Considering Edius

HerzogisGod

HerzogisGod

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Im very new to all this. I purchased an HVX200 which I will shotting a feature film on. I will be shooting 720PN. I've read that Edius supports all HVX200 modes, and is very nice to work with using the P2 cards.

Can someone recomened a good computer to run this software. The computer will only be used for editing.

Is Edius the way to go?


thanks
 
I have Edius 4.51, Avid Media Composer and Adobe CS3...I find myself using Edius more than the others because of the ease and speed. I can insert the P2 card in a pcmcia slot and be cutting footage in about 5 seconds. Edius seems to run faster than Media Composer and CS3 on the same computer. I can't give you any computer recomendations at this time, I'm using an old computer and am also in the upgrading process. I have no regrets buying Edius.
 
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If it's just for editing, and not for trying to do a whole suite of applications, EDIUS is great for that. Also might want to look at NewTek SpeedEdit, it's a very different type of editor but it also has native P2 support.
 
I just read a bunch of reviews about SpeedEdit. I really like the looks of it. This might be the winner :)
 
Hey Chris,

If you buy SpeedEdit let me know what your thoughts are about it.

Thanks,
Chip
 
Chris,

BTW, I use Edius just to cut footage, Media Composer for effects / transitions and CS3 for Photoshop and AE... I'd sell my sole for one program that did it all :)
 
Barry_Green said:
If it's just for editing, and not for trying to do a whole suite of applications, EDIUS is great for that. Also might want to look at NewTek SpeedEdit, it's a very different type of editor but it also has native P2 support.
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Barry is correct as usual. My first non linear editor was the Toaster Flyer. and loved it. Speed Edit is similar and easy to learn. I still use Edius most. But I just had to have Speed Edit for old time memories. I believe they still have a special deal if you own another brand They will sell to for $399.00

Mule Ferguson:beer:
 
I'm partial to NewTek as well, so take this with that in mind.

But we've been doing all of our post in either SpeedEDIT or VT5 which has SpeedEDIT included.
Really fast (hence the name), really quick to get up to speed on, and mixing HD and SD on the same timeline, or outputting any resolution is a snap.
Not to mention the user community is as awesome as this one.

We also own the HVX 200 and since SpeedEDIT 1.2, they have supported our beloved DVCPro files.
Definately worth a look. And yes, with the "competitive upgrade is $395
http://www.newtek.com/speededit/
 
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Barry_Green said:
If it's just for editing, and not for trying to do a whole suite of applications, EDIUS is great for that. Also might want to look at NewTek SpeedEdit, it's a very different type of editor but it also has native P2 support.
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Does SpeedEDIT do multicam? For a lot of producers that's a must. Edius and Media Composer do a great job on this. In fact, in some ways Edius seems a whole lot simplier especially with regard to select and edit as opposed to render waits. Can't comment on CS3 we only have CS2 and not aware that it could edit video???
 
I don't personally know how they compare, but it's my understanding that speed edit renders stuff in the background as needed, so not quite the same thing, but they may perform similarly on the surface.

Last I checked, no multicam with speededit. But, there was a nice feature that basically saved your history with your project, so you could load a previously saved project and still have all your "undo" history, which is pretty cool if you go to another computer or something like that...

Later,
Jason
 
SpeedEdit does not have multicam, but a third party plug-in, BobsMultiCam by Bob Tasa is excellent. You can have as many as 9 cameras on your preview monitor. It is an extra $199 though.

Tom
 
ChipG said:
Chris,

BTW, I use Edius just to cut footage, Media Composer for effects / transitions and CS3 for Photoshop and AE... I'd sell my sole for one program that did it all :)
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For what it's worth, Vegas comes close. Closer than anything else, that's for sure. No, not as feature rich as Photoshop or AE, but more than ample for most uses.

Edius whomps it in P2 support, though.
 
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