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Summary: Edit DV is Well Worth the Money
Review: If you're a professional digital photographer or just a beginner, this is the software package you need. I looked into a lot of products and after much research, I discovered that Edit DV was not only my first product of choice, but was reasonably priced.I've found that the biggest problem with using a camcorder on vacation is that most people don't want to see your hour or so of garbage video. With this product, you can make a studio production quality video that your friends and family will enjoy viewing. So far I've made videos of my Hawaii vacation, my son, and a police training tape. Regardless of what you plan on editing or creating, this program will produce whatever your imagination demands. Should you purchase this product, I would recommend the fastest processor available. I have a Pentium II 450, and while this product does work well with my computer, I can certainly see the advantages of having a faster process. Never the less, this product is great.
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Summary: Edit DV is Well Worth the Money
Review: If you're a professional digital photographer or just a beginner, this is the software package you need. I looked into a lot of products and after much research, I discovered that Edit DV was not only my first product of choice, but was reasonably priced. I've found that the biggest problem with using a camcorder on vacation is that most people don't want to see your hour or so of garbage video. With this product, you can make a studio production quality video that your friends and family will enjoy viewing. So far I've made videos of my Hawaii vacation, my son, and a police training tape. Regardless of what you plan on editing or creating, this program will produce whatever your imagination demands. Should you purchase this product, I would recommend the fastest processor available. I have a Pentium II 450, and while this product does work well with my computer, I can certainly see the advantages of having a faster process. Never the less, this product is great.
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Summary: Hardpressed to find anything better
Review: Original Review written March 20, 2001: I've been in the business a long time. I remember a day when everyone was claiming "Finally Real Time Video Editing!" At that time I was working with an Amiga Video Toaster Flyer. About three years ago I switched completely over to PC editing. At first the road was rocky. If you've never edited on a Toaster Flyer, you really don't know what real time is! Three years ago I couldn't find a single product on the market under $5,000 that could truly compare to the speed I was used to. You see, with the Flyer you would slap down some video, place an effect in between and voila! Instant playback--hundreds and hundreds of effects! I didn't really know what rendering was until I came over to the PC platform. Finally, just over a year ago, I discovered EditDV 2.0 (Now CineStream--which, can I just say, the new name stinks!). Edit DV comes the closest to real-time that I've ever seen. It has an amazing amount of filters and controls (ie. Color Correction, Film, etc.) and plenty of effects (more can be added with Pixelan Software). I create video only for hobby, work projects and the occassional contract job, now days, but even as a professional videographer, I would not be without at least one workstation set up for Edit DV. Cuts only editing is Completely REAL REAL REAL TIME! Add a few transitions and you'll be rendering for a few short seconds. Create some complex filters and you'd better go to lunch--but isn't that the way PC editing is? The thing I like most about EditDV is it's easy capture window. Most programs prompt you for a name after each captured clip completes. Edit DV can be set up to Automatically name your clips so you can keep capturing as fast as you can click "Start" and "Stop", "Start" and "Stop"... Edit DV takes advantage of your Dual Processor, so you get work done twice as fast! Not many programs in this low price break offered that a year ago. I'm not sure many do even today. Edit DV runs LOTS faster; processes and thinks much faster than Adobe Premiere 5.x. Again, I've only tested on my one machine (which is dual PentiumIII/500MHz with 512Mg RAM). Adobe is VERY slow compared to EditDV (on my system). Edit DV 2.0 has everything and more than Adobe Premiere 5.1 has--except one. If you do Wedding videos, or special occassion photo montages, listen up! I found myself turning to Premiere, even as slow as it was, to do photo montages. Premiere imports your photos at whatever resolution you scanned them. This lets you zoom and pan across your images like the pros. Edit DV 2.0 converts all imported photos to 640x480. If you zoom you'll see serious image loss. HAPPY DAY, THOUGH!!! Edit DV 3.0 (CineStream 1.0) allows you to do the same "large photo importing" as Premiere, so I can finally toss out Premiere altogether! Only, who will join me in my crusade to change the new name, CineStream, back to EditDV 3.0? Anyone... Anyone...? PS - Both Adobe Premiere 6.0 and EditDV 3.0 (CineStream) are OHCI compliant. I have not tested Premiere 6.0. But you should be able to catch my EditDV 3.0 review right here on Amazon, in a few weeks. You simply won't find a better package (hardware and software) for the price!
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Summary: Hardpressed to find anything better
Review: Original Review written March 20, 2001: I've been in the business a long time. I remember a day when everyone was claiming "Finally Real Time Video Editing!" At that time I was working with an Amiga Video Toaster Flyer. About three years ago I switched completely over to PC editing. At first the road was rocky. If you've never edited on a Toaster Flyer, you really don't know what real time is! Three years ago I couldn't find a single product on the market under $5,000 that could truly compare to the speed I was used to. You see, with the Flyer you would slap down some video, place an effect in between and voila! Instant playback--hundreds and hundreds of effects! I didn't really know what rendering was until I came over to the PC platform. Finally, just over a year ago, I discovered EditDV 2.0 (Now CineStream--which, can I just say, the new name stinks!). Edit DV comes the closest to real-time that I've ever seen. It has an amazing amount of filters and controls (ie. Color Correction, Film, etc.) and plenty of effects (more can be added with Pixelan Software). I create video only for hobby, work projects and the occassional contract job, now days, but even as a professional videographer, I would not be without at least one workstation set up for Edit DV. Cuts only editing is Completely REAL REAL REAL TIME! Add a few transitions and you'll be rendering for a few short seconds. Create some complex filters and you'd better go to lunch--but isn't that the way PC editing is? The thing I like most about EditDV is it's easy capture window. Most programs prompt you for a name after each captured clip completes. Edit DV can be set up to Automatically name your clips so you can keep capturing as fast as you can click "Start" and "Stop", "Start" and "Stop"... Edit DV takes advantage of your Dual Processor, so you get work done twice as fast! Not many programs in this low price break offered that a year ago. I'm not sure many do even today. Edit DV runs LOTS faster; processes and thinks much faster than Adobe Premiere 5.x. Again, I've only tested on my one machine (which is dual PentiumIII/500MHz with 512Mg RAM). Adobe is VERY slow compared to EditDV (on my system). Edit DV 2.0 has everything and more than Adobe Premiere 5.1 has--except one. If you do Wedding videos, or special occassion photo montages, listen up! I found myself turning to Premiere, even as slow as it was, to do photo montages. Premiere imports your photos at whatever resolution you scanned them. This lets you zoom and pan across your images like the pros. Edit DV 2.0 converts all imported photos to 640x480. If you zoom you'll see serious image loss. HAPPY DAY, THOUGH!!! Edit DV 3.0 (CineStream 1.0) allows you to do the same "large photo importing" as Premiere, so I can finally toss out Premiere altogether! Only, who will join me in my crusade to change the new name, CineStream, back to EditDV 3.0? Anyone... Anyone...? PS - Both Adobe Premiere 6.0 and EditDV 3.0 (CineStream) are OHCI compliant. I have not tested Premiere 6.0. But you should be able to catch my EditDV 3.0 review right here on Amazon, in a few weeks. You simply won't find a better package (hardware and software) for the price!
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