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Posted by Smarty on 05/11/07 20:46
I too am from the "mix and match" method of doing editing and authoring, so
a number of tools like Blufftitler, MEP, VideoReDo, 3D Album-PicturePro, and
Ulead on the PC make up the creative pieces, and Vegas is my workhorse I am
going to give Final Cut Studio another try after the dust settles with the
new major software speedup / upgrade, faster hardware, etc.
This Magix software now seems quite stable, and the effects are pretty cool.
They really have some quirky ways of doing the user interface as you have
noted, and I find it necessary to get help from the manual and other sources
more often on this one than I do on way more complex programs mostly because
the authors were a bit unconventional.
Smarty
"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
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>> Ken,
>> 5.1 does require a plug in but it is activated at no extra charge (unlike
>> the mpeg4 plug in which is optional for another $15).
>>
>> I've been looking for a tutorial dealing with this magnetic effect, but
>> have yet to find one. The user manual in pdf format in the Program
>> Folder-->Magix does have a far more complete description that the
>> abbreviated book which comes in the box, however.
>>
>> This is one cool program. Also, the HD DVDs look excellent, not quite a
>> crisp as the Ulead ones, and lacking some of the elaborate animated menus
>> / templates, but still very, very nice. The SmartRender is also
>> remarkably good.
>>
>> It was you, in fact, who put me onto this program in one of the earlier
>> versions a couple years ago. I had not tried it until you told me of its
>> features, and I have indeed found it to be a great product.
>>
>> Smarty
>>
>
> Don't know about "Great", except at $10 it would be totally
> amazing. It has always been a great way to play with features,
> techniques that are normally only available in very expensive
> editing packages. It's had some stability issues for many of
> us, but that seems to be much improved. It's interface can be
> a little hard to get used to, as well.
>
> All-in-all, it has always been a worthwhile editing tool to have
> on hand, and, at it's low price, it's easy to add it to your toolbox.
>
> I find editing projects to be a lot more interesting if they are
> built up from many parts. With many parts coming from or
> effected by many separate tools. Fortunately, there are a lot of
> free or inexpensive tools being created, all the time. Even
> things as simple as a good collection of interesting fonts, can
> allow for some real impact on your resulting productions.
>
> Being stuck to just one editing tool, even the most liked
> packages, would be very limiting from my point of view.
> Besides, it's not the tools so much as the techniques and
> your inventiveness in using them. You can do some pretty
> good things with cheap tools like BluffTitler, (with a little
> practice, and combined with an editing package), that rival
> what studios use $30-40,000 proprietary effects engines to
> do.
>
> So even if you have other editing tools on hand, it is worth
> it to investigate what this one can do, I wouldn't have it as
> my only editor, but it works well with others, and can add
> features and techniques to your editing capabilities.
>
> Luck;
> Ken
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>
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