Building DVD's - getting started

hallelujajordan

OK . . so I've bought my digital camcorder, a JVC GR-D23 . . not great, but it will get me started . .

. . I also have Premiere pro and Encore, but where to now ??Both Adobe products seem to be really really complex and I'm having real difficulty finding any 'basic' information resource . . .

Does anyone know of any internet resources that can help me . . eg, beginners guide to building a DVD via Premiere pro / elements . .

Thanks

. .hj

Lump

Did it not come with a manual? Also there should be tutorials in the Help menu, and if you register the product on the adobe site, it should open it up to further resources.


John

hallelujajordan

yeah . . I don't have the manuals and the help menus are not so easy to use / navigate . . am really looking for a 'beginners guide'

hj

Lump

Well register on adobe's site, they have beginners guides. I'm assuming the software is legal. Tell me it is...

John

hallelujajordan

Lump wrote:

Well register on adobe's site, they have beginners guides. I'm assuming the software is legal. Tell me it is...

John

. . . of course !

Have registered on Adobe's site and can find various tutorials etc, but nothing that ties the whole lot together !

Lump

Well I cant help you. In that case, seems odd you dont have the manual, or there's nothing online about it that you can find.


John

Lump

http://www.wrigleyvideo.com/videotutorial/tut_encore.htm

result one on a google search. Look around, it's not rocket science.


John

hallelujajordan

Lump wrote:

http://www.wrigleyvideo.com/videotutorial/tut_encore.htm
result one on a google search. Look around, it's not rocket science.
John

Thanks for your help . . link above is actually really good and much as I googled I wasn't able to find anything like it !!

No thanks for the negative attitude though . . . I posted in this forum because I thought that I might find some like minded users who had addressed similar difficulties in the past and who might have knowledge to share . .

The kind of attitude demonstrated above, does nothing but discourage people from using forums like boards.ie . .

here's an idea . . if my post irritates you (as it appears to) then don't respond !!

Sparky

I have the same JVC camera and i have Adobe premiere 6.5, but since im a begineer like yourself HALLELUJAJORDAN ive decided to try some trials of Pinninice Studio 9 and Ulead video studio 8 (which can be bought full in many computer shops for around €40-€60) Id recommend you purchace some Digital video camera magazines like "Digital Video made easy" I found it has alot of tutorials based on major video editing software inc. Adobe premere, and comes with a DVD disc with tutorials and software to try out (thats where I got my demos from).
About the camera, i think its great for begineers but i find that the wide angle isnt the best, you have to move futher away to get a good filling of the screen, but it does the job for me. Also you can try using NeroVision express to do your dvd's I havnt much info on using it for dvd's as such because i havnt tried it out yet with the new camera but it worked fine when i was tranferring video of a VHS-C camera for DVD.
Also i think the full versions of the software im trying out have the option to finalise to DVD.
Sorry for the long post but I hope this helps you out.