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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 [...]

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. [...]

EDIT-YOURSELF SOFTWARE

Movie Maker and iMovie have turned what was once a task strictly for professionals, like video editing, easy. Movie Maker is an editing software using Windows, while iMovie, is bundled software for Mac users. Both Movie Maker and iMovie are easy to manage. They have step-by-step tutorials that even inexperienced videographers and editors can easily [...]