Take20 Video Editing Service
Take20 Video Editing Service
CW EVALUATION
Take your riding reels to the next level
LOW-COST LIPSTICK CAMERAS AND COMpact camcorders allow amateur video buffs to easily record their riding adventures. But asking family and friends to sit through hours of raw, unedited foot-
age will all but guarantee you won’t be invited to the next family reunion. Seattle-based Twenty20 suggests consolidating your favorite clips on a single DVD. Better yet, they will do it for you. The service, Take20, works like this: Log
Twentv20 Corp.
www. take20video.com Price...$250
^Ups A Chapter-based menu for easy navigation A Any media accepted, so dust off those old VHS tapes Downs ▼ Final product only as good as provided footage ▼ Web-based service requires Internet access
onto the company’s website, www.take20 video.com, where a comprehensive walkthrough details the available packages.
Choose one of three options, which range from Rip & Bum ($50), a simple transfer of a single source tape loaded onto an up-to-40-minute DVD along with as many as 10 music tracks, to the Professional ($400), a 25-minute production-quality DVD suitable for both personal and commercial purposes.
We selected the middle-tier Privateer ($250) option. Although DVD runtime is limited to just 15 minutes, five source tapes and an equal number of music tracks may be submitted. Here, just as with the Professional, provided footage is spliced together using your choice of transitions.
The multi-step ordering process is
process easy to follow, and two weeks after shipping our source tapes and a music CD toTwenty20 we received a DVD in a plastic case bearing our logo and title. The editors faithfully followed our instructions, using minimal video
effects and slowerpaced transitions rather than the usual quick-clip MTV-style techniques. Even with the addition of music, engine noises could occasionally be heard in the background, a feature we will request more of next time around. At any rate, one thing is certain: You’ll never again lose your audience while fumbling through a shoebox full of tapes.
