Onboard color correction at the capture level can help you fix that indoor footage shot at an outdoor white balance settings and, ultimately, save you time. One area to look for is the color correction capabilities available in this level of card. Stepping up to the workhorse level buys you lots of additional video processing capability. That’s a pretty cool feature that software-only editing solutions can not always promise. Many of the effects and transitions happen in realtime (RT) and so you often do not have to wait to for renders. When you move into this area, it’s also necessary to spend a little more time reading the specs to determine if the card you’re considering matches the capabilities of the host machine.įor example, in the Canopus line of cards, the Let’s Edit RT solution at $329 runs on a variety of Windows software systems including XP Pro and provides not only FireWire and analog inputs but also has 24-bit color processing at a resolution of 1024/768. Cards in this class often go beyond simple digitizing and move up the quality scale. In the $100 to $400 arena, you can start to expect some additional capabilities for your money. This key to making a good choice in a capture card is to understand what kind of video source you are trying to get onto your computer and then concentrate on the cards that match your computer’s capabilities. Other cards are FireWire compliant, meaning that they can directly accept a digital video signal via an IEEE-1394 cable. Remember that some products concentrate on analog conversion allowing you to feed any signal from any video source and digitize the video stream in preparation for using the clips in your editor. Video editing really is for the masses and not just for the "serious" amateur struggling with her first indie film.įor just a few more bucks, you can move into a lower cost analog card (Pinnacle Studio DC10+) or even one of the entry-level DV cards like the Pinnacle Studio DV or the basic PYRO card from ADS Corporation. If your needs are simple, however, devices like this make it amazingly simple to get started. Of course you don’t get any of the bells and whistles that arrive as you move up the video capture pedigree track. Just plug the box into your computer’s USB port (often USB 2.0 for full-frame, full-resolution), install the basic capture software and start digitizing your favorite tapes. Products like the Plextor ConvertX PX-AV100U are a "card in a box" solution, which has all of the video capturing capability that a true beginner may need. In fact, at the low end, you might not even need to crack open your computer case.
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