 | Adobe Premiere Elements
Buy used from: $18.74 The best video editor for hobbyists. Perfect upgrade from Microsoft Movie Maker, Pinnacle Studio or Ulead
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 | Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 plus Adobe Premiere Elements
Buy used from: $64.00 The best value for hobbyists. Get the photo and video editing products on the market. Great way to get your photos on to DVD. Great interaction between both products.
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 | Adobe Premiere Elements Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team
Buy new: $26.60 / Used from: $16.99 A great workbook guide for learning how to edit video.
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 | Premiere Elements for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) by Antony Bolante
Buy used from: $1.30 Lots of great color photos and text on how to use Premiere Elements
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 | Adobe Premiere Elements for Dummies by Keith Underdahl
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $11.50 No great product wouldn't be complete without a dummies guide to editing video with Premiere Elements
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 | Sony DCRHC40 MiniDV Digital Handycam Camcorder w/10x Optical Zoom
Buy used from: $249.00 You need a name brand mini DV camcorder to capture high quality video to edit (AVOID DVD, MicroMV or MPEG4)
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 | Sony WCS999 Wireless Camcorder Microphone for DCR-DVD101/201/301 & DCR-HC20/30/40/65/85
Buy new: $94.94 / Used from: $90.00 If you need to shoot events like weddings, having a wireless microphone is a must!
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 | Sony HVL-20DM Sony Lighting Kit for the DCRDVD 101/201/301
Buy used from: $134.99 If you need to shoot at night and want to avoid the green nightshot mode, a good camcorder light is essential.
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 | Sony VCTR640 Lightweight Tripod for DSCV1/P41/W1/P93/P73/P92/P100/P150/F88/F828 Digital Cameras
Buy new: $27.15 / Used from: $25.00 A basic tripod is critical for shooting school performances, wedding ceremony or sporting events. Get a quick release mount so you can pull of the camcorder quickly.
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 | Adorama Bean Bag, Soft Support for Your Camera or Lens.
If you want to strap your camcorder to something (like a moving car) a soft non scratch bean bag is a must for protecting your camcorder.
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 | Avenger Pump Suction Cup with a 5/8" Baby Fixed Spigot.
Buy new: $41.12 A suction cup with clamp for attaching your camcorder is perfect for attaching your camcorder inside your car window or on a glass mirror for great video shots
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 | Umbrella, ADW Adjustable Reflex White Coated Nylon 30"
Buy new: $22.50 For indoor shoots where you need even lighting, perfect for blue/green screen work
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 | LiteDisc Reflector Translucent White 12-inch
Buy new: $13.95 Perfect for fixing outdoor lighting, like getting a person's face lighted correctly.
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 | Westcott Muslin Sheet Background, 10' x 12', Chroma-Key Green
Buy new: Too low to display Want to create Hollywood special effects with your own green screen? Shoot yourself against the green screen, use Premiere Elements to drop out the green color and put in your own background video!
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 | Belkin F3N401-06-ICE IEEE 1394 4-Pin/6-Pin 400 Mbps FireWire Cable (6 Feet)
Buy new: $10.95 / Used from: $11.99 The DV cable needed to connect your camcorder to your computer
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 | Addonics 1394 FireWire PCI Card
Buy new: $25.85 / Used from: $12.88 The FireWire card you'll need if your PC doesn't have a DV connector installed.
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 | Monster Cable J2 CAMAV M-6 6-Foot Mini AV Composite Video/RCA Connector
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $2.49 The AV connector you'll need to connect your camcorder to the TV/VCR. Allows you to see your editing, titling and DVD preview live on your TV from Premiere Elements (REALLY COOL)
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 | Toshiba MD13P1 13" TV / DVD Combo
The TV that you'll want next to your computer to see the Live TV preview from Premiere Elements (PC connected to DV camcorder connected to your TV). DVD player useful for checking exported DVD discs.
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 | Sony DRX-700UL Double Layer FireWire/USB 2.0 External DVD±RW Drive
Buy used from: $100.00 The DVD burner you'll need to create DVD discs from Premiere Elements (The Sony 700 series does all the DVD formats including the new 4 hour 8.5gb double layer discs)
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 | ATI Technologies Radeon 9600 SE 128 MB DRR2 Video Adapter (100-437009)
The graphic card you'll want if you don't already have a decent GPU graphic display card. Premeire Elements can use the GPU chip to accelerate transitions and effects on ATi, Nvidia and Matrox cards.
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| Maxtor L01P160 7200 RPM 160 GB Internal Hard Drive
Dedicated hard drive for capturing video. Internal drives are the fastest. 60 minutes of DV footage is roughly 18 GB of drive space. Having lots of free, defragmented hard drive space is the key!
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Buy used from: $40.00 The most common video editor that people switching to Premiere Elements are coming from because they need more creative control.
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 | Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5
Buy used from: $239.00 The most popular professional video editor that Premiere Elements users upgrade to when they want to turn their hobby into a business.
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 | Adobe Video Collection Pro 2.5 - Premier Pro 1.5, After Effects Pro 6.5, Audition 1.5, Encore DVD 1.5, Photoshop CS
The ultimate professional video collection of Adobe's video products (the dream collection)
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