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Beginners guide to PC video editing |
by:
Scott Brown |
If you're new to PC video editing then knowing where to start can bebit daunting, so hopefully this guide will point you inright direction.
To start with you will needfew items of equipment
Camcorders/Video Decks
Depending on your requirements or aims there are number of different solutions to discuss, so i will split these up into separate sections.
one.If you are starting from new then i recommend buyingnew digital camcorder, this will give you superior video and sound quality as well as making getting started in video editing very simple, so ideal forbeginner. There are thousands to choose from catering for various types of budgets.
two. You may already haveold video deck or camcorder which usesold analogue outputs such as composite or s-video (be sure to check first what outputs you have).
For this kind of setup you would needcapture card/analogue to digital converter, this is discussed in more detail further on inarticle.
A PC for Video Editing
It is now possible to easily capture footage from your Digital Camcorder directly to your PC and edit it.
If you looking at buyingnew PC or buildingnew one thencurrents spec's are more then powerful enough ,a typical spec PC these days isPfour, fiveonetwoMb Ram, eightzeroGb HDD, Windows XP or something along those lines.
You could always use your existing PC if you have one, but i would not recommend using anything belowPIII sixzerozero.
Additional Hardware
When transferring video from your camcorder to your PC there arenumber of additional things to consider depending ontype of camcorder your using.
If you’re usingdigital camcorder then all your need isfirewire card (also known asIEEonethreeninefour card),lot of current PC's have these as standard now, otherwise you will need to purchasecard separately. Some of these will come bundled with editing software such as Adobe Premiere but this really depends on which card you buy and how much you spend, once your camcorder is connected to your firewire port windows will automatically recognise your Digital Camcorder.
If your usingold analogue camcorder then you will also needanalogue to digital converter, seesection on video editing cards below.
Speed?
Its worth considering your Pc's Processor speed,speed will effectrate your video will encode, encoding is where your DV video clips are converted intomore compressed format, for example DVD's are encoded to MPEGtwo. Sofasterbetter really. Also consideramount of RAM in your PC, twofivesixMb would beminimum.
Extra Hard Drive Storage
Its worth considering havingextra dedicated drive for your video footage, remember that five minutes of DV footage uses oneGB of hard drive space so considerlarge capacity hard drive such aseightzeroGb or onetwozeroGb, also considerdisk drive RPM, at least seventwozerozeroRPM would be recommended.
If your PC supports it (most new ones do now), thenSerial ATA (SATA) drive will offer increased date transfer rates of up to onefivezeroMB/sec compared to onezerozero or onethreethree offered byIDE drives, you may also considerSCSI drive if you’re PC hasSCSI adapter as standard.
DVD/CD Burners
If your planning on putting your film onto CD-ROM (VCD), or DVD thenCDRW or DVDRW isessential piece of kit, most new pc's may haveCDRW or DVDRW as standard, to burn your DVD, you'll need DVD authoring software.
Video Editing Cards
If you have and older analogue video camera/deck thenanalogue USB or PCI capture cards will suffice.
These dedicated analogue to digital converters take process of conversion away fromCPU and therefore speeds up transfer.
If worth gettingquality capture card ascheaper cards can produce mixed results,
The Video Editing Software
This is where all your creative work starts andcreative work starts, you can capture video from your camera, editcaptured clips, arrange them intosequence, add transitions, credits andsoundtrack, titles and when your ready export your movie back tocamera orsuitable encoded file format (DVD, VCD etc).
Aboutauthor:
Founder of http://www.avmechanic.co.uk, offeringfree friendly helpful community for anybody that needs computer help or help with PC editing products.
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