I have been with TMPGEnc's video conversion software, 'Video Mastering Works' since the early days of its predecessor, and it just gets better and better. Instead of logging-in HD footage as I used to do, I convert it's format
on the evening of its taking. Frequently, my shots total well in excess of a hundred, and being of wildlife, and nature which doesn't always behave, the footage needs culling and conversion, in my case to good quality mpg2, so that it may be used within the limitations of the DVD-standard. A solid evening's work can see any number of shots teed-up for overnight conversion and trimming. I set up batches of 15 shots (the maximum, usually, in a computer 'column'), for convenience, allocate each to a batch and retire to bed, usually in the expectation of my shots being available by breakfast time. Having scrutinised, handled and frequently modified, each and every shot to determine trimming points etc, I am already familiar with the content of my shots, which makes a great launching-pad for the video editing processes to follow. As I said, 'indispensible', and for years has been one key software item, I would not like to have to do without.
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on the evening of its taking. Frequently, my shots total well in excess of a hundred, and being of wildlife, and nature which doesn't always behave, the footage needs culling and conversion, in my case to good quality mpg2, so that it may be used within the limitations of the DVD-standard. A solid evening's work can see any number of shots teed-up for overnight conversion and trimming. I set up batches of 15 shots (the maximum, usually, in a computer 'column'), for convenience, allocate each to a batch and retire to bed, usually in the expectation of my shots being available by breakfast time. Having scrutinised, handled and frequently modified, each and every shot to determine trimming points etc, I am already familiar with the content of my shots, which makes a great launching-pad for the video editing processes to follow. As I said, 'indispensible', and for years has been one key software item, I would not like to have to do without.