Posted by Derry Argue on 12/23/13 11:27

Thanks. That sounds like good advice. I did actually think of the Mac as I
know it is aimed in the media direction. I also publish books on a small
scale and everyone in publishing uses Macs with Quark.

I'll check it out. Good points.

Derry

"MediaBLITZ" <scott.bethel@sbcnospamglobal.net> wrote in
news:E8%Ye.1383$Ur.1190@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net:

> From one technophobe to another (I'm much better now :)
> First of all, reputable or not, the company you are dealing with is
> going to sell you what they are authorized to sell. If there is
> something better out there and they are not licensed to sell it, do
> you think they are going to tell you? Maybe, maybe not.
>
> Anyway, Avid Xpress DV will be more than enough, from what you are
> saying. I am not familiar with ULead DVD Workshop, but Sonic is pretty
> much the standard.
>
> Now I edit with Avid on a PC, so this is not a bias, but if in your
> shoes I would consider a Mac. It will come with iMovie and iDVD and,
> again from what you are saying, those can do some nice projects and
> the learning curve is minimal (unlike AVid). Then if you want to step
> up from there, Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro are top notch
> softwares that you can acquire. In fact I use DVD Studio Pro for my
> DVD authoring, though I have a couple of others on the PC. Well
> actually, there is Avid Xpress DV for Mac too (as well Xpress Pro).
>
>
> "Derry Argue" <home@adviegundogs.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:Xns96DAE4207E867derryadviegundogscou@130.133.1.4...
>> Sorry if this has been posted before but I have done a Google and
>> failed
> to
>> come up with conclusive advice. I have every confidence that the
>> regular posters here will cure that discrepancy!
>>
>> I make documentary style productions of wildlife/country subjects. I
>> acquire on a PD150 and must now go non-linear. (Yeah, I know!<g>).
>> The end product will be DVDs (with multi-language subtitles accessed
>> through a menu) for sell-through. Presumably, I need to produce a
>> finished master to hand to my duplicators.
>>
>> I have decided to buy a package rather than do a self-build (I am
>> computer illiterate) and have been recommended to go for a system
>> running Avid Xpress DV with Ulead DVD Workshop. As this comes from a
>> reputable company, I'm assuming the hardware will be up to the mark.
>> Budget is around
> �1,500 -
>> �2,000.
>>
>> Broadly, I do not need an editing suite capable of creating
>> advertisements for TV. My most successful production was cuts only!
>> But it would be nice to be able to do dissolves. As I've stated, I am
>> a technophobe. :(
>>
>> Is the above going to cut it, or do you know better?
>>
>> Derry
>
>
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