"Peter" wrote in message
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":Jerry:" wrote

I suspect he has been using the story-board in Pinnacle (studio), as
you say, if he has no concept of what a time-line is it's any wonder
he found Vegas (and others) "impenetrable"?!

Yes, I have been using that mode, as well as the others, and I do now
know what a timeline is. What I was hoping to point out is that this
business is full of concepts which need to be learnt.

The problem I have with Liquid 7 was more specific and even repeated
posts on their support forum were unable to get to the bottom of it.
In L7 you can select which of a number of data sources (e.g. video,
sound, etc) end up being merged into the movie. You check the checkbox
for each one that you want, and there are various things which change
shade or colour of the selected source. However, every movie I made
turned out to be blank. The sound track was there but no video.
Obviously there was something really subtle (and probably obvious to a
user who knows the program) but I never worked it out. I don't
remember the details now. I should add that I am a hardware / software
developer with 35 years' experience, and have extensive experience in
IT, computers, networking. And a BSc in Electronics. Liquid 7 did
however beat me.

Speaking of Pinnacle, right now I am trying to make a movie from a few
thousand jpeg images. This is a feature in the program, and does work.
There are a few probable bugs though - the program has just crashed
for the 3rd time this morning, trying to render the movie. It does
mini WMV files but has problems with full size mpegs. The magazine
reviews did say it was the most unstable (meaning ridden with bugs
that crash it) video editing product they ever tested. This is v10 -
is v11 any better?

Pinnacle has earned its self a bad reputation in years past, but
since it was acquired be Avid (the originators of Liquid Pro 7)
it appears to be somewhat improved. Still many of us avoid
Pinnacle out of force of habit.

Why not try another economic editing package like Ulead's
VideoStudio, in place of the Pinnacle program. They have a
demo I believe.

Luck;
Ken

There is that "gladly" enough?