Taking the next step...
Taking the next step...
Now that the expenses of the holidays are behind me I can finally focus on some important matters at hand...mainly trying to move forward with my career. In order to do that I have to buy a non-linear video program that I can polish my non-editing skills. Now here comes the hard part.
Most people in video editing use Final Cut Pro from Apple...which hurts my wallet with the $1,000 price tag...not to mention that I have to get a MacBook to even use the damn thing. Knowing that both of those options aren't in my immediate future I have to get my hands on a program that's at least similar to Final Cut in it's editing options. Now I'm down to two choices...Pinnacle Studio HD and Sony Vegas HD. I tried out Adobe Premiere but that was insanely hard to use and (comparing that to Final Pro and others) was no good. Now I have to make a decision to put myself back on the right track so I can at least have a shot of adding something else to my resume...possibly putting a DVD demo of created videos ranging from short form (not more than 2 minutes) to a few full length videos together. I've always had a little bit of a storytelling habit when if comes to making music videos...I'd just like to add a little more to that. Combining with catching up and learning new software and editing techniques I can finally make an aggressive move forward.
If anyone has any solid advice about any of this I'd really appreciate it.
Now that the expenses of the holidays are behind me I can finally focus on some important matters at hand...mainly trying to move forward with my career. In order to do that I have to buy a non-linear video program that I can polish my non-editing skills. Now here comes the hard part.
Most people in video editing use Final Cut Pro from Apple...which hurts my wallet with the $1,000 price tag...not to mention that I have to get a MacBook to even use the damn thing. Knowing that both of those options aren't in my immediate future I have to get my hands on a program that's at least similar to Final Cut in it's editing options. Now I'm down to two choices...Pinnacle Studio HD and Sony Vegas HD. I tried out Adobe Premiere but that was insanely hard to use and (comparing that to Final Pro and others) was no good. Now I have to make a decision to put myself back on the right track so I can at least have a shot of adding something else to my resume...possibly putting a DVD demo of created videos ranging from short form (not more than 2 minutes) to a few full length videos together. I've always had a little bit of a storytelling habit when if comes to making music videos...I'd just like to add a little more to that. Combining with catching up and learning new software and editing techniques I can finally make an aggressive move forward.
If anyone has any solid advice about any of this I'd really appreciate it.