How to edit HD on a seven year old computer

[El Director]

I finally managed to get my workflow video on the web. It's a 900 MB downloadable .mov and is 30 min long. The one change I've made since making the vid (besides darkening Vegas) is that I now use a $20 script for AE to swap out the files instead of doing it by hand like I show (if you do use the script, store both the onlines and offlines in the same folder) Other than that, what you see in the vid is what I do now. Enjoy!
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W8DTLF2N

MPEG Streamclip, which is used in the video, can be downloaded here
You'll also need the AVID DNxHD codec from here
Also, both conversion steps can be done at once, I just separated them for the video.

This is by no means meant to be the definitive approach, but to give you ideas on developing your own workflow based upon your equipment.

Software used:
Streamclip
Vegas Pro 9
After Effects CS4

 

[mojo43]

Would love to see this but 900 megs?? Ouch! Why not post on youtube or vimeo?

 

[El Director]

It was too long for youtube and too large for vimeo. I don't like splitting up video files into parts so this seemed like the best bet.

 

[Psynoma]

Thanks, am downloading now and will check it out soon.