Posted by doc on 09/04/05 01:53

do u have a recommendation on the HDV editor? as i say, we have over 90 hrs
of 1080i in 24p (the latter of which we want to retain in order to get the
35mm capture look when we export the HDV project to film replicating for the
theaters. we've heard that liquid edition does a really good job of
decoding the inbound HDV into an editable format that is the nearest to
'real world' look and feel during editing, let alone, less intimidating AND
more importantly a software edit rather than a file edit and thus less
rendering. however, like all editors for HDV very slooooooooooow in output
(the latter we're not worried about so long as we retain our projects
originality to format :o)

ideas? recommendations on an editor that is stable, easy to use, and
retains the file format after editing?

doc

<mmaker@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> 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
>

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