Posted by doc on 09/13/05 23:46

i heard that VT is gone though? like belly up i was told because of all the
interest in HD and their lack of doing it AND all the much lower cost
solutions like LE and Canopus. true?

hey thanks for the info too on the forums. joined both LE's and Edius and
enjoying some interesting combacks. i like how some at the edius like avid
for more capacity otherwise similiar, that's a high end software for edius
to be up against huh?

doc

"TonyP" <arpierre@hooptonline.net> wrote in message
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> doc wrote:
>> "yes" on the learning curve and from what i can see thus far (3 days into
>> the trials) they both will have their "serious learning" curve BUT
>> nothing like what i exprience trying out Avid Express HD - - whew, i
>> think i'd be in some box deep in the ground before i ever learned how to
>> do everything with that software :o)
>
> I would have to say that it applies to most the more advanced NLE's out
> there. Sure you can do the basics in no time with Vegas, Liquid, Premiere,
> Eidus, etc.. It takes time to delve into the "deeper" recesses of the
> NLE's that will really show what you can do. And agaim, it is the editor,
> not the software, that has to know what he/she is doing. I did some truly
> amazing linear editing on the fly with an Amiga Video Toaster. I sit back
> and look at some of the tapes and wonder how I pulled it off. But I did.
> The customers loved the work I did. Now, I have gotten "lazy" with NLE's.
>
>> btw, any ideas where i might get some un-branded clips of say 8 to 20
>> seconds each that show transitions, FX effects, 2D, 3D, Pip, masking,
>> overlay, fades, etc. so that i could show our founder and board as i try
>> to ge them to pop for the two pieces of sfotware? i'd be most
>> appreciative of this but they have to be General Audience AND unbranded,
>> as the founder dosen't want the board to know HOW we're going to do it,
>> just that we will be able to with the expenditure.
>
> I would suggest that you go to the different forums and make this request.
> That way, you can possibly get to see various styles of editing along with
> the editors preference for using FX.
> Me... basic stuff for the most part (cuts, fades, etc.). It works for me.
>

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