excuse my ignorance about this stuff...just starting into the can of
worms for video editing.
The hardware that I just purchased (ADS Pyro A/V Link with Elements)
came with Premiere elements. From most of the info I have seen on the
Web, this has some limitations which would really bother me...Audio
shortcomings for one (I am a pro-am audio engineer), and the apparent
inability to have chapters in your authored DVD. Version 3 may have
fixed that but I have version 2 and am aprehensive to upgrade.
I have seen a lot about the Ulead Videostudio 10 plus...seems to have
all the features I am looking forand the ability to create DD 5.1
intrigues me.....
Has anyone had experience with either of these programs?
Recommendations? Do they run reliably?
I should be ready to try out some captures in a week or so and have
prepped my new computer as much as possible...320 GB SATA2 HD, 1GB
DDRAM, XFX GeForce 7300GT and a firwire card. Now the tough question
remains...what software should I try? Is Elements 2 worth keeping?
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Hi everyone: excuse my ignorance about this stuff...just starting into the can of worms for video editing. The hardware that I just purchased (ADS Pyro A/V Link with Elements) came with Premiere elements. From most of the info I have seen on the Web, this has some limitations which would really bother me...Audio shortcomings for one (I am a pro-am audio engineer), and the apparent inability to have chapters in your authored DVD. Version 3 may have fixed that but I have version 2 and am aprehensive to upgrade. I have seen a lot about the Ulead Videostudio 10 plus...seems to have all the features I am looking forand the ability to create DD 5.1 intrigues me..... Has anyone had experience with either of these programs? Recommendations? Do they run reliably? I should be ready to try out some captures in a week or so and have prepped my new computer as much as possible...320 GB SATA2 HD, 1GB DDRAM, XFX GeForce 7300GT and a firwire card. Now the tough question remains...what software should I try? Is Elements 2 worth keeping? Any help or comments appreciated. Thanks, Mike.
The ULEAD product has a free trial version (lacking some templates, etc).
Give it a spin.
have seen a lot about the Ulead Videostudio 10 plus
I've just been playing with the trial version of that editor, and on the
whole it is quite impressive (gained several magazine awards, apparently).
However, although the disk menu facility is quite powerful, I was unable
to prevent it generating an extra top-level menu on top of the one I specified.
But the killer for me was that I could find no way of preventing jerkiness
in panning in the burned DVD.
(I had a similar problem with the Pinnacle Studio 10 Plus editor, but
realised that that was caused by many dropped frames during capture, and
after I changed the capture parameters there were no more dropped frames
or jerkiness.)
As I found the Pinnacle editor had a much neater and intuitive user
interface (though perhaps not powerful enough for the more professional
user), with no menu problems, I shall invest in that rather than the ULead
editor, even though the former had a propensity to hang WinXP from time
to time.
Do the above two editors have rivals? Would be glad to hear about them...
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On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:03:50 +0000, Mike wrote:
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have seen a lot about the Ulead Videostudio 10 plus
I've just been playing with the trial version of that editor, and on the whole it is quite impressive (gained several magazine awards, apparently). However, although the disk menu facility is quite powerful, I was unable to prevent it generating an extra top-level menu on top of the one I specified. But the killer for me was that I could find no way of preventing jerkiness in panning in the burned DVD. (I had a similar problem with the Pinnacle Studio 10 Plus editor, but realised that that was caused by many dropped frames during capture, and after I changed the capture parameters there were no more dropped frames or jerkiness.) As I found the Pinnacle editor had a much neater and intuitive user interface (though perhaps not powerful enough for the more professional user), with no menu problems, I shall invest in that rather than the ULead editor, even though the former had a propensity to hang WinXP from time to time. Do the above two editors have rivals? Would be glad to hear about them... -- Maurice Batey (Retired in Surrey, UK) www.maurice99.entadsl.com (Remove 'removethis.' to reply by email)
You may want to examine your file compatability. I get absolutely none of
the symptoms you report, ever.
The next step up would be Adobe, Edius (Canopus), etc.
... although the disk menu facility is quite powerful, I was unable to prevent it generating an extra top-level menu on top of the one I specified.
Well, I've now come to terms with that, now I understand the logic.
The top menu is a kind of 'disk presentation' page, from which one can
either selct 'start at beginning', or skip to the underlying 'chapter
selection' menu. And I like the way the menu structure performs.
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But the killer for me was that I could find no way of preventing jerkiness in panning in the burned DVD.
On experimenting further in the 'Advanced' section of Capture Setup, and
selecting '720x576' as the DVD-PAL video size, there is now no jerkiness
in panning in the DVD.
That aspect of the capture setup is confusing. For example, if I set
the video size to 'DVD-PAL 704x576' then capture throws up the error:
"The correct video size for capture is (640x480). This does not match
the Capture settings (704x576)" (though it's happy with 720x576)
But there is no 'DVD-PAL 640x480' option in the list, only 352x288,
352x576, 704x576, and 720x576.
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So I don't know whether you had no trouble with the trial, or the full
version. (You might have used trial versions of several editors,
with going on to the full version.)
How about elaborating on your suggestion w.r.t. file compatibility, as
requested?
I am assuming you do wish to try to help (in this case a video neophyte).
Many thanks in advance...
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On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 15:23:23 -0700, Quanta wrote:
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This question makes no sense at all.
So I don't know whether you had no trouble with the trial, or the full version. (You might have used trial versions of several editors, with going on to the full version.) How about elaborating on your suggestion w.r.t. file compatibility, as requested? I am assuming you do wish to try to help (in this case a video neophyte). Many thanks in advance... -- Maurice Batey (Remove 'removethis.' to reply by email)
Let's go step by step:
What type of file (.avi, .mpg) and what are it's specifications that you are
using as source?
What type of file (.avi, .mpg) and what are it's specifications that you are using as source?
Capture is from a Hitachi DZ-MV730E digital camcorder (which uses
mini-DVD-RAM disks), using - because it has no PC connection facility -
its TV S-Video output through a Pinnacle Dazzle "DVD Recorder" plugged
into the PC's USB socket.
The resulting DVD quality is nevertheless really excellent, apart from
the jerkiness in the faster panning sequences (which - as described in
another posting recently - no longer occurs, but I don't understand why!).
(Using Windows XP Pro, SP2)
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