![]() ![]() Pushing the Upload button, for instance, simply marks your video with a YouTube destination. However, we found these buttons to be incredibly deceptive. One other feature worth mentioning: several 20 JVC camcorders have built-in 'one-touch' buttons that are meant to facilitate things like burning to DVD and uploading to YouTube. For anything more complicated, you'll definitely want to look elsewhere for your video editing needs. The only editing feature available is a simple trim mechanism. A dozen attempts at this left us unwilling to bother with the DVD burning feature. The software kept crashing and giving us error messages. We couldn't get the YouTube feature to work, but that may have been the dinosaur we're using as a computer. We found the Backup feature to be confusing, since it was not obvious how to import just a single clip-and not the entire contents of the camcorder.Īside from the backup feature, users will probably get some use out of the YouTube and disc burning features. That's an important step, since you'll have to do this if you want to do any editing or even watch the video on your computer. The most important feature of the program is the 'Backup' command, which is how you import videos from your camcorder to your computer. You will need to use iMovie or another 3rd party application to transfer files and/or do video editing.įrom the main screen, you can easily sort your video files, using the traditional thumbnail view or a handy calendar view. **Note: None of the Everio Media Browser programs are compatible with a Macintosh operating system. ![]() Unfortunately, we were often thwarted when trying to operate the most basic functions. It has a number of useful features including clip organization, YouTube upload capability, and DVD disc creation (additional DVD burner required). The software offers bare bones functionality and is actually quite frustrating to use at times. The program has gone through several iterations, including the 2.02 version, which shipped with several 2010 camcorders. JVC Everio camcorders ship with the Everio Media Browser software program. Though ImageMixer is at the heart of Canon's included software, it also comes with a separate photo viewer/editor and a program for transferring your own audio files onto the camcorder (for use with playlists and Video Snap). It's a little less user friendly than iMovie, but it has the same bare bones functionality. You can adjust the volume of your video, add your own audio files, add text/titles, or do some basic splicing and trimming. It does, however, include several options that intermediate video editors will welcome. The Editing/Authoring portion of ImageMixer is also complicated to use. Simple tasks like burning a DVD or uploading to YouTube are not as simple as they should be. This interface isn't very user friendly and it isn't designed with the novice or the technophobe in mind. There is a library for viewing all your clips by date, title, album, etc. ![]() PIXELA ImageMixer 3 SE is the heart of the software. You will need to use iMovie or another 3rd party application to transfer files and/or do video editing. Note: None of the PIXELA programs are compatible with a Macintosh operating system. Using ImageMixer to transfer files is fairly straightforward: probably easier to use than expensive 3rd party editing software, but just as easy to use as iMovie or Movie Maker. You need to use some kind of editing software or transfer utility first. Neither standard definition nor high definition files recorded by Canon can simply dragged and dropped onto your desktop for viewing. The most important element of all these discs is Pixela Disc 1, which has the transfer utility you'll need for getting videos off your camcorder and onto your computer. Whether you have a Mac or PC, you can also use this disc to install ZoomBrowser (Windows) and ImageBrowser (Mac), for viewing and organizing photos. If you own a Windows computer, you may be prompted to install a driver when you first connect your camcorder via USB. This is a lot of discs for one camcorder and enough to make you pull out your hair, even if you aren't easily intimidated by technology. Disc one has the transfer utility (for copying files from your camcorder onto your computer), and disc two is the actual editing program. In 2009, Canon camcorders shipped with four different discs: a digital instruction manual / music CD, a 'digital video solution' disc (with drivers and an image browser for photos), and two discs for the PIXELA application. ![]()
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