im a 15 year old girl and i have a SONY 460X DIGITAL ZOOM CCD-TRV308 NTSC hi8 camcorder and im anxious to get some adobe premiere 6.0 editing software but my problem lies within what other type of equipment do i need to buy in order to capture my film into my computer?? im trying to get an estimated price on all of this because i love film making and i know enough about adobe premiere to get the job done plus it has some awesome features for an intermediate filmmaker to explorer on.

*~*Panderz*~*

Well, Amanda, the kind of computer that your planning to edit on is what is going to decide the programs and/or hardware you need. Depending on the computer you have, you might already be able to capture footage through an i-link or USB port. If you don't have an i-link or USB connection in your computer, then you need to get a capture card -- you can buy an i-link card to go into your computer so you can capture the footage. If you to to Firewire/i.link/1394 add-on card, you can see that they are pretty affordable. Now, as for Adobe Premiere...this program can range from $300 - $500 depending on where you buy it. You might be able to get a student discount if you have a sibling in college, which could take the price down to $200. I hope that answers your question.

I'm pretty sure a firewire card will do you no good. For a hi-8 or other analog format you'll need an analog capture card. I think they range from about $150-$2,000. I don't know what to recommend, but there are probablly some still around here that use these.

I'm sorry -- I totally misread and thought you had a Digital8 -- not a hi8. Since you have a hi8, NotaMono is right -- the i-link will be of no use to you. There are a lot of good analog capture cards out there that can be fairly cheap. However, you need to be very careful. For example, when I first started editing, I had to get an ATI All In Wonder 128 analog capture card which in itself worked fine -- the only thing was the capture card caused a fault with Premiere -- and I couldn't use the video viewer in the program -- which kind of made Premiere useless. So, you can get a good analog card, but be careful of the card and how it interacts with your system.

well thanx a lot guyz that really helps me out... ill talk to my film teacher at school and also see what he recommends to get all i can get.. i can the software for about 200-300 dollars, cuz i can get a student discount... thats like my birthday savings plus i have a job so thats easily taken care of.... the problem is just i didnt want to waste my money on things i werent sure about.. well yeah anywayz, thanx a lot!!! ill be sure to write more later.

*~*Panderz*~*

Look up some analogue capture cards on E-Bay, because they have some really good deals. I recommend you try and find a Pinnacle AV Capture card of some sort, I know they have atleast 1 model for analogue.

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I don't know about a pinnacle card. I have an av card and it's not compatible with adobe premiere. I looked at the site and half the cards made by pinnacle arent compatible with adobe premiere. If you check out the adobe site it gives a list of cards that are compatible