What are you editing on?

Dylan Couper · December 11th, 2005, 09:37 AM

Y'all are total wusses, I cut my DV tape with a razor and assemble it with duct tape. It's hard to know where to cut so I use a magnifying glass to look real close at it so I can see what frame I'm at.

Sometimes I use Vegas 5 on the PC though. IMHO it is faster than anything else out there, short of the razor/duct tape.

Sheila Ward · December 11th, 2005, 01:13 PM

Dell XPS Gen5, P4 Dual Core Extreme Edition. Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, After Effects, Audition, Encore, ProCoder 2.0.

Bill Ball · December 11th, 2005, 06:05 PM

P4 3 gig with Premiere 1.5 suite. Do get some crashes though.

Max Liptack · December 12th, 2005, 12:29 AM

P4 2.8 Ghz 1 gig of ram.

Premiere Pro 1.5
After Effects 6.5
Photoshop CS
A variety of audio programs
Audition
DV Rack (in trial still, but I really like it)

All of this will do what I want it to do, I have access to it at school, but I need to buy it for myself soon. Of course that is, if I have the money to spend on it and/or if I want to continue in the field.

Tim Borek · December 12th, 2005, 09:49 AM

* Ulead MediaStudio Pro 7 with Service Patch 3 (Good realtime performance, but too buggy for my taste. I'm considering a switch to Avid Liquid 7 Pro. Extremely poor color correction. Titler is sparse compare to the competition, and very slow when creating more than one screen of titles.)
* I author DVDs in DVD MovieFactory 2 SE. (Performance is good, but there's a bug: I must close out of the chapter editing screen every two chapters to prevent the whole app from freezing. Navigating among the various screens is cumbersome at times due to the strict linear workflow imposed. Good for beginners, but very limiting for enthusiasts. Pros should look elsewhere.)

I run this on a DIY Pentium 4 2.8c (rarely overclocked to 3 GHz -- improves MPEG rendering a little), 1GB DDR400 memory in dual-channel mode, eVGA Nvidia FX5200 dual-head video w/128MB, dual 120GB SATA hard drives, on-board AC'97 5.1 channel audio, and LiteOn 4x DVD burner.

Theo Mason · December 12th, 2005, 04:13 PM

I use Premiere Pro (7) and an Matrox Rtx.100. System is very stable, I have not added XP Service Pack 2 because of problems others have encountered.

P4 2.8 (custom dedicated editing computer)
1 Gig Ram
WinXP Pro
40 Gig Sys Drive
150 Gig Export Drive
4x80 Gig Raid for Storage
BenQ DL DVD Writer
21" Monitor
20" NTSC for Real Time Video Preview

Matt Brabender · December 12th, 2005, 05:28 PM

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"Y'all are total wusses, I cut my DV tape with a razor and assemble it with duct tape. It's hard to know where to cut so I use a magnifying glass to look real close at it so I can see what frame I'm at."
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hahah - very funny :)
reminds me of my days at audio engineering college and doing a whole bunch of tape splicing

Jim Gunn · December 13th, 2005, 12:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheila Ward

Dell XPS Gen5, P4 Dual Core Extreme Edition. Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, After Effects, Audition, Encore, ProCoder 2.0.

That's my dream system for my next upgrade, Sheila, although I still get by with a two year old P4 2.6 Ghz Dell Dimension 8300. I have nearly all the same software suite, except I encode with Cleaner XL. Can i ask your impression of fow fast is it, by comparison to older PCs like hyperthreaded P4s for app reasponse times and rendering and encoding?

Rob DuBroc · December 13th, 2005, 03:30 PM

Dual 2.5ghz G5 with 2 gigs of RAM, 23" HD Cinema Display, and of course final cut pro... Haven't upgraded to 5 yet.

December 11th, 2005, 09:37 AM	#16
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	Wusses Y'all are total wusses, I cut my DV tape with a razor and assemble it with duct tape. It's hard to know where to cut so I use a magnifying glass to look real close at it so I can see what frame I'm at. Sometimes I use Vegas 5 on the PC though. IMHO it is faster than anything else out there, short of the razor/duct tape. __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

December 12th, 2005, 12:29 AM	#19
Max Liptack Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 33	P4 2.8 Ghz 1 gig of ram. Premiere Pro 1.5 After Effects 6.5 Photoshop CS A variety of audio programs Audition DV Rack (in trial still, but I really like it) All of this will do what I want it to do, I have access to it at school, but I need to buy it for myself soon. Of course that is, if I have the money to spend on it and/or if I want to continue in the field. __________________ Thanks, Max Liptack http://www.mliptack.com

December 12th, 2005, 09:49 AM	#20
Tim Borek Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Westfield, IN Posts: 353	edit bay * Ulead MediaStudio Pro 7 with Service Patch 3 (Good realtime performance, but too buggy for my taste. I'm considering a switch to Avid Liquid 7 Pro. Extremely poor color correction. Titler is sparse compare to the competition, and very slow when creating more than one screen of titles.) * I author DVDs in DVD MovieFactory 2 SE. (Performance is good, but there's a bug: I must close out of the chapter editing screen every two chapters to prevent the whole app from freezing. Navigating among the various screens is cumbersome at times due to the strict linear workflow imposed. Good for beginners, but very limiting for enthusiasts. Pros should look elsewhere.) I run this on a DIY Pentium 4 2.8c (rarely overclocked to 3 GHz -- improves MPEG rendering a little), 1GB DDR400 memory in dual-channel mode, eVGA Nvidia FX5200 dual-head video w/128MB, dual 120GB SATA hard drives, on-board AC'97 5.1 channel audio, and LiteOn 4x DVD burner.

December 12th, 2005, 04:13 PM	#21
Theo Mason New Boot Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Billings, Montana Posts: 10	I use Premiere Pro (7) and an Matrox Rtx.100. System is very stable, I have not added XP Service Pack 2 because of problems others have encountered. P4 2.8 (custom dedicated editing computer) 1 Gig Ram WinXP Pro 40 Gig Sys Drive 150 Gig Export Drive 4x80 Gig Raid for Storage BenQ DL DVD Writer 21" Monitor 20" NTSC for Real Time Video Preview __________________ Theo Mason My Photo & Video Webs: www.risingsunwholesale.com www.joelovelamps.com www.risingsunretail.com

December 13th, 2005, 03:30 PM	#24
Rob DuBroc Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 32	Dual 2.5ghz G5 with 2 gigs of RAM, 23" HD Cinema Display, and of course final cut pro... Haven't upgraded to 5 yet. __________________ Rob @ Muchado Productions

December 11th, 2005, 01:13 PM	#17
Sheila Ward Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 107	Dell XPS Gen5, P4 Dual Core Extreme Edition. Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, After Effects, Audition, Encore, ProCoder 2.0.

December 11th, 2005, 06:05 PM	#18
Bill Ball Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: NEW JERSEY Posts: 216	P4 3 gig with Premiere 1.5 suite. Do get some crashes though.

December 12th, 2005, 05:28 PM	#22
Matt Brabender Major Player Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 230	------------------------------------------------------------------- "Y'all are total wusses, I cut my DV tape with a razor and assemble it with duct tape. It's hard to know where to cut so I use a magnifying glass to look real close at it so I can see what frame I'm at." ------------------------------------------------------------------- hahah - very funny :) reminds me of my days at audio engineering college and doing a whole bunch of tape splicing