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full video production setup

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TKMB
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im askin what every one uses for camera/lenses/computer all that shit.

heres what i got:
sony trv27 w/ century optics .3 deathlense and a .6 wide angle
built my own computer, hewres the specs:
athlon xp 2500+ 333FSB
512mb ddr400
120gb HD @7200rpm's
GEforce FX 5200 128mb vga/dvi/tv
52x cd burner
17 inch flat crt
and i edit on:
premier 6.5
make titles with photoshop

hows this setup sound? any suggestions?

post whatever youve got..





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Aug 26 2003 5:44AM
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Capurnicus
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hmmm

cameras:
Canon Eos REbel 2000
canon powershot s20
soney dvcam (crappy one)

Computer:
3 ghz pentium 4
i gig of ram
120 gb harddrive
80 gb harddrive
geforce2 64 mb( i don't do much gaming)
cd/dvd rom drive
cd write/rewrite 12x drive
dvd/cd write 4/52x drive
printer: epson 1280 13x19 photo printer

software:
image ready
PS7
illustrator 10
premiere 6.5


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Aug 26 2003 6:25AM
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alpentalik
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who cares what you got...show us what you can do

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Aug 26 2003 6:49AM
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Capurnicus
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Aug 26 2003 7:00AM
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Capurnicus
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- Patrickยทpatproductions.com
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Aug 26 2003 7:01AM
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Capurnicus
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Aug 26 2003 7:02AM
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Schwags
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kunz is right.. its not how much money you spend its how much time you spend.
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Aug 26 2003 7:53AM
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alpentalik
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thank you...although that last image was worth my last breath

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Aug 26 2003 8:09AM
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LC.
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Stu - you have a TRV27 with a Death Lens? That's pretty screwed if you ask me. I'd upgrade the camera before the lens, but if it works for you , go for it.


My setup:

Canon GL1
Canon VL-10Li light
Raynox MX-3000Pro 0.3x fisheye (arriving this week)
Lowepro Mini Trekker bag (arriving this week)

2.56GHz P4
512Mb DDR RAM
40Gb HDD (getting an extra 60 or 80Gb soon for footage)
64Mb GeForce 4
15' TFT Monitor
Cheap Firewire card
CD-RW (might get a DVD-RW if the prices start coming down)
Photoshop 7.0
Premiere 6.0
Aug 26 2003 2:04PM
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Airspeed-X
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I just started vid editing.

Here is what I have:

Sony Digi8 (yea I know, but it actullay does pretty good) DCR TRV340
UV Filter and Polarization filter

Sony Vaio Computer
Win XP Home
2.0 Ghz Pent 4
1.0 GB DDR Ram
60 gig hd
DVD-RW
Firewire aka I-link

Premiere 6.5
Jasc Paint Shop Pro

-Randy
Aug 26 2003 2:39PM
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TKMB
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bambam - i have the deathlense with the 37mm lense front, so it fits. I know i should upgrade my cam, but simply dont have the monry right now. soon.

i know its not about how much money you spend, but i was just asking what other people use to shoot/edit. seeing what people think of what i use. thats all

'el tit zero three, ya gotta check that shit...........ya gotta check that shit el tit' -matt heneghan
Aug 26 2003 7:21PM
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LC.
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Yeah - I know you meant the 37mm (Baby Death), but putting an awesome lens on an average camera just seems like the wrong way to go I think. That said, a shitty lens on a good camera will still look shit. Whatever works for you, that's cool.
Aug 26 2003 11:02PM
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PhaedeD
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um ya i agree with alpentalik on this one lol











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Aug 28 2003 10:26AM
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Itsbackfliptime
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I dont agree with alpentalik. This is just a thread to brag about our fancy gadgets.

Sony Handicam 8mm
Gateway
2.2 ghz or something P4
40 gb hard drive i think
15 inch lcd
edit on Windows movie maker 2. The other ones are too hard.

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Aug 28 2003 12:39PM
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Airspeed-X
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Premiere isnt hard at all. It took me about 1-2 days to figure it out. Just spend some time on it. There is so much you can do with it.

