Posted by Mike Kujbida on 09/03/05 14:40

mmaker@my-deja.com wrote:
> doc wrote:
>> would love to hear more about your liquid edition experience and
>> goods/bads influences it presents to you.
>
> My HDV experience with Edition is that the interface sucks, it crashes
> a lot, likes to trash my hard drives, and generally just isn't very
> nice to work with. Once Avid release HDV support I'll be back there in
> an instant.
>
> Also, frankly, I expect to see Avid let Edition die over the next year
> or two.
>
>> we have over 90 hours of HDV 1080i 24p and are in the "trying to
>> decide" phase of software/equipment to edit and produce the movie.
>
> Avid isn't an option right now unless you transcode to DNxHD after
> capture... what I've heard of their Beta release of HDV support sounds
> good, but it's months late and won't be out for at least a few more
> weeks.
>
> On the PC, Edition is one of the few options for native HDV editing
> right now, on Macs I think Final Cut has native HDV editing. If you're
> willing to put up with transcoding, there are a few more options.
>
> Mark


From comments on other groups that I've read, the Canopus Edius appears to
be one of the few solutions on the PC side that does what it claims.

Mike

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