Editing software

Bigmagic

Bigmagic

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I have Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 and I just got my GH1. Adobe wants $300.00 for the upgrade. Anybody got any suggestions for a Windows Vista AVCHD Editor?
 
Perrone is quite correct: choosing the proper editor (called NLE's here) (non-linear editor) depends on (1) what you want to do with it, and (2) how robust your system is.

Be aware that dealing with AVCHD video requires a fairly robust computer. You will def. want a multi-CPU system with lots of RAM. Multi means at least 2, and lots means 2GG at a bare minimum. My system is Vista-64 on an i7 (8 processors) with 6GB RAM and 2 SATA hard drives. For my purposes (amateur only "Ken Burns" type videos) it works quite well. I use Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum ($85) and have been very pleased with the results, although the software is a bit intimidating at first and does need some tweaks to work properly.

Professional work is a different beast of course, and if you want to compete with the big boys you will need big boy hardware and software. I'm not qualified to talk about that, but I can tell you the requirements for both hardware and software (and the associated $) go up quite quickly.

The good news is your GH1 is capable of delivering outstanding stills and video (I know because I have one too.) So you have the option of going as far as your talent and desires (and wallet) can take you.
 
Sony Vegas is definitely worth giving a try. When I tried some different NLEs several months ago it was the only one that worked well with native footage from the GH1 - then again I'm editing on a P8600 laptop with integrated graphics (GMA X4500HD), not an i7 workstation.
 
I moved from Premiere to Vegas because Premiere is a typical Adobe resource hog and I find Vegas, while not as pretty, is more intuitive and easier to use.
However, 64bit Vegas has troubles with the GH1 MTS files. I need to convert them before importing to Vegas. Apparently this is not required for 32 bit version, but I haven't verified it.
 
If Adobe's charging $300 for the upgrade to the full CS4.2, that's a pretty good deal, especially if your system has an nVidia CUDA-enabled graphics card.

If you're starting from scratch, EDIUS Neo 2 with the AVCHD Booster is a very low-cost system that provides realtime AVCHD editing on even modest computer hardware.
 
bbinnard said:
Perrone is quite correct: choosing the proper editor (called NLE's here) (non-linear editor) depends on (1) what you want to do with it, and (2) how robust your system is.

Be aware that dealing with AVCHD video requires a fairly robust computer. You will def. want a multi-CPU system with lots of RAM. Multi means at least 2, and lots means 2GG at a bare minimum. My system is Vista-64 on an i7 (8 processors) with 6GB RAM and 2 SATA hard drives. For my purposes (amateur only "Ken Burns" type videos) it works quite well. I use Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum ($85) and have been very pleased with the results, although the software is a bit intimidating at first and does need some tweaks to work properly.

Professional work is a different beast of course, and if you want to compete with the big boys you will need big boy hardware and software. I'm not qualified to talk about that, but I can tell you the requirements for both hardware and software (and the associated $) go up quite quickly.

The good news is your GH1 is capable of delivering outstanding stills and video (I know because I have one too.) So you have the option of going as far as your talent and desires (and wallet) can take you.
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There is always the option of transcoding and trading time transcoding for editing speed on lower end hardware.
 
We have a GTX 295 video card and a triple core AMD processor with 2G of Ram. I think the video card is up to the task as well as the processor. There are so many versions of Vegas I used it ages ago and liked it but have used Premiere Pro for the last several years. I am wanting to shoot some horror for fun and maybe a documentary or two that I have had in the back of my mind. The thing about Adobe is I own Audition 1.5,Encore and AE. Once the video is converted all those programs will still work.(I think). I am a musician so Audition is a very useful tool. I download the trial version of Cineform HD link to convert AVCHD to avi but so far I haven't gotten it to work in a 24p timeline. If someone knows how to pull this off please chime in since I would much rather just convert the files than replace my software(way too many plugins to start over).
 
I think you are kind of screwed if you edit the avchd natively if you shoot 1080 because you are dealing with the 1080 60i mess. You have to get rid of the pulldown. I tried voltair and neoscene and think neoscene is better and will most probably be buying it to remove convert the avchd to a less compressed editable 24p format.
 
iHartVideo said:
I moved from Premiere to Vegas because Premiere is a typical Adobe resource hog and I find Vegas, while not as pretty, is more intuitive and easier to use.
However, 64bit Vegas has troubles with the GH1 MTS files. I need to convert them before importing to Vegas. Apparently this is not required for 32 bit version, but I haven't verified it.
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Downgraded to 32 bit a few hours ago and it has totally solved my problems... things are working like a charm with the MTS files.
 
Vegas?

Vegas?

It looks like Vegas is the most cost efficient program. Now which one to get Platinum 9 or Platinum 9 Pro Pack?
 
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