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Posted by Smarty on 10/05/20 11:38
Gary,
I have been extolling the virtues of Ulead's HDV editing for quite some time
now, despite the fact that it is a relatively low class product from an
historically unreliable company. Since I was so vocal in my complaints about
Ulead in the past, I may be a bit overly enthusiastic about this HDV
approach, but as you have apparently seen from other information, the Ulead
approach absolutely stands out as superior from any comparisons I have made
when it comes to balancing speed and image quality IMHO.
There is a penalty which can be discerned in direct comparison with the best
results I can get from Final Cut Pro Studio HD, and Vegas 6 also looks a bit
better in some cases. All considered, the Ulead solution, particularly their
$69 or $79 Video Studio 9 software, is really in a class by itself for a
budget solution, IMHO.
Perhaps the trade journals and other comparisons will eventually begin to
take more notice, but I do agree that Ulead has a really fine approach.
Others are using (in some cases) intermediate formats so Ulead does not have
a proprietary lock on this strategy. They do seem to have exceptionally fast
and smart rendering compared to the others whose proxy or intermediate
techniques I have personally compared to. I'm not sure if they are still
using Ligos codecs or where their HDV plug-in comes from, but it certainly
calls into question the value of using the very expensive alternatives I've
tried.
Those who have accused me of exaggerating have no hands-on comparison
experience themselves, so I invite others to make the comparison and see how
they find UV9 and competing products. Mileage may vary considerably and I
certainly have no dog in this race.
Smarty
"Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Vb5Df.6381$Fw6.4081@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>I have been reading a little on the Ulead MSP-8 and its ability to run HDV
>so quickly. The trick is Smartproxy, which captures much smaller files
>alongside the actual HDV material, to let you edit offline and then output
>the full res video later. This is a sensational advantage, because it
>permits you to download those proxy files to a laptop or a disc or a
>portable hard drive and edit elsewhere, then import that EDL into your main
>editing computer and do the output.
>
> So have the "other guys" not figured this out yet? Are they all trying to
> edit with the full size files? Is there any penalty with Ulead's method?
> Seems like a very attractive editor, for HDV especially.
>
> Gary Eickmeier
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