So do I need Vegas 7.0?
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HorseFilms
Look ma no hands
I don't think you'd need to upgrade if you're happy with 6. I'm going to wait until I hear about the DVDA 4 upgrades to decide if I need it or not. Probably not, though, from the looks of things so far.
From my experimentation with the demo, there's not a whole lot added in the DV realm. A couple of workflow tweaks, but not too much else. Most of the improvement appears to be with HDV.
There are some additions to DVD Architect which intrigue me, like the buttons on your video.
There are some additions to DVD Architect which intrigue me, like the buttons on your video.
HorseFilms
Look ma no hands
David Jimerson said:
That's one of the things I want to play around with. That could make me open the wallet.
MisterCat
Well-known member
I'm glad to see someone talking about DVDA; I tried to open a couple of discussions about it and no one responded. I'm completely inexperienced with any other DVD authoring software, but there's certainly some things I can't do in DVDA that I see on plenty of discs out there. Is everyone using just DVDA or are you using something else for better menus, buttons, transitions, etc?
I use it frequently. It's far more flexible than it appears at first blush; you can create your own menus, for example, in PS and then import it, and DVDA will recignize the layers. You can customize your button masks to match whatever your buttons are, etc., and the backgrounds/music are whatever you want. Navigation setup is generally a snap, too, especially since the addition of a GUI for assigning buttons.
Most "high-end" authoring software REQUIRES you to create menus in PS or something similar, so being able to create a basic menu from the presets is actually nice.
What I don't care for is something that Vegas is often criticized for, and as much as I defend Vegas against the criticism, it actually applies to DVDA -- the titler. It's limited. It's a pain. And unlike Vegas, you have no ability to add other effects to it.
Still, you can get around that by creating menu screens in PS, and like I said, most high-end authoring apps require that anyway.
Most "high-end" authoring software REQUIRES you to create menus in PS or something similar, so being able to create a basic menu from the presets is actually nice.
What I don't care for is something that Vegas is often criticized for, and as much as I defend Vegas against the criticism, it actually applies to DVDA -- the titler. It's limited. It's a pain. And unlike Vegas, you have no ability to add other effects to it.
Still, you can get around that by creating menu screens in PS, and like I said, most high-end authoring apps require that anyway.
MisterCat
Well-known member
David,
what about transitioning from the main menu to scene selection, or cast bios, etc? I'd like to have some cool motion graphic things as transitions but DVDA just does immediate cuts. I know there's workarounds for this, such as rendering the transitions onto the front of scenes and whatnot, but being able to just put them in place through DVDA would be much easier.
Steven
what about transitioning from the main menu to scene selection, or cast bios, etc? I'd like to have some cool motion graphic things as transitions but DVDA just does immediate cuts. I know there's workarounds for this, such as rendering the transitions onto the front of scenes and whatnot, but being able to just put them in place through DVDA would be much easier.
Steven
No, DVDA can assign transition videos (in fact, I have one in Disc 2 of the upcoming HVX Bootcamp DVD set). Look in the Help section.
I don't recall if every version could do it, but DVDA3 can and I'm pretty sure DVDA2 could.
Barry_Green
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Don't, until NAB. Sony has said that they would be updating Vegas "in the Spring" to support AVC-HD, and that hasn't happened yet, so I'm expecting some NAB-related announcement about a new version next week.
Would be kinda soon for a Vegas 8, though. If it's a 7.0x upgrade, it'll be free (if you have 7, of course).
But, it's only a week, so no reason not to wait a few more days.
But, it's only a week, so no reason not to wait a few more days.
Barry_Green
Moderator
I don't expect it to be Vegas 8, but I do expect it to have AVC-HD and V1U/HV20 support...
Vegas 7 came out in September. Anything sooner than a year after that would be very surprising.
Barry_Green said:
OK. Just saying, if it's not an 8.0 release, then there's no harm in getting 7 now, because an upgrade to 7 would be free.
Barry_Green
Moderator
I never like to count those chickens before they're hatched. The FCP upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 wasn't free. Sure Vegas "dot revisions" have been free in the past, but does that mean they'll continue to be? Panasonic rebates used to automatically renew and get better, they didn't expire (oops -- looks like they did!) See what I mean? I say if you can wait, wait; that's the only way to know for sure.