I'm looking to learn editing from the ground up in the "hands-on" fashion. However, due to the big bucks associated with some of the higher end products, I was thinking about purchasing a lower end product and editing a few shorts with it (simple ones that I intend to shoot) to start out. Nothing real fancy, just your basic capture, simple edits and filtering of the picture, application of sound, maybe an overlay or an added simple effect, credits, etc...
Here's my question: If I buy something like Ulead Video Studio 7 for around $100 bucks and the required hardware cards (seems cheap for learning purposes vs. the large price tag on the major products) am I losing anything other than efficiency and nice fine tuning features and more advanced transitions for example? Any suggestions on a better, and still expensive, product? Any "big" reasons to go straight to the big ticket items instead of this route?
All help and suggestions appreciated!
Hutch
Here's my question: If I buy something like Ulead Video Studio 7 for around $100 bucks and the required hardware cards (seems cheap for learning purposes vs. the large price tag on the major products) am I losing anything other than efficiency and nice fine tuning features and more advanced transitions for example? Any suggestions on a better, and still expensive, product? Any "big" reasons to go straight to the big ticket items instead of this route?
All help and suggestions appreciated!
Hutch