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I first got my hands
on a video camera while working for an engineering consultant from 1985 to
2000. At the start all the video and editing work was contracted out to
the local university. I must admit that I really enjoyed overseeing edit sessions
so that I could take in all the mega-millions in equipment that can be housed
in a true on air production studio. My first in house editing experience was using the two VCRs and the ole 'push play and record simultaneously' method. While very crude, got the job done. I especially enjoyed watching the ever present and free rainbow transition effects. Inserts, well they were a little trickier...Push play / insert/record...watch the counter...watch the counter...watch the counter...PAUSE! Didn't work? Start ALL over. Then came along the Panasonic AG-1950's series VHS editing decks with flying erase heads and the edit controller unit that took care of everything for you. Perfect edits and audio/video inserts. They were just too cool. But now how about some split screens and transitions? Well, I found out that it would be quite easy. That is after spending some big bucks for time base correctors and a video mixer console. Not long after that Panasonic introduced their line of digital video mixers. A WJ-MX12 was purchased. Now it just couldn't get any better than that. Until... "Let's go to S-VHS...OH! Lets upgrade to the "end all beat all" (at that time) theWJ-MX50!" This all in the past now. Currently I am using all computer based non-linear editing with the aid of Pinnacle System DC1000dv and Promise Technology raid hardware and Adobe Premiere software. All is well, unless...'THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH' strikes with "less than a minute" to render |
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