has any one got ant ideas or is using a prog for putting
everything 2gether..i mean video editing package
something that lerts u load in movies and a background sound track and play wavs over the top for the talkie bits

also lets you record a sound track...people talikng for the lip synch bits....any ideas

Dave

This is in response to your post under "Demo Reel Intro" But I thought I'd copy it here as well. I used Avid DV Express 3.5 to edit the images as well as the sound. It can do unlimited layers of sound but you will be able to only hear 8 of them at a time. You just do a mixdown. There were around 19 or 20 tracks of sound. I used Cool Edit to manipulate the sound effects. I would reccommend using Adobe Premiere or Vegas video to help you assemble the project They tend to be a little more user friendly. Avid can do alot but takes a bit of time to get the hang of.

I have Premiere for the advanced stuff, but I do much of my video editing with a simple freeware application called VirtualDub, and audio editing with the inexpensive Goldwave.

That name reminds me of Tito at CGTalk... Anyways. I use combustion and I find it very easy to use. I don't know how many layers you can use but the drawback is that you can only have one audio track... I've also used AfterFX a little bit but I don't have much experience on that subject...

Combustion and After Effects are used mainly for compositing work but can be used to video edit as well but have more limitations than a program like Avid or Premiere when it comes to assembling a video, like the sound issue mentioned by nemirc.

thanks guys i think for the sound editing and recording im guna go with cool edit pro...a bit pricey at 270 but sounds just the job still looking for the vide editor....possibly edit studio ..dont know yet still looking Dave

I use After Effects 5.5 and am very happy with it. Ofcourse you can always download some demos and try several software packages out.

After Effects seems like the logical choice. It's cheap, it can composite 100 layers, it has very powerful masking tools and it can import both Maya and MAX files natively. With the edition of Particle Effects and the 3D workspace, AE 5.5 PB has become THE best program in the world.

Cool Edit Pro was just purchased by Adobe, and has been renamed Adobe Audition. They're charging more for it than syntrillium was (270 Pounds??? Nah man, that's almost 400$), and at the moment, Cool edit Pro 2 can be downloaded from this page http://www.syntrillium.com/shop/ for 249$US. Adobe will be charging 299$ when Audition is released, and "upgrading" from Cool Edit Pro 2 to Adobe Audition is free (I put quotations, because adobe is releasing this "update" only a few months after purchasing, and from what they say about the program, the only new features are likely to be an Audition splash screen, and minor task switching with Premiere), so if you want it, now is the time to buy. Once Audition is officially put on sale (something like a month or so), Cool Edit Pro, and Cool Edit 2000 will cease to be offered (Loopology.com is also gonna be shut down, with Adobe taking over the loop downloads and products). Point being, Cool Edit Pro is fantastic software. Aside from having no midi capabilities (other than small time playback), it's really kickass, with the ability to sync to SMPTE code for video etc. I've used it for almost 2 years, you can't go wrong with it for 250$, unless you have the 800$ needed for programs like Cubase and Logic.