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Adobe Premiere and After Effects CS3
Hi,
Please consider I am *green* (totally new) to digital video editing software. Just installed Adobe CS3 (Premiere and after effects). Haven’t used that yet….Now in the process of buying a HDD camera. wish to do videos for web as well as for home TVs. Looking between a Sony SR45 or a Canon HG10.
However, I read that Adobe Premiere CS3 do not natively support the AVC HD format that the Canon (my most interesting choice, considering the price I am willing to pay and the reviews I had read), is indeed AVC HD.
1) Should I go for a camera that does that format over a non-HD camera?
2) If the Canon does AVC HD, does this mean it does *only* that format, or can I use the cam to record in standard (non-HD, non AVC HD) that Adobe CS3 programs can use ?
I wish to have the best cam for the price, but yet, to be able to use my (highly paid) software.
Any recommendation ?
Thanks,
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3 Replies
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Aside from CS3 not being capable of editing AVCHD is the computational challenging aspect of decompressing that codec for playback. A Quad Core 2.6 CPU is needed.
HDV is much less compressed and a more common acquisition format. Sony and Canon both make cameras in the $1 K range. HDV requires only a Core Duo 2.6 to preview in CS3. -
If you just bought this software you ought to be able to upgrade for free from Adobe and get the CS4 version which does handle AVCHD.
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Thanks for both replies.
However, I remain puzzled. I read that although the Canon ‘cannot’ do anything else than AVCHD, that CS3 will ‘downgrade’ to standard definition automatically. Which would mean I could edit, right ?
Now, would I be better to have a AVCHD capable (now) and go through CS3 and downgrade (and still, would this provide a decent result?).
Going to HDV means having a firewire interface, from my understanding… And: not sure I wish to spend $1K at this point.
And frankly: I am not crazy about having another cam that require a media (I used to have a Mini DV – so complicated to transfer to PC… ) I want an easy thing.
I was reading that AVCHD can be edited in a little consumer software such as ULEad… Should I then buy ULead and make the transition to Standard mode there, then load the result for further edition nto CS3?
Thanks again
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