Edius or Avid Xpress

[ripupthehwy]

HI all,

Now that my 30 days trial of Edius has expired, I'm still trying to decide whether to purchase it or go with avid xpress pro. Unfortunatly there is no free trial for that. I'm considering purchasing the Panasonic HVX 200 camera. I do some editing for local tv (spots, religious programs, etc.) but my main focus is on tv dramas and indy type films (check out weblink below) thus the need for a 24p camera). Color correction is a high priority and also I'm thinking that editing in Avid is more universal v.s. Edius, should I ever need to take my cuts lists, footage, etc, to a post house to sweeten the audio or shots or output to film (I can only hope!).

Considering all this, I'd love to hear people's take on whether they would go with Edius or Avid xpress.

ripupthehwy

www.limelightshow.com

 

[dregenthal]

Well . . . I have both (and Premiere Pro2 ala Raylight). Some of the features in the Avid "appear" to be superior (to me). CC and the ability to use Magic Bullet is a real plus.

However, it's pretty hard to beat the ability to throw down different flavor formats on the same timeline in Edius Broadcast--and ingesting files from the HVX is practically painless compared to the Avid (non)approach.

Neither are perfect -- both are very, very good.

I think what would make them better is for Avid to license P2 Genie and for Canopus to hire someone to do some up to date tutorials or, better yet, write a useful users guide.