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Posted by Gary Eickmeier on 01/03/06 22:46
Smarty wrote:
> I exchanged a series of emails with Jan Ozer who published a recent and very
> comprehensive 4-part evaluation of the leading NLE editors for HDV in
> eventDV Magazine over the last 4 months, seeking his impressions of
> performance and speed issues in particular. He shares your belief (as do I)
> that Ulead's Video Studio 0 product is indeed an amateur versus professional
> product, and this is certainly apparent by both its' price and limited
> feature set. He pointed out that Ulead's Media Studio Pro, on the other
> hand, uses the same HDV plugins, and may be, in fact, the sweet spot for
> both speed and features. I have yet to go that route, but imagine it may be
> a reasonable step-up for those who are impressed greatly with VS( speed and
> want to add more features.
Oops - I think I am confused about Ulead product names. I thought you
were talking about the premium product in your comments, but apparently
VS9 is the amateur product which sells for $79, and Media Studio Pro is
the higher end product. I would not use the amateur version of any of
these. So have you used Media Studio Pro? Same speed advantage? Has
Ulead figured out how to handle HDV better than everyone else?
I used to use the Ulead product when I started out in NLE, but my
computer couldn't keep up with video rates for teh output, so I bought a
turnkey system that used Adobe Premiere 6.5. Learning curve was minimal.
I really liked the Ulead (I think it was the Media Studio), hence the
interest in going back to them for a software-only solution to HDV.
In other words, if it can handle SD as well as my Matrox/Premiere
system, and is also the best at doing HDV, then what am I waiting for.
Not jumping into the HD fray just this moment, but when I get that HD
projector, who knows...
Gary Eickmeier
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