Fastest Video Editing Software

is there such a thing . . .

[lawman]

. . . or is it the unattainable Holy Grail?

BTW, I just got a new Dell with DVD burner, capture card, and Roxio video editing software. There HAS to be faster software somewhere.

<added> I'm specifically referring to the "rendering" portion of editing. </added>

lawman

[killroy]

Have ya tried AfterEffects?

SN

[mivox]

Fast rendering? BWAHAHaHahahahahahahaha....

No, I think that's still a holy grail type thing. Tho' I guess it also depends on your definition of "fast."

When I was working at a tv station, the video editing crew would take long lunches while a 30 second commercial rendered. They may have been using a *few* more special effects than you might be, but you get the idea. ;)

[GeorgeGG]

Just a thought, are you rendering to the same drive
you captured to?

[lawman]

Yep. I only have one hard drive -- 120 gig. A 45 minute video takes about 2 1/2 hours to render, create image, and burn.

lawman

[GeorgeGG]

I ran a test on my box:
5 minute capture, rendered as
DV Video Encoder, 720x480,
29.97 frames/sec, PCM 16 bit stereo, 32Hz.

Render times,
to same drive, 2 minutes, 45 seconds,
to different drive, 1 minute, 52 vseconds

Also the drives are on seperate cables.

Maybe a second drive might help?

[SlowMove]

After Effects has network rendering which can speed things up if price is not an issue.

[menton]

hi everyone,

Aftereffects rendinering is very slow. I use Adobe Premier 6 with a dual processer PIII machine with a gig or Ram and I can edit and render in real time to broadcast quality, including transistions. Special effects does slow it down but not too much.

Ideally you should be using two hard disks, having one dedicated for the video footage otherwise you will lose quality and speed.

menton