igetcha
Active member
hi all,
ive noticed that a lot of guys post about having probs with editing the AVCHD files that the 151 produces so thought i would share this info with you.
1st off, thought id better mention that i dont have an amazing PC........just a Acer 6930G laptop with 4 Gig memory, core 2 duo processor, Nvidia Geforce graphic card.
i used to use Power Director 7 for my editing and even though it produced good results it was also full of bugs, crashes and was very slow!! it also kinda struggled with the AVCHD files.
so in the end i decided to get Sony Vegas Pro 9 and have been using that instead for the past few months without too many issues. but i still found that its kinda jittery when it comes to playing the footage when editing.
2 weeks ago i got a email from cyberlink (who makes power director) to say that the new version is out and that i could upgrade. so i paid for the upgrade and downloaded Power Director 8.
this is actually a very good (and cheap!) editor! sure, it doesnt have quite the amount of functions available as Sony Vegas but if you want to edit footage easily and quickly and not too fussed about adding a million effects then it works a treat.
i can transfer 1080 25p (PH mode) footage dircectly from the card into Power Director and it plays it back pretty much perfectly straight away with just a minimum small pause in play every now and again.
HOWEVER! the best part about it is that once you import the footage it starts to make what it calls "shadow copies" of your footage. once its created the shadow copy it then uses that rather than your actual footage
the shadow copies still look the same as your actual footage (you dont even notice when it changes from your actual footage to the shadow copy!) but it makes playback and editing as smooth as butter!
as i said, it doesnt have anywhere near as many functions as Vegas Pro 9 but it does have a ton of transitions, effects, colour correction, white balance correction, PiP, chroma key etc etc.
its also extremely easy to use.............a real good NLE especially for someone new to editing.
another plus is that it renders into many different formats and it seems to do it very fast!
you can download a trial version here:-
http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/...oads_6943_powerdirector&utm_campaign=Homepage
and here is a small "movie" that i made using it to edit:-
http://www.vimeo.com/7285369
(i say "movie" but its only about a minute or 2 long! its also the 1st "movie" i have ever made..............i usually do demonstration vids)
shot on the HMC-151 at 1080 25p (PH mode) and then edited with Power Director 8 (with the exception of one small section where i used Adobe After Effects CS4)
id be very interested to hear if anyone else has used PD8. if you are on a tight budget or have a low spec PC then i would highly recommend!
cheers,
scott
ive noticed that a lot of guys post about having probs with editing the AVCHD files that the 151 produces so thought i would share this info with you.
1st off, thought id better mention that i dont have an amazing PC........just a Acer 6930G laptop with 4 Gig memory, core 2 duo processor, Nvidia Geforce graphic card.
i used to use Power Director 7 for my editing and even though it produced good results it was also full of bugs, crashes and was very slow!! it also kinda struggled with the AVCHD files.
so in the end i decided to get Sony Vegas Pro 9 and have been using that instead for the past few months without too many issues. but i still found that its kinda jittery when it comes to playing the footage when editing.
2 weeks ago i got a email from cyberlink (who makes power director) to say that the new version is out and that i could upgrade. so i paid for the upgrade and downloaded Power Director 8.
this is actually a very good (and cheap!) editor! sure, it doesnt have quite the amount of functions available as Sony Vegas but if you want to edit footage easily and quickly and not too fussed about adding a million effects then it works a treat.
i can transfer 1080 25p (PH mode) footage dircectly from the card into Power Director and it plays it back pretty much perfectly straight away with just a minimum small pause in play every now and again.
HOWEVER! the best part about it is that once you import the footage it starts to make what it calls "shadow copies" of your footage. once its created the shadow copy it then uses that rather than your actual footage
the shadow copies still look the same as your actual footage (you dont even notice when it changes from your actual footage to the shadow copy!) but it makes playback and editing as smooth as butter!
as i said, it doesnt have anywhere near as many functions as Vegas Pro 9 but it does have a ton of transitions, effects, colour correction, white balance correction, PiP, chroma key etc etc.
its also extremely easy to use.............a real good NLE especially for someone new to editing.
another plus is that it renders into many different formats and it seems to do it very fast!
you can download a trial version here:-
http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/...oads_6943_powerdirector&utm_campaign=Homepage
and here is a small "movie" that i made using it to edit:-
http://www.vimeo.com/7285369
(i say "movie" but its only about a minute or 2 long! its also the 1st "movie" i have ever made..............i usually do demonstration vids)
shot on the HMC-151 at 1080 25p (PH mode) and then edited with Power Director 8 (with the exception of one small section where i used Adobe After Effects CS4)
id be very interested to hear if anyone else has used PD8. if you are on a tight budget or have a low spec PC then i would highly recommend!
cheers,
scott
