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Pinnacle
Systems Studio Deluxe Version 8 Video Editing: Includes dvd authoring
for those of you interested in a simple home editing system at an affordable
price. Incorporated with easy to use click and drag timeline features.
audio dubbing and cd sound import to add to projects.
For output a choice of DV, DVD, for the web and more.
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Adobe
Premiere 6.5: One of the most powerful editing solutions proposed by
Adobe for Video editing, comes with improved sound and video editing, export
for the world wide web and master to DVD depending on who your audience
is. Quite a good editing tool but with many options which go beyond the
requirements of most home users. |
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AVID
TECHNOLOGY Avid Xpress DV 3.5 Powerpack (Windows/Mac): For those of
you thinking of editing professionaly this is one of the most affordable
avid editing solutions on the market at the moment. As Avid is often found
in top of the range editing facilities this is a useful tool to gain expertise
before applying for work at various production facilities around th world. |
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Final
Cut Pro 3.0: Along with Premiere 6.5 this is one of the best editing
solutions for home users and small businesses on the market today, easy
to use and with a familiar environment which should not take too long to
familiarise yourselfs with. This is for moderate to advanced users because
of the pwower of the package. Advantage of getting FCP 3 is that almost
all the bugs are already ironed out. |
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Adobe
Photoshop 7.0: For those of you who are interested by image manipulation,
improvements and such this is the right software for you. Being one of the
most useful tools on the market used by professionals you may find a variety
of useful features from macro features when working on many images at once
to proper indexing for searches and quite an intuitive user interface. |
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Pinnacle
Studio MovieBox USB Video Transfer Device (210100251): Similar to the
dazzle device but with a USB interface rather than a firewire one. |
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Dazzle
Multimedia DM-2200 Hollywood DV Bridge: A very interesting new method
of dealing with video. Similar to break out boxes but with the bonus that
there are no cards to install inside the machine. Instead yuo simlpy plug
it into either your USB 2 or DV (1934) connection to get both analogue and
dv video into your computer for easy using. Includied with the package are
the softwares needed for editing and authoring for the various outputs,
whether web, dvd, or another tape. Good value for money. |
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Apple
40 GB iPod (Mac/Win): For those of you with a nice amount of mp3 files
who feel tethered to yuor computer the idea of an i-pod may be something
quite enjoyable. Allowing you to store up to 40 gigabytes of mp3 on the
device. You will be able to put your whole music collection onto the device
and listen to any of the tracks without worrying about where you placed
yuor cd. Perfect for commuters and university students alike. |
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Sony
DCRVX2000 MiniDV Digital Camcorder with 2.5" LCD, Memory Stick & BuiltIn
Digital Still Mode
The VX 2000 is a good all round camera, it is easy to use and has many
features which would encourage someone to use it. From the outside we
see that the camera has a focusing ring and a zoom ring, both accesible
at the same time unlike with other camera models. The focus ring is fairly
easy to use although it takes a little bit of time to become fully proficient.
The zoom can be controled by servo or manually at different speeds, when
the zoom is controlled manually though the motor is taking feedback from
your fingers for speed rather than being applied directly to the lens.
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