Not sure if it is released yet but allows you to capture from Firewire to a USB2 device.
http://www.bella-usa.com/Catapult.htm

Are you exporting with the "Export work bar area only" option. If so is the work bar area (the gray bar above the timeline with handles at each end) just over the video you are exporting??? If you are exporting with "Export Timeline" option there may be a single video or audio fr...

That's how it starts Ed!!!... all down hill from now on. Your on the slippery slope down. We will be hearing about you robbing banks next...
Neat video by the way... I liked the transitions to black and white...

Glad to be able to help...

I use PE3 with my Sony HDR-HC1... does a nice job.

Regarding using Version 3. Even though the 3.0.2 patch cures the slow response of PE3 in the Sceneline view it hasn't fully resolved the Timeline responsiveness. So in complex projects with many stills/videos it is best to avoid Video track 1. So put your media on Video track 2.

If the images are the same size and orientation then place all the first set of images on Video TracK 1. Then use Motion to position and scale the image to the side of the monitor. Then right clip on the image and Copy then lasso all the other images, right click and Paste Attributes. Then repeat fo...

Thanks a lot guys for the congrats on my birthday. Only another 15 years and I can do this fulltime...

If you are using the FX1 then yes PE3 is a good move. Regarding the PIP and split screen these can easily be achieved and are the same as in PE2. Some of the tutorials should cover these.

Cool... good job Barb and Chuck

Well it is my 50th birthday today so as a present to myself I bought the Neat Video Pro video noise reduction plug-in for Premiere. I have tried various techniques/software for video noise reduction with some what limited success. The MSU denoiser in VirtualDub that Ken put me on to works reasonably...

I dont know how Bill and Ken get away with using only 2MB of RAM and you both have no problems ...wish I could get away with that, I am using 2GB

Select the button, and select layer->duplicate group. Then
save.

Or download some of the free Fire and explosions here that have been filmed against a green screen and use the chroma key effect to put your video behind them.

http://www.detonationfilms.com/free_stuff.htm