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Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:41 am Post subject:
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Hello,
I'm thinking about jumping into the ranks of the amateur desktop video
editing crew and am not quite sure what the minimum requirements for
the destop I need to buy are.
I'm planning on using either Premier 1.5, or Pinnacle software. Based
on the comments I've read to date on the Pinnacle stuff I'm somewhat
leaning towards Premier. Desite my wife's adamant protestations to the
contrary, I fancy myself to be somewhat of a bright fellow and feel I
could tackle Premier's legendary steep learning curve if I lay off the
hard stuff and quit staying up all night perusing the Victoria Secret
website.
Having said this, I'm currently looking at a Dell XPS400. My present
configuration has it equiped with a Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, 1 Gig DDR Ram,
250 Gig ATA HD (7200rpm) w/databurst cache, 19 inch Ultrasharp
monitor, a 16X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability, and a Nividia
(DVI/VGA/TV out) GeForce 256meg 6800 graphics card. All this, plus a
two year warranty which I can't subtract, goes for about $1,800.
I've purchased a Dell Laptop a few months ago which is pretty fast but
it seems to be having a little problems with the Pinnacle Pro 10
software. Not sure if it's the software or my system. I've also
purchase an ABS Pentium III 730 mhz in the past and was pleased with
the results.
Should I stick with the Dell? Any upgrades or suggestions? How about
ABS or someone else? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Jim Gunn
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:41 am Post subject:
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On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:57:58 -0700, Dilbert D. Danglewiggy wrote:
| Quote: | I fancy myself to be somewhat of a bright fellow and feel I
could tackle Premier's legendary steep learning curve if I lay off the
hard stuff and quit staying up all night perusing the Victoria Secret
website.
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I am always baffled by people who say Adobe Premiere has a steep
learnng curve. I found it to be easy to learn since version 6.5 when
I first started editing I read one of the "For Dummies" Books on
Premiere and watched some tutorials online. I personally think that
the Adobe Premiere Pro interface is pretty intuitive. Now Vegas, that
looks like an ugly, confusing mess of an interface to me, but I know
that many people like that app too.
I like Dell computers myself. I do a lot of video editing on my Dell
Dimension desktop and on my Inspiron laptop as well. They are good
values for the dollar and work well for me for video editing, encoding
and graphic design as well as DVD authoring. |
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:41 am Post subject:
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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:59:52 GMT, Gary Eickmeier
<geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
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Dilbert D. Danglewiggy wrote:
Hello,
I'm thinking about jumping into the ranks of the amateur desktop video
editing crew and am not quite sure what the minimum requirements for
the destop I need to buy are.
I'm planning on using either Premier 1.5, or Pinnacle software. Based
on the comments I've read to date on the Pinnacle stuff I'm somewhat
leaning towards Premier. Desite my wife's adamant protestations to the
contrary, I fancy myself to be somewhat of a bright fellow and feel I
could tackle Premier's legendary steep learning curve if I lay off the
hard stuff and quit staying up all night perusing the Victoria Secret
website.
Having said this, I'm currently looking at a Dell XPS400. My present
configuration has it equiped with a Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, 1 Gig DDR Ram,
250 Gig ATA HD (7200rpm) w/databurst cache, 19 inch Ultrasharp
monitor, a 16X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability, and a Nividia
(DVI/VGA/TV out) GeForce 256meg 6800 graphics card. All this, plus a
two year warranty which I can't subtract, goes for about $1,800.
I've purchased a Dell Laptop a few months ago which is pretty fast but
it seems to be having a little problems with the Pinnacle Pro 10
software. Not sure if it's the software or my system. I've also
purchase an ABS Pentium III 730 mhz in the past and was pleased with
the results.
Should I stick with the Dell? Any upgrades or suggestions? How about
ABS or someone else? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sounds good to me, just off the top. But perhaps some further research
at the Adobe web site would be possible. Sometimes they give minimum
system requirements. Also, might check some turnkey manufacturers for
the specs of their editing computers.
Gary Eickmeier
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Thank Gary for the suggestions. I wasn't going to use the computer for
just video editing. I think my boys would lynch me first. They would
probably want to use it for a game or two if they ever got bored with
the PS2.
Thanks..
Dilbert |
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Gary Eickmeier
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:41 am Post subject:
Re: Purchasing Desktop for Video Editing and Other Questiona |
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Dilbert D. Danglewiggy wrote:
| Quote: | Hello,
I'm thinking about jumping into the ranks of the amateur desktop video
editing crew and am not quite sure what the minimum requirements for
the destop I need to buy are.
I'm planning on using either Premier 1.5, or Pinnacle software. Based
on the comments I've read to date on the Pinnacle stuff I'm somewhat
leaning towards Premier. Desite my wife's adamant protestations to the
contrary, I fancy myself to be somewhat of a bright fellow and feel I
could tackle Premier's legendary steep learning curve if I lay off the
hard stuff and quit staying up all night perusing the Victoria Secret
website.
