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Help with Canon HG20 & CS3
Can someone please help me, I am a novice film student doing my first unit at Uni, and are required to use PP CS3. I went and purchased a camcorder, Canon HD20, as the Uni ones are very dated and keep breaking, chewing tapes, etc,but cannot work out how to capture the video to PP CS3. The HD20 does not have tapes, just HDD, and also no firewire, has USB.
Have I bought the wrong camcorder? There seems to be no camcorders for sale here anymore with tape, as it’s considered outdated.
What camcorder does work with CS3?I can’t afford to purchase new adobe software as well as a camcorder.
Any advice?
Thanks
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Not too sure if this works on CS3 – I’m on CS4 but had to transfer from a Canon HG10 (similar codec) – used the USB to transfer the Video files into a folder in the video hard drive – opened a project with the video codec the Canon uses and then – using the Media Encoder converted the clips to Matrox AVI (I’m on a PC with Matrox board) but you can go to a Microsoft AVI if that suits your needs.
Hope this helps.
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The footage the HG20 shoots is avchd which CS3 doesn’t support, there are ways around this addressed in this link:
https://kb2.adobe.com/cps/403/kb403297.html
also cineform is mentioned in the link but not NeoScene which is a inexpensive way to use avchd with CS3 if your computer can handle the requirements.
Also there are tape camcorders still available, the Canon HV40 is one, or you maybe able to find a HV30 or 20 -
Thanks Simon for your reply. Just to make sure I understand what your saying…is the Media Encoder part of CS4? So I would need to purchase CS4, but not a different converter as suggested in the next post.
I have just found out I can purchase a student version of CS4, at a reasonable price, so is this the best option then? -
Thanks Brian, I had a look at the link, and now understand it all a bit better now. Neoscene mentions it imports to CS4 no mention of CS3, or am I reading that wrong?. I just need to work out where to purchase a converter as I’m in Australia, not everything is readily available in this area, and I need it now,can’t wait 3 weeks for some store to get it in.
My comps a quad core, so it may be ok, not sure.I’m a bit confused now, as to, does CS4 handle avchd or even with CS4 I would still require a converter, and if it does handle it, why does Neoscene mention CS4, not CS3?
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I’ve been with Adobe Premiere since nearly the start, upgraded to CS2, then 3 and discovering what great improvements they make on each upgrade, went to CS4 immediately it was available (have my order in for CS5 already…) Found that CS4 has much better tools than 3 and – if you can afford it, highly recommend it. The Media Encoder (that works in the background as you continue editing)is wonderful, and the amount of codecs you can import into projects is as complete as I’ve ever seen. Well worth the price (and the time it will save you). Just check that the machine you are installing it into has all the necessary capacity to run it efficiently.
Best of luck!
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I’m a bit confused now, as to, does CS4 handle avchd or even with CS4 I would still require a converter, and if it does handle it, why does Neoscene mention CS4, not CS3?
1. CS4 can handle AVCHD fine as long as your CPU is a quad core 2.6 Ghz or better.
2. CS3 can handle Cineform as long as your hard drive throughput is adequate as the file size is 3X AVCHD. -
[Leanne Wagner] “it imports to CS4 no mention of CS3, or am I reading that wrong?. “
If you read under this link it mentions CS3, also under Features,
https://www.cineform.com/neoscene/specifications.php[Leanne Wagner] “I need it now,can’t wait 3 weeks for some store to get it in. “
You can buy it online for download -
Thanks Mike,
My comp is Intel(R)Core(TM)2Quad CPU Q8200 @2.33GHz 2.33GHz
Memory(RAM): 3.00GB
System type: 32-bit Operating SystemSo, is my comp not suitable because of the GHz? or does it have 2 lots of 2.33GHz? (as that is typed twice), and would run CS4. Sorry don’t understand the techy stuff.
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