-Randy
Aug 28 2003 4:28PM
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ECFS-Attitash
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>Sony PCV-RZ36G p4 3Ghz, 1gig DDR400, 160gig HD, DVD-RW/CD-RW, XP Pro, GeForce FX5200
>Samsung 40' LCD TV -- use as monitor/tv
>Canon Optura 200MC and XL1S from school


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Aug 28 2003 4:53PM
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dilla_says_go
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id like to get a fisheye lens for my samsung mini dv. does anybody know where/how i would go about finding one that would fit?
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Aug 28 2003 6:08PM
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kuoppis
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camera:
Panasonic AG-EZ30E (e = europe, which means no dv input without the dvinput enabler tool)
with a Panasonic wideangle lens

computer:
Pentium III 800mhz
128mb old SDRAM (getting soon 256mb more)
30gb 5400rpm software storage
30gb 7200rpm media storage
Pyro 1394DV firewire capture board

software:
Adobe Premiere 6.5 for digital video editing
Adobe Photoshop 6.0.1 for neat titles
Cinema 4D XL R7 for super cool 3d animations

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yeah, that's my pretty old setup. maybe 3years old but works damn fine! :)
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Aug 28 2003 6:31PM
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kuoppis
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killy802: try Raynox
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Aug 28 2003 6:36PM
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LC.
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Yeah - raynox are pretty much the best thing you can get unless you want to spend $500+ on a Century Death Lens. I got my Raynox MX-3000PRO today and it's sweet. It says it's a 0.3x but in reality it's 0.4x max, but it still rocks. Putting it straight on my GL1 I get no vignetting at all on my computer. With 2 UV filters it's a bit wider with a littlevignetting on TV (quite a lot on computer). So I don't know if I'll film with the filters on or not.

I got the Lowepro Mini Trekker bag too, and it rules. Looks just like a regular backpack (a little 'boxy' in shape), but it's really well padded and you can customise the divisions nicely. Check it out for sure.

Also, today I got a 27" Sony Trinitron flatscreen (not flatpanel) TV. My dad got it for like $50 from his office.
Aug 28 2003 10:38PM
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TKMB
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40' monitor, damn. thats got to be crazy.

it wasnt to to bad for my century deathlense, 270$. not anyhting compared to what it is for the 58mm. but still pretty rough.

farp, windows movie maker 2 is garbage. just read the help files in premier, its not to hard.

does anyone on here use after affects? i downloaded it off the internet, but cant understand it one bit. ittl take some learning

'el tit zero three, ya gotta check that shit...........ya gotta check that shit el tit' -matt heneghan
Aug 29 2003 12:45AM
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Airspeed-X
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I know! I have yet to see somebody post that they have 2+ monitors hooked up to their vid card for video editing. That would be sick.

-Randy
Aug 29 2003 1:01AM
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LC.
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WMM2 isn't al that bad, depending on what you're wanting to do with it. It's all I used up until a few months ago, and I got some decent results.

I've just started playing around with Premiere and yes, I can see that it has huge advantages, but it could be a little intimidating to the average user.

One question for you thought Stu - when I capture DV footage, it just captures it as one file. Is there a way to have Premiere split it up into files containing each shot? I've been looking at a program called Scenalyzer, which looks like it will do that for me, but if Premiere could do it itself, that would be better. If Premiere can't do this, then why not? Surely having each shot as a seperate file is fundamental to non-linear editing.
Aug 29 2003 1:01AM
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TKMB
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file>capture>movie capture. saves each clip you capture into its own individual file.

snow - dual monitors are pretty standard. pretty much essential if your doing a big project. i dont have one yet because, i just built my sysem a month ago, and im waiting for the college to hook me up cheap. you should definately look into getting that man.

'el tit zero three, ya gotta check that shit...........ya gotta check that shit el tit' -matt heneghan
Aug 29 2003 4:54AM
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LC.
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Stu: I don't thin kyou understand me. Say you have a whole hour-long tape of footage, comprising of 10 second shots (so about 300 shots). Is there a way to press a button and have 300 files created automatically?
Aug 29 2003 2:12PM
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kuoppis
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have you tried Batch Capture?
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Aug 29 2003 5:31PM
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LC.
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With Batch Capture, you have to specify the start/stop of each clip manually (at least I think so).

I downloaded Scenalyzer and it did exactly what I was looking for, so that's cool. Still, ifthere is a way to do it in Premiere, I'd like to know about it.
Aug 29 2003 6:01PM
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TKMB
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that would be extremely convenient. i dont think its posible with premier though. i have seen it on imovie, the onlygood feature it offers. looks like youll have to caoture nming eah clip individual, i know its a pain in the ass but thats how you gotta do it.

'el tit zero three, ya gotta check that shit...........ya gotta check that shit el tit' -matt heneghan
Aug 29 2003 10:32PM
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LC.
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Hmm, that seems pretty strange that Premiere doesn't offer that function, since I'd imagine most people want to manipulate each shot individually.

