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stepbasin
Jan 10, 2005, 11:56 AM
Ok, it only took five years but my father in law is finally switching to a Mac. He is a videographer and as such will be buying a Dual 2.0 G5 in the very near future. Now, he has tasked me with finding the software he wants. So, this is what I will be needing. If you have it cheaper than I can find on eBay I'll take it.

Da List:

1. MS Office Suite
2. Adobe Photoshop
3. Final Cut Pro HD
4. DVD Studio Pro 3
5. Motion

If you have any other software/hardware that you think would be useful to someone doing proffessional grade video editing please give me a post. Thanks for the help.


MacDawg
Jan 10, 2005, 12:11 PM
Apple's Shake (http://www.apple.com/shake/) perhaps?

Woof, Woof - Dawg
mcmav37
Jan 10, 2005, 12:22 PM
3. Final Cut Pro HD
4. DVD Studio Pro 3
5. Motion


See if you can find someone selling the Production suite as you should be able to save some money there.
Platform
Feb 7, 2005, 08:05 AM
Apple's Shake (http://www.apple.com/shake/) perhaps?

Woof, Woof - Dawg

Very nice pice of software but what a PRICE :eek:
Chappers
Feb 7, 2005, 10:25 AM
And don't forget to tell him that we all say hello and welcome.
wwooden
Feb 7, 2005, 10:44 AM
See if you can find someone selling the Production suite as you should be able to save some money there.

If you're a student too, then you can get the production Suite REALLY cheap. I'm sure your dad would like that. :)
filmmaker2002
Feb 7, 2005, 11:38 AM
The only problem with the student version is that the license doesn't allow you to make money off the software. What I would do is buy a Final Cut Pro 1,2 or 3 license for cheap off of eBay legally then use that to buy the UPGRADE of the production suite for $699.
FightTheFuture
Feb 7, 2005, 01:31 PM
hardware wise, he should definitely have an external firewire 400/800 harddrive (http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10025) for a scratch disk, and maybe an audio/video digital converter (http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=650127/search=canopus%20advc) for converting his clients footage.
drlunanerd
Feb 8, 2005, 05:47 PM
The only problem with the student version is that the license doesn't allow you to make money off the software. What I would do is buy a Final Cut Pro 1,2 or 3 license for cheap off of eBay legally then use that to buy the UPGRADE of the production suite for $699.

Excellent idea. May I direct you to my Final Cut Pro 3 for sale (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=108234) ad?