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Video editing software

faceman · 2008-09-30 12:52:40

I picked up a Panasonic HDD vid camera and in a moment of madness forgot to check its compatibility with Mac. Low and behold the supplied software is Windows friendly only altho the instructions does say you can transfer the raw data to a mac. Will iMovie be sufficient for my needs or is there any other packages plugins i…

30-09-2008 12:52pm

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I picked up a Panasonic HDD vid camera and in a moment of madness forgot to check its compatibility with Mac. Low and behold the supplied software is Windows friendly only altho the instructions does say you can transfer the raw data to a mac.

Will iMovie be sufficient for my needs or is there any other packages plugins i should get?

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#2 30-09-2008 2:11pm

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is it an HD one?? if so imovie 08 will do it fine.

if its standard def, then imovie 06 or 08 will work.

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#3 30-09-2008 4:21pm

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I have imovie 08 actually but the cam isnt HD.

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#4 30-09-2008 5:08pm

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well then you'll be fine. its mpeg2 data that camera does, and imovie 08 can edit that

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#5 01-10-2008 1:07pm

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Tried it with imovie last night and worked fine. thanks for your help.

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