Originally starting as a camcorder and a VCR, my editing and special effects facilities have certainly expanded over the years. While still including many formats of analogue video playback (Hi-8, S-VHS, Video-8, VHS, Beta), my editing facilities are fully digital. Utilising multiple high-end computers, I can edit in standard and high definition and output to DV, HDV and DVD formats. Apart from my video editing, I can also create special effects and animations in both 2D and 3D environments, with final outputs ranging from low quality on-line formats right up to full HD...

Apart from a bunch of flat screens, it doesn't look like much. However, my editing and special effects suite packs quite a punch...

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Full Digital Editing Suite Utilising Equipment Such As:
    Quad Core and P4 HT PCs. 
  All networked with backup drives.

    HD & SD output in DV, HDV & DVD formatts...

Editing & Special FX Software Includes:

    Cineform Prospect HD

    Adobe Premiere Pro

    Adobe After Effects

    Adobe Encore

    Ulead DVD Workshop

    Ulead Cool 3D Studio

    Curious Labs Poser

    DAZ Bryce

    DAZ Hexagon

    DAZ Carrara

    iClone

    FX Home Studio Lab

    Paint Shop Pro

    Adobe Photoshop

    Adobe Illustrator

    And many others...

High band Analogue Acquistion Utilising Equipment Such As:

    Sony Hi-8 VCR

    Ampex  Betacam SP VCR

    JVC S-VHS VCR

    Teac VHS

    Videonic MX-1 Vision Mixer

    Sony A/D Transcoder (if going into edit suite)

    LG DVD Recorder (if going straight to DVD)

    And other equipment as needed...

The grunt behind my digital editing and special effects suite. All with burners and networked together with backup drives...

Some of my analogue acquisition equipment...

My Videonics 4 channel video mixer which feeds all of my analogue signals into either the edit suite or direct to DVD. It also has the bonus function of a Time Base Corrector that "cleans up" the older analogue signals meaning a better quality dub...

My Betacam SP machine...

Close-up on some of my gear...

Two of my analogue machines:

JVC S-VHS VCR

Sony Hi-8 VCR...

Two of my DVD machines:

XMS DVD player.

LG DVD recorder...