I Feel Poor...And Obsolete
One of the side effects of getting the sample issues of Videomaker magazine is that now I'm on the mailing list for video production suppliers. Today I got (along with my long-awaited and measly IRS tax refund for 2008) a little catalog from Sony Creative Software (sonycreativesoftware.com), which includes Vegas Pro 9 (high-quality video editing), Cinescore (video soundtrack constructor), royalty-free music on disk or download, sound effects from the archives of radio and film production houses, ACID Pro 7 and Sound Forge 9 (high-quality audio editor programs for music applications), CD Architect 5 (master creation for CD mass production, and other goodies related to these.
What's weird is the prices seem insane at first glance, but are reasonable from the aspect of somebody starting a new business. This stuff has come a very long way since I first got interested at the end of the 1970s and portable video cameras had just started becoming available.
Still, even if I got $400 together to get the stripped-down "Home" editions of the software, and a camera, and a computer that I know can handle them all, I still would feel out of my depth.
What's weird is the prices seem insane at first glance, but are reasonable from the aspect of somebody starting a new business. This stuff has come a very long way since I first got interested at the end of the 1970s and portable video cameras had just started becoming available.
Still, even if I got $400 together to get the stripped-down "Home" editions of the software, and a camera, and a computer that I know can handle them all, I still would feel out of my depth.