Do I have to use ImageMixerSE with the Canon Vixia HF 10, or is there something newer or better?

[bombeck]

I have an old school Canon Vixia HF 10 and it came with the Pixela ImageMIxerSE software which i have update to the most recent version but it is painfully slow even though I am running 16gb of ram with an I7 processor.  Can I use the newer Canon software or is there something else?

[jmarkos]

You can use any commerical NLE, (non-linear editing) software to transfer your clips, make movies, and burn to disk. My favorite is the Sony Vegas lineup,which starts at $50.00. As the HF 10 uses AVCHD recording format the Movie Studio Platinum with accelerated AVC/H.264 encoding may be best. Often though it is not the software that is slow, rendering takes time.

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro/compare

Good Luck

Mark