A small market, edge of Old Town, Lyon

Edited and produced by this software: Arcsoft Total Media Showbiz (from Total Media Extreme suite).

This is not the latest version of this software, this version is a few years old and came at the time when much more affordable home HD camcorders were in their infancy. The production quality shouldn'y suggest what the current version of Arcsoft's HD video editing program is like. The earlier version has only 1 track, no audio adding possibilities, and its features are only some titles, effects and transitions. No chroma key or advanced features like video stabilisation. However, that early HD program's 1440 x 1080 film output can be really good indeed - and I might prefer it (but for the limited features) to what I usually edit with now - Cyberlink Power Director Ultra (very good quality output also, excellent DVD quality output). This early version of the Arcsoft editing program also has DVD and Blu-ray output and authoring (very limited authoring choice in menus, but fine) and works well.

Like the latest version of Cyberlink's program (Power Director version 8 ultra, though version 9 is being developed), the latest version of Arcsoft's video software has the ability to enhance standard defintion footage to produce what is claimed to be near hd (low hd) quality film. The two companies have different, patented systems in their software for enhanching standard definion video clips.

Taken in March 2009.

Camera: Digilife DDV-1080HD camcorder, taken in 1080p but reduced to 720p before listing in Youtube (not a good reduction in quality terms, but I have no other file as many of my 1080p clips were automatically reduced to 720p when a video converting program I was trying installed.)

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