Digital Video Editing Systems - Builds and configures video editing systems for cutting HD from basic systems aimed at the education sector or enthusiast editor to the professional editors who demand stable systems able to deliver weekly shows with built-in redundancy to cope with power outages and failed hard drives without losing productivity.
Our systems are specified with professional graphics cards to comply with stringent editing software requirements to deliver stability in a production suite.
Our systems are optimized for high throughput for HD editing performance and redundancy if required.
Our systems are software based solutions utilizing AVID MEDIA COMPOSER 6 or ADOBE PREMIERE CS5 optimized for editing footage direct from multiple formats of HD footage including CANON DSLR's.
Avid Media Composer 6
Directly access and edit RED files through AMA, without transcoding (images are scaled to HD frame size)
Work natively with QuickTime video formats, including Apple ProRes and H.264
Keep high-end finishing projects in-house and gain great color precision with HD-RGB support
Mix and match frame sizes and aspect ratios — in addition to formats, frame rates, and resolutions — in the same timeline
Import AVCHD files directly from cameras and other devices
Capture to and edit XDCAM HD and DVC PRO HD formats from baseband without additional hardware
Access low-res XDCAM proxies for offline work, with full-quality audio
Natively access and edit 4:2:2 MPEG-2 media from the new Canon cameras using AMA
http://www.avid.com/US/products/Media-Composer/system-requirements
Avid Media Composer 5.5 32bit & 6 64bit Software 30-Day Trial http://apps.avid.com/media-composer-trial/
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
Import and edit all the popular QuickTime formats natively (including Apple ProRes and .mov files captured by Canon 5D and 7D cameras)
NATIVE TAPELESS/FILE-BASED CAMERA SUPPORT
P2, XDCAM, XDCAM EX and XDCAM HD, and AVCHD
allows R3D files to be dropped straight onto the timeline without transcoding or rewrapping.
Panasonic P2 cameras in DVCPRO, DVCPRO HD
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/supportedformats.html
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=premiere_pro
Photoshop/Premiere Elements 10
http://www.adobe.com/products/psprelements/
Built-in DVD authoring package allows the complete production process from capturing and editing to dvd creation within Premiere Elements - The step by step instructions built-in to the interface are a great assistance if you are new to editing.
ASF (import only), AVI, AVCHD (import only),
SWF (import only), Blu-ray Disc (export only),
DV, DVD, Dolby® Digital Stereo, H.264, HDV,
JPEG, PNG (import only), PSD (import only),
MOD and TOD (JVC Everio, import only),
MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MP3, WAV,
QuickTime, Windows Media, WMA (import
only), 3GP.
Import/export of some formats including
AVCHD, DVD, Blu-ray, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and
H.264 may require activation or download
of components via an Internet connection.
Activation or download is fast, easy, and free.
Import/export of 3GP, 3GP2, MOV, MPEG-4,
and QuickTime requires QuickTime software.
The recommended specifications for editing HDV successfully:
Intel Core Duo or AMD X2 2.33Ghz+
2-4Gb Ram
XP SP2, Vista or Windows 7
Ti 1394a card unless you are editing HD files and not DV
Nvidia or ATI graphics card (on board will not work well)
At least two hard drives are recommended
1 - operating system
2 - video footage
When building an editing system it is recommended you start from a clean install for the best performance and update all of the patches that windows offers you
If you have fitted a creative sound card make sure you disable onboard sound in the bios
Good luck
The industry video or film editing software standard is Avid so if you are wishing to train as an editor for the industry learning Avid is essential. We can build you an Avid workstation which will open the most doors into editing for film or television - If you are wishing to employ editors for a project - most seasoned professionals work on the Avid platform.
