I downloaded the Video Factory 2.0C demo last night and tried it out. I found it fairly easy to use and VERY STABLE!! Much better than Pinnacle Studio 8.
I was thrilled when I found out I could do stop motion animation (takes me back to my Super 8 days as a teenager). I am looking forward to getting back to doing some traditional animation and cartoons again!
The only drawback with the demo version of the software is that I could not save the project I was playing with. I can understand not allowing rendering or anything along those lines. But after spending a couple of hours to produce a 40 frame (just over 1 second) animation test, it would have been nice to save the project so I could show my son today. As it is, I just left the computer on so he could see it when he wakes up (ahhh, enough griping).
Most importantly though, I really appreciated being able to download a trial version of the software before spending money on something that may or may not work. With that being said, I am preparing to purchase Screenblaster Movie Studio 3.0 (looking forward to playing with chroma key).
I do have a couple of quick questions...
1) Is there a way to set up a default length for still images being imported into the program. It appeared to default to 5 seconds, which meant I had to trim each image down to 1 frame on the timeline.
2) Just to be clear on the whole process, I use Screenblaster to capture, edit and magically transform my raw footage into a wonderful masterpiece (OOPS! There goes the Stanley Kubrik ego again! Bad Al...). Then I use MyDVD or Ulead or whatever to take the masterpiece and add DVD menus, capters, etc. and burn it to DVD. The question here is, do I save the masterpiece as 1 file in Screenblaster, or do I break it down into individual chapters then use MyDVD to assemble the whole package?
Thanks in advance...
Al
I was thrilled when I found out I could do stop motion animation (takes me back to my Super 8 days as a teenager). I am looking forward to getting back to doing some traditional animation and cartoons again!
The only drawback with the demo version of the software is that I could not save the project I was playing with. I can understand not allowing rendering or anything along those lines. But after spending a couple of hours to produce a 40 frame (just over 1 second) animation test, it would have been nice to save the project so I could show my son today. As it is, I just left the computer on so he could see it when he wakes up (ahhh, enough griping).
Most importantly though, I really appreciated being able to download a trial version of the software before spending money on something that may or may not work. With that being said, I am preparing to purchase Screenblaster Movie Studio 3.0 (looking forward to playing with chroma key).
I do have a couple of quick questions...
1) Is there a way to set up a default length for still images being imported into the program. It appeared to default to 5 seconds, which meant I had to trim each image down to 1 frame on the timeline.
2) Just to be clear on the whole process, I use Screenblaster to capture, edit and magically transform my raw footage into a wonderful masterpiece (OOPS! There goes the Stanley Kubrik ego again! Bad Al...). Then I use MyDVD or Ulead or whatever to take the masterpiece and add DVD menus, capters, etc. and burn it to DVD. The question here is, do I save the masterpiece as 1 file in Screenblaster, or do I break it down into individual chapters then use MyDVD to assemble the whole package?
Thanks in advance...
Al