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Originally Posted by mw01908 BTW I'm finding that video editing is becoming an almost never ending task that I just want to get finished once and for all! I have a backlog of holiday vids from 2003 that I never seem to be able to finish off. I'm scared if I keep originals i will then watch them again and want to redo the whole editing thing again.!! Plus most of the cut stuff was really worth cutting. |
The thing with I find with editing is that one often never thinks its good enough.
However looking at TV program edits which are done relatively quickly but done well is a bit of reality check, As such "never ending" : is a mind set which can be broken. It never gets "perfect"

You have to draw the line somewhere. If your intended audience are friends family or colleagues they'll usually be more than happy with the first edit
I think we find ourselves getting picky because we have the technology and the possibilities are endless. Time , however is very finite
For simple material, I transfer from DV tape to HDD of a settop DVD recorder, do a few trims and voila.. Minimal editing. HDD even allows you to rearrange clips in an order different to how you shot before assembling to DVD.. It is far less involving than using the PC and you don't get the feeling " when will I ever get all this done?"

! once the DVD is being written to
Another method requires "editing on the fly" while shooting...not ideal, and not possible ( or desirable) in all situations but it is by no means an unheard of method.
By all means reuse your originals if you feel youll never need them again but do so with care .. some events cannot be recaptured.
I find that when Im doing a Video montage of various events, footage that was never used in the original edit get used and can be evocative.. but to be fair, video montages are not an everyday project