avid express dv 3.5 vs 4.5

[willdvx]

whats better in 4.5 compared to 3.5?

any answers or links to answers would be fantastic

many thanks

 

[MichaelP]

Support for the DVX100!
Ability to open and edit any film project from Medirien or Adrenaline.
multicamera (not real time play)

More stuff on the Avid website for 4.6.

 

[krestofre]

Michael, am I reading you right? By saying Xpress DV 4.6 supports the DVX, do you mean that it can handle 24p footage with pulldown? Or do you just mean that it has the deck template for the DVX? Thanks for the clarification.

Chris

 

[Kumaran]

4.6 can handle 24p footage normal and advanced pulldown, however you will need mojo for 24p output.

link for willdvx
http://www.avid.com/products/xpresspro/index.asp

alot of additional features in Pro, compared to Xpress dv 3.5.4

 

[MichaelP]

Just to be precise- v.4.6 handles native 24 frame editing (21.976) and capture of ADVANCED pulldown over FireWire. As Kumaran states, you will need a Mojo to output back out to NTSC with 2:3 pulldown.

4.6 can also capture NORMAL pulldown but only over analog via Mojo to 28:1 resolution.

v.5.0 (Xpress Pro HD) added the ability to output NTSC with 2:3 pulldown over FireWire, no Mojo needed.

V.5.1 allows for both NORMAL and ADVANCED capture over FireWire to a 23.976 project type.

All versions from 4.6 and later allow a 30p shoot to be captured into a 23.976p project (video only) to create a 25% slomo by playing it back as 24fps. Great for hand held non sync audio shots.

Michael

 

[krestofre]

4.6 can also capture NORMAL pulldown but only over analog via Mojo to 28:1 resolution.

Ah, via Mojo. I thought we were talking about Xpress DV, not Xpress Pro. My mistake.

Chris

 

[MichaelP]

Only Xpress Pro on up in the Avid model line-up can handle 24p/23.976. I only refer to Xpress pro on up in all my responses -

Sorry I did not read the subject carefully where it says Xpress DV....

Michael