Rite folks, here it is. I'm planning on buying a digital camera
(haven't quite decided but leaning towards the Panasonic NVDS650B) and
need to make sure my computer will accomadate comfortably my
soon-to-be editing demands.
I've had alot of experience at college with the software and for
editing, but am a complete guppy wen it comes to the hardware side of
things. My home computer is an Athlon 900 Mhz (supposedly), with a 256
Mb installed memory, 128 kb and 512 kb primary and secondary memory
cache respectively, a 40 Gig hard drive and a Nvidia TNT2 Model 64
Graphics Card.
I think i'm ok on the HD side of things, although i may invest
in a additional one at some point in the future, but my question is
this;

My budget won't allow a complete replacement of the main box or
motherboard, so wot can i do to beef up my system to handle digital
editing, considering there will probably be ALOT of rendering, titles
and general madness, as this is supposed to be my coursework for
college. Any thoughts?

Cheers in advance,
Ed

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Rite folks, here it is. I'm planning on buying a digital camera
(haven't quite decided but leaning towards the Panasonic NVDS650B) and
need to make sure my computer will accomadate comfortably my
soon-to-be editing demands.
I've had alot of experience at college with the software and for
editing, but am a complete guppy wen it comes to the hardware side of
things. My home computer is an Athlon 900 Mhz (supposedly), with a 256
Mb installed memory, 128 kb and 512 kb primary and secondary memory
cache respectively, a 40 Gig hard drive and a Nvidia TNT2 Model 64
Graphics Card.
I think i'm ok on the HD side of things,

Think again. 1 minute of video could cost you up to 1GB of storage.
I'm running a P4 2.4 with 768MB of RAM, 150GB of disk space, and
rendering 20 minutes of 2.1MPS video from MovieMaker takes about 10
minutes. I've captured 55 minutes of video to a file of 12GB using
FireWire.


My budget won't allow a complete replacement of the main box or
motherboard, so wot can i do to beef up my system to handle digital
editing, considering there will probably be ALOT of rendering, titles
and general madness, as this is supposed to be my coursework for
college. Any thoughts?

More memory first. You can edit in chunks or use USB to capture the
video at lower resolution. Just be prepared to leave the rendering
running overnight. What type of memory do you need? I have a couple of
sticks (either 128 or 256 - can't remember) that you can have FOC.

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Hywel I do not eat quiche
http://hyweljenkins.co.uk/
http://hyweljenkins.co.uk/mfaq.php

Think again. 1 minute of video could cost you up to 1GB of storage.
I'm running a P4 2.4 with 768MB of RAM, 150GB of disk space, and
rendering 20 minutes of 2.1MPS video from MovieMaker takes about 10
minutes. I've captured 55 minutes of video to a file of 12GB using
FireWire.

So you think adding a dedicated editing HD is a good idea?

My budget won't allow a complete replacement of the main box or
motherboard, so wot can i do to beef up my system to handle digital
editing, considering there will probably be ALOT of rendering, titles
and general madness, as this is supposed to be my coursework for
college. Any thoughts?

More memory first. You can edit in chunks or use USB to capture the
video at lower resolution. Just be prepared to leave the rendering
running overnight. What type of memory do you need? I have a couple of
sticks (either 128 or 256 - can't remember) that you can have FOC.

Editing in chunks won't be a problem, it's what i was planning on
doing anyways. My camera's got DV-in so i'll capture, edit, render and
capture back on to tape, edit the next bit and so on. Lower resolution
USB isn't an option, though. More memory is definately a plan. Not
sure about what type of memory i need though. Also, what about a
graphics card? Will this help with rendering/editing/capturing?

Thanks alot for the advice though, at least i know where i'm going
now.

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Think again. 1 minute of video could cost you up to 1GB of storage.
I'm running a P4 2.4 with 768MB of RAM, 150GB of disk space, and
rendering 20 minutes of 2.1MPS video from MovieMaker takes about 10
minutes. I've captured 55 minutes of video to a file of 12GB using
FireWire.

So you think adding a dedicated editing HD is a good idea?

It was for me because I'm using a laptop. I've got an 80GB USB2
external drive. It's nearly half full with the contents of three tapes!


