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Posted by Smarty on 01/02/06 16:20
Gary,
Ulead VS9 has earned my enthusiasm only because the expensive alternatives
like Vegas and Final Cut Studio Pro HD are just so slow. I spent (literally)
years bashing Ulead since their software was just so awfully buggy, and
crashed in the midst of doing productive work without leaving any way to
recover. Now they seem to have a clean, reliable, and (most important)
extremely FAST product, and I am among their strongest supporters.
To answer your questions:
1. Yes it does regular SD.
2. Yes it does real time preview (including full screen, which neither Vegas
or FCP do without extra displays !!)
3. Yes you do need an HDV plug-in, but Ulead has been giving it away at no
extra charge with their $79 purchase of VS9
4. And, finally, yes, it also includes a DVD authoring program (admittedly a
weak one).
Sorry if I have sounded overly zealous. It is delightful to finally find
something which works quickly on a single P4 box without a lot of expense
and complexity. I will also add that VS9 has a pretty lame cuts editing and
trimming mode. I prefer to use VideoReDo now for HDV editing, but VS9 works
fine if you get the hang of it.
Smarty
"Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Smarty wrote:
>> Bill,
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>> You are correct. I use both. And iMovie is not only free, but is a
>> remarkably competent program, both on my dual G5 as well as on my wife's
>> MacMini. The fact that I can do HDV editing with free software on a
>> MacMini is still astonishing to me, given it's tiny price and size. For
>> those who own Macs, it is indeed the lowest cost option available for HDV
>> editing.
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>> On the other hand.........the HDV rendering on the Mac (regardless of
>> hardware and software) is horrendously slow. In particular, rendering on
>> the top of the line Final Cut Studio Pro HD on a dual 2.5 GHz G5 is
>> pitiful. iMovie is also slow beyond belief when it comes to rendering.
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>> Ulead Video Studio 9 on a cheap single 3.2 GHz Dell (a $400 computer)
>> renders HDV at (at least) 10 times the speed of the dual processor G5
>> Mac. It also (remarkably) renders HDV much faster than Sony Vegas 6.0,
>> Power Director 5, or any other PC-based HDV solution I am aware of.
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>> Thus.....the bottom line in my view in price and performance in Ulead
>> Video Studio 9 on a PC. I love the Mac to pieces, but it just doesn't cut
>> it in getting the rendered results done. I still routinely use the dual
>> G5 with FCP Studio, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, etc. for some jobs since the
>> quality is truly outstanding. I just walk away from the Mac and come back
>> 16-20 hours later (literally) when the rendering is done.
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>> Smarty
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> Smarty -
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> I see you are still raving about the Ulead VS9. Does it do regular SD
> editing as well? Real time preview? Do you need any additional plug-ins to
> do HDV, like the Premiere does? Is there a DVD authoring program with it,
> or do you use a stand-alone? I imagine the Blu Ray DVD authoring will be a
> future product.
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> GAry Eickmeier
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