PM>DH>PM>I have been instructed to set up my computer to allow us to
  >DH>  >perform inhouse video editing.  We manufacturer several small
  >DH>  >products, and we need short instructional videos (10 to 15
  >DH>  >minutes) containing video
PM>DH>We have been looking into the exact same thing for my business.  The
  >DH>$1K limit is going to be tight though...  Most of the reasonably
  >DH>priced video capture boards suffer from either speed or resolution.
  >DH>The hardware can only run so fast and you can either have the full
  >DH>340x680 but skip frames ( or run slow ) or you can go the full 30
  >DH>frames/sec but for a small postage-stamp sized screen.
PM>DH>I am assuming too that you already have the camcorder and lighting
  >DH>equipment and software ( you wanna do titles? gotta get software! )
PM>Thanks alot for the reply and the information.  I don't have the
  >software....yet - could you recommend any?  The video portion of the
  >tapes I need to produce will not have any text overlays.  I only need to
  >show video footage and explain whats going on, and then jump to screens
  >which will be graphics/text and no video, and then jump back to
  >video.....and so on.
OK - I am still looking at software myself so there is probably a lot of
stuff I am overlooking.  Basically, the capture board will place your
video onto a hard disk and you then process each frame for whatever
thing you need ( titles, image editing / morphing, etc... )
I am using Elastic Reality and their companion program TransJammer for
morphing and special effects and the video board I am getting ( miro )
comes with copies of Flying Fonts ( titling and SEG ) and Premiere
( video editing )
PM>As far as the 1k is concern, I have been trying to obtain more funds and
  >should be able to.
Great!  Much of the software is available mail order but it still adds
up quickly...
TTYL - Dave
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