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Perrone,

You can't imagine how much your encouragement means. The advice is solid, too. I'm sometimes just a cheap-skate. I spent a checnk of change for the camcorder and housing, but thinking cheap about the computer. Guess I just need to open the rusty wallet.

I'm aware that the HC7 can do some good video, but as you know, things get more critical underwater. I have no aspirations of becoming a pro or even close to it, but I wish sometimes I had gotten a camcorder with 3 CCD's and white balance adjust. Then added an L&M housing to match like my buddy has. Of course he's a cardiologist and his wife is a doctor so he's in a slightly different income stream. You can bet I'm going to stick with this and learn.

One of the reasons I chose the camera and housing I did is because of the weight. The airlines keep cutting back on baggage allowance so being as I'm getting everything new and for the first time I figure it wise to keep the weight down to something reasonable. Well, I got that at about 6#.

I like your advice about the forthcoming computer. I have to do a lot of looking at hardware, but I think I'll end up with an AMD 64x2 Dual Core 3.2gig. At least 3 gig of DDR2 800 and expandable to 8 gigs. Maybe a 500gig HDD internal and another 500 external drive. I'm not sure just how much the video card means as I've read some info that it's not that important for editing, but I'll still get a good one. And being that I'm a cheap guy I can take my time. Being as processors are coming out with quad-core this ought to make dual-cores cheaper.

OK, now it's time to see aboutthat trial version of Sony Vegas. Can you tell me where to look?

Barry
 
Good stuff man!

And remember, people have put stuff on the big screen with a LOT less camera than that HC7. Make the most of it, and you'll shame your friend with his fancy camera and housing.

In regards to the computer, get as much CPU as you can afford. You can ALWAYS add more drives, more memory (it's cheap), and a newer video card later. And don't forget a decent monitor. You'll be living in front of the thing for hours on end while you edit.

As for the trials...

Sony Creative Software - Download: Trials and Demos

Enjoy!
 
Thanks again. I found it on my own. I told ya I'm learning. Google is a wonderful search engine. I'll get the Vegas trial tomorrow. Right now I'm defragging the PC.

Hey, what do you know about Quad processors? I know how I am. It isn't much more to get the quads. Something like a 2.2 or 2.4 gig AMD quad.

A monitor? Yes, I'll gt by for a while with my 17" flat panel, but I see a 22" or 24" in the near future. A good reason for this, too. I notice quite a bit of color difference betwen my camcorder monitor, the Power Director screen, and my wide screen TV so I figure to get something closer to what the videos will be viewed on. And I can imagine the larger monitor would show more detail also.

OK, bed time. Us old people need our sleep.
 
OK, I'ved downloaded Vegas Studio Platinum 8. The clips look good, but I don't understand how to trim and I don't see as much on editing that I might need. Or am I missing something?

Wrong program?
 
Studio is the midlevel program. But I am SURE it will do FAR more than what you have now. Trimming couldn't be easier. Go to the edge of a clip and youl'll see the arrow change to a left right arrow. Click and drag.

Understand that Vegas has at least 3 ways to do everything. It's not necessarily obvious though until you really get in and play.

So go play, and come back and ask questions, and we'll try to answer them.
 
Did you ever check your out put settings? What to render the whole thing to? The resolution maybe set for computer quality? Go for 720p x 480p finished resolution! It is low end HD using SD equipment and burner, but it might clear things up!
 
Papa_Bear:
Did you ever check your out put settings? What to render the whole thing to? The resolution maybe set for computer quality? Go for 720p x 480p finished resolution! It is low end HD using SD equipment and burner, but it might clear things up!
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Oh yeah, we're set up for 720X480. Thanks for the suggestion though.
 
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