help me please!!!!!!!!!

[Ben Insler]

You’re looking at about a minimum of a $6,000 gift with the camcorder.

MacBook Pro 15″ 2.16 GHz Intel Core2Duo – might want to up it to more than 1 Gig of RAM though.
Final Cut Studio

Camcorder you’ll have to do research on.

-Ben

[Kamper420]

AWESOME…I WAS PLANNING ON IT BEING 6-8K THOSE PERFECT! THANKS SO MUCH!!!!

Jennifer Young
Danlar Electric
Design/Sales
ALA LIGHTING SPECIALIST

[Sewellyboy]

I think it really depends on how much you want to spend. You can buy a computer system off the apple website from between 1200 and 4 thousand dollars. The Final Cut Pro software is 1300 dollars, and you can spend anywhere from 300 to 3000 dollars on a digital camera. Again it really depends on what you want to spend.
Good luck.

[Steven Gonzales]

You might want to buy the whole package from a reseller. Then it will be tested and ready to go, and they can explain your choices to you.

Some on this site have recommended Promax and WH Platts.

http://www.promax.com
http://www.whplatts.com

[David Bogie]

> I NEED TO HAVE IT PUT TO ME STRAIGHT FORWARD AND ONLY THE BEST STUFF (AFFORDABLE W/I REASON)AND PERFECT FOR HIS NEW HOBBY. OH YA AND ITS A HOBBY NOT NECESSARILY A JOB YET…BUT HE’S WANTING IT TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION. HE’S WANTING TO MAKE VIDEO GAME INTROS???< Yar, 1. Stop shouting at us, it's rude. 2. Getting best stuff for a hobby is stupid. 3. The best stuff is not affordable. Your budget provides entry level gear at best. 4. Video game intros is not a field you just start making money at; gaming companies have very good producers. 4a. It's like buying a stock racing car before you know how to drive. 4b. It's like buying a rack of mountain climbing gear when you live in Florida and, besides, you don't really like to travel. 5. Your biggest investment should be in animation training and deep film production and effects creation long you buy stuff. 6. You asked for straight, here's the straight stuff: This is a waste of money. Put it in your IRA or your child's college fund. bogiesan This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Kamper420]

SORRY BUT CAPSLOCK IS CONSTANTLY ON MY COMPUTER SO THEREFORE DONT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY BUT I’M NOT YELLING..
1. I’VE ALWAYS GROWN UP W/ BEST STUFF…WHY SETTLE FOR LESS?
2. I UNDERSTAND HE’S NOT GOING TO MAKE $ IN THIS FIELD..THATS WHY ITS A HOBBY…NOR DO I CARE THAT HE’S NOT GOING TO HOP IN AND MAKE $..HE HAS A VERY WELL PAYING JOB ALREADY..
3. <> THANKS FOR THE DIRECT INFO ON THAT..I WILL USE THAT ALONG W/ EVERYTHING ELSE.
4. THANKS BUT I HAVE NO KIDS NOR DO I WANT THEM AND MY IRA IS DOING PERFECTLY WELL W/O THIS $$ SO THANKS FOR IT STRAIGHT..AND JUST SO YA KNOW I ALREADY BOUGHT THE COMPUTER..I GOT THE APPLE MAC PRO AND FINAL CUT PRO. HE’S GONNA BUY HIS OWN DIGITAL CAMCORDER.
5. & SMILE ONCE AND AWHILE AND ENJOY LIFE…I PROMISE ITS NOT THAT BAD…HELL SOME PEOPLE DONT HAVE COMPUTERS OR EMAILS SO YOU CANT BE DOING TOO HORRIBLY.

THANKS FOR EVERYONES HELP.

Jennifer Young
Danlar Electric
Design/Sales
ALA LIGHTING SPECIALIST

[Walter Biscardi]

TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. I DON’T CARE IF THEY ARE ALWAYS ON WHEN YOU ARE USING YOUR COMPUTER. TURN THEM OFF WHEN YOU POST HERE. INCREDIBLY ANNOYING.

Pick up an iMac with Final Cut Express. If he’s only interested in doing video game intros, he does not need a full blown FCP system.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
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