Looking to speed up your video editing process? 

Have you considered using a dedicated video editing keyboard? Go to www.bella_usa.com and check out their lines of special keyboards for professional prosumer video editing software packages like Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro and Avid Xpress and Avid Xpress   DV Pro. These professional keyboards ($169) come pre-configured with keys specifically labeled for all the common editing tasks. In addition, these keyboards include a built-in jog/shuttle controller for operating your camcorders and VCRs, as well as for moving video on the desktop. 

It is much more efficient and faster to use a dedicated jog shuttle controller instead of trying to use a mouse to control your camcorder or to control the video movement inside your editing application. By using the jog/shuttle controller, with just a small flick of the wrist, you can fast forward or fast rewind, you can play or you can even move the video ahead or back a frame at a time.

For prosumer applications like Pinnacle Studio, Sonic Foundry VideoFactory and Apple Final Cut Express, you can get the less expensive DV Keyboard ($109) which includes the built-in job/shuttle controller and special stick-on label sets for the editing functions. DV Keyboards are available for both Macintosh and Windows computers. You can also use the DV keyboard and label sets for Adobe Premiere, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Express and Avid Express DV, Pinnacle Edition, and Sonic Foundry/Sony's Vegas 4. 

Both the professional keyboards and the DV keyboards connect to your computer by a USB cable and include easily installed software and editing application presets.  Keyboard includes Web, Email, and Multimedia keys for additional convenience, Built-in comfortable wrist rest, Fully programmable Jog / Shuttle Controller, Specialty Keys and Multimedia Keys; Two USB 1.1 Ports. By the way, you can use two keyboards at once with your editing compute r- one standard keyboard and one Bella keyboard, However, the Bella Keyboard can also be used as a standard keyboard with all your favorite applications like Microsoft Word, Excel, and Internet Explorer.

You can buy these Bella video editing keyboards at the Bella web site or at B&H Photo-Video online.

* Bella Corporation's DV Keyboard has won Videomaker Magazines 2004 prestigious "Product of the Year Award" in the Best Post-Production Accessory category. more