I did a search and all I could find on NR was Final Cut which doesn't seem to work with Windows.
Does anyone know what software is the best for editing video from our Nikon cameras in Windows? Thanks!
Windows Video Editing Software
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Posted 9 months ago #
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I have not used my self, just did some research when I considered doing video
Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 seems to be the windows equivalent of Final cut Pro
needless say it expensive but you did ask what's best not what's cheap
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Thanks, sevencrossing. Hopefully there's one that is affordable and simple to use.
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There is an elements version but needless to say it's missing all the good bits
Very good video by Richard Harrington over at Kelby TrainingPosted 9 months ago # -
http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=3028
My vote is still for Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum. They just updated it to version 12, but version 11 (what I use) is still everything that I need and it's now in the $30 range.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Creative-Software-Platinum-Version/dp/B0051M6I9O
production suite (includes an extra audio editor and a tutorial dvd—maybe some other small feature differences)
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Vegas-Studio-Platinum-Production/dp/B0051M6IPI/Posted 9 months ago # -
Thanks guys! I'll try their free versions out this weekend!
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I can also vouch for Sony Movie Studio. I've been using it since it was called Sony Screenblast Movie Studio. I think it's the best of the bunch.
I have a question for you, jonnyapple, when you "make a movie", what render template do you use for 24p and 30p? I had no problems when I was using DV, but now that I have a D7000, I'm a bit confused.Posted 9 months ago # -
What are you outputting for, oyabaka? I'm assuming you want to avoid frame pulldown like this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-two_pull_down), so you definitely don't want to output to a 29.97 fps format.
Here's a pretty foolproof way to avoid this. The 24p from the D7000 is 23.976 frames per second, so you want your project and timeline to be set to this. When you start a new project, select "Match media settings" from the list of video options, then browse to one of your 1080p24 files from the D7000 and select it. You should see something in the indicator box below that says "Video: 1920x1080, 23.976 fps progressive." if you've done it right.
When you're ready to render, the newer versions of movie studio (10+, maybe?) have a little [equal sign] icon above the (daunting) list of possible output formats and its label reads "match project settings." Checking that box will filter the list to give you only formats that won't have to use pulldown.
As to which you should choose from the now-filtered list, that depends on what your distribution target is.
If you're going to youtube, the best option is to use the sony AVC codec. It's an H.264 codec just like the D7000's video files. Be careful not to choose one of the options that has "video stream" at the end of it, because that means it's expecting you to render the audio as a separate file for blu-ray distribution. Of the choices, the best bet is probably "HD 1920x1080-24p 20Mbps," which will give you slightly bigger files than you started with from the camera, which are 19 Mbps in the high quality setting. PS: I learned the hard way not to use Movie Studio's "Upload to Youtube" option. I'm pretty sure I did everything right, but it only supports the 60i framerate so even the highest quality video showed up there with interlacing when using that "feature". Boo! Here's a youtube video that I shot with my NEX-5N. I know the video is a little shaky at times. The nice thing about the 5N is that it shoots 1080p at 23.976 and at 59.940 (exactly 2.5x higher frame rate). This makes it easy to create slow motion video that matches your 24p video with no interlacing on any of it! Okay, I'm done raving about sony products on a nikon forum. I also love my D7000.
For blu-ray distribution it's a bit more complicated because you'll do best by rendering the video and audio separately. For the audio, select the DVD audio under the Dolby Digital AC-3 section (note that if you want 5.1 surround, you'll need to manually change the project settings to 5.1 in Project>Properties under the "Audio" tab). For the video file, newer blu-ray players can handle a higher video bitrate than older ones. The safe option is to render it to the 16 Mbps video stream under the AVC codec, but try the 25 Mbps video stream under the MPEG-2 section if you're feeling lucky [edit: I did some research and the quality of the AVC 16 Mbps stream is actually supposed to equal or better the 25 Mbps MPEG-2 stream, so just stick with AVC]. As long as both the video stream and the AC-3 file have the same name and are in the same directory, Architect Studio will know to include the audio when you drop the video file into a blu-ray project.
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Thanks! After reading your post, I played around with the settings a bit more and was able to get it better. The NEX-5N looks nice, but it's a bit out of my price range. However, I'm getting a Panasonic HCV700MK and it records at 1080/60p, so I can try the slow motion effect.
On another note, I wish your sister the very best for a quick recovery.Posted 9 months ago # -
Thanks, oyabaka. She hasn't had the best news since, I'm afraid (it's now in her brain), but there have been little miracles along the way.
Posted 9 months ago # -
I need to update the previous (long) post. The Studio versions of the DVD architect software only support pcm (.wav) audio for blu-ray discs. AC-3 is for DVD only. I just ran into this limitation for the first time today as I was going to burn a project to blu-ray.
So, you still do the AVC video stream render like I said, but then you export the audio as 48000 Hz, 16 bit stereo PCM.
I doubt I'll ever have a video long enough that this limitation will matter to me (and I don't mix in 5.1), but I thought I'd mention it.
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