Posted by Povl H. Pedersen on 05/12/07 08:45

On 2007-05-11, mmaker@my-deja.com <mmaker@my-deja.com> wrote:
> On May 11, 7:58 am, "Ken Maltby" <kmal...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Both of these Newsgroups begin with rec.video
>> not all video needs to be "professional" to be valid,
>> useful, enjoyable, worth while, to those of us with
>> ""only"" a recreational interest in video.
>
> But Avid pretty much only care about the pro market, and Premiere and
> Final Cut lean that way too. So why would they worry about making
> systems for editing Joe Sixpack's home video?

This is why we have Final Cut Express HD. This is probably where we
can expect to get the support later this year when an upgrade comes
out.

It is the consumer version of FCP.
>
> Personally the only AVCHD footage I've seen looked awful on a
> 1920x1080 display. I've no idea whether that was because it was a tiny
> camera with a cheap lens, or whether it's a limitation of the format.

The problem with the format is the low bandwidth and compression,
and you should be able to spot these problems apart from the camera
probs.

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