Capturing Video from camera with Premiere 5.5

[Max Lobovsky]

Analog:

Make sure you are using a USB 2.0 device otherwise you are limited to something like 320x240 and 15 fps because of USB 1.1's low bandwidth.

If you really want to do it right, get a PCI card.

Use www.virtualdub.com for the capturing. It does a better job than any other tool (less frame loss, better quality, etc). There are some tutorials on how to use it to capture.

Digital:

just do it in Premiere.

[sanddrag]

Thanks everyone for your help. It turns out, I was able to use my Mom's Canon PowerShot digital camera which can take video clips at 640x480 and make them AVIs right on the SD card. I know it isn't the most ideal way of shooting a short movie but it was the easiest and quality and professional look isn't the main point of this video I'm making.

But I'm saving this thread for next time I do have to actually capture video. Thanks for the help!