[MacDV] iBook as iMovie platform

[DBAFeldman at aol.com]

How old is your son? What are his capabilities? What are his goals? Is this 
simply an introductory, get his feet wet setup? Is a more capable system a 
possibility down the road?

My son started (age 13) with a G3 400mHz iMac and played it back to the 
camera and transfered to VHS. As his interest grew, so did his abilities and the 
equipment he uses. Now at 19, he is FCP certified and will soon have his name in 
the credits of a major commercial movie as assistant editor.

You have to look at the whole picture as it is a rather dynamic situation. 
Things will change. A simple system is fine in some instances, but far too 
frustrating in others. 

It is most important to know your son. He is the most significant part of the 
equation.

I wish him well,

Jamie


In a message dated 7/30/05 1:43:58 PM, dfz at mac.com writes:


> My son wants to get a digital movie camera. He has an older G3 iBook, 
> 800Mhz,
> 384Mbye memory. Would this be a reasonable platform to import and edit his
> movies or would it be considered too slow? Anyone using this or a similar
> platform doing OK with it?
> 
> How about iDVD on this? Does building a DVD work OK? How about building the
> DVD image? It doesn't have a DVD burner, but I do have one on my PowerBook
> and could firewire connect to copy an image file over for burning.
> --
> Dennis Fazio
> dfz at mac.com
> 

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