depends what media software you use to make your vid, the one on windows is ok. some advice to making a video 'action packed' in to make clips as short as you can, use the zoom function on the time line to murge clips correctly. the one major thing that bugs me is where you have too much fottage of one section. chop things up a bit and make sure you dont over film sections (by that i mean showing one rider do an entire section for about 6 seconds, looks slow)

i reckon a good tip is to avoid using the zoom as much as possible. Try and set up the shot before hand, and keep the entire sequence under the same zoom. I always think it looks better, + as supercorss says, get used to smooth panning, and holding the cam still when you film. Nothing worse than jolty filming. Add some music to your footage, always helps!!

It takes a lot to make dirt jumping look good to be honest. Cable cams and boom cams can help, but I think that might be going a bit further than you want Try a cable cam improv by riding along next to the set, with practice this can come out pretty well.

Even in the big budget films, the only dirt that ever really looks good is the super huge stuff anyway.

yeah, tree climbing shall become fun

just found out i need a firewire card to stick in the back of the comp to get footage off it, only thing is i cant find the one i need, any help?

aint got one yet, coz i need to get a fire wire card for my computer, but i dont know what to go for.

do i need a specific card to go in?