Powermac, or as an external FireWire drive. The FireWire drive would work fine with between an iMac and a laptop. For a laptop, a Powerbook G4 800MHz hands down. It was designed for FCP. Others will respond to various aspects of your inquiry. Meet Lee Larson :- ) ...vDog Links Apple: http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?14 at 97.bFDra8Cfcj3^0@ iMovie: http://www.danslagle.com/mac/imovie/iMovieFAQ.html http://www.danslagle.com/mac/imovie/iMovieTipsandTricks.html FCP: http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html http://www.lafcpug.org/ The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be May 28. For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