My budget won't allow a complete replacement of the main box or
motherboard, so wot can i do to beef up my system to handle digital
editing, considering there will probably be ALOT of rendering, titles
and general madness, as this is supposed to be my coursework for
college. Any thoughts?

More memory first. You can edit in chunks or use USB to capture the
video at lower resolution. Just be prepared to leave the rendering
running overnight. What type of memory do you need? I have a couple of
sticks (either 128 or 256 - can't remember) that you can have FOC.

Editing in chunks won't be a problem, it's what i was planning on
doing anyways. My camera's got DV-in so i'll capture, edit, render and
capture back on to tape, edit the next bit and so on. Lower resolution
USB isn't an option, though.

If you render directly to tape you'll be able to save on the disk apce
you need.


More memory is definately a plan. Not
sure about what type of memory i need though. Also, what about a
graphics card? Will this help with rendering/editing/capturing?

I don't know to be honest, but I wouldn't have thought so. For info. my
laptop has a GeForce4 mobile card - that can run Unreal Tournament 2003
at 1024x768 in 24-bit colour quite comfortably.

--
Hywel I do not eat quiche
http://hyweljenkins.co.uk/
http://hyweljenkins.co.uk/mfaq.php

what software app will you be using to edit with?


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Think again. 1 minute of video could cost you up to 1GB of storage.
I'm running a P4 2.4 with 768MB of RAM, 150GB of disk space, and
rendering 20 minutes of 2.1MPS video from MovieMaker takes about 10
minutes. I've captured 55 minutes of video to a file of 12GB using
FireWire.

So you think adding a dedicated editing HD is a good idea?

It was for me because I'm using a laptop. I've got an 80GB USB2
external drive. It's nearly half full with the contents of three tapes!


My budget won't allow a complete replacement of the main box or
motherboard, so wot can i do to beef up my system to handle digital
editing, considering there will probably be ALOT of rendering,
titles
and general madness, as this is supposed to be my coursework for
college. Any thoughts?

More memory first. You can edit in chunks or use USB to capture the
video at lower resolution. Just be prepared to leave the rendering
running overnight. What type of memory do you need? I have a couple
of
sticks (either 128 or 256 - can't remember) that you can have FOC.

Editing in chunks won't be a problem, it's what i was planning on
doing anyways. My camera's got DV-in so i'll capture, edit, render and
capture back on to tape, edit the next bit and so on. Lower resolution
USB isn't an option, though.

If you render directly to tape you'll be able to save on the disk apce
you need.


More memory is definately a plan. Not
sure about what type of memory i need though. Also, what about a
graphics card? Will this help with rendering/editing/capturing?

I don't know to be honest, but I wouldn't have thought so. For info. my
laptop has a GeForce4 mobile card - that can run Unreal Tournament 2003
at 1024x768 in 24-bit colour quite comfortably.

--
Hywel I do not eat quiche
http://hyweljenkins.co.uk/
http://hyweljenkins.co.uk/mfaq.php

Adobe Premiere alongside After Effects probably.
Thanks for the excellent adive by the way Hwell,

TIA Ed

Sorry typo there, meant to say Hywel*

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Adobe Premiere alongside After Effects probably.
Thanks for the excellent adive by the way Hwell,


Which version of Premiere, if you are thinking about 'Pro' forget it !...

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"Edmund St. Geoge Willamus III" wrote in
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Adobe Premiere alongside After Effects probably.
Thanks for the excellent adive by the way Hwell,


Which version of Premiere, if you are thinking about 'Pro' forget it !...

Why?

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Hywel I do not eat quiche
http://hyweljenkins.co.uk/
http://hyweljenkins.co.uk/mfaq.php

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"Edmund St. Geoge Willamus III" wrote in
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Adobe Premiere alongside After Effects probably.
Thanks for the excellent adive by the way Hwell,


Which version of Premiere, if you are thinking about 'Pro' forget it
!...

Why?


Adobe apparently say that 'Pro' won't run properly with AMD CPU's, and CV
magazine couldn't get 'Pro' running on a AMD chipped system when they
reviewed the software - which is all rather a pity as one can build a duel
AMD system for not much more than a single P4 3 Gig 800Mhz system.

If you know different though....