Video Editing – Info for Newbies
Video editing has come a long way and now anyone can do this without a large amount of expensive equipment. Picking the right editing software will be the biggest challenge.
With the aid of modern technology everyone can start making movies and videos. With so many gadgets out now you really have a big choice in what you want to use to make your video or movie. Even a still camera captures video this day and age. Also the cameras are getting so small it makes it easier to carry so you can take those movies.
Some of the things you may need if you don’t all ready have them is a computer with large memory and storage. A camcorder, VCR or computer to view the movie you made. Lets not forget the capture card or you want have a movie to view.
With your capture card you will transfer the video to your computer for editing. You want to make the best movie you can so this will enable you to delete parts that you don’t like. You will need good quality video editing software for doing this project. After you get the video/movie the way you want it its time to make a copy for viewing. You can download it and make copies onto a CD or DVD.
Video editing has become easier with the aid of the computer. You will have to have a computer that can handle this type of editing. You should have at least a Pentium 2 or better with atleast 256-512mb of RAM. Working with editing software takes a lot of storage so get something with more than 30GB of storage. The more the better. Because when you get good at this you will want to do it more and more. The 30GB of storage should be divided so that you have at least 10GB for storing your edited videos. Lots of storage and memory will make you job easier when using video editing software.
Capture cards come in a variety of different names which you may know. Some are Matrox, ADS, Pinnacle, Dazzle, Digital Origin and Canopus. Capture cards use hardware or software compression. When you upload the video into your computer it is digitized which allows you to edit and play it as many times as you like.
Get the best video edit software that you can afford and make those family movies for everyone to see. Good luck!