Having said this, I'm currently looking at a Dell XPS400. My present
configuration has it equiped with a Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, 1 Gig DDR Ram,
250 Gig ATA HD (7200rpm) w/databurst cache, 19 inch Ultrasharp
monitor, a 16X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability, and a Nividia
(DVI/VGA/TV out) GeForce 256meg 6800 graphics card. All this, plus a
two year warranty which I can't subtract, goes for about $1,800.
I've purchased a Dell Laptop a few months ago which is pretty fast but
it seems to be having a little problems with the Pinnacle Pro 10
software. Not sure if it's the software or my system. I've also
purchase an ABS Pentium III 730 mhz in the past and was pleased with
the results.
Should I stick with the Dell? Any upgrades or suggestions? How about
ABS or someone else? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Sounds good to me, just off the top. But perhaps some further research
at the Adobe web site would be possible. Sometimes they give minimum
system requirements. Also, might check some turnkey manufacturers for
the specs of their editing computers.
Gary Eickmeier |
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Jona Vark
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:47 pm Post subject:
Re: Purchasing Desktop for Video Editing and Other Questiona |
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"Jim Gunn" <Jim_Gunn@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:o1hom1pvduh9c3a5qhqqc2f2jnq46gupmd@4ax.com...
| Quote: | I am always baffled by people who say Adobe Premiere has a steep
learnng curve. I found it to be easy to learn since version 6.5 when
I first started editing \
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agreed. And once you learn it it is a very stable and efficient tool. |
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Sun Nov 06, 2005 2:43 am Post subject:
Re: Purchasing Desktop for Video Editing and Other Questiona |
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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:40:24 -0500, Jim Gunn <Jim_Gunn@Yahoo.com>
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| Quote: | On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:57:58 -0700, Dilbert D. Danglewiggy wrote:
I fancy myself to be somewhat of a bright fellow and feel I
could tackle Premier's legendary steep learning curve if I lay off the
hard stuff and quit staying up all night perusing the Victoria Secret
website.
I am always baffled by people who say Adobe Premiere has a steep
learnng curve. I found it to be easy to learn since version 6.5 when
I first started editing I read one of the "For Dummies" Books on
Premiere and watched some tutorials online. I personally think that
the Adobe Premiere Pro interface is pretty intuitive. Now Vegas, that
looks like an ugly, confusing mess of an interface to me, but I know
that many people like that app too.
I like Dell computers myself. I do a lot of video editing on my Dell
Dimension desktop and on my Inspiron laptop as well. They are good
values for the dollar and work well for me for video editing, encoding
and graphic design as well as DVD authoring.
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Jim,
I haven't even seen the Premier interface yet. I'm just going by what
I read here. I have an Inspiron as well. Pinnacle runs slow on it.
Perhaps I should try Premier on it. Not sure if they have a demo or
not.
Do you use Premier for all the tasks you mentioned?
Thanks... |
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Jim Gunn
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Sun Nov 06, 2005 12:43 pm Post subject:
Re: Purchasing Desktop for Video Editing and Other Questiona |
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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 13:43:38 -0700, Dilbert D. Danglewiggy wrote:
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I haven't even seen the Premier interface yet. I'm just going by what
I read here. I have an Inspiron as well. Pinnacle runs slow on it.
Perhaps I should try Premier on it. Not sure if they have a demo or
not.
Do you use Premier for all the tasks you mentioned?
Thanks...
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Download the Premmiere Pro 1.5 trial. It only does video editing.
I use a variety of other apps on my desktop as well as laptop incl.
Premiere Pro 1.5 for video editing, Photoshop CS2 for graphic design,
Adobe Encore for DVD authoring, and Cleaner XL for video encoding. |
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Pete D
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:12 am Post subject:
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Couple of things to change in your PC specs.
I assume the motherboard has built in Firewire?
3 Drives, one for installing OS, software etc, 2 for editing (capture to
one, render and scratch to the other), if you can't do that then go for at
least 2.
Nvidia 6800 is great but 128Meg will be enough however if you want really
stellar games performance then go for a 7800 series.
1Gig of RAM is great but if you also want to play with large graphics make
sure that you can upgrade easily in the future if needed, the CPU is your
best friend here, there is no substitute for pure CPU speed, get the fastest
you can afford.
Have you considered dual screens? Be very careful buying any LCD screen for
video or photo work, only the more expensive ones come close to pretty much
any of the CRT monitors for true colour represention.
I have been a Media Studi Pro and ealier verion of Premier user for many
years, to me Vegas is a great tool but not as intuitive as either Premier or
MSP.
Cheers.
Pete D
<Dilbert D. Danglewiggy> wrote in message
news:birnm1hkfkmhr5csh9d8n5m38d316s9ofe@4ax.com...
| Quote: | Hello,
I'm thinking about jumping into the ranks of the amateur desktop video
editing crew and am not quite sure what the minimum requirements for
the destop I need to buy are.
I'm planning on using either Premier 1.5, or Pinnacle software. Based
on the comments I've read to date on the Pinnacle stuff I'm somewhat
leaning towards Premier. Desite my wife's adamant protestations to the
contrary, I fancy myself to be somewhat of a bright fellow and feel I
could tackle Premier's legendary steep learning curve if I lay off the
hard stuff and quit staying up all night perusing the Victoria Secret
website.