You should check out Scenalyzer - I tried it out and it works great. Captures DV and splits it into individual shots by analyzing the time codes. The trial version inserts a logo every ten seconds or so, but I found a key generator for it easily.
Aug 29 2003 10:50PM
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kuoppis
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just remember to press end search-button after filming of each clip otherwise that timecode thing gets fucked up and so does that splitting thing.
that's what i understood.
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Aug 30 2003 1:56PM
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lightingfarts
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to the guy who started the topic:

definiatly go for another 512mb of RAM. you'll notice a difference. try overclocking the athlon, too, you can get some better performance. get a 2nd harddrive and setup a RAID 0 array. dvd burner is good, too.
Aug 30 2003 4:18PM
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lightingfarts
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and to Capurnicus:

if you have a dvd burner, why do you need a cd-rom and a cd burner?
Aug 30 2003 4:20PM
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TKMB
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i now theres lots i can do to improve my system, but just dont have the money. another 512 is top priority right now, the second HD and dvd burner can wait until i really need it. im not sure i have the knowledge to overclock it, so im not gonna get into that quite yet.

what do YOU have for a system, lighting farts?

'el tit zero three, ya gotta check that shit...........ya gotta check that shit el tit' -matt heneghan
Aug 30 2003 4:53PM
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ACLs_suck
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ya its ok
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Aug 30 2003 7:04PM
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ECFS-Attitash
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one of my best friends has the dual monitor setup...its ok, but they're only 15' lcds

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Sep 1 2003 9:21PM
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TKMB
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dual 15 inch lcd would be amazing. lcd's arent for dualing though, soooo expensice. just get a cheap flat crt's it works just as well.

'el tit zero three, ya gotta check that shit...........ya gotta check that shit el tit' -matt heneghan
Sep 2 2003 1:21AM
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LC.
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I really don't think anything over 15' is necessary. I run everything full-screen (1024x768 on a 15' TFT) (or near enough), and find it awkward if it's any smaller. So to run two programs side-by-side I'd need at least a 25' monitor I think, which isn't really going to happen, is it? Dual 15' would be really sweet though. Would you need a higher spec graphics card for that?
Sep 2 2003 1:28AM
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h3ofilms
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Canon XL1S Mini DV Camera-Stock 16x zoom lens and .6 Century Optics Fisheye
Kragsnorph k-3 16mm Camera with Meteor 16-80mm zoom lens with filter kit
Canon ZR30 Mini DV Camera
Canon Super8mm Film Camera 22-80mm zoom lens
Apple Powerbook w/external DVD burner
I run Premier 7.0 and Avid Xpress DV 3.5 as well as Final Cut 4.
Fully outfitted cable/tripod setup with everything needed to run everything else

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Sep 3 2003 2:12AM
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Capurnicus
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i just had them and a big case...so i put them all in

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Sep 3 2003 2:28AM
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Matty.
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i have a sony cybershot 5.0 mega pixel digital camera! oh yeah

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Sep 3 2003 2:40AM
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Airspeed-X
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I was looking at those in the evolve mag yesterday. Which model do you have?


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Sep 3 2003 2:52AM
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davinci
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Well my setup sounds pretty good to me, never had any problems!

2ghz athlon
120gig HD + (2 * 20gig)
128meg gforce card with tv in/out
512ram
burner, vcr, zip drive connected...

i mostly use all adobe and ulead programs to make my imaging and editing...

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Sep 5 2003 4:24PM
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kuoppis
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BamBam: to use two monitors you must have a gfx card with a dualmonitor support. ie. matrox's DualHead cards are good. i've got the old matrox G400 dualhead. i've done some work on two monitors and it really kicks ass. but it is pain in the ass if the monitors aren't the same size.
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Sep 11 2003 3:11PM
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ECFS-Attitash
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yea my friends left monitor is fucked, and he cant open shit or go online cause everything is over there and its just black, dont double up just get one big one.

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Sep 12 2003 3:14AM
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Skier10322
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for those who have run premiere pro how is it? I gotta try and get my hands on a copy.
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Sep 12 2003 3:34AM
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Freeskifro
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-Canon XL-1
-Mac G4 with Final Cut 4


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Sep 12 2003 3:38AM
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Airspeed-X
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Is Premiere Pro even out?


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Sep 15 2003 1:05AM
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Skier10322
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yes
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Sep 15 2003 3:59AM
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TKMB
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i want premier pro. immediately.

'el tit zero three, ya gotta check that shit...........ya gotta check that shit el tit' -matt heneghan
Sep 15 2003 8:56PM
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hallbens
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I kind of like 6.5 but i have played around with Pro a lot. Im sure it has its advantages. I liked A/B editting(vs. single-tack but Pro doesnt have it(or at least havnt found it yet) I think they tried to simplify it, but 6.5 wasnt that hard to understand. It's all preference i guess.

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Sep 17 2003 4:55AM
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Phrosty
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Windows XP media center
Dual monitor, one 17in flat panel, one 27in tv
120 GB HD
2.5Ghz
512ddr
a bunch of other stuff I'm too tired to remember




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