Recent content by markowallace

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    2009 MacBook Pro needs Video Editing software

    Confirming. I'll do it. ..and Thanks! -M
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    2009 MacBook Pro needs Video Editing software

    OK, problem solved. It is unnecessarily up-hill for me to try to force top performance from my beloved old equipment. I just went to Best Buy, and for $77 a month, in 18 months w/ no interest, I will own a 21.5" Retina 4K, 8Gig iMac. I must run FCP and Logic, which will be my next challenge to...
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    2009 MacBook Pro needs Video Editing software

    My background is really in 35mm Film, which was edited on early Avid systems - stage mgr./lighting for major TV commercials in NYC, in the 1980s. My dad was a pro Still Photographer, and I used all this taught me in my work. I hardly ever move the camera after composing an expressive frame, and...
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    2009 MacBook Pro needs Video Editing software

    From your MUCH appreciated reply, and my discovering that there is an Elements 11,12,13,14...I conclude that 14 is for me. It offers the most modern output options. The Master footage was shot in Hi8 - new at the time - and digitized in FCP. My remaining question is final project length. I need...
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    2009 MacBook Pro needs Video Editing software

    I have a 2009 MacBook Pro running El Capitan now - which I'd like to use for Editing a feature documentary I shot in 1990. I am not a Tech, but have done audio engineering professionally. What software/changes must I make to get my machine to do basic lap/dissolves, and audio voice-overs? ANY...