Having said this, I'm currently looking at a Dell XPS400. My present
configuration has it equiped with a Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, 1 Gig DDR Ram,
250 Gig ATA HD (7200rpm) w/databurst cache, 19 inch Ultrasharp
monitor, a 16X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability, and a Nividia
(DVI/VGA/TV out) GeForce 256meg 6800 graphics card. All this, plus a
two year warranty which I can't subtract, goes for about $1,800.
I've purchased a Dell Laptop a few months ago which is pretty fast but
it seems to be having a little problems with the Pinnacle Pro 10
software. Not sure if it's the software or my system. I've also
purchase an ABS Pentium III 730 mhz in the past and was pleased with
the results.
Should I stick with the Dell? Any upgrades or suggestions? How about
ABS or someone else? Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:40 pm Post subject:
Re: Purchasing Desktop for Video Editing and Other Questiona |
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On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 01:43:59 -0500, Jim Gunn <Jim_Gunn@Yahoo.com>
wrote:
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Download the Premmiere Pro 1.5 trial. It only does video editing.
I use a variety of other apps on my desktop as well as laptop incl.
Premiere Pro 1.5 for video editing, Photoshop CS2 for graphic design,
Adobe Encore for DVD authoring, and Cleaner XL for video encoding.
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Holy Cow! I really don't have the time to master all those apps. I use
CS2 already in a very limited way. Are you saying Premiere Pro 1.5
won't do what Pinnacles Studio Pro 10 will do, albeit in a much more
stable way?
Thanks! |
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:49 pm Post subject:
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Pete D.,
Thanks for the help. I'm sure the PC has Firewire, I just assumed
that. But, I better check just in case. It also has a so called 10 in
1 card that let's me insert SD cards and other media directly.
3 drives? Hmm, I'll see what it will set me back. I know drives only
get cheaper in the future so perhaps I can get two and then upgrade at
a later time?
I believe the Nividia 7800 is $400 or so more. Is it really $400
better? Should I wait on that until the price drops or is it likely
Dell will give me a reasonable price if I upgrade now?
I want'ed a 19" screen but didn't want some CRT behemoth sitting on
the desk. I heard the Dell DVI or True Color, forgot what the exact
name was, is a good monitor? What should I be looking to spend on a
decent LCD?
Will Premier do most of the things that Pinnacle's Studio Pro 10 will
do? Is Studio Pro really that unstable?
I appreciate your advice and patient help. It's easy to just skip
messages and say "I don't have time." I've always found that the good
Karmra you give off always comes back.
Thanks...
Dilbert D.
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 23:12:23 GMT, "Pete D" <no@email.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Couple of things to change in your PC specs.
I assume the motherboard has built in Firewire?
3 Drives, one for installing OS, software etc, 2 for editing (capture to
one, render and scratch to the other), if you can't do that then go for at
least 2.
Nvidia 6800 is great but 128Meg will be enough however if you want really
stellar games performance then go for a 7800 series.
1Gig of RAM is great but if you also want to play with large graphics make
sure that you can upgrade easily in the future if needed, the CPU is your
best friend here, there is no substitute for pure CPU speed, get the fastest
you can afford.
Have you considered dual screens? Be very careful buying any LCD screen for
video or photo work, only the more expensive ones come close to pretty much
any of the CRT monitors for true colour represention.
I have been a Media Studi Pro and ealier verion of Premier user for many
years, to me Vegas is a great tool but not as intuitive as either Premier or
MSP.
Cheers.
Pete D
Dilbert D. Danglewiggy> wrote in message
news:birnm1hkfkmhr5csh9d8n5m38d316s9ofe@4ax.com...
Hello,
I'm thinking about jumping into the ranks of the amateur desktop video
editing crew and am not quite sure what the minimum requirements for
the destop I need to buy are.
I'm planning on using either Premier 1.5, or Pinnacle software. Based
on the comments I've read to date on the Pinnacle stuff I'm somewhat
leaning towards Premier. Desite my wife's adamant protestations to the
contrary, I fancy myself to be somewhat of a bright fellow and feel I
could tackle Premier's legendary steep learning curve if I lay off the
hard stuff and quit staying up all night perusing the Victoria Secret
website.
Having said this, I'm currently looking at a Dell XPS400. My present
configuration has it equiped with a Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, 1 Gig DDR Ram,
250 Gig ATA HD (7200rpm) w/databurst cache, 19 inch Ultrasharp
monitor, a 16X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability, and a Nividia
(DVI/VGA/TV out) GeForce 256meg 6800 graphics card. All this, plus a
two year warranty which I can't subtract, goes for about $1,800.
I've purchased a Dell Laptop a few months ago which is pretty fast but
it seems to be having a little problems with the Pinnacle Pro 10
software. Not sure if it's the software or my system. I've also
purchase an ABS Pentium III 730 mhz in the past and was pleased with
the results.
Should I stick with the Dell? Any upgrades or suggestions? How about
ABS or someone else? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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