Hello Long time member posting after about 4 years.

[James Sharp]

First i would like to say i posted this same topic in another thread. but i get the feeling i posted it in the wrong spot. so to correct my mistake i am posting here. With that said i will go into my original question.

Hello all thank you for taking the time to view this post. I have been a long time member of the site and i have even had my hand at a few videos. However most of my videos have been painfully simple as both life and my own limitations have kept me from becoming decent at making music videos.

However I have recently come across quite a bit of free time and i am looking to become very skilled at video editing. As i begin to embark on this journey of mine i have a few questions i would like to first ask. and hopefully the wonderful community of these forums will be able to assist me on my journey to becoming a good amv creator.

My first question is this. I would like to know if the software i have is still acceptable to make a decent video. here is a list of what i own.

Adobe premier pro 7.0
Adobe After Effects 6.5 Professional
Adobe Photoshop cs 8.0

The good news is that i got all of these programs for about 200 bucks from a pal of mine who was using them for school.

the bad news is im not sure if they are even half decent to make a good music video that can stand up to todays standards of the amv site.

So if you dont mind please let me know if my software is currently up to date enough for the job.

Also i would like to know if my comp can handle the work. here is my comp specs.

Amd athlon 64 x2 3800
2 gigs ddr
80 gig hd
ati radeon hd 3850

so ya.. if im good to go please let me know.. if i need an upgrade also please let me know.

Thank you all very much for your time and hopefully i can see yall around in the future as im sure i will have many questions.

[Otohiko]

I think "acceptable to make a decent video" hasn't really changed in the last 5 years, the only real question is speed and features.
You're good, really. To save yourself some headache, I'd get some more storage - that way you don't have to bend over backwards to save space, and can just edit as you need. My older PC which I still mostly edit on is pretty close to what you have here (Athlon 64 x2 4600, 2GB RAM) but I have about 1.2TB storage on it which lets me not worry about my footage/project previews etc. Seeing how cheap storage is these days, I'd say that'd be the most worthwhile upgrade.

Otherwise upgrades are always good, but there's nothing you urgently NEED, really...

[Fall_Child42]

better then what I got ...

except HD space... you should invest in another HD ... they arn't too pricey.

[Panky]

better then what I got ...

except HD space... you should invest in another HD ... they arn't too pricey.

Pretty much this, I've got 3gb ram, nvidia 6600gt and I must say that everything works flawed enough. HDD amount necessary depends on how much source you're going to rip, but if you have around 70gb you should be just fine. You would better need good ideas than software/hardware to make a decent AMV (unless you had a really bad rig, but yours seem like would work just fine with pro 7.0 and PS 8.0).

[Pwolf]

pfft, 80gbs... back in the day i edited with <20gbs on a 600mhz laptop... uphill, both ways, in the snow!

Pwolf

[NS]

Yah I remember wrestling with like 12 GB for the longest time, and this was back when I actually edited.

[BasharOfTheAges]

As cited, most of those software packages don't exist (except as mis-attributed pirate copies).

[Castor Troy]

My first video was done on a 3GB HD.

I remember spending $100+ for a 20 GB and being amazed with all that space!

[NS]

My first video was done on a 3GB HD.

I remember spending $100+ for a 20 GB and being amazed with all that space!

I remember my dad telling me this same thing

[Enigma]

OldFagZ.