Video Tools Survey and More

Harald Heim, the creator of Harry's Plug-ins, a great person and source of free and share-ware plug-ins for Adobe, Corel and Quark products also offers a quarterly newsletter. He is so creative and tuned in to the graphics world and I am a fan of his creations.
Harald is also interested in what consumers want to do with images. He recently created a poll to find out what people are using to edit videos. Just under 200 responders gave him these results:

1. Adobe Premiere Pro 23%
2. Other 16%
3. Adobe Premiere Elements 14%
4. Pinnacle Studio Plus/Ultimate 9%
5. Sony Vegas Pro 6% Pinnacle Studio 6% Ulead VideoStudio 6%
6. Apple Final Cut Pro 4% Ulead MediaStudio 4%
7. Adobe After Effects 3%
8. Sony Vegas Movie Studio 3%
9. Apple Final Cut Express 2% Magix Video Pro 2%
10. Avid/Pinnacle Liquid 1%

So, we creatives are a mixed lot of consumers. We use a lot of Adobe products.

“Other” is an interesting answer that I would like to know more about. Maybe we could ask another friend, “Anonymous”, to do a sub-poll with that group and see just what the other programs are.

Whatever you use, I hope you are using your resources to rescue and document your past, record the present and get ready to capture the things that are unfolding in your present and future.

In a future post we'll talk about archival issues and how to maximize the chances that you will not lose the images and articles that are precious to you.

I recently had the privilege of spending some time with one of my favorite people. This person, in my eyes, has everything. The mind, education, experience, capability and capacity to do anything. They also have, with God's Grace, over 40 years to get all this done.

This is just the kind of person into whose life I want to place the tools, skills and experiences in calligraphy, photography, design and writing disciplines that I have developed.

The fact is, right now I know 5 people with just about the same potential – and I am eager for one or any or all of them to step forward and say, “I am the one.”

Or maybe YOU are that person. Tim © www.timjohnsonphoto.com