What's a cheap HDV NLE package?
 

It's all in in the title. :-(

iMovie is $2499, but of course it comes with a free brand new MacPro :)

Yeah, yeah.... I see I made the wrong choice in computers.

Vegas Movie Studio Platinum has HDV native capture. About $75 to $100. Its has a limited version of Vegas, which will meet most needs you will initially have.

If you have Premiere already, you can update to Pro 1.51 which captures in Cineform format, and edits in that same format. About $200 for the update. Or you can update to PPro 2.0 and capture and edit in native. Also about $200.00. You need a good system to handle heavy load of native editing. I am not sure if Premiere Elements stripped down verision does hdv.

Pinnacle Studio 10 plus captures and edits in native HDV. It uses same engine as Liquid Edition. About $75 to $89. Warning, while I have not had issues, some are reporting problems with 10 plus.

Oh, by the way, you didn't get wrong system.

Thanks. :-)

I already bought the wrong system.

Hey Frank,

I primarily use Premiere to edit HDV but I also have Pinnacle Studio 10.5 which set me back about $150 and came with a nifty litle analog video breakout box (s-video/composite I/0).

I have heard of problems as Chris Barcellos mentioned in his post about problems with 10 but I guess they had them worked out with 10.5 as I haven't had a single problem.

If I remember correctly Studio 10.5 recommends 2GHz CPU and 1GB of ram.

You can download a trial for free and Studio 10.5 itself is about $70 USD.

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSit...I+version+10_5

Pinnacle Studio 10.5, eh? I hope it's professional besides cheap. Thank's, Tommy!

I'm trying to find reviews. If I would have bought a MAC, I would not have this problem of digging for info.

Hi

Take a look at Ulead and there new Videostudio 10 plus.

It uses a proxy to edit HDV and it is cheap

Take a look at there site
Ulead.com

Cheers

Hans

For a better idea of what others are experiencing
 

with Pinnacle Studio, check out www.pinnaclesys.com. Click "Support", then "Forums". You'll find lots of questions and answers there offered from experts to novices. It's often difficult to get answers directly from their tech people, but you'll find some peppered among the forums.

I started w/Studio 9, eventually upgraded to Plus 9, and recerntly bought Premiere Production Suite. Quite a steep learning curve moving from Stuio to Premiere, while I found Studio very easy to learn.

Buy a cheap unregistered copy of obsolete FCP 4, and crossgrade it to FCS for $199.

(OKOK, you need a Mac. Again. )

Yeah, I need a MAC again. :-(

If only I were smart....

Define "cheap" and the computer system you have right now.

Chris Watson
Watson Videography

Frank:

I don\'t think Pinnacle Studio can be termed professional. You can get some professional results using the various components, but it does lack a lot of features the pro suites have. I consider it a good basic entry tool for DV, DVD production, and HDV production that has inherent limitations.

I have Pinnacle 10.5 and Ulead 10
 

I generally like Videostudio 10 better. Also would run better on less great hardware.

..someone also mentioned Vegas\'s Movie Studio Platinum, which is what I would recommend, & it also does primary color correction.. It also includes DVD Architect, to burn DVD\'s....

..it comes with animated tutorials, a nice chromakeyer, a basic title\'er, & you don\'t need a powerful computer, but it helps...