Any tips, advice on installing VF would be appreciated !!

kapalua wrote on 10/26/2002, 7:48 AM
Hi all,

I'm planning on downloading and purchasing Video Factory today. Still have some reservations, however. I'm wondering if Pinnicle would be a better way to learn. But anyway, are there any special things I need to do to install VF and get it up and running? Should I install the software on my C drive or on my 2nd hard drive. How do I tell VF to capture video to the second hard drive so I do not use up all the space on my C drive Partition??

My firewire card is the ADS Pyro 1394 DV running on a Dell 8200 P4 2.8 GHz with two 120 GB WD hard drives with 8 MB cache.

Thanks for all advice.

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IanG wrote on 10/26/2002, 12:38 PM
As an ex-Pinnacle user (I assume you mean Studio?) I wouldn't recommend it over VF! The interface is very reassuring, with representations of cameras and scrap books, and the story board approach gives you confidence you're making progress. BUT that's only going to keep you ahead of the game for a short time. You'll quickly realise that you need to do more than just drop clips on the storyboard and add transitions. Once you get to that point you'll find that VF's simple, even obvious, while Studio's starting to get rather cumbersome. Carry on a bit and you'll exhaust Studio's capabilities while you're still discovering them in VF.

After I'd done my first video in VF I went back and tried to redo it in Studio - I couldn't even get close!

The VF tutorials are excellent! Capture some video (there's a tutorial for that) work your way through the lessons and have fun!

It's a straight forward Windows install - you don't need to do anything special.

Cheers

Ian G.
kapalua wrote on 10/26/2002, 6:06 PM
Yes, thanks....but if I have XP on Partition C on my first hard drive and plan to capture video to a second hard drive should I install Video Factory to the C drive or another partition on my first hard drive, or should I install Video factory on the second hard drive where the video files will be?
kapalua wrote on 10/26/2002, 6:07 PM
Yes, thanks....but if I have XP on Partition C on my first hard drive and plan to capture video to a second hard drive should I install Video Factory to the C drive or another partition on my first hard drive, or should I install Video factory on the second hard drive where the video files will be?
CraigF wrote on 10/26/2002, 8:34 PM
Hey! I remember seeing your post on the Canopus forum.

You'll be happy with VF2.0. Install the software to your c:\ and when you launch the capture utility in VF2.0 you can set the preferences for the capture drive. I'm capturing to my e: which is actually an external firewire drive.

As far as Studio 8 vs VF2.0: I requested a Studio8 demo cd and installed it the day it arrived. Within 1 hour, I decided I didn't like the interface and the effects weren't great. Within 1 hour of using the VF demo I was very happy.

Good luck, and I'll see you around both forums. I do post more often on the Canopus forum, so if you have questions you can PM me over there.

Craig
kapalua wrote on 10/26/2002, 8:42 PM
Thanks Craig,

I'm looking forward to trying the software out along with my Canopus ADVC 100 to see what it can do. Or more like what I am capable of doing with it! See you around.