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DEDICATE A COMPUTER TO EDITING

Video editing can be fun with the right hardware and software. Otherwise, it can be a long frustrating ordeal. For serious video buffs, it is essential to have hardware dedicated to editing.Editing software takes up a lot of memory space let alone raw video footage, the bigger the memory, the better. Limited memory space may [...]

VIDEO EDITING BASICS: Linear Editing Part 1

by:mheo soriano Linear Editing Linear Editing is the process is basically mechanical in nature. Here, you can easily edit using Camcorders, VCR’s, Edit Controllers, Titlers, and Mixers . In Linear Editing the editing is performed one cut at a time or in linear steps (or a series of programmed cuts) to its conclusion. Linear Editing [...]

Building an editing rig

When you want to take your video editing skills to the next level – especially when you’re tired of limited options in Windows Movie Maker, then you need a rig that can handle advanced editing software. Here are the basic requirements: 1. At least 2gb of RAM, more if you’re on Vista. Editing software takes [...]

Kino

One of the basic things to do when doing a video is making sure that you will be able to do all of this within the budget. Unfortunately, one of the more expensive expenses is the video editing software. It’s a boon then that there are opensourced and free video editing programs like Kino are [...]

VIDEO EDITING BASICS: Linear Editing Part 2

  2. Assemble Editing: Here the video shots are not structured in a specific order during shooting but are rearranged and unneeded shots are deleted at the time of transferring .This process requires, a Camcorder and VCR at the least. The original footage remains intact, but the rearranged footage is copied to a new. tape. [...]