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Posted by Smarty on 01/04/06 05:37
Gary,
My comments were related to Video Studio 9, a program which is typically
sold for around $79 and occasionally less through different Ulead
promotions. It is the 'amateur' version of their more deluxe program called
Media Studio Pro. Apparently both use the same HDV plug-in, but they differ
substantially in other ways. I've had no experience with the more deluxe
product, and therefore can't really offer an opinion.
I too switched from an earlier version of Video Studio to Adobe Premiere
(version 6) for much the same reason as you describe. I switched out of
Premiere when HDV editing was required, and thus began my search for
something fast and competent for editing.
Despite the 'amateur' status, it does what it claims to do very well, and is
especially fast for HDV, particularly compared to the much more expensive
alternatives. I find it too limited for many editing tasks, but it certainly
does the basics well in HDV.
Smarty
"Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Smarty wrote:
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>> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> 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...
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> Gary Eickmeier
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