VideoStudio :: How To Make X4 Recognize Camera

Using the trial version of VS X4 I am trying to get it to recognise my Panasonic HDC-HS700 video camera so I can use stop motion and onion-skinning. It recognises my webcam straight away but not the video camera.

Have been advised by email from Corel Support that in this case I should "use import from mobile device or import from digital media to capture from this camera." Unfortunately this will only read stored images from the camera's 250GB hard drive, when what we need is for the camera to be in its still picture recording mode so that each one can be checked by onion-skinning before proceeding to the next shot.

Have also seen somewhere that a video camera needs Firewire in order to be able to communicate with VS X4. The Panasonic has a socket marked with the IEEE 1394 three-pronged symbol, but the other end of the supplied lead has a USB plug on it.

Is it going to be possible to get high quality stop-motion videos using VS X4 and the Panasonic HDC-HS700?

There's a whole lot of lost souls on YouTube asking similar compatibility questions on "Corel VideoStudio Pro X4: Stop Motion Animation".