Newbie looking for resources...

[Bursar]

I'm new to this video editing lark, so was hoping that some of you may have some handy websites to point me at.

I already have all the kit on order (DV camcorder, firewire card and editing software), so am looking for things that relate to editing in general rather than using any Matrox goodies.

I'm planning on using Pinnacle Studio 7 for editing the video as it seems a fairly solid bit of software for the price, and this is only a hobby rather than a professional enterprise. So if you have any handy sites that relate to that software, then it'd be a bonus.

For interest, I'm getting the Panasonic NV-DS27 camcorder. Doesn't have DV in enabled, but I have the technology to unlock it Seems a good camera for a good price. Maybe not all the gadgets and gizmos are present, but it's only for fun.

TIA

[Peter B]

This should get you started
Don’t forget to read the FAQ from this site, and looking through some of the previous posts can be far more beneficial than you may think, prevention is far better than a cure

http://www.digitalvideoediting.com/ a magazine and a little commercial by some useful info

http://www.videoguys.com/ commercial again but has some very good articles and advice

http://www.vcdhelp.com/ lots of tips for creating and sharing your output

http://www.wwug.com/ user groups for you software and hardware, should you have any problems!

http://www6.tomshardware.com/video/00q4/001229/ some good reviews and advice articles

http://www.virtualdub.com an essential piece of software

http://www.nct.ch/multimedia/avi_io/ another essential piece of software

httP://www.tmpegenc.com the best mpeg encoder and its free for mpeg1

http://www.adamwilt.com/ for a better understanding of video and your computer

[Bursar]

That's great, thanks very much.

Come on the rest of you, don't be shy. If you have some handy links, please share them

[This_Idiot]

You might pick up some useful info/links from DesktopVideoWorld , although (sadly) it's lacking in digital video stuff (my own fault, I'll get round to it one day).

Also get down to WH Smiths and buy Computer Video mag. Another source of info might be DVDoctor , I don't know how far Paul & co have got with the main site but the forum is pretty varied.

Cheers
Chris
(T_I)

[Sciascia]

Here is one of my favorites. Although it is geared towards ripping DVD's, there are a lot of useful guides to a lot of video tools and good explanations about different formats and he is always up to date on the newest SW.